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  • Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024

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  • @tdjkhazard4522
    @tdjkhazard4522 Год назад +191

    All championships count, but not all rings are created equal

    • @kokoro_gospel
      @kokoro_gospel Год назад +23

      This. We could go even deeper and say that we can have tiers for titles. Some titles just mean more, are more valuable and more respected than others

  • @leetraviusmckay2919
    @leetraviusmckay2919 Год назад +98

    “Poor Davis, celebrated too hard and injured himself” 😂😂😂

  • @GYoloMac15
    @GYoloMac15 Год назад +38

    Steven Adams response was so grounded... military personnel get mre's and spend years from family not making millions

  • @malooch
    @malooch Год назад +29

    Steve Adams, legend. Hope he has a great comeback season.

  • @savonsanders3955
    @savonsanders3955 Год назад +125

    Why do people ignore that Miami wasn't at full health and strength that Finals?

    • @sulwhale3171
      @sulwhale3171 Год назад +1

      They do

    • @peamut547
      @peamut547 Год назад +1

      Wasn’t Herro in and out of the lineup before that, though? I wouldn’t say that’s complete full strength.

    • @majesty1842
      @majesty1842 Год назад +8

      @@peamut547 Herro is trash. He had one good play-off series vs Boston and since then he has never been good in postseason. He balling only in the regular season

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 Год назад +1

      We also ignore that (at the time) the defending champion Raptors were prohibited from playing a single playoff game in their own country.
      Injured or not - _is it any wonder that a Florida team made the Finals in the bubble year?_

    • @peamut547
      @peamut547 Год назад +2

      @@majesty1842 I didn’t claim he was good, lol. I also dislike Herro and his style of play. I was just trying to refute the claim that the Heat were at full strength

  • @jimmywalker8354
    @jimmywalker8354 Год назад +106

    The Lakers proved that they were the best team with everyone fit and healthy. But what does it say that 19/20, with a 4 month break, that was the only season LeBron and AD have stayed healthy throughout??
    I think in a normal season, they would have sustained injuries that would have kept them from the chip.

    • @lethalexponent6
      @lethalexponent6 Год назад +1

      And if the Lakers were healthy they would have beat the nuggets

    • @leetraviusmckay2919
      @leetraviusmckay2919 Год назад +14

      @@lethalexponent6But the Lakers were healthy though

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 Год назад +11

      @@lethalexponent6 they DID beat the Nuggets in 19/20.
      Denver had just come off of the first 2 rounds both going to 7 games AND coming back from 3-2 and 3-1, so they were shagged out by the time they faced the Lakers, unprepared to go that deep into the playoffs so early in Joker and Murray's careers with Jerami Grant for a #3.

    • @mikewilliams9069
      @mikewilliams9069 Год назад

      Uraniddiot

    • @mikewilliams9069
      @mikewilliams9069 Год назад

      Everyone had the same amount of time of udumphuqq clippers fan

  • @leetraviusmckay2919
    @leetraviusmckay2919 Год назад +6

    Steven Adams was like “This ain’t sh**, I came from a country where they drop bombs so this ain’t sh** to me”

  • @majesty1842
    @majesty1842 Год назад +40

    As always LeBron created troubles for himself by praising himself. He should have just shut up and celebrate his 4th ring instead of calling this chip run "the hardest one" when it wasn't. Bron would have much less haters if was humble and could shut his mouth up when it's needed

    • @kevmersa6578
      @kevmersa6578 Год назад +5

      Lol agreed

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 Год назад +13

      And to make matters worse, Bronsexuals will insult and belittle other all-time greats in order to artificially raise LeBron to #2 all time or even call him "goat" seriously. Dude has the worst finals winning % of anyone considered top-10 All Time, and he needed to play with the most All-Stars to do that (!) - only to win less than MJ, Kobe, Duncan, Magic, Kareem and Russell.
      It's a travesty fueled by (for lack of a better term) _generational stupidity,_ is what it is.

    • @allworldzeus5935
      @allworldzeus5935 Год назад +3

      Lol and to ask LeBron this question, if that ring was the hardest then what about the others?? That's means he should have never lost to Mavs in 2011. See he kills his argument and excuses. That means he should have beat the KD warriors. He contradicts himself.

  • @c0smic959
    @c0smic959 Год назад +6

    "we're living in a bloody resort"
    now this is my new favrite way to describe it

  • @ItilayItshay
    @ItilayItshay Год назад +6

    5:27 and this is why Aquaman is one of my favorite players.

  • @awesomereviews1561
    @awesomereviews1561 Год назад +11

    The bubble ring is better than no ring for sure. But it ain’t worth much compared to most rings.

    • @mythification11
      @mythification11 Год назад +2

      i disagree i think its a perfectly valid ring. yes there wasn't any fucking all time great team that they defeated but they went through multiple all stars through the west with ease and defeated the heat who have made another final and conference finals since. now the heat did suffer injuries in the finals which is the only asterisk i would put on this ring. everybody had the same conditions, same advantages and disadvantages and if it is easier to play without travelling and a crowd its easier for everybody not just the lakers. also i hear people say that without the break the lakers would have been injured but then what's the clippers excuse? i think more than one team got healthier with the break making it again, a fair advantage to everybody that was injured or is older.

