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Paul Pierce vs Larry Bird

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Trauma-san:

--- Quote from: The Big Bad Ass on April 21, 2004, 10:55:35 PM ---I would have killed the kids right then and there if I'da heard this discussion :)

Paul Pierce isn't even worthy of holding Birds jock. Overrated because of his skin color or not... My alltime favorite player, and person who I think had the best all around game is Magic Johnson, and he is the first person to say that Larry and Jordan are the best players he's ever seen. I think I'll go with my child hood heros arguement over some high school kids locker convo :)

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It simply comes down to those three, period.  Back in the showtime days, I would have told you (and did tell most people) that all-time, it stood

1. Magic
2. Bird
3. Jordan

Since then, Jordan played a couple more years, then retired, then came out of retirement probably better than when he retired, played 2 or 3 incredible years, and then retired.

To me, a HUGE Magic Johnson fan, that cemented Jordan in place as the greatest to ever play the sport.  Magic was nice, but Jordan was simply amazing.  So, to me, the list stands at

1. Jordan
2. Magic
3. Bird

Saying anybody other than Jordan and Magic is greater than Bird is grounds for execution in my world.  

Shallow:
Now I wouldn't argue with anyone over Bird vs (Jordan, Magic, Russel, Chaimberlain) any one of those four could be argued as better. However if I was making a team and could pick any one in the history of the NBA, I would pick Larry first, because I feel he makes people around him look like stars. Also I wiil always claim the if a mid 90s Jordan were to play with a mid 80s Celtics vs a mid 80s Bird with a mid 90s Bulls, Larry's team would win.

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