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Daryl Morey Says the 2020 Title for the Lakers is "Forever Marked" By an Asterisk
The Athletic put together an oral history of the Bubble, five years later. Of course, that weird, (hopefully) never-to-be-repeated NBA season resulted in LA's most recent title, with the Lakers beating the Heat to earn a banner.
No question, the whole thing was weird, and unlike any other title in the history of the game. But in that oral history, Sixers GM Daryl Morey (then with the Rockets, who were eliminated by the Lakers) revealed that many around the league put an asterisk on LA's victory:
"Had the Rockets won the title, I absolutely would have celebrated it as legitimate, knowing the…
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