But as an individual, down-to-earth person, he is nothing. Who is he? Who cares about him?" Part of what brought the NBA to greater heights in the 1980s and 1990s was the rivalries between players and ...

It's Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorn and Xavier McDaniel rather than Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and Julius Erving. It's hard, physical, defensive basketball loaded with blood and sweat rather full ...