Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard believes the Los Angeles Lakers’ 2020 title in the Walt Disney World bubble was a legitimate championship. Many NBA fans and pundits discredit the Lakers’ 2020 ring since there were no fans at the games and travel wasn’t involved.
However, Lillard isn’t one of those people.
The Lakers, led by LeBron James and Anthony Davis, beat the Blazers, Houston Rockets and Denver Nuggets in the 2020 Western Conference playoffs. Los Angeles then defeated the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals.
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Lillard averaged 37.6 points and 9.6 assists in eight bubble games before the 2020 playoffs. He scored 51 points versus the Philadelphia 76ers and 61 points against the Dallas Mavericks. Lillard averaged 24.3 points in the first round versus the Lakers, who won that series in five quick games.
On the same show where he talked about the Lakers’ 2020 title, Lillard explained why he requested a trade from the Blazers this offseason. Dame requested to be traded from the Blazers to only the Heat on July 1.
“It’s a way that you have to go about things where you can’t be an idiot,” Lillard said. “You say I’m gonna stay down, I’m gonna ride till the wheels fall off and all that stuff. I don’t have to prove that to nobody, like I’ve shown it. I mean that in my heart. But that’s like me and you saying no matter what happens we ain’t telling on each other. Ya know, I’m saying we never tell on each other. And then the day comes where I’m still playing by those same rules.
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“Like man, you want the same thing? We’re gonna go out together and then that ain’t the code you want to live by no more,” Lillard added. “So when that happens, you can’t be how it was. … You don’t want the same thing no more and you show me that you don’t want the same thing. We don’t want the same thing.”
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