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>Goes without saying that anyone who tries to dismiss any ring >for any reason anywhere is insane, lol. Rings are insanely >fucking hard to win. Even if you think the bubble was the >exception for the Lakers with Bron, they still had to, y'know, >go win it, lmao. Shit wasn't handed to them. > >But it's also pretty clear that the bubble *is* an anomaly for >the Lakers in the Bron era. They've finished 10th, 1st, 7th, >11th in these four years. That's a big spike.
Bron and AD were healthy, they really haven't been since
>Whereas the Heat were young in the bubble, and while they >performed above how folks expected, I think it was and is >reasonable to assume that it was a sign of good things to come >for Miami. And here we are two years later, and the Heat have >earned a 1 seed-- in a year where they dealt with some >noteworthy injury absences to boot. > >So I don't think the praise for Spo and the Heat comes >primarily from their bubble success. I mean, the Lakers are >65-79 since the bubble, the Heat are 93-61. I think it's easy >to see why people think the Heat making a deep run in the >bubble felt like it was a predecessor of things to come >whereas the Lakers' deep run and win within the bubble feels >more anomalous. It's shaken out that way over a pretty large >sample. > >The Heat very clearly has a culture right now, and the Lakers >very clearly don't in the Bron era. We know what to expect of >the Heat next season, and I've no clue what the Lakers will be >or look like. > >(But again, anyone trying to dismiss any ring ever is an >obvious hater, lol.)
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