In this clip, JJ Redick, Tim Legler, and Richard Jefferson discuss the important of rivalries in the NBA and how it seems that there aren't currently any tha...
So the Heat & Celtics aren’t intense rivals?? I’m confused…
RJ said “Jimmy dismantling your team the last few years doesn’t count as a rivalry.” And it pissed me off. They make such a big deal about trying to find a rivalry with big names, when Celtics vs Heat has been the most natural modern rivalry BY FAR
It’s certainly a competitive rivalry with exciting moments but there really isn’t anything actually intense about it. There’s no real underlying animosity like there’s been in other classic rivalries.
RJ said “Jimmy dismantling your team the last few years doesn’t count as a rivalry.” And it pissed me off. They make such a big deal about trying to find a rivalry with big names, when Celtics vs Heat has been the most natural modern rivalry BY FAR
It’s certainly a competitive rivalry with exciting moments but there really isn’t anything actually intense about it. There’s no real underlying animosity like there’s been in other classic rivalries.