The amount of people in this sub who don’t understand the origin of the media bias against the Pacers is a bit confusing.
It all stems from the Pacers/Knicks rivalry from the 90s and that rivalry official began in game 4 of the ECF. See back before social media there was “the media” and that media was based in New York and the surrounding East coast. They set the tone for the rest of the national media and influenced the attitude of the many outlets we have today. We poked the bear and they never forgot. They made Reggie a second ballot HOFer just to spite him and our organization ffs.
The amount of people in this sub who don’t understand the origin of the media bias against the Pacers is a bit confusing.
It all stems from the Pacers/Knicks rivalry from the 90s and that rivalry official began in game 4 of the ECF. See back before social media there was “the media” and that media was based in New York and the surrounding East coast. They set the tone for the rest of the national media and influenced the attitude of the many outlets we have today. We poked the bear and they never forgot. They made Reggie a second ballot HOFer just to spite him and our organization ffs.