<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>There are several ingredients needed in order to make a great rivalry in professional sports. The rivals need to face each other in meaningful games for a number of years. They need to play with distinct styles. Their fans have to build a passion against the rival city and team. And the coaches and players have to have a mutual respect for one another. Under any definition, the Knicks and Bullets were classic rivals from 1969 to 1975.</div>http://www.nba.com/encyclopedia/knicks_bullets_rivalry.html
In the nineties I read a wonderful book written about that time, by movie man Spike Lee. Very interesting to be a Knick-fan in those days.Monroe and Frazier in the same backcourt; everybody thought that it would cause problems, but it didn't. That's why I hoped history would repeat itself when Francis came to NY to play alongside Marbury.