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 Год назад

      ^ "valid" AND "lame" can be true about the same thing simultaneously.
      _For another example of this apparent paradox manifest in reality, see: the WNBA in any year_

    • @ivblizzard3616
      @ivblizzard3616 8 месяцев назад

      there is a certain reason why you say that

  • @richiemooa
    @richiemooa Год назад +8

    8 and a half weeks without family, lol we live in different worlds. Thanks Steven Adams.

  • @brandonadrien3476
    @brandonadrien3476 Год назад +5

    That one right there made Commissioner the greatest of all time. He was super, super ecstatic to drop it for RUclips cuz of the 18 year drought. The first wave of emotion when everybody saw him crying, that was for all 18 yrs of RUclips.

  • @asahedstrom5265
    @asahedstrom5265 Год назад +15

    Hey man, I've been following you for about a month now. And you deserve every bit of success and growth that's going to continue to come to your channel. Your sports commentary is a beautiful balance of intellect and levity. I don't know if you're much of an NFL fan, but if you had time for content through the upcoming NFL season, you would kill it!

    • @DaCommishDude
      @DaCommishDude  Год назад +3

      NFL is on its way you can definitely count on that. Many thanks to you for tuning in and hanging out with me here!

  • @antoniotrivelloni8191
    @antoniotrivelloni8191 Год назад +10

    They played at a fucking RESORT. No travel (which absolutely affects certain games), no home-court advantage, no NOTHING. Some teams weren't even INVITED to play. Like you said, a lot of players just didn't see a point in actually showing effort in it, leading to a bunch of randoms dropping 20, 30, 40 point performances. LeBron saying that it's "one of the most difficult rings ever won" just makes me dislike it even more.

  • @iiMOJA
    @iiMOJA Год назад +7

    I tell people imagine if when the season start late October they went right into the playoffs.. that’s the bubble right there. Playoffs should have been canceled

  • @digiammar3969
    @digiammar3969 Год назад +7

    Simply put. It was an exhibition

  • @quiveringmoist7558
    @quiveringmoist7558 Год назад +69

    People disregard this ring due to the shortened season, no road games, no back to backs and no hostile crowds. It was an exhibition season.

    • @mikewilliams9069
      @mikewilliams9069 Год назад

      Usttopid

    • @mahamedjmal2536
      @mahamedjmal2536 Год назад +11

      Basketball fans are the only fans who discredit the whole season due to Covid. Ridiculous. The bubble had its own unique challenges. We truly got to see the best go against the best.

    • @mikewilliams9069
      @mikewilliams9069 Год назад +2

      @@mahamedjmal2536 also fans that like the op are sttopid and still jealous of lebron

    • @notDonaldFagen
      @notDonaldFagen Год назад +1

      Equal playing field. And every team faced having like 6 guys out for a few games due to precautions/outbreaks, or even their head coach at some point. Everyone was facing new circumstances. The Bubble didn't bother me. I was happy the game was back. I'm not a Lakers fan, but it's still a championship imo. And I even feel a bit bad that they never got a parade. No one who won would have. It was a moment in time. I think it was cool that the Bubble even happened. It's (hopefully) unique. Tell your ugly kids about it some day.

    • @ivblizzard3616
      @ivblizzard3616 8 месяцев назад +2

      you know why they disregard this ring

  • @manzac112
    @manzac112 Год назад +11

    In all honesty, I thought they should have started the playoffs right then and there after some practice games to get everyone up to speed or have the season canceled entirely because of how the NBA handled the COVID situation.

  • @robj362
    @robj362 2 месяца назад +2

    We didn't watch the finals because we were so thoroughly disgusted by being lectured/talked down to by the "god like" millionaires

  • @trueedmar
    @trueedmar Год назад +16

    I watched it and bro it looked like a bunch of scrimmages. Looked like they were playing pick games most people tuned out right after their team lost. I'd have done the same if the Lakers went out too can't blame them. Should've put in some bubble fans and removed those zoom fans, just kept reminding of the reality that was the pandemic.

  • @dronesclubhighjinks
    @dronesclubhighjinks Год назад +8

    8:48 “raise their kids” literally. 😂
    This video was in my recommendeds and I have no idea why. I didn’t even understand the title! I don’t follow basketball but I really enjoyed your video! You considered more than one point of view, and your editing is clever!
    Thank you for educating and entertaining me! 🙏😁

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 Год назад +3

      Welcome!
      Dynamo is a somewhat of an "undiscovered treasure".
      Check out his 'NBA Training Video" when you have some time to kill.

    • @DaCommishDude
      @DaCommishDude  Год назад +2

      Pleasure to meet you, and both of your comments made me smile. It's a true joy to create for you all whether you be sports fans or not. Thank you both 💓

    • @dronesclubhighjinks
      @dronesclubhighjinks Год назад

      @@shaft9000 thank you very much! Undiscovered treasure is right! I’ve seen a few more videos in the meantime, and I know there are channels that have 500,000+ subscribers, which are nowhere near as entertaining.
      I will look up the “NBA training video” right now!! Thank you!

