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I rag the Spurs a lot for being asterisk champions. But to be fair to them, the playoffs weren't shortened.
Take the title off LAL
Asterix the Championship
Keep it as it is
Remind me again, are championships won in the regular season or the playoffs? Then, with that in mind, can you tell me if the playoffs were shortened as well? Remember, I was too young to watch the NBA back then, so I'm genuinely curiousIf the playoffs (the real season) were the length of the normal playoffs in any other year, I don't see how you can attach an asterisk to ring that is won in the playoffs, unless said playoffs were shortened, tbh.
I rag the Spurs a lot for being asterisk champions. But to be fair to them, the playoffs weren't shortened.
You're missing the point that I already stated: It was an abnormal season, hence the asterisk.Remind me again, are championships won in the regular season or the playoffs? Then, with that in mind, can you tell me if the playoffs were shortened as well? Remember, I was too young to watch the NBA back then, so I'm genuinely curious
You can try tothis and ignore that teams played almost half the games in the regular season, but facts or facts.
Sure, the seedings should be asterisked, since the season wasn't long enough.You're missing the point that I already stated: It was an abnormal season, hence the asterisk.
You can try to
But the playoffs were not shortened, as Venti just said, so the playoffs and the results of said playoffs were not abnormal.
That's my point, and you can try to
This, tbh
Asterisks shouldn't be put on rings unless some travesty occurs in the Finals, tbh...
I'm notSure, the seedings should be asterisked, since the season wasn't long enough.
But the playoffs were not shortened, as Venti just said, so the playoffs and the results of said playoffs were not abnormal.
That's my point, and you can try to
Riddle me this: Does the season length play a part in how a team performs during the playoffs? I'll save you time and answer yes.
The shortened season affected the post-season, teams didn't enter in the same state they would if it was 82 games. Now like I said before, the asterisk does not knock the team in any way or say they had some kind of advantage. It merely marks that the le was won under abnormal cir stances and a shortened season is an abnormal cir stance that all teams experienced.
Get it?
So you're arguing that being a regular season champ is somewhat important then, no? Or you're claiming that NBA players (grown men) are unable to get up for the playoffs after 50 games compared to 82 games, tbh...I'm not
Riddle me this: Does the season length play a part in how a team performs during the playoffs? I'll save you time and answer yes.
The shortened season affected the post-season, teams didn't enter in the same state they would if it was 82 games. Now like I said before, the asterisk does not knock the team in any way or say they had some kind of advantage. It merely marks that the le was won under abnormal cir stances and a shortened season is an abnormal cir stance that all teams experienced.
Get it?
Basketball is all about managing the season and entering the postseason well rested and firing on all cylinders. One team did that better than all other teams (making history, tbh, being the team that overcame such odds) ... you could argue that it was harder for the Spurs since Duncan only had 50 games in his first season after his rookie year...hard adjustment for a 2nd year player tbh...yet he overcame these odds and won in the playoffs that were just like any other playoffs, tbh
Regular season champ? No. The wear & tear of 82 games, yes.So you're arguing that being a regular season champ is somewhat important then, no? Or you're claiming that NBA players (grown men) are unable to get up for the playoffs after 50 games compared to 82 games, tbh...
Basketball is all about managing the season and entering the postseason well rested and firing on all cylinders. One team did that better than all other teams (making history, tbh, being the team that overcame such odds) ... you could argue that it was harder for the Spurs since Duncan only had 50 games in his first season after his rookie year...hard adjustment for a 2nd year player tbh...
1999 was an abnormal season, that made the playoffs abnormal. You're pulling a typical spurfan reaction and saying this is a knock against the team by trying to say Spurs deserved the le. I could also argue that Duncan & Spurs didn't feel the affect of close to 20 games in a month as much as the other teams, but I won't argue that.
You're
Fact of the matter is, the playoffs were not shortened, therefore, the le does not have an asterisk on it. If it was missing one game, even one game, I'd agree that there should be an asterisk for the NBA Champions that won during a shortened playoff. However, as there was not, there should be no asterisk.
Why?
We didnt get any help from Stern like you did in 2002
The NBA applied the rules
You have heard of those rules, havent you ?
