The Deep 3 Podcast - We Put An Asterisk On The Last 10 NBA Champions | TD3 Clips

Episode Date: February 25, 2026

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There's a lot of talk about the 2020 NBA championship having an asterisk because it's in the bubble. About the 2019 Raptors are only getting lucky because all the warriors got hurt. What if every single NBA championship had an asterisk? They all do. Oh, we could do that. We can do that. In fact, today, we're going to put an asterisk on the last 10 NBA championships. Okay.

We're going to get up here. We're going to be dishonest. We're going to push discourse in a way of toxicity. Dishonest. We're being real here. Never mind. We're going to be real. Talking about reality.

Last 10 champions, what would be the asterick on that championship if you were to choose to hate on them? This is so easy. Okay. Let's do it. So first up, 2025 Thunder. You're lucky Tyrus Halliboran blew his Achilles out in game seven. He was walking out down,

came out firing, knocking down three, he's left and right. They were going to beat y'all until the injury happened. No, this is so near and dear to his heart, too. It should have been the Knicks. You're lucky you didn't have to see Brunson. Brunson would walk you down. Cat was walking through their doors.

Yeah, I guess it has to be that, right? Who said that? You were feeling it. I didn't say anything. He dragged it like crazy. no facts exactly that's exactly my point

I've been saying I'm just doing the activity y'all come on big facts big facts don't get I'm literally just doing what is asked

to be on the screen but you know that thought as you were going a little bit off of my eyes they go shut the fuck up bitch man

exactly working or not right come on Because I know a Knicks fan not talking. But yeah, it has to do that. Obviously, the Tiret Saliborin injury is one of the biggest swinging doors in modern NBA history in terms of, you can't have a bigger leverage moment to be decided by such a clear outcome as an injury like that. Yep. And even the series before that, too.

Amen. Aaron Gordon did Danir take, he really like tore his hammy and he, did he miss a game? No. Played through it. Played through it. MPJ played through one shoulder. His shooting shoulder specifically. Injury luck.

Injury luck, sir. Injury luck. Okay. 2024 Celtics. Nah, I can't talk now. Injury luck. We're going to talk about 25. Injury luck.

Everybody they played. They did not have a healthy series the entire way through. Had one of the easiest Eastern Conference schedules we've seen in a long time. Exactly. Everybody that played in Eastern Conference was a motherfucking cupcake. And you get to the finals and Luca was injured. Luca was playing on one leg. Yeah.

The entire time, man. Should not, should not have happened at all. And you're lucky. that Rudy Goberer hit that fade away or us the nuggets would have been in the conference finals they would have won then you would have lost the yokeet. You got the biggest asterisk. You ducked the yokeet smoke. You ducked your competitor two rounds ago.

I thought he was going to mention the Knicks again. I ain't cool. Guys, I'm just participating. I'm sticking straight on topic. I have not mentioned them at all. I'll be back on your side. Not this round though. This is,

this was the hardest one it's probably the least astricky of all these of the 10 we're gonna see here but it would have to be the health yeah yeah but they kind of beat the fuck at everybody it's kind of tough

without proscius most of the time yeah without proscius too it's kind of tough hard to make an ashtrick for this run that was a weak run it was weak in terms of a competition but asterick weakness is in an asterisk

what's the point in this video it's an astro there you go fuck them 2023 Denver Nuggets Oh, you did not beat a 50 win team the entire way through. Playing team merchant. Playing team merchant. Up and down into the finals. You beat a playing team in the finals?

Week. Your top competition. Fourth, fifth best players, you're facing off as was Gabe Vincent and Caleb Martin? Yuck. Ew. Nasty competition. All these legends. LeBron gets to the finals.

Kevin Rant walks through the doors. Tim Duncan walks through the doors. Yon which gets to the finals. Bam out of bio walks through the doors Dude, Cupcake Ruinning NBA history But this is one of the lowest viewed NBA finals of all time

Bro, we were having Excentral crises in the league because nobody was watching the sport Because he had Denver versus Miami You were so close to having a Celtics Lakers finals too That's what puts me off First of all, we were never close to having that

That was never going to happen The Lakers got embarrassed They got swept I'm just talking about round-wise One roundoff We were a couple, the last outcome was differently. I see what you're saying. We had the Lakers never had a chance.

Fugasey a ass run to the conference finals. But yeah, level of competition played is definitely, which two times in a row, level of competition play is the biggest asthm. With that being said, beat a 51 team, huh? How about that? 22 Warriors, beating the Celtics in the finals.

The baby Celtics. The baby Celtics. The Asthmaic happens two rounds prior. the lucky John Morant got hurt. Because John Morant goes, breaks his hand in that series. That series was going back and forth and as soon as John Morant got hurt,

you knew we didn't really have a chance. Weren't the nuggets like not healthy too? I mean, they weren't healthy throughout that whole year. They were new. They were newfound this year. They didn't really have a chance. Could they play in the first round again? They played the nuggets.

Oh. Did they? It was nuggets, Grizzly. Yes. Yeah. Noggets Grizzlies. Mavis.

