When was the last real non asterisk ring? What season?

[2much_knowledge]

Straight up, non trick question

2011? 2009? No injuries to key players, no short season, no suspensions

[ShawkFactory]

If every ring has an asterisk then none do.

But 2009 certainly wouldn’t be it.

[Spurs m8]

2014 tbh

Not biased

How was it not?

Organic team won organically against a healthy stacked, juiced, colluded team.

Beat healthy teams all through the playoffs...included a solid WCF opponent

[HunterSThompson]

If every ring has an asterisk then none do.

But 2009 certainly wouldn’t be it.

this ^ ... kobrick never faced Kang. how can 2009 be legit when all he did was beat the Orlando tragic. anyone throughout history could beat that team. worst finals matchup ever. If snitchbe lost to fright coward in the finals he it woulda been more pathetic than his 2004 choke job

[tpols]

2021 - 70% of superstars get hurt
2020 - mickey mouse joke
2019 - KD and Klay get hurt
2018 - Chris Paul got hurt for most critical games
2017 - Kawhi got hurt in WCFs
2016 - first year commissioner snake silver rigs for money
2015 - kyrie and love hurt

...

Last one with no extreme adulterations was 2014. 2017 and 2018 are somewhat legit though. Chris Paul was hurt but he always chokes leads anyway (proof ~ got wrecked in 2019 with Durant out), and Kawhi has proven to be made of glass so there's no,way the 2017 spurs win anyway.

[ShawkFactory]

2013? I mean Kobe got hurt for the POs but they weren’t winning anyway

[HunterSThompson]

2021 - 70% of superstars get hurt
2020 - mickey mouse joke
2019 - KD and Klay get hurt
2018 - Chris Paul got hurt for most critical games
2017 - Kawhi got hurt in WCFs
2016 - first year commissioner snake silver rigs for money
2015 - kyrie and love hurt

...

Last one with no extreme adulterations was 2014. 2017 and 2018 are somewhat legit though. Chris Paul was hurt but he always chokes leads anyway (proof ~ got wrecked in 2019 with Durant out), and Kawhi has proven to be made of glass so there's no,way the 2017 spurs win anyway.


how did silver rig 2016.. and playing in a bubble is tougher because you're away from family and friends. plus the food wasn't very good for the first week. that alone probably caused the clippers entire team to check out. and it was such a prison like atmosphere that players like Durant and kyrie declined to play while being fully healthy. imagine being locked in with a dad d*ck gorilla like Kang. nobody wants their a** to be brutalized.. Kang needs p*ssy whether it's lady p*ssy or man p*ssy. makes no difference to LeEggplantation pure bread daddy d*ck Lelong james

[Ryoka Narusawa]

No year has an asterisk every year is open for the champion to claim a trophy fairly

[StrongLurk]

I actually mentioned this recently in another thread. Every ring since 2015 could be argued by someone with somewhat decent logic that they had some form of asterisk, even if I don't necessarily argee.

I think the last completely normal ring was Spurs 2014 right? Did anyone significant get injured in the playoffs that year?

[Spurs m8]

I laugh at the bubble ring defenders hahahhaha

Cute

[red1]

2014 tbh

Not biased

How was it not?

Organic team won organically against a healthy stacked, juiced, colluded team.

Beat healthy teams all through the playoffs...included a solid WCF opponent

:oldlol:

[DevBooker'sMask]

2014 tbh

Not biased

How was it not?

Organic team won organically against a healthy stacked, juiced, colluded team.

Beat healthy teams all through the playoffs...included a solid WCF opponent

Wade was great for 2011 and some of 2012 but his knee was shot in 2014

[red1]

2012, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2020 - all organic non-asterisk rings.

[HunterSThompson]

2012, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2020 - all organic non-asterisk rings.

this ^ lebron has the biggest organ so how can he not be organic

[red1]

:oldlol:

[bullettooth]

2011

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

Going by the 'asterisk' definition here, probably 2014.

I count most chips tho. Most players and teams play with the same circumstances. Or at least know what's at stake.

[2much_knowledge]

2012, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2020 - all organic non-asterisk rings.

Reading comprehension not that good? I said NO SHORT seasons, NO suspensions

[2much_knowledge]

this ^ ... kobrick never faced Kang. how can 2009 be legit when all he did was beat the Orlando tragic. anyone throughout history could beat that team. worst finals matchup ever. If snitchbe lost to fright coward in the finals he it woulda been more pathetic than his 2004 choke job

Anyone could beat orlando... except lebron. Got it. Thank you

[Wally450]

I'd probably say 2014.

[ScottieQuitting]

2021 - 70% of superstars get hurt
2020 - mickey mouse joke
2019 - KD and Klay get hurt
2018 - Chris Paul got hurt for most critical games
2017 - Kawhi got hurt in WCFs
2016 - first year commissioner snake silver rigs for money
2015 - kyrie and love hurt

...

Last one with no extreme adulterations was 2014. 2017 and 2018 are somewhat legit though. Chris Paul was hurt but he always chokes leads anyway (proof ~ got wrecked in 2019 with Durant out), and Kawhi has proven to be made of glass so there's no,way the 2017 spurs win anyway.
Pretty accurate. Last real NBA season was 2014 then?

[8Ball]

2020. 2016. 2012 and 2013.

[FKAri]

2018

[2much_knowledge]

2020. 2016. 2012 and 2013.

More reading comprehension problems over here..

[72-10]

Hard to call it a good league by 1992. Technically, last real ring 2008. First fake one was 2002.