NBA Rivalries?

Since the question is being asked everywhere lately, we might as well discuss it here. With Shaq and Kobe having buried the hatchet in their feud, does the NBA have a good rivalry anymore? What are the rivalries? Or do you think that the league doesn't have a true rivalry anymore?

 

Individual player rivalries?

Maybe Kobe Bryant vs. Ray Allen. Kobe seems to play extra hard on defense against him.

I think Kobe vs. Wade might develop into an interesting rivalry. They've had some heated exchanges in a couple games.

Shaq vs. Yao is, I think, an intriguing "rivalry", although it's a friendly one. They both like eachother. Same with Kobe vs. LeBron and T-Mac vs. LeBron.

 

Individuals: AI and Kobe?

Team: Detroit and San Antonio

 

detroit and miami

Vince Carter and Toronto

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Schaddy:</div><div class="quote_post">Since the question is being asked everywhere lately, we might as well discuss it here. With Shaq and Kobe having buried the hatchet in their feud, does the NBA have a good rivalry anymore? What are the rivalries? Or do you think that the league doesn't have a true rivalry anymore?</div>

No hatchet burried... they still hate each other. Just because they hugged in public on MLK Day, that just means they hugged in public on MLK day.

I don't like media-made rivalries. LeBron/Melo/Wade or Shaq/Yao etc. I like the battle of the best PFs (Dirk/Duncan/KG) or best Guards (Kobe/Allen/AI) etc. And even then, it only works when they're in contention. I like the Marion/AK-47 match-up too, for some reason.

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I really enjoy watching the feud between Jason Kidd and Stephon Marbury.

 

I think everytime LeBron plays against Kobe it will be a great game and might develop more into an individual rivalry.

 

KG embarasses Dirk alot, and they seem to get heated up.

 

Outside the scope of superstars, I've enjoyed watching Raja Bell defend Manu Ginobili so far this season. In fact, Spurs & Suns in general are a good newish rivalry.

 

Lamar Odom and Gary Payton, hahahhahahaha.

 

Lamar Odom and Gary Payton, hehehehehe.

 

Down in Houston we kinda see Houston vs. Dallas as a rivalry since it always seems like Dallas always blows us out when we meet.

And i can see a LeBron vs. Kobe thing going except that the face that Lebron loves Kobe

 

I think that in the NBA, it's hard to have rivalries unless it is an old player goin' up against his old team. Other than that, NBA is just a group of elite b-ball players goin' up against each other.

-Unless u think every night should be a rivalry between any team...