Here are mine:

Most Legendary Rivalry: Boston Celtics & Los Angeles Lakers
Most Heated/Intense Rivalry: New York Knicks & Miami Heat

Most evenhanded Rivalry: Los Angeles Lakers & Phoenix Suns (we have owned in recent history.)

Other rivalries, Rank them from 1-10….

LA Lakers and the Portland Jailblazers – The pioneers of Hack-a-Shaq
LA Lakers and Sacramento Kings
LA Lakers and San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Suns
San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks
New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers
New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets
Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons

Michael Jordan's basketball talent was clear from his rookie season.[16][18] In his first game in Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks, Jordan received a prolonged standing ovation,[18] a rarity for an opposing player. After Jordan scored a playoff record 63 points against the Boston Celtics in 1986, Celtics star Larry Bird described him as "God disguised as Michael Jordan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jor…

Yet, they are not your favorite team that you are a die hard fan of. It takes the pressure off and you remain happy and indifferent to whomever is the victor.

This is the feeling I have w. Dallas v. Denver – I like both of those teams Dirk and Chauncey are great players and Melo and Howard are very good young All-star talents. Jason Terry, Renaldo Balkman, Dahntay Jones, JJ Barea, etc. are all players I like.

The same thing in terms of Atlanta v. Cleveland – I like both teams and do not care who wins. I think Mike Bibby and JJ are a great pair together. Atlanta is a great young and athletic team. Flip Murray, Zaza, Mo, J.Smith, M.Williams, and Horford are all very good players. While, I think King James is the best player in the NBA today and Mo and Big Z are great Robins to his Batman. Sideshow Bob is a beast and Big Ben I have always liked, and Delonte is pretty good and so is Sasha and Smith. Wally is alright too.

Only 2 series I actually want the other teams to win are Houston and Orlando cause I like both teams and both great centers, Artes, Hedo, Shard, Battier, etc and I have a deep hatred for both LA and Boston. Only respectable Lakers are Pau Gasol and Derek Fisher and only respectable Celtics are the Big 3 and House the rest are all schmuks.

Anyways, it is great that 2 of the series in the semis include teams that I like and do not care who wins cause the pressure is off and the tension is down and I can just sit back and enjoy some good games.

With all this being said, Go! New York Knicks! 2008-2009 they will once more resurge into their rightful spot at the top of the elites as it was for decades.

Name the biggest fans on Y!A for every team:

1. Don't count yourself in it
2. Don't be rude or harmful

Boston Celtics-
Philadelphia 76ers-
New Jersey Nets-
Toronto Raptors-
New York Knicks-
Cleveland Cavaliers-
Detroit Pistons-
Chicago Bulls-
Indiana Pacers-
Milwaukee Bucks-
Orlando Magic-
Atlanta Hawks-
Miami Heat-
Charlotte Bobcats-
Washington Wizards-
Dallas Mavericks-
San Antonio Spurs-
Houston Rockets-
New Orleans Hornets-
Memphis Grizzlies-
Denver Nuggets-
Minnesota Timberwolves-
Oklahoma City Thunder-
Portland Trailblazers-
Utah Jazz-
Los Angeles Lakers-
Los Angeles Clippers-
Sacramento Kings-
Phoenix Suns-
Golden State Warriors-

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Boston Celtics- The Truth
Philadelphia 76ers- Philly's Finest
New Jersey Nets- King of New Jersey
Toronto Raptors- Kryptonate
New York Knicks- Brother J
Cleveland Cavaliers- Panyiota, Kibret
Detroit Pistons- Detroit Sports 09-10
Chicago Bulls- King of New Jersey
Indiana Pacers- GrangerFTW (Where'd you go?)
Milwaukee Bucks- N/A
Orlando Magic- N/A
Atlanta Hawks- M.V.P, Peaches, Kerpal, Cookies-n-Cream, Cherries
Miami Heat- mv3, The Heat Fan, 2.0
Charlotte Bobcats- N/A
Washington Wizards- WashingtonWizards 187 (By the way, what does the 187 mean?)
Dallas Mavericks- Harris > Kidd
San Antonio Spurs- Gregg Poppovich Approves
Houston Rockets- Rockets #1 Fan, Rockets #2 Fan
New Orleans Hornets- N/A
Memphis Grizzlies- N/A
Denver Nuggets- Birdman, Hometown Hero (I think that's what it is)
Minnesota Timberwolves- N/A
Oklahoma City Thunder- N/A
Portland Trailblazers- Rip City Girl, BlazerGurl
Utah Jazz- Kiwi (?)
Los Angeles Lakers- Mamba, MC, Y.S., Jack, Jade is a BOSS, YFFL
Los Angeles Clippers- N/A
Sacramento Kings- Koolish
Phoenix Suns- Big Diesel
Golden State Warriors- ar23fang