Fact of the matter is, the season was shortened, therefore, the le does have an asterisk on it. If it was a regular season, not a compacted mess with near 20 games in a month, I'd agree it shouldn't be an asterisk for the NBA champions that won after a normal season. However, as the season was short and compacted, there should be an asterisk.
Already addressed that they would both be asterisks, not for what happened, but for how OP is claiming they are asterisk.
He's looking in hindsight, thinking Kings were robbed. Problem is, Lakers were heavily favored and Kings were playing like dog . But because of game 6 (ignoring the times LAL was jobbed in earlier games) Kings somehow got robbed even though they choked multiple times and had an even game 7 to win it. All that slip your mind?
Same logic can be used for 2007, but I don't consider either asterisks.
So the championship was given to the team with the best record after 50 wins? Like the night of the 50th game, Stern came out and gave out the rings to the team with the best record? There wasn't a playoff like there is in every other year, tbh?
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Didn't I already explain how a season affects the post-season, or are we just going to throw that out of the window and look at only part of the picture?
LOS ANGELES -- Was Game 3 of the 2008 NBA Finals held at the scene of a crime?
Disgraced ex-referee Tim Donaghy alleged as much Tuesday in a filing made by his attorney in U.S. District Court in New York, saying the highly controversial Game 6 of the Lakers-Kings playoff series in 2002 was impacted by the actions of two of the three referees who worked the game.
Although no teams are specifically named, it is not hard to deduce the game in question. The Lakers-Kings series was the only one that postseason that went seven games, and the officiating in Game 6 was so questionable that consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader called for a formal investigation.
In addition, a foul was called against Mike Bibby of the Kings after he was shoved and elbowed by Kobe Bryant, denying the Kings an opportunity to try for a tying basket. Also in that game, Kings centers Vlade Divac and Scot Pollard fouled out, and Kings coach Rick Adelman was highly critical of the officiating afterward.
"My first thought [upon hearing Donaghy's allegation] was: I knew it," Pollard said Tuesday night. "I'm not going to say there was a conspiracy. I just think something wasn't right. It was unfair. We didn't have a chance to win that game."
Feel sorry for the kings, and their team has gone to in the decade since.
It's just ed. Makes you wander how many series and les could have gone another way in other years if it wasn't for dodgy officiating.
The 1999 and 2012 seasons are fine, i have no problem with them, each team played the same amount of games and had/have the same opportunity to win the championship.
From Cops to prisons, sports to the stockmarket, corruption and bribery is everywhere. I just wish the NBA wasn't one of those places.
Feel sorry for the Kings because they choked away a series? Kings and LAL were both jobbed for certain games in the series and the Kings honestly were not in a position to win the series with even officiating. Stern extended the series to 7 games because he knew that whoever won would sweep the Nets in one of the most 1 sided finals ever with poor ratings. Kings could have won game 7, choked it away.
At any rate, that and 2007 aren't asterisks
99 and 2012 are
It definitely deserves an *. Didn't Mike Bibby get called for a foul when the rapist elbowed him in the nose? Any video?
The officiating was pathetic and downright obvious that it was in favor of the Lakers. With that being said, if certain would have happened, we wouldn't be talking about this because the Kings would have won. If the Kings had more a few more shots or free throws or some defensive stops, they would have won game 4 and been 3-1 in the series. The same could be said for game 7. The Kings ed themselves in the ass by missing a ton of free throws in game 7. In the NBA, ing and moaning about the refs will get you no where and you won't win a championship. I think that's one reason why the Mavs won last year. They didn't and moan about the refs like they did in past years. In game 6 of the Finals last year, the refs tried a little to give the game to the Heat but the Mavs said " you" and beat the Heat and the refs to win their championship.
I highly believe the NBA is rigged and manipulated when certain scenarios are possible but you have to rise above that and play to win. ing and crying about the refs and bad calls will not get you a championship.
Jacob yeah, the rapist's elbow on Bibby was nasty as. It's in the vid i posted? Any player not named Kobe or LeBron would be suspended if they did that in todays NBA.
Yeah, it's at around the 3:52 mark of that video. That right there just shows the officiating was ty. The sad and pathetic thing is how the NBA just lies about it and is in denial. Everyone knows the officiating in that series was ed up and ty and definitely one sided. However, Stern can't admit that because it would make him look like a dumbass.
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