A former NBA Champion with the Los Angeles Lakers is taking shots at the NBA Cup.
While the NBA Cup is an interesting idea to make the middle of the season seem as important as the postseason, the tournament has yet to garner the same prestige as the NBA Championship.
That being said, some basketball veterans still look at the NBA Cup with disgust, including five-time NBA champion and former Laker Ron Harper.In the span of six years, Harper won five NBA Championships. The first three were with the Chicago Bulls from 1996-1998 alongside Michael Jordan, Scotty Pippin, and Dennis Rodman. The final two were won by the Lakers in 2000 and 2001 with Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.
Still, it doesn't mean that we need to criticize the NBA Cup. While it's true that it doesn't carry the same weight as other championships, that doesn't mean that fans don't care.In the end, the NBA Cup comes across as a mid-card title belt in professional wrestling, like the Intercontinental Championship or United States Championship in WWE.
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