Yep. I'll say it again...Rey Lewis is good friends with half the league. Agreed again, the fans take it way more seriously and treat it like war moreso than the players it seems. Yep about Oakley and MJ. People still will believe Jordan was this warrior killer type who made no friends with his enemies! I'm just going by what some players said about him. Like Melo has called him a brother type and most of the guys on Team USA seem to see Kobe in a really positive light.
It's not false, they used to be really good friends and their that friendship diminished through their careers. Also no. Larry and Magic reported became friends during a commercial shoot in the middle of their rivalry. No they did not 'hate' each other and I doubt many of these guys 'hate' each other. I feel sorry for any player that thinks this is war and that any one on the opposing team should be hated off the court as well...for that player may be traded from his team and find himself on the team he was supposed to hate and go to war against.