Shannon Sharpe Blasts Lou Williams for Latest Bubble Take While Also Reminiscing Montrezl Harrell’s Meltdown

NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe is not holding anything back in response to Lou Williams. Williams’ latest viral comments on why the LA Clippers lost in the 2020 bubble have got much traction. And not the good kind. Talking with Trae Young in his podcast was the first the former Clippers guard opened his mind about the whole incident.

He was sure it was his best chance at winning, but the team mentality had broken down any remaining will. But Sharpe has his take on the riveting “excuse”.

Sharpe gives his two cents on the reasons provided by Lou Williams

Talking to Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson in his podcast, Nightcap, Shannon pretty much dug deep into Williams’ comments. He said that the “rumblings” outside the court were not supposed to affect the inside. “What do the rumbling on the outside even matter to what you’re doing on the Goddamn Court?!”

Despite being the favorite team to win the title, the rumor mill negatively affected the team. The fact that nobody was going to “respect the chip” got to many players. That led to the rest of them not being interested in the slightest to win it.

It’s clear from The Shapeshifter’s comments that he is not in the least impressed by Lou’s explanation. As far as he is concerned, whatever happens outside the court stays there – outside. It is not an excuse for losing a highly probable championship title. Especially considering they had a 3-1 series lead before losing to the Nuggets.

But Sharpe does not feel the same way towards another player who missed the bubble play against the Lakers.

Shannon Sharpe extends an olive branch to Montrezl Harrell

Another player that Sharpe talks about in his podcast is Montrezl Harrell. Harrell had a major meltdown during the NBA bubble. His grandmother had passed away and Harrell left for his home on July 17th. The Clippers went into the game without him and lost to the Lakers.

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Harrell had returned for the remainder of the games and averaged career-highs (18.6 points and 7.1 rebounds per game) during the season. And according to Shannon, even if Montrezl hadn’t come back, no one would have thought worse of him for it. “He had every right. If he didn’t even come back, I wouldn’t have held that against him … everybody would have understood if Tre said, ‘You know what? I can’t do this.’ Nobody would hold that against him,” he added.

Harrell was the Clippers’ leading scorer. Though Game 7 saw him throwing in a 20-point effort, the Clippers fell to Denver in the second round of playoffs. But this was a done and dusted affair. What could have easily been the franchise’s first-ever title slipped through their fingers.

And no one’s the wiser. Hopefully, the Clippers of now, with such elite star power, can regroup and refocus on winning that majorly elusive ring.

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