Phil Jackson says Larry Bird was better than Magic Johnson

[eliteballer]

Playoffs:

18.3 pts, 10.5 rebs, 9.4 ast, 3.1 stl, 52% FG

Finals:

21.5 pts, 11.2 rebs, 8.7 ast, 2.7 stl, 57 FG%


Know what those are? Magic's numbers as a 20 year old ROOKIE. How many runs does Bird have as good as that, let alone better?

Still no one has an answer for Magic CLEARLY AND REPEATEDLY outplaying PEAK Bird head to head in the finals....despite being 3 YEARS YOUNGER.

[feyki]

I watched both. No one had Magic over Bird at the time.

Magic had more team success because until '86 he had better teams. The Celtics would have been better in '87 and '88 if injuries didn't wreck the team, and the Bias thing. Also, the Lakers faced much weaker competition on their way to the Finals. The west in the 80's was the equivalent of the east today.

Exactly .