    • @dronesclubhighjinks
      @dronesclubhighjinks Год назад

      ​@@DaCommishDude thank you so much! I am a sports fan but I don’t follow any North American team sports so I never get videos about them recommended to me otherwise.
      Thank you for being open minded enough to welcome people who are not sports fans! Before the last winter Olympics, I tried to refamiliarize myself with figure skating, after having lost interest around the turn of the century. I’m sure not all figure skating fans are snobby elitists, but it’s almost like the ones who are go out of their way to make it difficult to learn. I’m not referring to all RUclipsrs, but to substantial portions of their comment sections, and the vast majority of Reddit commenters. They refer to skaters by their initials or nicknames, use abbreviations for complex technical jargon, and when somebody asks what it means, they tell you to educate yourself. They also try to declare as fact that skater A is sooo artistic, and skater B is simply not artistic and therefore shouldn’t get the scores that they get. Any counter argument gets shouted down. And then they complain that there aren’t enough figure skating fans, and wonder how they can start winning over new fans or welcome back older ones who have taken a break. 🤣
      Yeah, so, your welcoming attitude is most welcome!! 😎🙏🍿

  • @Jimyjonson
    @Jimyjonson 7 месяцев назад +3

    The most impressive thing about the bubble wasn’t the highlights or the plays, it was how low the viewership was in covid

  • @majesty1842
    @majesty1842 Год назад +21

    Fans don't disrespect this run cuz LeBron won it, I guess It's cuz of circumstances. Fans would disrespect this ring no matter who would win. If Giannis, Jimmy or Jokic won it the entire media and fans to trash them: that's not real ring, u can win it only in the Bubble. Or imagine Curry winning it, everybody would compare it to 2015 run and would call him fake champion

    • @leetraviusmckay2919
      @leetraviusmckay2919 Год назад +2

      I think it’s because how the NBA handled the situation. You suspended the season instead of just canceling it

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 Год назад

      he kind of explained that in the first few minutes

  • @cjvaye99
    @cjvaye99 Год назад +14

    im a Lakers fan and although i do believe it should count it just doesn't feel like it carries the same weight if that makes sense. to put it in perspective i was happier this past season games 6 of the first and second round when the lakers beat the grizzlies and warriors in the playoffs then i was when they won the championship in 2020

  • @demonreacts7816
    @demonreacts7816 Год назад +14

    The bubble had disadvantages, but I think the hate from it mostly stems from LeBron’s haters, salty Clippers, Bucks, Celtics fans or what have you who never saw their team win that season.
    COVID or not, I think the majority of things that happened would’ve happen regardless. The Lakers were the number 1 seed, so they were projecting to at least make it to the finals anyways. The Clippers have a horrible history choking, so that would’ve happened too. The other usual suspects at the time, the 76ers, Celtics, Jazz and the Rockets were gonna choke at some point too. The Heat broke out that season and they’ve proven themselves later on that even without the bubble, they can get themselves to the finals. A lotta criticisms of the bubble I think is ppl are using “what-if” scenarios and taking it to heart when it comes to it.

    • @atlien1988
      @atlien1988 Год назад +1

      There were more advantages than disadvantages - especially for the good teams that had their entire roster intact.
      It's more so of LeBron and his media members automatically declaring it the most difficult championship ever simply because it was different.

    • @leetraviusmckay2919
      @leetraviusmckay2919 Год назад +1

      @@atlien1988I gave the Lakers and Lebron their respect until they started the whole “it was the hardest championship ever” thing then I said hold up

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 Год назад

      I'm in L.A., and for sure Toronto got SCREWED hard....the defending champ doesn't even get to play a single tournament/playoff game in their own country (!!) and what do ya know...a Florida team made the finals.
      _Surprise, surprise, eh?..._

    • @robertwhittaker1833
      @robertwhittaker1833 Год назад

      ​@@shaft9000Since the Raptors played on a neutral court all season they should have had an advantage playing in a bubble environment. Miami made it back to the finals outside of the bubble the Raptors gave only gone backwards after 2019.

  • @10kzs98
    @10kzs98 Год назад +20

    You can win a championship in a different planet a ring is a ring no matter where it took place.

    • @majesty1842
      @majesty1842 Год назад +7

      But at least don't call it the one of the hardest championships in NBA. When it was actually easiest one in last 30 years

    • @TheForkOnTheLeftist
      @TheForkOnTheLeftist Год назад +1

      @@majesty1842 that's fair

    • @uberneanderthal
      @uberneanderthal Год назад +2

      playoff atmosphere is real, and some players crumble in it, while others are elevated by it. the bubble literally had the atmosphere of an empty arena.
      if a tree falls in the forest but no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound? if no one watched you win a ring, does it still mean a thing?

    • @ShutThePuck
      @ShutThePuck Год назад

      @@majesty1842 For sure, when we grade it by the same standards we grade every other championship, it's one of the weakest, ever.

    • @whoozyyy
      @whoozyyy Год назад

      I don’t understand people who say it didn’t count?

  • @realmtreader6566
    @realmtreader6566 Год назад +4

    Had anyone else's team won it they would be cool with it

  • @IcantThinkOfAname9
    @IcantThinkOfAname9 7 месяцев назад +1

    The bubble felt like the summer league game. Players had the audacity to actually say it was the hardest ring to win. Imagine that saying something was the most difficult because of circumstance instead of competition.

  • @KKOPPONG
    @KKOPPONG Год назад +1

    The issue with Jxmmy Highroller’s take is because he only looks at the weakness of Miami but Lebron was talking about the ENTIRETY OF THE BUBBLE, the entire playoffs and not just that one finals series.

