You can’t tell any of these soft players today because they don’t realize how soft they are. I quit watching basketball because it has gotten so soft it’s like I m watching a bunch of females on the court.
I don’t think people understand under certain rules and regulations you had move restrictions in the old times can you imagine them in this free moving era it would be madness every 5 – 10 years everything loosens up and it’s more free movement in everything not just sports so imagine the athletes in the past who broke barriers in this time they going nuts
Bird would have eaten these youngsters alive like having breakfast. With no hand checking n so much space. N while his trash talking would hurt the kids mentally breakdown
The Hick from French Lick would be the best American born player by a mile today. 6’10” with his skillset is insane. He’s a suped up Luka that can guard, pass and rebound better than
Larry would easily average 40-plus a game. No hand checking and no hard fouls…he would have an absolute field day and these modern-day players. It would not even be a contest. He would be the league MVP every year. He made HOF players look stupid out on the court. He also carried more players into the HOF than any other player in NBA history. All those old school superstars of the NBA would completely dominate the league today even more than they did in their own era. The lack of physicality in today's game would let them run wild. Can you imagine someone like Dr. J playing with today's lack of defense. Half the league would have had that NBA ball logo tattooed on their forehead from him dunking on their head.
Imagine Luka or Jokic but better. Way better. Way way better. And vicious. So vicious that hall of famers would rather foul out than play defense on him.
That’s why lebron and Luka and Shai will never be Legend. Larry is Legend.
Larry played in the most physical era the leagues had. I know everyone remembers (or has at least knowledge of), Magic winning the national championship over Larry. Magic had a flat out LOADED Michigan State Spartan squad. Magic, Greg Kelser (#4 NBA lottery pick), Jay Vincent (#24 NBA draft pick), & 5 more guys that got drafted in the 3rd through 8th rounds that never made NBA squads. Indiana State had Larry, Carl Nicks who was the 23rd pick in the NBA draft & Alex Gilbert who was drafted in the 6th round & never made it in the league. Larry led that ISU club to 33-0 including tournament wins over Sidney Moncriefs Arkansas Razorbacks & Mark Aguirre’s DePaul club before loosing the title game to Michigan State. Rookie of the year voting Magic & Larry’s 1st NBA season: Larry ROY with 63 1sts to Magics 2nd place finish with 3 1st place votes. Larry was also 4th in league MVP voting that 1st year. It’s the lowest he’d place in MVP until his 10th year. Larry’s 2nd, 3rd, & 4th years he was 2nd in the MVP race. He then won 3 straight MVP’s. He then finished 3rd & finally 2nd again to close out his 1st 9 years. (4,2,2,2,1,1,1,3,2)!!! In that same span he led the league in defensive win shares 4 times & shot 50/40/90 twice! He’s the only non Power Forward / non Center to ever lead the league in defensive win shares more than 1 time. He did so 4 times. He was also the 1st person to ever shoot 50/40/90 for a year when he accomplished the feat (in B2B years no less). He dealt with far greater competition in the East than LA had to deal with out in the West most of the 80’s decade. The 76ers of the early 80’s were loaded & they went to 3 finals in 4 years from 80-83. (Dr. J, Moses Malone, & 5 more guys that were multi time All NBA 1st team defenders each! They would’ve went to 4 straight finals had it not been for Larry leading Boston back from the 1-3 series home against them in the 81’ ECF. The other club he and the Celtics had to deal with were the late 80’s Pistons who went to 3 straight finals from 88-90. There were 3 East teams to win an NBA title in the 80’s. There was only 1 West team to do so. Two of the East teams that won NBA titles did so while sweeping Magic & Kareem’s Lakers in the finals. 83’ Philly & 89’ Detroit. Boston also beat LA for a title in the decade 84’. Houston made 2 finals in the decade but lost both to Boston. 81’ & 86’. Teams didn’t have an answer for Larry. He could shoot, rebound, pass, got steals, & competed on every play. Couldn’t foul him as he was a near 90% career foul shooter. (88.4%). The late 80’s Celtics only weakness was a lack of bench depth. Had Len Bias not passed I believe the Celtics go back to back in 86’ & 87’ and they may have made it back to the finals in 88’ with a chance to 3peat. Larry is the only player in NBA history to have career averages with at least 24 points, at least 10 rebounds, & at least 6 assists. No one but Larry has at least each of those for an entire career. Larry’s career averages: 24.3 pts / 10.0 rebounds / 6.3 assists / 1.7 steals. He also averaged 1.7 three point attempts for his career. Imagine if he was taking 4.7 or 5.0 per game like LBJ & KD have in their careers? He’d be a 28.0+ pt per game guy if he shot 3’s at the volume that they’ve shot them. He’d eat this modern NBA alive!
Modern NBA players would have a waaay tougher time adjusting to the much more physical game of the 80’s than most “old timers” would have adjusting to a game that has zero physicality and diving is rewarded.
