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you just say that because he's pasty
Hes not.in my top 10
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you just say that because he's pasty
Are you going to give us any reasons why you feel he's overrated?
Maybe because apalisoc_9 is a feminist and he wants to revoke Larry Bird's white male privilege
MJ
Timmy
LB
skills and IQ over anything.
Lol what a joke
Yeah, he is garbage
Great numbers against a declining lebron.
Bird is for sure great player. Top 15.
Bird is one of the greatest talents I have ever seen and would be unreal in this era that emphasizes ball movement and outside shooting.
s trying hard to sneak Jim in the top 10. off...
Jordan
TD
kareem
Aids
Lebron
Shaq
Hakeem
kobe
Wade/dirk/kg
Tbh
Offensively absolutely. But Kiwi, lebron, PG, Durant can defend him a whole lot better than he can do them. Who would he defend vs Warriors small ball lineup. Bird is absolutely great. But times change. Still 2nd greatest SF ...but Lebron is better.
LeBron couldn't guard Leonard, you think he's going to stop Bird?
LeBron is overrated on defense because he rarely puts the effort in on that end and carries so much offensive burdens. When he locks in LeBron is very good on D not Kiwi good, but damn good.
Bird would be just as good, maybe even better if he played today. He's one of the few guys from that era whose game would fit well in today's league. He was an amazing shooter who would likely take (and make) much more 3s given the current state of basketball. He had elite court vision/passing abilities and would thrive in a motion offense predicated on ball movement. He was also a great off-ball player, which again would allow him to have success in current style offenses. He would dominate the boards in small-ball situations.
Defensively he'd be nothing special, but it's not like he'd be some liability who gets torched by everyone he goes up against. Don't think he's noticeably worse than a guy like Durant or post-2013 LeBron in that regard.
He's not better than LeBron, but it's a massive stretch to leave him out of the top 10, and he's definitely not the most overrated player ever. That would probably be Allen Iverson. You have tons of people out there claiming he's a top 10-20 player of all-time
Nigg wtf? Durant is playing harden level D...George has regreed defensively. Pre injury george was a great defender this geroge is suspect.
Lebron is a million times better than bird.
You must not have watched many of his games. Also, kinda strange that you'd rank Dirk over him, seeing as how Bird was like Dirk with court vision on offense, while being a better defender.
Hard to disagree with your top 7 though...
Bird > Kobe no doubt
Birds impact on the NBA is much greater than Jims.
I dont see why you s keep mentioning Kiwi as some all world defender. Who has he shined against?
No. He could shoot, pass, rebound. He was as complete as they come. Imho, he was better than Magic who couldn't shoot for .
You know the whole "He's playing chess and you're playing checkers" cliche. That's Larry Joe in a nuts . He was always 3-4 steps ahead of his compe ion. Some of the offensive rebounds he would get and then immediately touch pass to McHale under the goal.....a thing of beauty to watch.
You're exactly right put him in a "pass first" or "ball movement" era....skies the limit.
Larry Bird is easily top 10.
Da is holding an awful shiny trophy...
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