Silent Love

Some exist with pride, others struggle with pride, some compete with pride, and there are those who fail with pride, but very few can walk away with pride. 
Congratulations, for as you read these lines, you have witnessed the whole lives of many great basketball players.
This pronunciation was embodied when Stephen Curry, after facing defeat in 2021, claimed that no one would want to face them the following season; When Tim Duncan was convinced before the start of the 2014 Finals that they would not mess up; When Kobe Bryant promised at Old Buss's memorial to take the Lakers to the playoffs; When Nowitzki, shedding his label as a soft player, retreated to the locker room in tears at night; When Kevin Garnett let out a skyward howl after holding the championship trophy; When the 2004 Detroit Pistons won and the F4 Lakers lost…

Our story begins in an era when pride still mattered.

Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters

The Bucks and the Knights' first encounter of the season was in early December.


After his dominant performance in the 2005-06 season, especially the 70 points he scored against the Knights in the semifinals, no one compared James to him anymore.


Even the league and Nike slowed down their promotion of the rivalry between the two giants.


To insiders, this was an irritating matter; they had hoped the rivalry between Frye and LeBron would evolve into something akin to the increasingly intense Brady-Manning rivalry in the NFL in recent years.


However, the reason the Brady-Manning rivalry was hyped up was partly because while Brady led in championships and other decisive honors, Manning had a slight edge in passing yards and touchdowns as a quarterback, leading people to say that given a good team, Manning would outperform Brady.


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