Over five years later, Daryl Morey still is not over the 2020 NBA season. Not because of the pandemic or the challenges of the bubble, but because the Los Angeles Lakers were able to walk away with the Larry O’Brien trophy, and the Houston Rockets did not.
In an interview with The Athletic, Morey said, “Everyone I speak to around the league privately agrees that it doesn’t truly hold up as a genuine championship."
Morey added, "Perhaps the lasting legacy of the NBA bubble is that the NBA should be proud of its leadership at both the beginning and end of the pandemic, even though the champion will forever be marked by an asterisk.