  • @ShutThePuck
    @ShutThePuck Год назад +2

    We can't compare it to any other championship really, but we can measure the difficulty of the ring in the same way we measure others, and it definitely was not one of the hardest championships ever won, it was one of the easiest. Which seemed to match the eye test, and makes it less surprising why the ratings were so low as well. Nobody was interested in watching players that didn't want to be there. The fan almost always knows best, in aggregate, and the fans knew it was a complete waste of time, so much so that even with almost no other options, they chose not to watch.

  • @JayAynoKingdom33
    @JayAynoKingdom33 Год назад +5

    Yeah like you said it was a fkn resort man.
    Most players didn't really wanna play. And the ones who were thinking, like LeBron, saw an easy chip.
    I don't think LeBron had an issue with the bubble at all. I bet before it started he was rubbing his hands together in a dark closet saying "oh yeah. My will is stronger than everyone playing in this bubble. So I'm going to act like everyone else and complain when really I'm plotting on they soul and another ring😈😈😈😈😈"......😂😂😂😂😂😂
    Another reason I can't stand LeBron 😂

  • @Tyquan-bc2cp
    @Tyquan-bc2cp Год назад +7

    You wrong. If any other team won it would be the same. This was pushed so he can win a ring.

    • @majesty1842
      @majesty1842 Год назад +1

      I don't think it was pushed. The Lakers were 100% the team in the Bubble, many important Heat players were injured so it did not happened just cuz they were lucky. You're right no matter who it would be Giannis, Jimmy, Steph, fans would keep saying: that ain't the real ring, u can win only in the bubble. They don't disrespect this ring cuz LeBron won it. I think this is cuz of circumstances

    • @MrREAPERsz
      @MrREAPERsz Год назад

      And it still was the least watched NBA finals

  • @bandjolyn
    @bandjolyn Год назад +2

    I did not know summer league rings were a thing. Geez we really are a participation trophy generation.

  • @emmanuelmondesir
    @emmanuelmondesir Год назад +1

    The pizza rolls skit had me rolling

  • @sierraocelot
    @sierraocelot 10 месяцев назад +1

    This channel is going to blow up soon

    • @DaCommishDude
      @DaCommishDude  10 месяцев назад +1

      I await the day but I couldn't have gotten this far without you all 🙏

  • @senzubean27
    @senzubean27 Год назад +1

    its disrespectful to everyone whos have had to go on the road to win a tough road game with the bullshit ref calls and the croud noise, and the travel and the time changes and turn around and say its the same as all the other rings.

  • @kashashk
    @kashashk 7 месяцев назад

    The "chef" part made me feel envious (of the wealthy in general) as well as laugh out in exasperation at how nonchalant he delivered that line.
    God damn are we poor or what?

  • @golden10ful
    @golden10ful Год назад +2

    "We're living in a bloody resort" lol. lebron doing so much with that 2020 was a difficult championship shit. Like bro you dont have to defend yourself so much you are multiple time champion

  • @do3807
    @do3807 2 месяца назад

    "It's all good mate. It's not Syria... We're living in a resort."
    Steven Adams lmao

  • @peterakin5793
    @peterakin5793 Год назад +19

    Lakers deserved to win that bubble championship, but it helps to back up that so ppl don't say it's a fluke, but LA had 6 missed postseasons before this, another after and a 1st Rd exit. Ppl diminish the bubble for many reasons but I do because of this.

    • @kiloetry5897
      @kiloetry5897 Год назад

      That's because of not being healthy, which everyone had the same advantage of time off before the bubble so not counting that ring is crazy

    • @theultimate341
      @theultimate341 Год назад

      miami wasnt healthy @@kiloetry5897

    • @lethalexponent6
      @lethalexponent6 Год назад

      Wrong

    • @aswanwilliam
      @aswanwilliam Год назад +2

      But the same teams were in the final four this year 🤔

    • @peterakin5793
      @peterakin5793 Год назад

      @@aswanwilliam Is that in rebuttal to something? My point was different from what you're bringing up🤔

  • @juice787
    @juice787 Год назад +1

    To be fair I didn’t even know that the nba resumed until I saw Jimmy butler memes tired and that the lakers won

  • @MykeRoberts
    @MykeRoberts Год назад +1

    Lemme tell you something, I watched every single Lakers game the 19-20 season. Here are the facts and I dare anyone to argue them. Before the season shutdown the Lakers were on pace to win at least 55+ games. They were the #1 seed in the west and started the season off hot. Lebron was having an MVP caliber year, AD was playing his best basketball and the Lakers had a top 3-5 defense. A week before the season shutdown, the Lakers beat the Bucks and Clippers in back to back games whom were all having great seasons as well btw. The Lakers coming into the season were already the favorites to win the title.
    Fast forward to the bubble and you have a team that did EXACTLY what it was supposed to do against competition under the same circumstances as them. The fact of the matter is that people will clown this ring because it's Lebron. I guarantee had it been anybody else yall would've stayed quiet.

