Comments on: Winderman: The NBA is too nice. We need some real rivalries.

By: Turrents

Turrents — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:09:04 +0000

Truuuu

By: 24thesho

24thesho — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:39:48 +0000

One minute They’re slamming Ron Artest for not being nice and and forever associate him with that infamous brawl in Indiana and the hit against Harding in the playoffs, or, for years get on Rasheed Wallace for being too intense but Kevin McHale’s clothesline foul on Kurt Rambis is okay and Bill Lambeer is fondly remembered as a tough, gritty playing Piston? Hmmm. I think some people just want to see these young black players (men) fight each other on national television so that they can complain about how volatile and immature young high paid NBA players are (who are mostly black) and how the league needs to “blah, blah, blah”…… and say, “See? You see how they are?” To perpetuate their preconceived images in their minds.

Yo! You can’t have it both ways. You (by “you”, I mean the sports media) bitch about a player like DeMarcus Cousins being too angry, too intense but now you think the league is becoming too nice? I think Cousin’s presence in that Olympic
game against Argentina would have come in handy. Again, you can’t have it both ways.

By: tomtravis76

tomtravis76 — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:23:55 +0000

You would think Ira would have half a brain, being a writer from South Florida. Sure, lets teach kids and fans to take the on court rivalries away from the court. Sure you dont remember kids getting killed for wearing the wrong colors. Fans attacking each other from rival teams, thats what makes going to a road NFL game miserable.

The NBA is fun to watch again, there is so much talent, and these guys all want to win, and there is nothing wrong with players working together to improve their game.

By: tcclark

tcclark — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:31:40 +0000

There really aren’t enough rivalries in the NBA. A lot of that has to do with scheduling. Teams don’t play within the division enough. The Atlantic Division has a chance to really build on some rivalries this year – Sixer/Celtics Knicks/Nets etc. – but they don’t play each other enough to really build that.

another big reason for this is because of the lack of parity in the NBA. In the NFL, any team can win on any given Sunday, same in the NHL which also has strong rivalries. That’s not the case in the NBA. A sixth seed isn’t going to go to the finals. The same teams win every year, so how can you build a strong rivalry? Heat/Celtics is developing, but I’m pretty sure the Celtics hate the Heat a lot more than the Heat hate the Celtics. Lakers/Clippers could be interesting, but they only play each other 4 times a year so they don’t really have a reason to hate each other.

There are too many teams and they’re stuck in a system that doesn’t allow for teams to improve very much in a given year. Non-guaranteed contracts, hard salary caps, active free agency etc. these are things that allow for more parity and a stronger league

By: tcclark

tcclark — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:14:48 +0000

one of the best comments I’ve seen in a long time

By: drunkenjunk

drunkenjunk — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:43:02 +0000

you’re a pussy, get over yourself. Good article Ira, I agree with you. Rivalries make sports better.

By: katra2logic

katra2logic — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:48:53 +0000

Ira(tating) article… Look up the word ‘Sportsmanship’ Mr. Winderman.

I find I am most competitive against my friends, probably the same goes for these guys…

By: davidly

davidly — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:20:12 +0000

What an unfunny joke. If one doesn’t know what’s wrong with this blog post, then one surely doesn’t know what’s wrong with the world.

By: hwatt

hwatt — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:21:38 +0000

and in that same book you’ll remember he hung out w/plenty of friends on the team when he first came into the league, and was trying to get management to recruit all sorts of players he respected to play with him on the Bulls over the years.

By: michaeljordanseviltwin

michaeljordanseviltwin — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:38:43 +0000

Jordan had a serious problem with fraternization. He was so competitive that he destroyed his Bulls teammates in practice and slammed a clipboard out of Doug Collins’ hands when he drew up a play for somebody other than Jordan. Everybody feared him and pretended to like him. Check out The Jordan Rules to see what a pathological competitor he was.

By: matt20hew

matt20hew — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:39:47 +0000

Reblogged this on Today's News.

By: scalfor3

scalfor3 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:01:41 +0000

i think theres a degree of complacency in the nba because contracts are guaranteed. don’t get me wrong, guys want to win, but their job is far less at stake than NFL players. the result is too many corey maggettes and not enough KGs

By: nghtrder169

nghtrder169 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:03:56 +0000

Blame AAU basketball… Years ago all these players wouldn’t have really known each others names unless their High schools and later on their colleges played against each other. Now with AAU these guys not only know each other, they play on the same teams forming obvious friendships.

By: hwatt

hwatt — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:37:29 +0000

Well for Jordan’s 90s comeback he recruited superstars from around the league to work out with him. You can be the best of friends at a bar 1 minute and bitter enemies ready to show up the other guy the next minute on the court. Competitive people don’t have a problem with fraternization