Okay, okay. Day, man. You put a lot of teams of word out hold. It's definitely helped then because that's crazy Yokish had no help that's your asterisk

Yokish would have beat you if his teammates were injured if Jamal Murray had an ACL you got cooked in the first round forget about that Devin Booker and the Sun's folding to Luka in game seven Oh that's true

because they were the two best teams in the West the entire year and the sons could not hold up their end of the bargain that would have actually been a series Yeah that's not really an ashter too for that's not what's the usher

we're just naming factors This is a weak asserganal John's injuries. Jaws injuries are a real middle, I guess. But even though, would they have ones to? Yes. That's the best we got. What's the finals, Astrich?

It's the Celtics. Oh, the Tatum's just not like that. Your biggest asterisk is Tatum did not have ice in his veins. Tate was in his veins. It was no chance he was going to much. It was the best player. That's your asterisk is crazy. Yeah, Ashton is you faced the Celtics before Jalen Brown and Tatum figured out how to coexist.

Yeah, let me finish his name of this death no. You cry. They just beat them with stuff. Yeah. Okay. So wow, is there no Astrich? So 22 Warriors? No.

No. Oh, your biggest Ashtrick, you got Autopor Jr. For 80 games healthy. Never happened again. You did blood magic. You cheated. 2021 bucks. This, in my opinion, is a bigger Mickey Mouse title than the bubble.

Everybody was hurting the playoff run. The Lakers, we went back to back, but got nuked by injuries because the short and off season. You happened to stay healthy when everybody else fell apart. Asterick. Also, the entire. The entire regular season is thrown off. They were signing dudes off the street to come play. COVID 10 days?

Everybody was, everybody had COVID. Everybody had to go into quarantine. It was basically the Drew League for like six months. This is, this. Oh, food gazing. Kevin Durant, teammates got hurt and then his big ass foot was on the line. Your asterisk is you shouldn't have even beat the Nets. Listen, man, you shouldn't even beat the Atlanta Hawks, right?

You lucky Trey Young stepped on the referee's fucking foot and twisted the living shit out of his fucking ankle, causing him to miss a game. Low key, this is back-to-back series getting to the finals where the top player had, yeah, with the top player had some type of injury. Now listen. Astrid. Talk to me. Yonis did hyper extend his knee and did come back within that scene series, but that'll mean none of me right now.

Astrik. Regardless of fact. Ashtrick. But this one actually, if we're going to do the Astrik thing, this is the best one to actually do it for. This season was completely fucking ridiculous. Like, everything went wrong for all the best teams. Yeah. Like, we really, if everything was healthy and normal, Lakers' nets should have been the clear finals.

100%. That would have been so fucking good to see LeBron AD versus even if Katie is one of those teammates versus Katie and Kyrie like even if you had Harden still got hurt. Aren't the clippers going crazy too and then Kauai went now?

Probably. Yeah, you're right. Oh yeah, 21, Paul was carrying him. Yeah, 21 Kauai was like the best version of himself and then Kauai got hurt in the playoffs. Wow, all the best teams in the league.

This year was this year was so. It should have never been you, Yonis. I was Lawrence and Dylan and Nari give people fits buckets, brugh. It's crazy. Fits. 20-20 Lakers.

Now, obviously the bubble thing is people are going to say, what's a different asteric? You can't. This is the asterer. What do you mean? Aside from the world shutting down. Yeah, but like, duh, outside of that,

if we had to give another one, get creative. Come on, man. That's the biggest one. Duh, that's what I can talk about it. Oh, second asterisk outside of the bubble. Clippers, mentally charmed. Your biggest competition, not built for the moment,

fell apart in the playoffs. They were not there. playoff chokers. They were not there, man. They weren't trying to be there. Lou Will said, yeah, and no one was locked in, but we had Disney right now. Who was supposed to be the best teams of the East? Because the heat got out. I forgot. In 2020, who were you expecting to see them on the other side?

The Raptors. Oh, no, we're expecting to see the bucks. Biggest Ashton is Janus was not ready for the moment yet. You got beat up by the wall. We got to see the Miami heat in there. They were outside the plane at that time. With like the three-seat or something like that? Maybe something like that. Yeah, we've got to see a mediocre team in the finals that you obviously bludgeoned because Janus

wasn't ready. Janice and Kauai both failed to meet the moment. I think that he were the six seed. Yeah. I think they were. Yeah. So damn near a playing team. Damn near.

They won a homesick and VA championship, man. I don't count. Yeah, you guys are playing in front of virtual fans. Yeah, Westwick screwing that screens and babies. Come on now. Can I join the crowd? Look how good Caruso looks on a Lakers at. Playing in a goddamn empty gym?

Come on, man. I know, it's practice. It's pickup. Come on, man. That's Fugazi. 2019 Raptors Come on man Yeah let's just

Are you the biggest assort Yeah let's just take away one of You know the 12 best players of all time New Kids Achilles Then we have one of the three best shooters Of all time Let's just take away his ACL And then just leave Steph Curry out there by himself

They were playing a box of one He's got 49 You're lucky You're lucky It still went to six Yeah Well to be fair Those guy got hurt

Not in game one True. Clay was having a game six moment. He was having game six Clay and then tore his his ACL in game six. They were fin of force to game seven. Yeah.