(R) = Restricted; (U) = Unrestricted

Atlanta Hawks – Marvin Williams (R), Mike Bibby (U), Zaza Pachulia (U)

Boston Celtics – Leon Powe (R), Glen "Big Baby" Davis (R), Eddie House (U), Stephon Marbury (U)

Charlotte Bobcats – Raymond Felton (R)

Chicago Bulls – Ben Gordon (U)

Cleveland Cavaliers – Zydrunas Ilgauskas (U), Joe Smith (U), Wally Szczerbiak (U), Anderson Varejao (U)

Dallas Mavericks – Jason Kidd (U)

Denver Nuggets – Chris Andersen (U), Dahtay Jones (U)

Detroit Pistons – Allen Iverson (U), Rasheed Wallace (U), Antonio McDyess (U)

Golden State Warriors – Jamal Crawford (U)

Houston Rockets – Ron Artest (U)

LA Lakers – Kobe Bryant (U) (will stay), Lamar Odom (U), Trevor Ariza (U)

Miami Heat – Jermaine O'Neal (U), Jamario Moon (R), Jamal Magloire (U)

Milwaukee Bucks – Ramon Sessions (R), Charlie Villanueva (R)

New York Knicks – Nate Robinson (R), David Lee (R), Eddy Curry (U), Al Harrington (U), Quentin Richardson (U)

Orlando Magic – Hedo Turkoglu (U)

Philadelphia 76ers – Andre Miller (U)

Phoenix Suns – Matt Barnes (U), Grant Hill (U)

San Antonio Spurs – Drew Gooden (U), Michael Finley (U)

Toronto Raptors – Shawn Marion (U)

Utah Jazz – Carlos Boozer (U), Paul Milsap (R), Kyle Korver (U), Mehmet Okur (U)

the following is my opinion of the order in which all 30 teams are represented here on yahoo answers. starting from who is the most represented to who is the least…

1.L.A. Lakers
2.Cleveland Cavaliers
3.Boston Celtics
4.Chicago Bulls
5.Detroit Pistons
6.Houston Rockets
7.New York Knicks
8.Atlanta Hawks
9.San Antonio Spurs
10.Golden State Warriors
11.Portland Trailblazers
12.Denver Nuggets
13.Miami Heat
14.Orlando Magic
15.Phoenix Suns
16.Dallas Mavericks
17.Philadelphia 76ers
18.Utah Jazz
19.New Orleans Hornets
20.Washington Wizards
21.Sacramento Kings
22.New Jersey Nets
23.Toronto Raptors
24.Los Angeles Clippers
25.Oklahoma City Thunder
26.Memphis Grizzlies
27.Indiana Pacers
28.Charlotte Bobcats
29.Milwaukee Bucks
30.Minnesota Timberwolves

feel free to object and tell me what you think the correct order is…

You see, I'm not going to try to start commotion or anything. I just want to see how many people can name.

You can only name up to 5 for each team (you don't HAVE to put in 5, just up to 5)

Boston Celtics:
Philadelphia 76ers:
New York Knicks:
Toronto Raptors:
New Jersey Nets:
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Detroit Pistons:
Chicago Bulls:
Indiana Pacers:
Milwaukee Bucks:
Orlando Magic:
Washington Wizards:
Atlanta Hawks:
Miami Heat:
Charlotte Bobcats:
San Antonio Spurs:
Houston Rockets:
Dallas Mavericks:
New Orleans Hornets:
Memphis Grizzlies:
Denver Nuggets:
Oklahoma City Thunder:
Portland Trail-blazers:
Minnesota Timberwolves:
Utah Jazz:
Los Angeles Lakers:
Los Angeles Clippers:
Sacramento Kings:
Phoenix Suns:
Golden State Warriors:

Can you do it?

Denver Nuggets or Denver Broncos
Dallas Mavericks or Dallas Cowboys
Houston Rockets or Houston Texans
New York Knicks or New York Jets
Miami Heat or Miami Dolphins
Atlanta Hawks or Atlanta Falcons
Boston Celtics or New England Patriots
Chicago Bulls or Chicago Bears
Washington Wizards or Washington Redskins

Denver Nuggets or Denver Broncos
Dallas Mavericks or Dallas Cowboys
Houston Rockets or Houston Texans
New York Knicks or New York Jets
Miami Heat or Miami Dolphins
Atlanta Hawks or Atlanta Falcons
Boston Celtics or New England Patriots
Chicago Bulls or Chicago Bears
Washington Wizards or Washington Redskins

I put this in the baseball section too

Chicago Bulls or Chicago Cubs
Atlanta Hawks or Atlanta Braves
Houston Rockets or Houston Astros
Los Angeles Lakers or Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Knicks or New York Yankees
Boston Celtics or Boston Red Sox
Minnesota Timberwolves or Minnesota Twins