Bird was a great defender. Made several All-defensive teams. His incredibly high DRPM & DRTG backs it up too.I have Bird in the top ten, but I can't put him top 4 considering his defense was lacking. Top 10 easily
Bird was a great defender. Made several All-defensive teams. His incredibly high DRPM & DRTG backs it up too.I have Bird in the top ten, but I can't put him top 4 considering his defense was lacking. Top 10 easily
What year?Bird was a solid defender. Made several All-defensive teams.
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He was a terrible defender, I'm sorry.... Watch the games (they're widely available on youtube btw)He made 3 straight all-def 2nd team from 82-84. He also led the league 4 times in defensive win shares.
He might not have been a lockdown defender but I feel like he gets underrated in this aspect a bit![]()
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Being how Bird was a 13 year pro when he retired, and LeBron is now a 13 year pro,
we can closely examine both players body of work.
Larry Bird career averages:
24.3PPG 6.3APG 10.0RPG 1.7SPG 0.8BPG
.496 FG% .376 3PT% .886 FT% (rounded up 50/38/89)
LeBron James career averages:
27.2PPG 6.9APG 7.2RPG 1.7SPG 0.8BPG
.498 FG% .340 3PT% .744 FT% (rounded up 50/34/74)
While LeBrons ppg seems way more impressive than Birds,
its a product of volume as he attempted 2,226 more 3 pointers and 3,750 more Free throws. *
*Bird does beat him in 2 point attempts by 101 attempts.
and while LeBron scored 5,042 more points than Bird did, it is because he actually played a whole extra season+ than bird, playing in 90 more games, and totaling 4,035 more minutes than Bird.
Bird won the MVP in 3 Consecutive years, and is also a 3x Champion and as a rookie helped his team make a 32 game turnaround and get the 1st seed in the conference. (LeBron was 18 game turnaround and no playoffs)
First thing we gon see is beat a 70 win team![]()
Man get the fukk on.
Bron got this dude beat all around the board.
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Man get the fukk on.
Bron got this dude beat all around the board.
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Bird better rebounder scorer passer lol shut your ass up