    • @teachmehacks
      @teachmehacks 7 месяцев назад

      thats the point lol, because lebron was talking the most. Anyone else wouldve been relatively quiet or relatable when speaking on the situation.
      Going 8 weeks not seeing your family is a instance that happens generally from time to time when youre grinding it out in gritty condition or going on a long hiatus working. If you are being paid millions then the matter of things being “hard” diminish in other peoples eyes and you ostracize yourself from reality that most endure. On top of that if you were to imagine yourself in Lebrons shoes then most would stfu and ball regardless of the toughness because there are multiple examples that would overshadow said “harsh” conditions.
      You can guarantee we wouldve been quiet.

  • @fbiopenup6534
    @fbiopenup6534 Год назад +2

    I respect what others gotta say, but as a Lakers fan that shit counts, idc.

  • @riseabove2207
    @riseabove2207 Год назад +15

    The bubble ring counts, I just don’t respect it as highly as any other ring. And I disagree on the lack of weight that the bubble ring had because it was the lakers who won it.
    I believe if any team with no previous championships won that ring (Clippers, Nuggets, etc) then people wouldn’t respect it either. People would argue that they would have to win again to believe it. It also doesn’t help that both of the finals teams(lakers, heat) were first round exit the following year. Then the Lakers didn’t make the play in the year after.

    • @lethalexponent6
      @lethalexponent6 Год назад +2

      Lakers and heat had like 4 weeks off before the next season which lead to the Lakers never recovering from injuries

  • @gunprojects5398
    @gunprojects5398 Год назад

    I see it as: the lakers were one of the best teams before The Bubble, all the teams in the bubble played under the same conditions, (more fair than normal NBA playing conditions,) and the best team, (that most who watched that season knew all year was the best team,) won the chip. What is the surprise about that? Halfway through the season, it was somewhat obvious that the Lakers looked like the best team in the league and would beat any team that would come out of the east (barring injury.) The reason that the finals sucked is that the Heat got to the finals in unlikely, although possible, fashion and were the clear underdog vs the Lakers. So the Lakers got hate for beating an inferior team. Same deal with the Warriors and Celtics in 2022 and the Nuggets and the Heat in 2023. We all knew who would win those series.

  • @JohnDoe-zw8vx
    @JohnDoe-zw8vx 5 месяцев назад

    The infection rate was not impressive. I worked outside, clearing up homeless encampments, and didn't get Covid. I also didn't get it despite being around my mom who tested positive after a week of being sick and me thinking she just had a cold.

  • @shaft9000
    @shaft9000 Год назад +1

    Wait a sec, two things:
    - so... the RAPTORS had it every bit as good as the Heat, eh? Were the Lakers or Heat not able to play a single playoff or tourney game in their home country, also? Were they defending their title that year, too?
    - LeBron found '20 so difficult because _nobody cared to watch him.... it starved his hangry ego.

  • @Mrgiftedsoul
    @Mrgiftedsoul Год назад +2

    Even if you do count it it’s still the most easiest ring of all time no fans no traveling no home-court advantage not to mention they already travel and stay in hotels half of the season so it’s not like there’s something uncommon occurring they go on road trips for at least 2 to 3 weeks so an extended road trip is basically all it was

    • @robertwhittaker1833
      @robertwhittaker1833 Год назад

      No homecourt advantage is a disadvantage if you're a high seeded team, The Bucks and Clippers and Celtics lost to lower seeded teams playing on a neutral court helps the underdogs and hurts the the top teams.The Lakers were the only top five seed to make the finals.

  • @Sizdothyx
    @Sizdothyx Год назад +2

    The only reason people hate on the bubble is LeBron James ... justifiably so. Because if he had just accepted it as another championship, no one would have minded, but for some STUPID REASON he went on like how the 2020 Bubble Playoffs were some kind of warzone and he was lucky to be alive; like no one could have comprehended being in his situation. I think even a couple of his peers called him out, too: "Dude, it's a RESORT", but James doubled down. It was the most tone deaf marketing I heard from James since he called himself the Greatest Of All Time on his own show. Man is smug.

  • @jovar.3649
    @jovar.3649 Год назад +6

    I respectfully disagree. The Pandemic was the best thing to happen to LA sports. Neither the Dodgers or Lakers have even sniffed a championship since

    • @MrREAPERsz
      @MrREAPERsz Год назад +1

      Exactly. I would argue the Lakers last season were a better team than the 2020 Lakers. And they embarrassed. The pandemic was a gift

  • @doloman77
    @doloman77 Год назад +1

    Bubble TJ warren hit diffrent , just had to be there

  • @JayTeeAyy
    @JayTeeAyy Год назад +1

    The 13th anniversary of The Bubble

  • @MIXEDUPTHROWNTOGETHR
    @MIXEDUPTHROWNTOGETHR Год назад +2

    It counts but I don’t think it’s wrong to put a footnote/asterisk next to it to show that it’s a season under extraordinary circumstances

    • @tryhardfinessedyou
      @tryhardfinessedyou Год назад

      Exactly. It counts but it's different than every other championship.

  • @notDonaldFagen
    @notDonaldFagen Год назад

    Before the shutdown, I think Raps were also 2nd in the east, post-Kawhi. Siakam and Lowry were All-Stars and Nurse was coaching.
    At some after the ASG and before shutdown (Last game was Raptors-Jazz), Siakam injured his shoulder and played like ass in the Bubble, and Toronto still took Boston to 7 and almost won that series after sweeping the Nets.
    People don't respect their championship either, but they were hooping until the pandemic and still had a decent playoff run defending their title.

