JJ Reddikk "Larry Bird is not a top 3 Three Point Shooter of all time."
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JJ got em mad as fukk
None of this was in dispute...
People trying to shoehorn Bird into some 3pt specialist are disrespecting his game.
Bird isnt but hes an elite shooter and that should be respected
Copy Ninja
Superstar
Bird's game didn't revolve around 3pt prowess. Dude was an all around great player who should be known more for his court vision/passing, BB IQ, and shot making. I think the only reason why dudes think 3 point shot with Bird is because he won the All Star 3 point contest with style.
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
He's right Larry Bird is not a top three three-point shooter. There is no metric that counters that statement. And three point shooting wasn't Bird’s game.
Thread backfired like crazy. @Jplaya2023 leave these back-in-my-day ass threads to the folks who know what they're doing.
They would shoot WAY better than 40%. Look at the top 25 seasons for best 3pt % and they're virtually all low-volume guys. Kyle Korver set the record for 3pt% in a season where he averaged just 2 threes a game.
Reggie and Steph especially, and to a lesser degree Ray, took all sorts of crazy shots to keep their shooting volume up because teams were doing everything possible to keep them from getting 5-10 good looks from deep every game. So they settled for lesser looks. If they only had to take 3 threes a game, they could wait for the best looks....and if they got 3 threes a game in Larry's era, those would be some damn good looks.
Yeah context matters. And the context is that Bird (and everyone else who shot threes in the 1980s) was wide open for most of his shots. The 3pt line wasn't even defended in that era until the end of games. If he had been guarded tightly his %'s would be even worse, not better.
Bird's 3pt% drops from 37% in the regular season, to just 32% in the playoffs. Do you think Larry Bird was a choker who couldn't handle playoff pressure? That seems unlikely. So the only remaining explanation is that playoff defense was a lot tougher than regular season defense on threes in the 1980s, and that had a real impact on his %'s.
YOU SOUND STUPID AS fukk.
WEVE SEEN STEPH START
1-5, 0-5 FROM THE 3 SO MANY TIMES
BUT HE JUST KEEPS JACKING
THEM bytchES UNTIL HE CATCHES FIRE.
You're just being ignorant. If Steph shot 3 threes a game, he wouldn't take the first three 28-footers off the dribble with a defender just barely off of him. He'd be taking the best 3 shots he got during the game.
VegetasHairline
Veteran
Needs to change his name to @nostalgia2023Thread backfired like crazy. @Jplaya2023 leave these back-in-my-day ass threads to the folks who know what they're doing.
Nah he just going at these “back in my day as mofos” necks
nikka did you even see Ray Allen play at uconn and Milwaukee when he got to the league? Ray was always a snipper.. the fukk are you talking about?
Larry won 3 championships and 3 mvps. I don't think he cares that much where he's ranked on the all time three point shooters list.
Maybe someone like Reggie Miller would care more about this, cause his legacy nowhere near top 10 of all time.
Maybe someone like Reggie Miller would care more about this, cause his legacy nowhere near top 10 of all time.
Shot selection is a thing breh….
YOU SOUND STUPID AS fukk.
WEVE SEEN STEPH START
1-5, 0-5 FROM THE 3 SO MANY TIMES
BUT HE JUST KEEPS JACKING
THEM bytchES UNTIL HE CATCHES FIRE.
You think Steph would be shooting deep ass step backs with a extra defender on his hip if he only shot 3 times a game?
Nah he would be shooting those Bruce Bowen specials where the closest defender is in another zip code and probably shoot 60%