OT:Larry Bird

[THE HCP]

Is in the house! Just walked by him on the ramp into the arena! Guy could ball back in the day!

 

[44Thrilla]

lmao, nice snuggie.

 

[Master Shake]

Snuggie is G.

 

[THE HCP]

Larry was wearing a green Snuggie!

 

[Master Shake]

That's clutch.

 

[Minstrel]

If Larry Bird had been black, he'd be just another good player.

 

[Master Shake]

Larry Bird is the reason white people wake up in the morning.

 

[44Thrilla]

If Larry Bird had been black, he'd be just another good player.

Who said that? I forget.

 

[BengalDuck]

Spike Lee, right?

 

[THE HCP]

Malcolm X!

 

[44Thrilla]

It was either Rodman or Isiah Thomas.

 

[Minstrel]

It was either Rodman or Isiah Thomas.

Rodman said it and Thomas agreed.

 

[THE HCP]

Could you imagine him trying to chase LeBron around the court?

 

[44Thrilla]

Rodman said it and Thomas agreed.

Yeah, it took me a while to remember. I couldn't remember who said it and who agreed, though.

 

[C_note]

That's bullshit, 3rd best player ever IMO.

 

[Webster's Dictionary]

If Larry Bird had been black, he'd be just another good player.

lol. 50% 10 RPG and 25 ppg and 6 APG for a career is not something many players achieve. I do agree that he gets played up a little because he was so unique.

Shoot, we don't have a single player averaging any of those numbers, let alone all of them.

 

[ABM]

If Larry Bird had been black, he'd be just another good player.

....or, perhaps, still a garbage collector from French Lick.

 

[THE HCP]

I just used the same toilet, right after him in the media room! I feel blessed!

 

[ABM]

I just used the same toilet, right after him in the media room! I feel blessed!

I'd bet you wave that snuggie on your wife.

 

[PapaG]

If Larry Bird had been black, he'd be just another good player.

I know your reference, but if you look in modern times, if Larry Bird had been black, he'd be considered one of the two best players in history with Michael Jordan, and Magic may be just behind them.

 

[Rodolfo]

If Larry Bird had been black, he'd be just another good player.

I thought that was Charles Barkley that said that?

 

[LOTBfan]

I just used the same toilet, right after him in the media room! I feel blessed!

you didn't do something naughty with the toilet seat i hope....

 

[Shooter]

Could you imagine him trying to chase LeBron around the court?

Could you imagine LeBron trying to stop Bird?

 

[drexlersdad]

bird was amazing, regardless of pigment.

 

[mook]

I'm re-reading his autobiography right now, Bird Watching:
http://www.amazon.com/Bird-Watching...=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236235663&sr=1-5

It's definitely not worth the $38 Amazon is asking for it, but if you see it in the bargain section at Borders you should pick it up. Fun read.

 

[Minstrel]

I know your reference, but if you look in modern times, if Larry Bird had been black, he'd be considered one of the two best players in history with Michael Jordan, and Magic may be just behind them.

I don't think one can separate Bird and Magic. Beyond the coincidence of their overlap in time, they were pretty close to identically good.

In modern times, many people do put Bird in a top-three with Jordan and Magic. I put Magic and Bird a bit lower, behind Shaq and Olajuwon, in terms of more recent players. My all-time top ten would be:

Michael Jordan
Wilt Chamberlain
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Hakeem Olajuwon
Shaquille O'Neal
Oscar Robertson
Larry Bird
Magic Johnson
Bill Russell
David Robinson

Karl Malone and Jerry West just miss it.

Bird and Johnson are interchangeable in that list, IMO.

 

[Minstrel]

I thought that was Charles Barkley that said that?

Nope. Barkley did have a memorable quote about Bird: "As long as Bird is still playing, I won't be the worst defender in basketball."

 

[JE]

Bird isn't even the best player in Celtic history.

 

[Stevenson]

I would list it this way

Michael Jordan
Wilt Chamberlain
Magic Johnson
Larry Bird
Bill Russell
Jerry West
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Oscar Robertson
Shaquille O'Neal
Dr. J

No Olajuwan, no Malone

 

[Boob-No-More]

Could you imagine him trying to chase LeBron around the court?

He wouldn't waste his energy. He'd just let LeBron drive the middle so McHale could clothesline him. Game over!

BNM