Katie got hurt in, in game one. Whenever I think of this, or in game two. I can't remember. Because he came back. He came back in one of those years. Yeah, he got injured before

in those earlier rounds and missed some time, came back too early. Yeah. It was either game one or game two. Yeah, I can't remember. I remember Clay Thompson was game six, like you said.

I can't remember when Clay got hurt. I mean, Katie. Oh, no. Think about the drink meme. Oh. I can't believe it. But yeah, you're lucky. Kauai.

You should never have this ring. Give it to step right now. Damn. Take it off his finger. Take it off your ring. Damn. 2018 Warriors. Chris Paul.

Correct. Chris Paul heard his hamstring. You should have lost the Rockets. James Hardin should have made his legacy cemented as one of the greatest players of all time. He had your number. and then he missed 27 straight threes along with the rest of the two. And Chris Paul heard his handstring was a shell of himself.

Couldn't blow by anybody. If James Harden had a little bit of help in the other guard spot, maybe they would have made two of those threes and they would have won. J.R. Smith, for getting time and score. They could have stolen game one. And then LeBron would have never gotten so mad that he broke his hand. Anything could happen then. Anything can happen.

They might have stolen game two. And game three. And might have stolen game four. You might have got swept. On accident. On accident. They're not even a sweep type of team. And they might just left you.

We didn't even mention George Hill being too scared for the moment, missing those frito. Pissing down his leg. You might guys slept in three games. Come on, man. And George Hill gets to just go, Scott Free. Yeah. Gets to live his life.

No one talks about that ever. It's hilarious. 2017 Warriors. Tired to see these guys, man. Zaza Pertulia. Step in under Kauai's foot. He killed. Because they were dominating them in game one.

They were up by like 20. then the run happens afterwards and then Kawhi misses the rest of the series the spurs get swept it is what it is Also, Asterisk, once in a generation cap spike that allowed you to get Kevin Durant should have never happened. Any logical commissioner wouldn't have done it that way.

They would have evened out the cap distribution so you don't get $50 million in cap space to the champions. It's ridiculous. Clear Ashtry. No league, man. Not fair. Oh, boohoo.

This guy's a dick eater. It's not even a warierer's not even a warrior's man. I used a real eating That was crazy Oh my God Do you understand The players on my team that I was room for at this time I was bad

Who was it? Alonzo Treyer Yes Yes I was in college Trying to Trying to convince myself I was convinced myself

That Alonzo Trrier was the point guard Of the future Was Ron Baker Like this era or two Somewhere around there Sick, man. Ron Baker, Cleanthony Early. What's that dude name?

He has a weird, like, he shoots really weird. That is not why he was going. He shoots really weird. Yeah, I know who you're talking about. Yeah. The guy that shoots weird. Some, something like that.

Is this the Quincy years? No. No. That one you were trained for. He was really special. No. No, this is pre-Julers Randall. Oh, it was pre-Randle?

Yeah. This is, like, Tim Hardaway, Jr. Towards the very end of the person is. O'Quinn years. Yeah. Any still important things? Yes. 2017, yes.

Yeah. Yes. God mellow. Damn. 2016 calves. No aster. What are you talking about? The most flawless championship to ever be had.

The most natural championship. Dremont. Yeah, yeah, whatever. Dremont and his self-control. They beat a 73 and 19. I don't know what you're talking about. You want to call them eaters? Yeah.

Y'all eat, man. Big X-Rex tricks, man. So now I can't eat. What do you mean? Drammon should never go on. Now he's drunk. That's what bad for his sustenance. Anyways, if Dremont could control his actions,

then he wouldn't have gotten suspended. When is your Montgomery never controlled his accidents? That's not, it's not, you should never assume what's going to happen. Also, listen, Stefan Clay, both of them, both of them were hurt. Skill issue. Get the hell out of you.

They both have to see. Oh, now Clay's hurt. Of course. I've heard the great one. I haven't heard the Clay was iron. He never got hurt. No, to me as well, Steve Kerr was sick, I guess.

Zaza had the flu whatever He had to drive through rain Get the fuck out of here Yeah We got to get the last We got seven through into This was the year that Steve Kriarad had to miss the first 25 games in the year

It's always something So he actually did have major issues this year Why did he miss those games The one time it was documented It was either he either had like some like back issue or something Some like Oh yeah the most about Luke Waltings He thought he was a reason they're winning games

He was a terrible coach It's hilarious. Man, Luke Walt, where's Luke Walton now? Is he coaching still? Yeah. He's not someone's bench running. I've seen him recently. I know he's the Kings for a little while.

That was like several coaching staffs ago. You've seen him recently. Like you saw him on the street. No, I saw him talking to sit with some player recently. Saw him on the street. What the fuck? That's the last one. Where is Luke Ward now?

I don't know. I saw him recently though. Yeah. assistant coach for the pistons. Makes sense.