LeBron James: Not Even Heat-Pacers Alters NBA’s Rivalry-Free Status

December 10th, 2013 by Alec Nathan Leave a reply »

The NBA's premier matchup on Tuesday night pits the defending champion Miami Heat against the Indiana Pacers in a rematch of two fiery playoff series. 

And with the Eastern Conference largely devoid of championship-caliber squads, Pacers vs. Heat has naturally evolved into one of the game's biggest rivalries. 



Unless it hasn't. 

According to Heat forward LeBron James, meetings between the Heat and Pacers can't yet be classified as a rivalry. 



Why, you ask? 

Well, if you listen to James, it's because meeting in the playoffs two years in a row isn't a substantial sample size to properly evaluate a rivalry in the NBA. 



In addition, it appears that James was so fired up by the subject that his repetitive tone conjured up memories of a rant by another famous hoops star. 



Even more interesting is that LeBron proclaimed rivalries in today's NBA to be non-existent.





On that subject, he may have a point. 



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