Don't we all miss the days in the NBA when there was actual hate? Thank LeBron James, everybody, because if there is one good thing to come of the Summer of The LeBracle, it's that legitimate hate has returned to the NBA.
Remember the good ol' days of the NBA, when everybody and their momma hated Isiah Thomas' Bad Boy Pistons? I sure don't as it all happened before I was even born.
The Cavaliers have a chance to recreate that hatred, starting with the hatred toward the new Miami Heat. If it starts and ends with that team then fine, but playing with more passion through hatred can really show the basketball world what they think of the arrangement in Miami.
The 1980s were ripe with NBA hate, most of it directed towards one of the baddest of the NBA baddies in Thomas.
He hated Larry Bird and Michael Jordan, and he created an environment of hatred in Detroit. Chuck Daly felt he had to hate the opposing team in order to beat them. Bill Laimbeer has said he still won't talk to Larry Bird.
How's that for hatred?
After the brawl between Dr. J and Larry Bird, the 76ers and Celtics had potent distaste for each other. Th ...
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