I don't. Players do. This little thing their doing will get view for a little while, that I won't deny. But in the long run I feel that if this team becomes dominate like predicted this is bad for the NBA. You can possible lose fans if games become too predictable. No one likes anything easy….well other then Wade/Bosh/LaBron. Bird/Magic and Piston/Bulls worked for three reasons I feel.
1. Both teams were equally good. Even though Mike had the edge sometimes Isaiah and the physical piston could win as well. Larry and Bird always clashed when they met. If this team has no challengers then the game could become lame to viewers. Lakers and Celtics this year were pretty much dead even. Reverse some calls and we could be talking about a repeat and banner 19. All the teams were really good. Now...I really don't know. C's can challenge for 2 years, Bulls and Lakers will be around. Other than that really no one has a great shot unless they stack up during free agency like the Heat.
2 and a pretty important number 2, physicality. Things aren't as physical anymore. That takes the edge off a little. Back then hard fouls were given bad blood we stirred up. Players really disliked each other. Bird didn’t want people that gave him hard fouls one his team. Magic didn’t want some who had better him so many times. They had pride. Celtics Lakers have recently been the only things to look like the old days. Both teams disliked each other. Cavs also hated the Celtics. They faced games 7's gave each other hard fouls. Neither team really likes each other.
3 the last reason is free agency with money being thrown everywhere the really is no loyalty to the drafted team, or even the team a players been with the longest. If someone hands you a better check you walk, especially if that team is good. I get it if you’re a good player on a bad team. But if you made the playoffs last year you should stick with your team, obviously something is working. You should try to stick it out. Form a big three when your over 30 and have given your franchise all you can, not when your 25 and feel like you deserve something for nothing.
With no really rivalry of good players against good players the game stops being as fun. Teams with pieces now will have a hard team keeping them there unless they pull off something like the Heat did now (see Chris Paul). And for teams without any? Well they may be lost in nothingness for the next couple of years (Timberwolves, Clippers). As you can probably tell by now I hate what the Heat did haha. We’ll have to see how things go though.
Topic: Magic/Bird v.s. LeBron/? Rivalries (Read 3152 times)