  • @MrCometcrusher78
    @MrCometcrusher78 Год назад +1

    Well I don't count the bubble ring, just like I don't count the Spurs ring when they had the shortened season.

    • @MrCometcrusher78
      @MrCometcrusher78 Год назад

      Wow he didn't see his chef and Bron was about to crack.

  • @TOAD-uw4mh
    @TOAD-uw4mh Год назад +3

    I will be honest, I didn't watch the bubble season. It was a dark time in my life, my shoe-shiner contracted Covid and I was forced to wear dull shoes. I had no time to watch the NBA as I was crying over my dull shoes. Tough times.

  • @Hondo-i7w
    @Hondo-i7w 7 месяцев назад +1

    Ive been saying all along the bubble championship was fraudulent. LJ is far too lazy and incompetent to actually lead a team to a championship. He's no different the KD. LJ can only win is when he stacks players in his favor. He makes excuses when the lakers did make the playoffs at one point and when they did make they were exited quickly. Last season they were swept by D Denver again excuses. Yes i do agree hes a remarkable talent but an MJ nor Kobe, Magic, Bird hes not a will never be.

  • @renstein8210
    @renstein8210 Год назад

    I understand your take on the food in the bubble. But seriously, that food looked terrible. A small step up from airline food.

  • @Grillinnap
    @Grillinnap 3 месяца назад

    You just know Laker fans would’ve been the first ones to point out it’s a Mickey Mouse ring if it was a rival team that won it

  • @diegob8319
    @diegob8319 9 месяцев назад +1

    2 things to say about bubble: basketballwise, and politicowise
    basketballwise: suspect at times, and no fans i the stands was disheartening, but there were some legitimately entertaining series. Nuggets coming back from two 3-1 deficits and clippers hucksters on TV losing their **** after the collapse was great, we had bubble murray vs. bubble mitchel, bam adebayo looking like young dwight howard...
    and lakers deserved it. AD legitimately cooked (has never played that well against jokic again), and they were a well-built defensive team with the potential for more chips (which they utterly destroyed in the westbrick trade, which itself was comedy gold... KCP rubbing that second ring in all their faces by now)
    politicowise: i mean top comment kind of says it: multimillionaires wearing 'freedom' and equality' on their jerseys and pasting the names of real people who got killed by the police on their signature shoes made in an asian sweatshop by some 8 year old kid...
    like, kind of a kaepernick situation: lot of players hearts' was at least partly in the right place , a lot of them remember at least a little what it's like to grow up poor and black in america (at least when they're not complaining about the lack of a private chef...) but then it just boils down to another big nike ad (if we're being kind).
    i'd call it something more like war profiteering
    it was also a real 'panem et circensis' moment for the bigwigs, and not just the NBA execs: as in 'we need a circus show to distract the starving masses from the fact that they're starving'. like, i think at one point the players association pitched the idea of just not playing as a kind of 'protest' after minneapolis (again, multimillionaire going on strike doesn't quite have the same ring to it as that 8-year old asian kid doing it), but, jokes aside, i heard this kind of got serious: didn't obama himself have to call them up at one point to tell them 'put on your equality shorts and keep dancing b*****?'
    barry and comish kind of reminded me of the fat alien from space jam with that move... you know, the one voiced by danny devito?

  • @joshuaivan620
    @joshuaivan620 8 месяцев назад

    the reason why i don't acknowledge that lakers' ring, is cause it was way too obvious the finals were rigged just because kobe died. i noticed that the lakers were getting free fouls almost every second, and the refs weren't giving the heat the same amount of fouls the lakers were getting. the bucks were hot that season, and it still doesn't make sense how they didn't get to the finals

  • @misterduelog
    @misterduelog Год назад +1

    You make that Patreon and that Pandemic rant and you got my Patreon sub man

    • @DaCommishDude
      @DaCommishDude  Год назад

      Oh I can't wait to make a video on it. Appreciate you so much for being here!

  • @miyagifatghost2684
    @miyagifatghost2684 Год назад +1

    Bro the competition level was insane that playoffs. Players didnt have much wear and tear bcuz of the Vid...Everybody was SNAPPIN in the bubble. Naw the ring counts

    • @WZspacecowboy7
      @WZspacecowboy7 10 месяцев назад

      That's what I'm saying even the lesser house named players were giving Allstars buckets

  • @dwaynewoods7857
    @dwaynewoods7857 Год назад

    8weeks 8 weeks imagine being in a 8 month deployment on a floating tin can 😭

  • @aswanwilliam
    @aswanwilliam Год назад

    The same four teams were in the final four this year 🤔. It’s only discounted because Bron is the most hated athlete ever 🤷‍♂️. We got shortened season rings that are counted with no push back.

