"If Larry Bird is Black, he is just another regular guy" -isiah thomas

[Smoke117]

They were some salty ass bithces

[buddha]

Yeah, I think a lot of people forget this. Before Jordan came around Bird was considered by most to be the GOAT.

this, imagine if this forum was around in the 80's. Everybody on here would be a Bird stan except for the people of color that post on here, and even then, you would have to account for the Uncle Tom's.

[LakersDaBEst]

Tha guy looks like the prnstar

[JtotheIzzo]

Absolutely on point. Larry bird is overrated. Magic said Kobe is the best Laker ever when magic himself played only for the Lakers.


Conclusion : Kobe > Larry, Magic

No, Isiah regretted saying those words and immediately retracted them.

[dreamwarrior]

Larry put up the numbers he did without even trying to dominate. His whole purpose in his mind was always to help the team play better, not to have monster stats. And as soon as he realized the importance of the 3pt shot, even without making it a significant part of his game (compared to today) he shot 40% for the rest of his career.

[oarabbus]

Larry Bird is a LOT better than Isaiah.

Larry might be overall the greatest basketball individual, better than Jordan - if you consider their careers after a player as well.

Larry was ROY, Allstar, MVP, FMVP, Coach of the Year, Executive of the Year.
Compared to Jordan one of the worst execs anyway not a regular guy.

[JISU]

If Larry Legend is black, he would be in all GOAT discussion.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zKZQ8VWT9Y

To all those kids born after 1990 that think that Lebron is the second coming of Jesus, this video explain what an ALPHA player is.

Larry is the player that with a terrible back injury comes back to save the day despite the hurt.

Now young guys, keep thinking that Mr. 2-5 is the best SF of all time.

[oarabbus]

Bird put up 20/10/7 his final year when he was basically crippled from his back. Not to mention his athleticism was below NBA average. He's so much better than LeBron by such a large margin.

LeBron can get there, but he's nowhere close right now.

[fpliii]

He played and retired before I started watching, but it's absolutely incredibly how much he's able to do with so few touches. I think you can perhaps play him alongside any superstar ever without an on-the-court issue.

[Collie]

I didn't know ordinary guys dropped 24/10/6 and were 3 time MVPs/champions.

[moe94]

Bird put up 20/10/7 his final year when he was basically crippled from his back. Not to mention his athleticism was below NBA average. He's so much better than LeBron by such a large margin.

LeBron can get there, but he's nowhere close right now.

Nope.

[SHAQisGOAT]

It was "Just another good player".

It was said after a game 7 celtics win.

In game 5 Bird had 36/12/9 and the famous steal/game winning assist. Game 6 Bird had 35/9 on 70% shooting. Game 7 he had 37/9/9 with I think 3 late assists to put the game away.

They were just hurt.

And if you listen to the whole clip Rodman says that Russell not Bird is the GOAT...and that Magic is better than Bird...he later(like...10 seconds later) said that Magic, Jordan, and Isiah are as good as Bird. Said Bird was a 10 far as basketball smarts but was slow and not the best defensive player.

So he was kinda all over the place. He was upset with the Bird is the GOAT talk and felt Russell deserved that spot but didnt get it from the media because Bird was white.

It does if nothing else show how many people believed Bird was the best ever at the time.

People these days seem to think it was some niche opinion.

A LOT of people had Bird as the best ever...at the time.

This right here.

Bird destroyed the Bad Boys that year (would've done it again if he didn't fall to injuries), reason why the Celtics even got past them...
He made Rodman look like fool plenty of times, probably the 1st time he got murked by a "white boy", at least to that extent.

27 / 10 / 8 on .572 TS%, including some really clutch plays, against them in that series... Regular stuff

---> Oh, and it wasn't Isiah who've said that, it was Rodman. Then Thomas jokingly agreed and they made him to be the bad guy.

[Lebron23]

If Larry Legend is black, he would be in all GOAT discussion.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zKZQ8VWT9Y

To all those kids born after 1990 that think that Lebron is the second coming of Jesus, this video explain what an ALPHA player is.

Larry is the player that with a terrible back injury comes back to save the day despite the hurt.

Now young guys, keep thinking that Mr. 2-5 is the best SF of all time.

Bird is also Mr. 3/5. They both have the same numbers of Finals MVP, and Lebron has 1 more regular season MVP than Bird. If Lebron wins another Finals MVP I put him over Bird. Lebron also has a better regular season, playoffs, and finals stats than Bird.

[3peated]

This was said by dennis rodman.

[tmacattack33]

Very stupid comment...nobody props up Dirk or Stockton up to top 10 or top 5 just because they are white.

If anything, Bird would have had to work harder to get recruited and to get his coaches to buy into the fact that was a worthy player.

Now, what being white would actually make easier is endorsements and stuff.