{"id":506424,"date":"2026-02-27T00:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T00:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/506424\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T00:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T00:24:08","slug":"markieff-morris-sets-the-record-straight-on-rumors-of-lebron-james-house-in-nba-bubble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/506424\/","title":{"rendered":"Markieff Morris Sets The Record Straight On Rumors Of LeBron James’ House In NBA Bubble"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent appearance on the \u2018Club520 podcast,\u2019 NBA veteran Grant Williams<\/a> told stories of exclusive treatment for LeBron James<\/a> during the NBA bubble. While other players were stuck in their rooms, Williams claims that LeBron had his own house in the bubble, stocked with all the amenities one could need.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeBron had the penthouse on the top with wine\u2026 he had a house on the campus,\u201d said Williams<\/a>. \u201cLeBron legit had his own setup. They were taken care of.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bubble was the NBA\u2019s response to the COVID-19 virus, which went rampant around the world in early 2020. After shutting down all regular-season action, they were only able to resume play under certain conditions that no player was prepared for. One such condition was keeping teams contained to a quarantine zone in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n

According to Markieff Morris<\/a>, however, LeBron was confined to a room just like everybody else. His own teammate, Markieff Morris, confirmed on X that he was just a few doors down the hall, and that they would play video games almost every night.<\/p>\n

\u201cLol cap he was two doors down from me! Dog was locked down just like the rest of us,\u201d wrote Morris<\/a>. \u201cWe had a Madden league. We played all the games in his room. We was damn near gaming all night!\u201d<\/p>\n

LeBron didn\u2019t just rot away during the downtime. Even in less-than-ideal conditions<\/a>, in unfamiliar ground, he made the most of his free time by opening his door and spending quality time with his teammates. Playing Madden may seem like a simple activity on the surface, but it allowed the Lakers<\/a> to build chemistry and keep morale intact during a critical period.<\/p>\n

Of course, that team went on to win the championship that season in arguably the most taboo and bizarre NBA playoffs of all time. Despite the empty arenas, mediocre conditions, and visitor restrictions that spelled the end for several contenders<\/a>, the Lakers overcame it all, thanks (in part) to LeBron James\u2019 unwavering leadership.<\/p>\n

Regarding Williams\u2019 claims, it\u2019s possible that the Lakers had reserved some kind of private clubhouse for the team where guys could go and hang out as a unit. Whatever the case, the Lakers did enough to win in the face of overwhelming odds, and it\u2019s his most crowning achievement as a Laker so far<\/a>. He helped his team turn a bad situation to their advantage, making NBA history in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a recent appearance on the \u2018Club520 podcast,\u2019 NBA veteran Grant Williams told stories of exclusive treatment for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-506424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}