Is the Bucks 2021 championship an asterisk?

[Nike D'Antoni]

Bucks are just not that good. They won in an injury ravaged down year. They're pretty much the same as the Sixers

Per Proctor. What you think?

[Proctor]

Yes, thanks OP

[Kblaze8855]

Literally every single time this has been asked of any nba champ the answer is no. All of them. No exceptions. Nothing you think will ever make it stick…no matter who you’re asking this question about.

[ImKobe]

Nah man they earned it in the Finals. There have been much weaker runs than that 2021 one.

[Sportal]

Per Proctor. What you think?

Can I ask what in particular made that year an Asterisk for them? Injured players? Which were those again? If that were to be an asterisk year, I'd say the last decade would be up for review, the years that come to mind are where multiple teams' best players were injured and the Warriors won.

[Xiao Yao You]

no bubble no asterisk

[highwhey]

absolutely it is. giannis isn't a real superstar. he's getting bounced by the heat. what a joke.

[ArbitraryWater]

No.

ast year they woud have won with Middeton aso.

[Axe]

Can I ask what in particular made that year an Asterisk for them? Injured players? Which were those again? If that were to be an asterisk year, I'd say the last decade would be up for review, the years that come to mind are where multiple teams' best players were injured and the Warriors won.
That seems interesting.

[hold this L]

There's no asterisk at all, but they are not as great as advertised. They're just a very good championship team.

[Kblaze8855]

Can I ask what in particular made that year an Asterisk for them? Injured players? Which were those again? If that were to be an asterisk year, I'd say the last decade would be up for review, the years that come to mind are where multiple teams' best players were injured and the Warriors won.


The Pistons won a title by beating the Celtics without Larry Bird and the Lakers with Magic only being healthy a game and a half. They lifted a trophy in a game Magic Johnson didn’t suit up in after a game 3 where he gutted out all of 5 minutes before he had to be pulled.

90% of the people reading this had no idea that happened.

Know why?

Nobody cares.

[RRR3]

The only time a ring is an asterisk is if it is confirmed it was rigged in favor of the winning team.

[Kblaze8855]

absolutely it is. giannis isn't a real superstar. he's getting bounced by the heat. what a joke.

Funny thing is this line of thinking will just invalidate the Heats win in the future(if they do) because they will have won 2 games with Giannis injured.

But that’s how all asterisk talk works. Just pulled out of someone’s ass to fit the situation.

[SATAN]

Why does everything someone dislikes have to be an asterisk?

NBA fans are ****ing pathetic.

[Axe]

Why does everything someone dislikes have to be an asterisk?

NBA fans are ****ing pathetic.
Especially when it has something to do with lebron. Amazeballs.

[Proctor]

There's no asterisk at all, but they are not as great as advertised. They're just a very good championship team.
This was all I really meant despite some extra flair for Bucks fans. There's no such thing as a "fake ring", they certainly worked for it, Giannis stepped up, etc. But I never before the ring (or after) thought of them as any better than the current Sixers, current Grizzlies, etc. Very good teams that I would never bet on in any year and far from a team I peg as a "favorite" or a leading contender just because they won a ring when they did.

[Wally450]

Every ring has an asterisk if you want to get technical.

[highwhey]

Funny thing is this line of thinking will just invalidate the Heats win in the future(if they do) because they will have won 2 games with Giannis injured.

But that’s how all asterisk talk works. Just pulled out of someone’s ass to fit the situation.

i mean, herro is missing too. and giannis lost to a team they really should not have lost to. on paper, the bucks are the better team overall. giannis is just a bitch though. we've covered this OG. giannis doesn't have the intangibles that other superstars have.

[RRR3]

Bucks are too flawed and poorly coached to be what I consider a real title contender, despite them winning in 2021. However, Giannis is a legitimate championship caliber number one, and he earned that ring. You can only play who is in front of you. Do I think the Bucks win if the Nets stay healthy? Definitely not. I honestly don't think they were beating the Hawks if Trae stayed healthy either (although Giannis getting hurt made the Bucks chances lower than they usually would be in this case). But you could say this about many title teams. Injuries are a part of the game.

[Nike D'Antoni]

Kyrie Irving says if he didn’t get hurt against the Bucks in 2021, the Nets would’ve won the championship.

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[Jasper]

Nah man they earned it in the Finals. There have been much weaker runs than that 2021 one.

thank you .
Lets not forget 50 point game 6 giannis brought it home.

[kawhileonard2]

Clippers would have won if no Covid. 2008 Celtics and 2020 Clippers were same boat to win it all that year.

[Mask the Embiid]

Anytime you don’t win 2 rings back to back or within a certain amount of time. It looks like a asterisk. Raptors,Mavs, pistons, ect. All those rings no one truly believes they were the best team, we all just think (the only reason they won is because of _____ ).

Examples kd going down, Lebron having a meltdown, kobe trying to steal finals mvp.

[Sportal]

Clippers would have won if no Covid. 2008 Celtics and 2020 Clippers were same boat to win it all that year.

So why didn't they win when everyone had the same circumstances and situation, creating the most level playing field a playoffs for any sport has ever seen? No crowds, no travel, no distractions(other than living away from family, which every other player had to do too).

[Axe]

So why didn't they win when everyone had the same circumstances and situation, creating the most level playing field a playoffs for any sport has ever seen? No crowds, no travel, no distractions(other than living away from family, which every other player had to do too).
Because they suddenly found themselves bumping into this guy.

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[Sportal]

That seems interesting.

Yeah I think one year we saw the Clippers CRUSH the Spurs, and then Cp3 was injured, maybe Blake too? I think Harden was injured at some point for the Rockets, and I also think Parker was too for when the Spurs were the challenge for the Warriors. Don't even need to mention the Cavaliers with their injuries. Injuries happen in sports, that is just the way it is. No-one is ever going to say/remember these details... People have already forgotten the free-throw calls difference between the Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks in 2006... And that Mark Cuban tried to take someone to court. No-one even really talks about KD/Klay being injured when Kawhi and the Raptors won. It is only a particular group of fans that even bother themselves.

[Iverson3]

Clippers would have won if no Covid. 2008 Celtics and 2020 Clippers were same boat to win it all that year.

You are an idiot

[BigShotBob]

The Pistons won a title by beating the Celtics without Larry Bird and the Lakers with Magic only being healthy a game and a half. They lifted a trophy in a game Magic Johnson didn’t suit up in after a game 3 where he gutted out all of 5 minutes before he had to be pulled.

90% of the people reading this had no idea that happened.

Know why?

Nobody cares.

And the year before Isiah was hobbled and the Lakers hoisted the trophy as if they deserved it.

[90sgoat]

Definitely not, but Giannis is probably not who some think he is.

That is, when faced with strong teams with strong coaching, he will suffer like Lebron from not having a shot.

[plowking]

Giannis' finals performance is better than any performance Bron, MJ, Kobe, Durant or Shaq ever put up.

Just putting that out there.

[Akeem34TheDream]

I think the main problem is seeing it as a binary thing. Like is it legit or are they frauds? Some title runs are better than the others. Some are anti-climactic. That doesn't mean its asterisked though. Not every championship have the same value.

[BarberSchool]

Only asterisks that can be argued for amongst serious company:

1. Bubble (solid)

2. Very shortened lockout seasons. (Questionable)

3. Rings before 1967 (u really gonna sh!t on your elder’s divinities?)

[iamgine]

Yes in the sense that every championship ever has an asterisk (AKA Context).