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Austin Rivers Shares Incredible Story Of LeBron James Deciding The Fate Of The Bubble: “If You Ain’t Playing, The Heat Are Out”

Austin Rivers details how important LeBron James' voice is for the NBA with an incredible bubble story.

Orlando Silva
May 27, 2023
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The 2020 Orlando bubble was a big event for the NBA and its players. After the league suspended the season due to the covid-19 outbreak in the United States, they decided to resume the campaign in the Walt Disney resort. 

This was a great idea, but it wasn’t exempt from controversy. In fact, as soon as the NBA playoffs started, the Milwaukee Bucks refused to partake in a first-round game against the Orlando Magic. This situation led to a player-only meeting that showed the power of LeBron James around the league. 

“When I was in the bubble, we had a meeting, a players-only meeting, to ask whether we wanted to continue playing or not,” Rivers said. “This is after the Bucks just decided not to show up and not play that one game, and everybody kinda was like, ‘Wait, wait, what’s going on?’ We had a players-only meeting, and pretty much everyone was giving their opinions, but nobody was listening. We were all just waiting to see if LeBron was gonna play or not. And if he wasn’t, then people were just gonna move on and not wanna play. Udonis Haslem literally grabbed the mic and gets up and goes, ‘Ayo, big bro, what we doing?’ … He goes, ‘If you ain’t playing, the Heat are out.’ And he drops the mic,” Austin Rivers recently revealed. 

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The veteran point guard explains that this is how he learned about the power LeBron holds within the league. He’s the face of the competition and whatever he says or does, people pay attention to. 

This was another proof of that, with Haslem showing how much he respects the King after sharing touches with him. LeBron and his Lakers decided to keep playing, and the rest of the competition went through as expected. 


The 2020 Orlando Bubble Was The Last Time LeBron James Won An NBA Championship 

That was a magical run for the Purple and Gold, as they ended up winning it all after beating Udonis Haslem’s Miami Heat in the Finals, 4-2. The Lakers were on a tear during that run, becoming the last team to win a title for this franchise. 

LeBron doesn’t have the best memories from that time, but it’s clear that he made the most out of his stay in Orlando. He doesn’t want to come back and claimed that if he was ever traded to the Magic, he would retire, but Lakers Nation has big memories from that time. 

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Orlando Silva has been a part of Fadeaway World for over three years now, starting in March 2019. Trade rumors, hottest news, controversies, and basketball gossip have become his specialties. After several years of seeing the Spurs dominate the playoffs, they've become his favorite team as players for the franchise either rise to the occasion or fall completely from grace. When he's not talking about the NBA, Orlando can be seen watching other sports, making music, or enjoying television series.
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