When does a rivalry become a real rivalry?
In the case of the Nets and 76ers, how about March 10, the next time the reconstituted teams face each ... in Philadelphia?
“Can I just tell you how appreciative I am as a fan that now in the Eastern Conference we have a full-blown rivalry?” ESPN analyst Jay Williams said on the network after the trade. “We have teams that don’t like each other.
“If it’s from [Kevin Durant] skipping over James Harden so he can be the last pick in the All-Star reserves, if it’s Ben Simmons and the way he felt he was treated by Joel Embiid, if it’s Daryl Morey and Sean Marks and how they negotiated and got this deal done by the stretch.