  • @simhawk3986
    @simhawk3986 Год назад +1

    overall I thought this video was good... but honestly the bubble slander is out of control. The NBA has an 82 game season... there are plenty of nights when players do not want to be there. Pretending that most of the teams were just going through the motions is super disingenuous. I watched the majority of the playoffs during the bubble, and I can tell it was some of the best basketball I have watched in the NBA. It wasn't just randoms that were going off, but many stars were in their bags... I think this is due the fact that they were cut off from fan distractions and outside distractions. I think the bubble ring was one of toughest NBA rings not because of the 50 win teams, but because most players were locked in.. and the ones that didn't want to be there either didn't show up or went home early. lol Even though Lebron didn't cut through a bunch of 55 win teams in order to win that ring. I can say many of the players played at a real high level. Most of the people that criticized the bubble didn't watch the games. Which makes sense because casual basketball fans are always the loudest in the room. lol

  • @TisGOBBLEdeGOOK
    @TisGOBBLEdeGOOK Год назад +2

    Wrong. Its a glorified AAU tournament. If the hornets. hypothetically got in and won it people would be saying the same thing. Nothing to do with hating lebron

  • @slayerde440
    @slayerde440 Год назад +1

    Should've just nixed the season

  • @roboninja3194
    @roboninja3194 4 месяца назад

    Season suspended March 11tth, about 30 days before the playoffs would've started and a 4 month break. Stopping the season a month before the playoffs definitely robbed some teams of momentum. Every season there are teams that get hot going into the playoffs. They get hot, climb 1-2 spots in the seedings which can help them, and they make a deep playoff run. Many fans tend to conveniently forget about this. And idc who won the Disney Invitational, it would never have been legit imo. The Clippers could've won it and I would say nope not legit.

  • @jaylenbarnes2.079
    @jaylenbarnes2.079 Год назад +2

    6:06 Lmao

  • @heavenlyweather117
    @heavenlyweather117 Год назад +4

    Before the clippers were eliminated nobody talked about the "bubble ring" and "weaker competition" if we being honest the Lakers would have won the championship anyway injuries aside

    • @leetraviusmckay2919
      @leetraviusmckay2919 Год назад

      I don’t know about that now

    • @heavenlyweather117
      @heavenlyweather117 Год назад

      @@showmemore9677 they were injured dummy plus they traded all the role players of the 2020 team, so the bucks 2021 title don't count because they haven't been in the finals since? Lol

    • @heavenlyweather117
      @heavenlyweather117 Год назад

      @@showmemore9677 just say you don't have an answer

    • @heavenlyweather117
      @heavenlyweather117 Год назад

      @@showmemore9677 ok you don't have one ok

  • @uileam161
    @uileam161 Месяц назад

    It’s true. I only question the bubble ring because the Flop King was on that team.

  • @Dimesprodz
    @Dimesprodz Год назад +2

    1:32 THANK YOU

  • @Hammerhead1243
    @Hammerhead1243 Год назад

    The bubble was not important enough to me to get off warzone at the time

  • @KKOPPONG
    @KKOPPONG Год назад

    The team with the best record won…what’s the surprise to who won? They were the best in the regular season, playoffs & the Finals.

  • @iceeeee
    @iceeeee Год назад

    The reason why many people refused to watch the bubble was due to those fake surnames, it's repulsive.

  • @inquiresinfo3616
    @inquiresinfo3616 Год назад +21

    It is a fake ring. Doesn't actually mean anything. No audience, many players didn't even participate. It was a just quick way for the NBA to make up for some money lost.

    • @demonreacts7816
      @demonreacts7816 Год назад +2

      What’s ur team if u mind me askin

    • @Dimesprodz
      @Dimesprodz Год назад +1

      It is fair because it’s fair for everyone. Cope harder

    • @ShutThePuck
      @ShutThePuck Год назад

      @@ravenitz The TV ratings were terrible also, the worst since records began. The players didn't want to be there, the coaches didn't want to be there, and the fans had no interest in watching that bs.

  • @PlanetJigobotTV
    @PlanetJigobotTV Год назад +2

    It wasn't a regular season, teams ducked out of even participating etc.. Im sorry, but that ring does have an * by it.

  • @lex6794
    @lex6794 Год назад

    Every Team that went to the playoffs had to play in the Bubble. Not just Lebron and the Lakers.
    End of story. It's more impressive than when Jordan beat a Blazers team that had no chance. Jordan was the favorite in all 6 Finals.

  • @NotTheWheel
    @NotTheWheel 3 месяца назад

    Naw I wouldn't have considered it a true NBA final championship no matter who won. In fact we've been gaslit into thinking it was always considered a NBA Finals.
    In truth before the teams going up had even won their side of the conference - it was called "The NBA Bubble Championship" And had I known this be a problem in the future I'd have saved clips on ESPN and articles... even the logo they had leading up to it. Once Lebron entered the picture it became "NBA Finals: Bubble Championship" then finally just NBA Finals.

  • @Roihclem871
    @Roihclem871 Год назад

    Bro sounds like Chael sonnen joking around

  • @dennismagee9555
    @dennismagee9555 Год назад

    The reason why because it was on a neutral court. No past NBA championship were ever decided on a neutral court. That would be like NCAA men basketball tournament was home and away games. In the past no NCAA championship was ever won on the format of home and away games.

  • @kcchiefs6301
    @kcchiefs6301 4 месяца назад

    LeBron said it was one of the hardest rings to get because he was gone 8 weeks from home😂😂,I was a trucker for years,being gone 8 weeks was normal

  • @SuperUltraMomo
    @SuperUltraMomo Год назад

    2020 kinda counted. It was like winning a summer league to me. The pandemic made this bubble ring mean nothing. People were too busy trying to fight the pandemic than watch these pointless games.

