Nba Championship 2020 Asterisk

And still doesn t now on the eve of the 2020 nba finals between the los angeles lakers and miami heat.

Nba championship 2020 asterisk. Magic johnson blew out his hamstring in game 3 of the nba finals ending both the mvp s season and the legitimacy of the pistons title. Isiah thomas suffered a debilitating ankle injury in game 6 and he barely played in game 7 a game in which the pistons lost by a. Whether people like it or not the 2020 nba champions will exist in a realm of perpetuity.

July 24 2020 07 24 2020 4 57 am. Asterisk or not the 2020 nba champions will be one to remember. Will there be an asterisk on the 2020 nba championship.

I was 7 at the time and a remember this because i grew up in north jersey and the knicks were the 8th seed yet made it to the nba finals. This isn t to suggest i haven t. Whatever happens we ll never forget it and that is worth something.

However it should represent a badge of honor not a stain on the sport. Perhaps the most anticipated season in a decade due to the amount of teams that could realistically win a championship got all the way to march with that same state of the league being the case then the coronavirus arrived in the states and threw everything off the rails the nba along with the entire sports world. There have been thorough debates regarding the ethics of resuming the nba and sports in general today.

So for those who do not know or are too young to remember the san antonio spurs won in 1998 99 during a lockout season. Is there an asterisk on the 2020 nba champions. The nba has never and may never see a season go the way 2020 did ever again.

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. Los angeles lakers asterisk reason. In the nba the asterisk might be placed next to this season s eventual nba champion.