Lifestyle > Sports & Entertainment
bird vs james
Tha A:
http://www.youtube.com/v/ULvo7__wwBU?fs=1&hl=pt_PT
that's some sick shit and all I got say is you can't even see half of bird's greatness just by watching these highlights, I got some tapes from the lakers, celtics, pistons and 76's best games from the 80's and youtube also got some games, you really gotts watch him play just to see how great he was, just like magic, jordan, kareem, hakeem... all the great ones. now lebron is ballin like crazy right now but he ain't touching bird(at least yet).
Shallow:
Cham, shut up about the shooting. You really have no idea what kind of player Bird was. Before the knees started hurting he was an inside scrapper. It wasn't until later that he became Mr 3-point shot because his body was beaten down. You don't only last in the league ten years if you're just an outside shooter. His defense and boards were also incredible. To compare him to Dirk is a joke.
And all that garbage about training and fine tuning; Jordan had all that, and he was never any better than Bird when they played together. Explain that? Unless you think Jordan would be barely better than average in today's league.
Steve Nash was 2 time MVP in recent years and Bird shits over Nash. He beat you with his mind first. That's one thing Lebron can't compete with him. I'm not saying Lebron is stupid, he's just not Larry Bird smart.
And go look through that 1980 team. The only two recognizable names are Cowan and Maravich and both had limited roles as their careers were over by then. Cedric Maxwell was there too. It was the same team as the year before that won 29 games. Add a rookie Larry Bird.
The bottom line is Lebron James quit this year and the fucking asshole made me a Kobe fan. I'll never forgive him for that. If Peyton Manning left the game down by two scores with a minute to go I'd go back to cheering for Brady.
Tha A:
--- Quote from: Shallow on September 05, 2010, 02:39:44 PM ---Before the knees started hurting he was an inside scrapper. It wasn't until later that he became Mr 3-point shot because his body was beaten down.
--- End quote ---
very true, lot of people don't know that.
--- Quote from: Shallow on September 05, 2010, 02:39:44 PM ---Cham, shut up about the shooting. You really have no idea what kind of player Bird was. Before the knees started hurting he was an inside scrapper. It wasn't until later that he became Mr 3-point shot because his body was beaten down. You don't only last in the league ten years if you're just an outside shooter. His defense and boards were also incredible. To compare him to Dirk is a joke.
And all that garbage about training and fine tuning; Jordan had all that, and he was never any better than Bird when they played together. Explain that? Unless you think Jordan would be barely better than average in today's league.
Steve Nash was 2 time MVP in recent years and Bird shits over Nash. He beat you with his mind first. That's one thing Lebron can't compete with him. I'm not saying Lebron is stupid, he's just not Larry Bird smart.
And go look through that 1980 team. The only two recognizable names are Cowan and Maravich and both had limited roles as their careers were over by then. Cedric Maxwell was there too. It was the same team as the year before that won 29 games. Add a rookie Larry Bird.
The bottom line is Lebron James quit this year and the fucking asshole made me a Kobe fan. I'll never forgive him for that. If Peyton Manning left the game down by two scores with a minute to go I'd go back to cheering for Brady.
--- End quote ---
very well put. think I'll just rest my case about this discussion, already said what I wanted too, now everybody's entitled to their opinion no matter if it's right or wrong.
Tha A:
forget to point out one big aspect of bird's game also, trash talking, he talked shit and backed that up like telling xavier mcdaniel he would hit the game winning shot on his face, he hit the shot and told mcdaniel he didn't mean to leave 2 seconds on the clock. he also told reggie miller after reggie tried to fuck up larry's concentration on a free throw that he was the best shooter in the league and buried the free throw. before the three point shootout he walked into the locker room and said he was winning it and was just looking around to see who's finishing second, he won that. that's some real swag right there.
Shallow:
--- Quote from: Tha A on September 05, 2010, 03:11:22 PM ---forget to point out one big aspect of bird's game also, trash talking, he talked shit and backed that up like telling xavier mcdaniel he would hit the game winning shot on his face, he hit the shot and told mcdaniel he didn't mean to leave 2 seconds on the clock. he also told reggie miller after reggie tried to fuck up larry's concentration on a free throw that he was the best shooter in the league and buried the free throw. before the three point shootout he walked into the locker room and said he was winning it and was just looking around to see who's finishing second, he won that. that's some real swag right there.
--- End quote ---
Yeah, I remember a Rodman interview where he was asked who had the foulest mouth he'd heard on the court and he said Bird. People laughed but Rodman wasn't joking.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version