  • @justinjones7604
    @justinjones7604 7 месяцев назад

    Just realized james said he they didn't see thier family for 8 weeks ik some of them got kids now, but like half the league played at least a year at college away from thier families

  • @DwayneIsK1NG
    @DwayneIsK1NG Год назад +1

    I can't STAND people that don't wanna count this ring or call it a Micky Mouse ring. I hate the Lakers and I'm not a fan of LeBron. But this is one of the toughest rings ever in NBA history considering the circumstances. No fans (which players feed off the fans), they got thrown out of their routine (which is kind of important for professional players), they had no family with them, and the threat of people getting sick from Covid was real. To say that this doesn't count is CRAZY

    • @pyotrbagration2438
      @pyotrbagration2438 Год назад +1

      Finally I found a take so bad that I can call you a clown without any second thought. Kudos my man, you are special.

    • @DwayneIsK1NG
      @DwayneIsK1NG Год назад

      @@pyotrbagration2438 first of all, I'm a 30 year old grown man. Don't call me a clown tryna act all tough on the internet. You can have a different opinion and not ba a jackass about it. It's called having a discourse. Give me a rebuttal since my take is so bad. I could still disagree or maybe see it your way. Man I don't know why people gotta act like that for no reason 🤦🏿

    • @pyotrbagration2438
      @pyotrbagration2438 Год назад +1

      @@DwayneIsK1NG Nah bro I have no intention of starting a discussion with a person that says LeBums 4th ring is one of the toughest rings in NBA history. That is just pure delusion like saying the sky is pink.

  • @unpopulartruth8829
    @unpopulartruth8829 Год назад +1

    One of the the biggest reasons people say the bubble ring gets no respect is because the lakers won and we have seen what actually happened ever other year lebron has been with the lakers. Either didn't make the playoffs or barely making the play in. The lakers knew they wouldn't have won if it was a regular reason that's why they got rid of the whole team that won in the bubble the very next year. It was a lot of key players on teams that didn't even play in the bubble.

    • @DaCommishDude
      @DaCommishDude  Год назад

      That is a good point. I don't think I've seen anyone correlate that seemingly boneheaded move of trading away the championship team unless the Lakers front office knew they couldn't hack it under normal conditions and circumstances.

    • @unpopulartruth8829
      @unpopulartruth8829 Год назад

      @CommishDynamo right. A lot of people don't hate lebron, we really hate his fans because they don't judge him the same way they judge other players.

  • @jackcityy718
    @jackcityy718 Год назад +1

    As much as I dont want to agree with lebron but he is right that was a tough championship (not cause everyone is out of their comfort zone) but players like Mcgee was coasts to coasting. TJ Warren (not saying he is a complete scrub or anything) was prime MJ in the midrange
    Pretty much all im tryna say is everyone attributes went up atleast 10-25 overall. Thats where Murray really made a name for himself

  • @goldengod31
    @goldengod31 6 месяцев назад

    Expect a Kiwi to bring a reality check to America.
    My Dad was stuck in the middle east during the gulf war , we didn’t know where he was for like 3 months. The hell is bron talking about.

  • @ChiefGore429
    @ChiefGore429 Год назад +1

    I definitely am the type to break down being away from my family. But nobody is talking about outside of basketball. Was it the hardest on the court LeXcuses

  • @joshuagregory8425
    @joshuagregory8425 Год назад

    Lou Williams going to the club to get wings

  • @JayAynoKingdom33
    @JayAynoKingdom33 Год назад

    Oh yeah this a good one. You bout to get paid off this one. Got my Carmel popcorn and pressing play....

  • @_theporkchopexpress
    @_theporkchopexpress 8 месяцев назад

    Good lord Lebron is such a whiny sociopath.

  • @taxationistheft7
    @taxationistheft7 10 месяцев назад

    people clown the raptors because they won against the warriors without KD and without Klay the last game. Bubble ring was a whole different Atmosphere with no fans, no home court advantage. Things that definitely sway games and change up rhythm of players. This was just pick up ball at the Y. Mickey Mouse ring

  • @jaylenbarnes2.079
    @jaylenbarnes2.079 Год назад +2

    Another Awesome Video by Dynamo

    • @DaCommishDude
      @DaCommishDude  Год назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for watching!

  • @BIGMIKE-mk9ce
    @BIGMIKE-mk9ce Месяц назад

    People don't like this ring because the whole championship was built around Kobe Bryant passing away that's why it was so😢😢😢 sad they even made jerseys the Black Mamba Jersey

  • @bumstead1383
    @bumstead1383 4 месяца назад

    I just keep thinking about the South Park episode where they smell their own farts, “my own chef”
    f’n seriously. You know he does it….you fkn know he does it.

  • @50shadesofbeige88
    @50shadesofbeige88 Год назад

    It should count, but there should be a giant asterisk next to it in the record books.

    • @mythification11
      @mythification11 Год назад

      why? except for heat injuries, they beat everybody easily in the same condition with the same advantages and disadvantages that any other team, in fact they lost homecourt advantage for all the series, where is the asterisk? if it was so easy why didn't any other team won it, specially the clippers the only year they have been healthy in the playoffs.

  • @Pats308
    @Pats308 4 месяца назад

    Make a video about the IST banner, bro that would be hilarious coming from you