Pat Riley : Lakers 2020 NBA title will always have ‘asterisk’ attached to it

[Nike D'Antoni]

“I would like to see what it would be like with everybody whole. We’ll get our chance again,” Riley said of the championship series. “The Lakers have the greatest player in the game today in LeBron [James] and Anthony Davis.

“They beat us fair and squarely. But there will be always be that asterisk; if we had Bam [Adebayo] and Goran [Dragic] 100 percent — Goran was our leading scorer [entering the Finals] — it might have gone to a seventh game.”

[houston]

injuries are part of the game lakers didn't have avery bradley. Lakers had a big 3 with Howard,AD, and Lebron starting.

[pandiani17]

Riley salty as ****. If that's the way it works, the following championships have asterisks, then:

87 Lakers
88 Lakers
89 Pistons
94 Rockets
95 Rockets
99 Spurs
08 Celtcis
10 Lakers
14 Spurs
15 Warriors
19 Raptors

All of them played the finals against teams that had injured players.

[SouBeachTalents]

coined and 329 services said it wasn't an asterisk though

[dbugz]

:roll: :roll: :roll:

imagine having a trophy called the covid trophy :roll:

[ArbitraryWater]

:roll: :roll: :roll:

imagine having a trophy called the covid trophy :roll:

But, nobody calls it that?

Lol

[Gohan]

coined and 329 services said it wasn't an asterisk though

Stick to quoting Stan

[TheGoatest]

He's right. The asterisk should read "tougher to win than other rings".

[Doranku]

Riley still salty about Bran leaving South Beach. :lol

[FireDavidKahn]

Let's see.

Riley didn't face a full strength...

Pacers
Bucks
Celtics

and

...

Lakers

[Hey Yo]

“I would like to see what it would be like with everybody whole. We’ll get our chance again,” Riley said of the championship series. “The Lakers have the greatest player in the game today in LeBron [James] and Anthony Davis.

“They beat us fair and squarely. But there will be always be that asterisk; if we had Bam [Adebayo] and Goran [Dragic] 100 percent — Goran was our leading scorer [entering the Finals] — it might have gone to a seventh game.”
Both Bam and Goran were healthy in game 1 when LA had a 32pt lead at one point.

Riley's a bitch.

[Roundball_Rock]

Riley salty as ****. If that's the way it works, the following championships have asterisks, then:

87 Lakers
88 Lakers
89 Pistons
94 Rockets
95 Rockets
99 Spurs
08 Celtcis
10 Lakers
14 Spurs
15 Warriors
19 Raptors

All of them played the finals against teams that had injured players.

Did Riley call the 87' and 88' Lakers asterisk champs?

[Shooter]

He is right, the asterisk should be against the other teams since the Lakers were missing Cousins and Avery Bradley

Against all Odds

#LeHardestRoad

[Shooter]

Both Bam and Goran were healthy in game 1 when LA had a 32pt lead at one point.

Riley's a bitch.

I still believe them going out and turning Butler into 2016 LBJ was better for them. Most were predicting a 4-1 or sweep before the series and Butler was able to win 2 games :confusedshrug: