Why does the media say the Kings and Warriors are rivals?

Oscar

Oscar

Bench
#31
#31
VF21 said:
The whole idea that both teams have to be good at the same time to be a rivalry flies totally in the face of tradition as far as sports go.

The rivalry between Army and Navy has existed forever and it has nothing to do with the relative strength or weakness of that year's team.
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I'm not talking about tradition. I'm talking about this particular case and these 2 particular teams. If they're both winning in the regular season, and then playing each other in the playoffs, watch how quickly this rivalry flares up.
 
kennadog

kennadog

Dog On It!
#32
#32
Oscar said:
I'm not talking about tradition. I'm talking about this particular case and these 2 particular teams. If they're both winning in the regular season, and then playing each other in the playoffs, watch how quickly this rivalry flares up.
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If that's the only time it flares up, then, to me, that's not a true rivalry to me (ala tradition). That's just heat-of-the-moment competiveness.
 
M

Merdiesel

Starter
#33
#33
The reason why I can't stand the Warriors is purely based on the facts that their fans talk all kinds of **** about the Kings... They have been hating on the Kings since the glory years. The Warriors are like the A's of the NBA. Like the JV team.
 
Aenadin

Aenadin

Starter
#34
#34
A king will never want to be associated with a warrior

kings dont fight battles they have warriors to do it for them :D

i really dont like some warrior fans cause they all of a sudden got so cocky when they made the playoffs for the first time a couple of years ago.. all that we believe sign
 
vikinginferno

vikinginferno

Starter
#35
#35
kennadog said:
That has never made the least bit of difference to Boston or NY fans. Rivalries were a matter of civic pride and being proud of where you were from or what you did for a living even (Steelers/Packers). TEams were seen as an extension of the city/region they were from.
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Yes, but if both teams had been horrible for all these years, do you think it would be the same?
 
Aenadin

Aenadin

Starter
#37
#37
call it a rivalry or not but i dont know... its like an in bred hatred for both lakers and the warriors... but i hate the lakers more! lol
 
rainmaker

rainmaker

Hall of Famer
#39
#39
I live in the bay area, and have lived here for 15 yrs. I know a lot of warriors fans, and they don't really consider it a rivalry. I dont either. Maybe the media plays it up a little bit, but for the most part the fans down here don't consider it a rivalry. They consider G.S.-Dallas a rivalry.
 
Bricklayer

Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
#41
#41
The problem is that the two teams have basically NEVER been good at the same time -- in fact the two teams have rarely been good period. makes it hard to form any kind of rivalry when the games rarely matter. Either its a beatdown by one squad or the other, or its just a toilet bowl between a pair of lottery teams. Not the way to build a rivalry. To have a true rivalry the games, at some point, have to have meant something. You have to have been competing over something and a threat to each other to build that dislike. Without that, its hard to care.
 
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vikinginferno

vikinginferno

Starter
#43
#43
Bricklayer said:
The problem is that the two teams have basically NEVER been good at the same time -- in fact the two teams have rarely been good period. makes it hard to form any kind of rivalry when the games rarely matter. Either its a beatdown by one squad or the other, or its just a toilet bowl between a pair of lottery teams. Not the way to build a rivalry. to have a true rivalry the ames, at some point, have to have meant somehting. You have to have been competing over something and a threat to each other to build that dislike. Without that, its hard to care.
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That's exactly what I have been trying to say...
 
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