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Originally Posted by markinca
I'm going to guess that the vast majority of people who take Bird over Kobe were the ones who actually were alive during Bird's heyday and saw him play. People talk about Kobe being a killer, Bird was just as much one. His trash talking and competitiveness ranks up there with anyone.
The younger generation I'm confident would all pick Kobe over Bird.
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I would say that's pretty accurate. I was lucky enough to watch Bird play for the second half of his career. I missed the best years because I was too young. I also got to see all of Jordan's career except the first year or two.
Back in the day I wasn't much of a fan of Jordan because he was a ball hog and he didn't win anything. He scored a lot of points though mostly from dunks and layups. He shot more than anyone else kind of like Harden. He was always going to get his stats. That was pretty much his game for the first half of his career. But once Bird and couldn't play anymore and Magic retired there wasn't a whole lot of competition anymore for him. The Pistons were pretty good I can't remember any other dominant teams though. Once Bulls got Pippen they got better but the first 5-6 years they weren't very good winning wise. After he won several championships I had to give him credit and he wasn't just a ball hog anymore. But I still don't think the NBA was very good overall during those years. It was probably the weakest it had been since the mid to late 70's before Bird/Magic revived it.
05-04-2020, 11:14 PM
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