Lou Williams, the former NBA star, although he couldn’t clinch an NBA championship, was a talented player who earned a handful of achievements to reflect his on-court prowess. Lou Williams, who retired back in June at the age of 36, enjoyed a 17-year career while playing for six applaudable NBA teams.
The retired Lou Williams recently revealed the supposed truth about his former team the LA Clippers’ failure in the 2020 playoffs, where only selected teams participated due to the Covid-19 incident, amid a rapper’s reaction.
Lou williams reveals inside story of Clippers’ playoff loss
The COVID-19 era made the 2020 NBA Bubble a memorable one, and the Clippers contended for the NBA championship that season. While the Clippers’ roster boosted of Lou Williams, Paul George, and Kawhi Leonard, despite gaining a 3-1 lead against the Denver Nuggets, couldn’t go through and got eliminated, Williams in a video post by NBA Central, explained the Clippers’ failure as a deliberate decision by them than to hold back, after hearing that the Bubble winners won’t be considered a real champion.
Williams said “It was a struggle to get us to the Bubble to begin with. We didn’t even wanna go, mentally, we came to it without the right mindset to finish the job, we didn’t even want to be there.” Lou Williams added “We didn’t see a pot of gold at the end of it. We started to hear the rumblings that nobody is going to respect this chip, so we kind of just took our foot off the gas.” While the franchise unfortunately missed out on the Larry O’Brien trophy, another LA team the Lakers, edged out the Miami Heat in the final to win the trophy.
Ice Cube’s son blasts Lou Williams for throwing the series
Following Williams’ bold statements about the Clippers’ failure at the 2020 playoffs, the son of O’Shea Jackson Jr also known as Ice Cube has blasted Williams, and labeled him a liar. He reacted as a reply to NBA Central’s post on Williams about the 2020 playoffs failure of the Clippers on X.
He said “Lmfaooooo took your foot off the gas,” Jackson Jr. ranted on Twitter. “Up 3-1? When did you take your foot off the gas when you were up 18 at halftime of game 6? And then what y’all just knew y’all were winning the chip right? So you dismantled your roster the next year? That’s why y’all let Trezz(Montrezl Harrell) go? CAAAP.”
Ice Cube’s son likely reacted strongly to Lou Williams’ statement due to the team’s impressive performance before their untimely elimination. The team had a strong chance of winning the trophy. Owing to the Clippers’ poor season start, do you think they can change their fortune? Share your thoughts now.
