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The NBA needs to make Rivalry Week a way bigger thing, because if you didn't know this started
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last night, then welcome to the club. So yeah, last night was the start of a week-long series of matchups in the NBA featuring rivalries
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And by the way, this is the Bounce.ai app, it's 100% free, it's where I go to get all
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my post-game stats and reports like this one. But then in the night game, the Nuggets blew out the Sixers, because of course Joel Embiid
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ducked Jokic again. And Bounce has this funny new feature where you can chat with AI versions of NBA players
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And even Jokic was like, yeah, it's ridiculous that Embiid doesn't play. And yeah, I think this is one of the real problems affecting NBA ratings right now
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It's that the NBA doesn't really have any rivalries. Players across the league are just too buddy-buddy these days
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And while I do think there are fair things to blame it on, like even AAU culture, I also don't think the league does a good job of promoting the rivalries they do have
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And then you look at the schedule the league came up with, And it's just like, why do half the teams not even get a rivalry game
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The NBA needs more beef, man