Bird won titles with Mchale while Magic needed a prime Kareem to win and in that weak west. Imagine Bird playing with Kareem.
That would be at least 10 titles.
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10-26-2008, 07:29 PM #1LarryLegend33Fan in the Stands (unregistered)
How much better was Larry Bird than Magic Johnson?
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10-26-2008, 07:38 PM #2Celtics for life
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10-26-2008, 07:48 PM #3Nutcase
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Re: How much better was Larry Bird than Magic Johnson?
Magic didn't need Kareem to win.
How much better was Larry than Magic? Not at all.
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10-26-2008, 08:22 PM #4Local High School Star
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Re: How much better was Larry Bird than Magic Johnson?
I can't say who was better but I like Bird better than Magic.
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10-26-2008, 08:37 PM #5PhilLEEs 2011
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Re: How much better was Larry Bird than Magic Johnson?
First Sir Charles....
Now this...
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10-26-2008, 08:38 PM #6(-_-)(X_X)BB(9_9)(^_^)
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Re: How much better was Larry Bird than Magic Johnson?
Magic>Bird...........
Originally Posted by LarryLegend33
Bird won titles with Mchale while Magic needed a prime Kareem to win and in that weak west. Imagine Bird playing with Kareem.
That would be at least 10 titles.
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10-26-2008, 09:16 PM #7Local High School Star
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Re: How much better was Larry Bird than Magic Johnson?
prime kareem? magic entered the league while kareem was going on his 11th year...ur an idiot...or a dick rider....bird is top 5 player but aint better than magic Originally Posted by LarryLegend33
Bird won titles with Mchale while Magic needed a prime Kareem to win and in that weak west. Imagine Bird playing with Kareem.
That would be at least 10 titles.
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leave it at that
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10-26-2008, 09:19 PM #8(-_-)(X_X)BB(9_9)(^_^)
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Re: How much better was Larry Bird than Magic Johnson?
ummm.....kareem>Bird and kareem=magic.... Originally Posted by ruslan
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10-26-2008, 09:20 PM #9Hardwood Hero
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Re: How much better was Larry Bird than Magic Johnson?
How much better?
-12 better units.
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10-26-2008, 09:25 PM #10Banned
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Re: How much better was Larry Bird than Magic Johnson?
Prime Bird ('84-'88) was a bit better than prime Magic ('86-'90). If I had to put a number on it I'd say 3-5%. So if Bird was a 96%, Magic was a 91-93%. Not much, but he was definitely better in my (and most sportswriters' at the time) opinion.
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10-26-2008, 09:31 PM #11NBA Superstar
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Re: How much better was Larry Bird than Magic Johnson?
Magic was 3 years younger than Bird
Magic could play all 5 positons.
Kareem was NOT at a top 5 all-time level when he played with Magic, he was old.
Magic beat Bird 3-1 in head to head championship play(NCAA, 3 Finals)
In fact the last time they met in 87 Magic THROTTLED him.
Larry wasn't a better defender than Magic, he was just guarding guys his own size or or a little smaller most of the time. Magic was at a disadvantage at his position. Hell Magic led the league in steals.
Magic was just as a good a rebounder...except he was grabbing boards from the PG position, hes not going to get as many as a guy playing from the 3.
Bird was a better shooter. He was more of a high volume scorer BUT, Magic shot significantly higher from the field(he was more efficient) he was better at getting to the rack and had a great post game.
No, prime Bird isn't better than prime Magic. Hell, non prime Magic was giving prime Bird everything he could handle and beating him in the Finals.
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10-26-2008, 09:47 PM #12Banned
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Re: How much better was Larry Bird than Magic Johnson?
Originally Posted by eliteballer
Keep telling yourself that. That's why numerous sporting mags (SI, The Sporting News etc.) and columnists were calling Bird the GOAT during his '84-'87 stretch, while no one except Laker homers like yourself ever called Magic the GOAT during any span.
But yeah, we'll listen to you instead.
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10-26-2008, 09:54 PM #13NBA Superstar
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PLENTY have called Magic the GOAT. In fact WILT CHAMBERLAIN SAID HE WASN'T SURE THERE HAD EVER BEEN A PLAYER BETTER THAN MAGIC. What would you know though, your only a huge Bird fan because they show him more than Magic on ESPN classic
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10-26-2008, 10:00 PM #14Old School Cool
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magic = GOAT
over jordan and bird.
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10-26-2008, 10:00 PM #15I pooped a hammer.
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Re: How much better was Larry Bird than Magic Johnson?
Doesn't make sense. Boxing out someone your own size is much harder to do then boxing out someone much smaller than you. Originally Posted by eliteballer
Not really; both were extremely efficient (many 50%+ years for both), but Larry scored more. Originally Posted by eliteballer
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