Sorry to forget this thread xD... well, the Heat is now in the Finals... the Spurs were a disapointmet (but still my fav... Go Spurs!!!, Memphis well played... etc) ... Anyway, I want to see the Mavs wining...
In old times, your local team consisted of local lads. So it really was a local team.
These days of player trading, local teams such as Manchester United, does not have many lads from Manchester (if any). It does have lads from Africa, South America, and Europe. So how is it local, exactly?
In my opinion, excessive trading has spoiled the locality of the sports. I mean how can you support a local team, when the team does not even have any locals in the starting lineup???