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Re: Warriors' rivals?
NorCal. Central Cali. Whatever you want to call it, I'd say there's a bit of a rivalry between the Kings and Warriors. Teams play less than 100 miles apart. When Peja and C-Webb were leading the Kings, how many times were The Arena filled with Kings fans making the drive down I-80? Now, with the W's as the better team, how many fans from the East Bay make that drive to Arco?
There's the history, too, of exchange of players - Rock for Billy Owens (I think I just threw up in my mouth recalling those days).
Right now, rivals to me would be Sacramento and Dallas. To an extent, I'd say there's one with the Lakers, but if dislike has to be reciprocated to be a 'rivalry', I don't think that one counts. Lakers most likely don't have near the dislike for us as we have for them.
I might even throw Utah in there - between the recent playoff meeting and the upsets on the late 80s/early 90s, I'd say there's a little Nellie/Jerry Sloan rivalry going on.
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