Rivalries Not What They Once Were

[ShoogarBear]

what would you say is todays biggest rivalry

XBox vs. PS3?

[Brutalis]

XBox vs. PS3?

you mean 360*

but

[himat]

bottom line is that there will never be rivalries like those of the 80's again because of the stricter rules. there will be rivalries, but unlike before there won't be as much fighting etc.

the spurs and pistons is hard to call a rivalry because they only play each other twice a season. the only way this will be a rivalry is if the pistons beat the spurs for the trophy this year.

[DDS4]

San Antonio - Lakers is the most recent one that comes to my mind.

1999 SA sweeps LA 4-0
2001 LA sweeps SA 4-0
2002 LA beats SA 4-1
2003 SA beats LA 4-2
2004 LA beats SA 4-2

That is a rivalry.

[Brutalis]

2004 should have the asterisk.

* = denotes a shot attempt on slow motion timed delay replay that was counted

[JamStone]

Jam- I don't care what you talked about. I was making my own points. Just shaddup then. Geez.

Why the did you respond to it in the first place then?

You're a jackass foreal.

[ShoogarBear]

you mean 360*

but

Are you kidding? It took total exhaustion of my understanding of current pop culture to manage to come up with what I did.

Otherwise, I would have had to say something like Kool Moe Dee vs. Big Daddy Kane.

[Brutalis]

okay im kidding then

[angryllama]

Modern rivalries:
1) Spurs/Mavs - simply the two most consistently compe ive teams of the 2000's and are constantly fighting for division supremacy.

2) Pistons/Pacers - a rivalry compounded by the Detroit brawl and constant dirty play on both teams

3) Suns/Mavs - Nash v. Dirk, the old run-and-gunners v. the new shoot well-or-die team, MVP Nash v. Cuban and his unwillingness to pay him a max deal, the best up-and-coming coaches in the league, Dirk vs. Marion, west coast team vs. the hated Mavs...the plotlines are thick here.

4) Spurs/Pistons - This one doesnt have the shine that the above stories do, but both teams are great defensively and have been successful in their conferences recently. All we need is for Rasheed Wallace to drop an elbow on Timmy like he did big Z to add some e. Maybe Bowen would elbow Wallace in the jock or something.

5) Lakers/anyone - who doesnt hate the Lakers beside the glamour crowd?

[Spurminator]

Don't forget ABC/ESPN's favorite rivalry, Kobe vs. Shaq...