Larry Legendo Birdo has been to five finals and was outscored in 3 out of 5 Finals by his own teammate...
How many top 15 players averaged under 16 ppg in a Finals?
-Larry Bird (1981)
-Kobe Bryant (2000)
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Has KD passed Bird?
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03-13-2019, 03:46 AM #1I go HAM
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03-13-2019, 03:49 AM #2National High School Star
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Sacramento Kings passed Lebron in W-L this season
imagine that
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03-13-2019, 04:11 AM #3JT
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If he's passed Bird then he's passed LeBron.
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03-13-2019, 04:22 AM #4MH!
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That would actually make sense if Bird passed LeBron. He didn't, so....
Originally Posted by Celtics 1825
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03-13-2019, 04:28 AM #5Local High School Star
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True. Technically Bird didn't pass LeBron. Bird has always been ahead of LeBron. Originally Posted by aj1987
That would actually make sense if Bird passed LeBron. He didn't, so....
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03-13-2019, 04:42 AM #6MH!
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Do you have Bird as the #2 or the GOAT? That's the only way he'll be ahead of LeBron, considering the fact that LeBron is a top 3 GOAT. Originally Posted by 'Toine=MVP
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03-13-2019, 05:24 AM #7Verticle?
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Is he a better player at his best? I dunno. Tough one.
He will definitely have a longer and more successful career in terms of numbers.
Unpopular opinion, but Bird is better than Magic, and KD might be better than both as a player.
I'm not a fan of Durant. I really dislike his game in fact. Harden gets a lot of shit about playing for free throws, but KD is just as bad. All that aside, how many players can you say are actually better than KD at basketball? LeBron at his peak is arguably the best player ever, or top 3 at the very least, and Durant plays him to a draw most times. What does that say about KD?
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03-13-2019, 09:50 AM #8I go HAM
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How many people even knew Larry Bird was outscored twice by Kevin McHale and once by Cedric Maxwell in the NBA finals? 3 of 5 times he wasn't even the leading scorer?
And also how many people knew he scored 15 points per game playing 43 minutes in the finals. People never talk about this stuff. It's like he just gets a pass...
Definitely an overrated player.
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03-13-2019, 09:52 AM #9I go HAM
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You're not passing LeBron when you literally have less of everything
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03-13-2019, 09:59 AM #10Euros rule NBA, UMAD?
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KD didn't have the intangibles needed to take a team to the top without the vibranium-fused backbone that is the Warriors. If he moves onto a team like the Knicks and wins a few titles then I'll change my position. Outside of that he's the same guy who can score 30 in his sleep back in 2016 but hasn't demonstrated that he can win as the undisputed leader and foundation of a team. I was actually a huge KD fan until the bitch move from OKC. When you think about how good OKC is this year with PG13 in place....now replace him with current Durant. They'd be one of the 3 favorites to win the whole thing. Thing is quite a few players have about as much talent and ability as anyone that's played the game, and KD is clearly in that category, but there's certain intangibles that you can't measure in a box score that creates layers of separation between someone like him and the players we recognize as top 10 players. Originally Posted by plowking
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03-13-2019, 10:02 AM #11Embiid > Jokic
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03-13-2019, 10:13 AM #12Youngest MVP
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Larry Bird was a basketball genius, not a statpadder. Originally Posted by TheCorporation
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03-13-2019, 10:15 AM #13Learning to shoot layups
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Bird was routinely outperformed by magic
Bird is overrated, Id take Dirk over that guy
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03-13-2019, 10:50 AM #14I go HAM
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Riiiight :rol:l Originally Posted by PeroAntic
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03-13-2019, 10:52 AM #15Le11th
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Does KD have the capability of turning a 20 win team before he got there into a 60 win team the very season he gets there and then turning that lottery team into a dynasty all by himself?
If not.... nah
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