Just saw a show on NBATV about Bird's top 50 moments. can't help but see how true greatness really is and how much people who never saw him play really missed out. Sorry to all those that think Jordan or (god help me) Lebron are the greatest. just so many great memories brought back watching that show. hope all C's fans get a chance to see it.
Thank you, Larry is a Top 5 Player ever---Could do SO many things on the court...and had a Killer instinct...which was part of my point in my Mark Jackson post...For some reason, The Ex-Players in this league keep trying to downplay how GREAT Larry Bird was...It's sickening, and someone needs to stand up for Bird.
who?
when?
how?
Lots of them. Now. On Tv.
The reason is that this will always happen. You have to sell the game on tv today. People aren't going to pay lots of money to watch NBA Hardwood Classics. They have to sell the game today that's actually happening now. You don't do that by saying "Lebron is definitely the 7th best small forward that ever played!"
It doesn't work that way. 20 years from now there'll be someone else. But that guy won't necessarily be better than Bron was. But players will say he is.