3 seed, had to play an extra series in their disproportionately grueling road to the NBA Finals. Soft!Asterisk reason: In a rematch of the Bullets-Sonics Finals a year ago in which the Bullets won, the Sonics benefitted by injuries knocking out two Bullets starters Kevin Grevey (hamstring) and Tom Henderson (ankle) in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Lucky LeBron.Asterisk reason: They played a lot of zone. What could have been?Asterisk reason: Again, Sabonis wasn't playing in America so the Pistons avoided him starting for the Blazers in the Finals and flipping the NBA paradigm. Thus, the No. Well, technically 11, but the Washington Capitols (.Asterisk reason: In the inaugural NBA season, there were 17 teams, six of which were contracted by Year 2 of the NBA. Kobe and the Lakers faced Dwight Howard instead. Thompson has been cleared to train without restrictions since June.While the Warriors did have the worst record in the NBA this season, they should at least be playoff contenders next season with Klay Thompson back in the lineup alongside Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins. However, they’ll have to get through the,Thompson will be searching to get back to the NBA Finals next season after missing the entire 2019-20 campaign. You tell me.Asterisk reason: Kobe Bryant dodges LeBron James yet again. Also, Scottie Pippen.Asterisk reason: Adding the Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies this season diluted the overall talent pool for Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls to feast on. Now, the tough part begins.The list of players opting out of the NBA bubble is growing. If the NBA implements group stages into the playoffs and the Bucks or Lakers are bounced before the traditional seven-game rounds begin, believe you me that fans will forever undercut any other champion.If a play-in tournament is introduced for the seventh and eighth seeds in each conference, there will be timeless hand-wringing and what-ifs that are never answered and therefore results always in question.The simple response is that you can never make everyone happy and fans will always bemoan circumstances that do not favor their team or situation. King James averaged 38.5 points, 8.3 rebounds and 8.0 assists for the 66-win Cavs in the Eastern Conference finals, and somehow it wasn't enough. Kawhi Leonard rested all season and a timely gust of wind at the end of Game 7 against Philadelphia 76ers nudged the ball just enough to fall in the basket. 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There are enough people who believe this season has been disrupted so much that the championship will be looked at differently.It is clear from the conversations that have already been had within the NBA, and are continuing to take place this week, that there is almost zero chance the league is going to bring all 30 teams together to complete the 82-game season plus the playoffs. But more importantly, as late as 1960, it was understood that only four Black players were allowed per NBA team.Asterisk reason: There were only eight teams. Invalid.Asterisk reason: Lockout season, broken bodies. But the real reason for this asterisk is two-time All-Defense member Nate McMillan's back. The franchise is looking to win its first championship in franchise history. His pick can be seen at the 4:23 mark of the,The Bucks have the best record in the NBA for the second straight season. Doesn't count.Asterisk reason: Voters got bored and gave Karl Malone the MVP and thereby gave life to Michael Jordan's vengeful loins. They got to the Eastern Conference Finals last season but lost to the,The Clippers, meanwhile, are in second place in the Western Conference standings. If Sabas didn't wait until 1995 to join the NBA, this is a very different 1992 Finals battle between the Blazers and Bulls. David beats Goliath, but if only Goliath had no knees left.Asterisk reason: If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?Asterisk reason: Ask the Sacramento Kings.Asterisk reason: The Lakers lost both games to Ray Allen and the top-scoring Milwaukee Bucks in the regular season, which is notable because Allen,Asterisk reason: The referees swallowed the whistle when Shaquille O'Neal.Asterisk reason: Lockout season. No Walton, no glory.Asterisk reason: In the first season with the NBA-ABA merger, the Blazers made the playoffs for the first time and won the title all in the same season. Unsportsmanlike conduct. LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers are the favourites to win the title followed by the Bucks and Clippers. That's because, at this point in NBA history, the top two seeds received a first-round bye and only played three series for a championship. Not a fair fight.Asterisk reason: The defending-champion Blazers' repeat hopes were derailed when Bill Walton broke his foot in February while the team was 50-10 -- easily the best record in the NBA. 【2019-2020年NBAトレードの噂12選手まとめ】 さて、それでは実際に2020年NBAトレードの噂があるのは、どんな選手でしょうか？ 早速見てみましょう！ – おすすめ記事 → 【NBAドラフト2018】身体能力・技術力が豊富で、NBAでも即戦力プレイヤー～マービン・バグリー～ Can't argue with science.Asterisk reason: Notice that Moses Malone's famous quote is "Fo', fo', fo'" and not "Fo, fo', fo', fo'." Of the 229 individual opponents that Kobe faced at least 20 times in his career, Kobe's lowest win percentage came against LeBron, losing 6 of his 22 games against the four-time MVP, per Basketball Reference. You probably disagree.Relationships are helping people through the pandemic. Thompson, a three-time NBA champion… Your answer may depend on your political party affiliation,Do you talk race with your children? Penalty: title vacated along with dignity.Asterisk reason: In Game 7, the Lakers took 21 free throws in the fourth quarter while the Celtics took 17 all game. Because of that, and all the significant setbacks due to the coronavirus, no matter who is crowned, the 2020 NBA champion will have an asterisk next to that team’s name in the history books.If for no other reason than bringing in the most amount of revenue it can, the NBA is going to shake things up when it comes back and, for what it’s worth, I say shake it hard.Choose something that could possibly be sustained in the future, evaluate changing the regular-season schedule, plan for an expansion, and reconsider conference structure. 2-seeded Heat cruise by default and take down the up-and-coming Thunder that never fully arrived. Also, James Harden tallied 12 turnovers in the Western Conference finals-clinching loss in Game 5, but it's unclear what another referee audit might uncover. Go big or go home.You want to put an asterisk on this season? The top three favourites remain unchanged from prior to the season's suspension back in March. Also, the Pistons couldn't beat Michael Jordan in basketball so they turned to boxing and football tactics in their Eastern Conference battles. They’ll do it without fans, without home-court advantages, without a guarantee of safety and health, in the midst of the one of the most uncertain times the world has ever seen.There will always be an asterisk on this NBA season. Not a typo. If Wilkes doesn't get the bug, Boston doesn't get the trophy. Rebounds would be introduced as an official stat in 1951. Not basketball. (Ten of the 24 All-Stars in 1977 were former ABA players, including All-Star Game MVP Julius Erving and five of the 10 starters in the 1977 Finals were ABA players).Asterisk reason: Half the best players were in the ABA.Asterisk reason: There were only 10 teams.Asterisk reason: There were only nine teams.Asterisk reason: There were only nine teams.Asterisk reason: There were only eight teams.Asterisk reason: There were only eight teams. Unfair.Asterisk reason: LeBron James "pretty much" broke his hand. Scandalous.Asterisk reason: Draymond Green got suspended in a potential clinching Game 5 for things he did two months prior and Stephen Curry might have been hobbled and Harrison Barnes missed several very open shots. The Lakers cruise again with their Finals opponent battered.Asterisk reason: Hall of Fame forward Jamaal Wilkes was averaging 17 points per game for the Lakers that season and then missed the first round of the playoffs dealing with a gastrointestinal virus. You’re not alone. The format will almost certainly include either a World Cup-style group stage for the playoffs, or a play-in tournament.Even if this is an experimental phase that leads to larger changes down the road, the NBA should roll with it.The team that comes out of this unusual and fascinating season, having endured a multiple months-long hiatus and becomes the 2020 champion should take pride in being able to overcome all the obstacles before rising to the ultimate prize in professional basketball.This year’s Finals winner will have been a part of NBA history as the first team to win by way of group stage or a play-in tourney. If for no other reason than bringing in the most amount of revenue it can, the NBA is going to shake things up when it comes back and, for what it’s worth, I say shake it hard. 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Very questionable circumstances.Asterisk reason: In Game 1 of the NBA Finals in San Antonio, the Spurs' home arena's air conditioning "malfunctioned" due to electrical failure and LeBron had to be carried off the floor due to leg cramps. The 2020 NBA Finals schedule will be released following the the conclusion of the conference finals. The storylines were incredible and priming the league for an amazing postseason run.There were going to be intense battles for the lower playoff seeds, the reigning champion Toronto Raptors were thriving without Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard after his departure to the Los Angeles Clippers, which has largely been considered the only team that could battle the LeBron James-led Lakers, who were dominating the Western Conference, and the Milwaukee Bucks were tearing through the East with reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, who had a legitimate shot at winning not only a consecutive MVP honor, but was in the running for Defensive Player of the Year.There were of course other intriguing and tantalizing storylines and scenarios playing out, but there was also incredible sorrow that had befallen the NBA. "We felt carried in the ways I think the Savior would carry us if he could in a physical form. Period.It doesn’t matter if I think this year’s NBA champion is legitimate no matter how they get to their trophy, and it doesn’t matter if you agree with that.
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