The legitimacy of the Los Angeles Lakers' triumph in the Bubble in 2020 has once again become a big talking point, thanks to Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations, Daryl Morey.

The NBA bubble provided either the hardest championship to win of all-time, or a fraudulent title that doesn’t carry as much weight as every other ring depending on who you ask. On Wednesday, to commemorate the five-year anniversary of the start of the bubble,

At least one NBA executive believes the L.A. Lakers’ NBA championship in the bubble in 2020 should carry an asterisk. Daryl Morey, the President of the Philadelphia 76ers, told The Athletic it should. “Had the Rockets won the title, I absolutely would have celebrated it as legitimate, knowing the immense effort and resilience required,” he said.

Philly GM Daryl Morey said the Lakers' 2020 bubble title "doesn’t truly hold up as a genuine championship." Is he right or is he off-base?

In a look back at the bubble at The Athletic, NBA executive Daryl Morey — at the time with Houston, now the head of basketball operations with Philadelphia — said that the tit

The pandemic had brought the league to a standstill, forcing players into the NBA bubble in Orlando, where games were played in empty arenas under surreal circumstances. Ever since, debates have raged: Was that championship as legitimate as any other,

Dismissing that title undercuts not only what those Lakers endured but the very meaning of resilience and excellence in one of the toughest environments basketball has seen.

The post Stephen A. Smith blasts 76ers’ Daryl Morey for comments about Lakers’ 2020 championship appeared first on ClutchPoints. Daryl Morey had the NBA world shook when he dropped a quote to The Athletic saying that everyone he speaks to agrees that the Lakers’ 2020 championship in the bubble doesn’t hold the same weight as the others.