Was it like this when Magic and Larry were in the league?

[KyrieTheFuture]

Were there stans of one or the other doing everything in their power to tear down the other so their guy looked like he was just clearly the best? Did writers and fans alike have horrendous agendas? Would ISH have sucked as much back then? Or were fans more mature back then and embraced the currently foreign concept of acknowledging more than one player in the league is allowed to be good? This is just getting ridiculous and unenjoyable. I love a good troll as much as the next guy but at this point it's more than that.

Did NBA fans always suck this much?

[Nuff Said]

Prolly was even like that with wilt and Russell.

[1987_Lakers]

There was no internet or media trying to look for drama in every single little thing.

[GreatHILL]

90s babys killed the nba

[navy]

There was no internet or media trying to look for drama in every single little thing.

This.

[KyrieTheFuture]

Would it be accurate to say that people cherished the rivalry they had and said look how great THEY are instead of which one was better?

[Keno]

not even close. i was on the old nba message board back in '86 when bird nearly averaged a triple double en route to the championship.

magic stans were giving their props to bird and appreciating what he did for the win. even hakeem stans were saying good game, respect, props, etc.

[kennethgriffin]

lol stupid kids... there was no internet available to the public back then

only person they had to argue with was their friends.

[Keno]

the social media is what happened, mostly twitter. it's the worst thing to happen to mankind since the apocalypse.

[moe94]

Bird was clearly better than Magic. Magic was barely starter level. He got HIV, but Bird broke his back. Go figure.

[KyrieTheFuture]

not even close. i was on the old nba message board back in '86 when bird nearly averaged a triple double en route to the championship.

magic stans were giving their props to bird and appreciating what he did for the win. even hakeem stans were saying good game, respect, props, etc.

Stop trolling here

[LeGOAT]

I'm sure there were plenty of Magic or Bird stans, except people actually debated in real life at barber shops and shit instead of on the internet posting shitty gifs and photo shopped images and ridiculous trolling.

[inclinerator]

they were always on their phone texting about who was better russell or wilt, reading articles online and bashing them on the forums

[NumberSix]

It was MUCH worse when Bird and Magic were playing......... For obvious reasons.

[All Net]

No it's only on here where people have idiotic agendas.