Disgusting how much they never taken into account the completely different style of the defenses allowed to play. Larry Bird's Day you go up for a layup and you're three rows deep into the stands and it's just a common foul
Whats crazy to me is do these modern day hoopers not realize the best hooper of this era is Jokic right? Jokic is literally a less athletic Bird! It's insane man. Bird would be Jokic in this era but an even better rebounder! Not to mention his trash talking is next level a whole lot of sensitive mfers in this era would not be ready for that.
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Here is the deal…
you cant foul him to stop him…
good luck…
No team of todays era can matchup The Celtics bad boy pistons showtime lakers & Dominique and the hawks.. and the ultimately the bulls
There is NO ONE in this league today that can lock down Larry Bird. PERIOD.
It was way more physical in Bird's era then it is today. What is that guy smoking?
You can’t tell any of these soft players today because they don’t realize how soft they are. I quit watching basketball because it has gotten so soft it’s like I m watching a bunch of females on the court.
The look on that guys face when Baron Davis said, “ for KAT” was priceless.
Guys today have a little more talent but they soft AF compared to the older generations
Larry would feast this era. Just take over, win chips and talk shit the whole time.
Larry Bird are you fucking serious Bird would give Duncan that work FOH
I don’t think people understand under certain rules and regulations you had move restrictions in the old times can you imagine them in this free moving era it would be madness every 5 – 10 years everything loosens up and it’s more free movement in everything not just sports so imagine the athletes in the past who broke barriers in this time they going nuts
Bird was similar to Jordan, amazing fundamentals, killer instinct. Bird is my goat.
If Doncic and Joker can run circles with today's players do you actually think Bird won't do the same?
Bird played with a broken foot and then a fractured back. Not at the same time but …. Burd would be fine
If Larry Bird played today, an entire healthy 18-20 season career, he'd retire as the GOAT.
Players would go to a safe space if Bird played in today's NBA. 🤣
Bird played in a scrappers league in the 80's today soft
Bird would have eaten these youngsters alive like having breakfast. With no hand checking n so much space. N while his trash talking would hurt the kids mentally breakdown
The Hick from French Lick would be the best American born player by a mile today. 6’10” with his skillset is insane. He’s a suped up Luka that can guard, pass and rebound better than
Love the respect shown for Larry.
Bird in this era would give you 30 to 40 a game!!! And several great passes… His game was complete.
KAT would be out a month because Larry would hurt his damn feelings. And Bird would still drop 28/12/10
imagine thinking KAT could do anything vs Bird 😂 no disrespect to my boy KAT but he would get smoked so bad he would start balding
Karl Anthony Towns is garbage. Bird would eat him alive in any era.
Larry had ball IQ complete player playing a lot of years with a fucked up back had to lay his ass down on belly for rests
If you know, you know
Bird would be every bit as good as Jokic
Larry Legend all the way dude!!!
Larry would easily average 40-plus a game. No hand checking and no hard fouls…he would have an absolute field day and these modern-day players. It would not even be a contest. He would be the league MVP every year. He made HOF players look stupid out on the court. He also carried more players into the HOF than any other player in NBA history. All those old school superstars of the NBA would completely dominate the league today even more than they did in their own era. The lack of physicality in today's game would let them run wild. Can you imagine someone like Dr. J playing with today's lack of defense. Half the league would have had that NBA ball logo tattooed on their forehead from him dunking on their head.
I don't know what this Potcast is, but it should be shut down.
So Luka can play in this Era but nit Larry?
Honestly, I can't understand what these guys are saying. I don't know if they are knocking Bird or praising him.
Imagine Luka or Jokic but better. Way better. Way way better. And vicious. So vicious that hall of famers would rather foul out than play defense on him.
That’s why lebron and Luka and Shai will never be Legend. Larry is Legend.
Larry played in the most physical era the leagues had. I know everyone remembers (or has at least knowledge of), Magic winning the national championship over Larry. Magic had a flat out LOADED Michigan State Spartan squad. Magic, Greg Kelser (#4 NBA lottery pick), Jay Vincent (#24 NBA draft pick), & 5 more guys that got drafted in the 3rd through 8th rounds that never made NBA squads. Indiana State had Larry, Carl Nicks who was the 23rd pick in the NBA draft & Alex Gilbert who was drafted in the 6th round & never made it in the league. Larry led that ISU club to 33-0 including tournament wins over Sidney Moncriefs Arkansas Razorbacks & Mark Aguirre’s DePaul club before loosing the title game to Michigan State. Rookie of the year voting Magic & Larry’s 1st NBA season: Larry ROY with 63 1sts to Magics 2nd place finish with 3 1st place votes. Larry was also 4th in league MVP voting that 1st year. It’s the lowest he’d place in MVP until his 10th year. Larry’s 2nd, 3rd, & 4th years he was 2nd in the MVP race. He then won 3 straight MVP’s. He then finished 3rd & finally 2nd again to close out his 1st 9 years. (4,2,2,2,1,1,1,3,2)!!! In that same span he led the league in defensive win shares 4 times & shot 50/40/90 twice! He’s the only non Power Forward / non Center to ever lead the league in defensive win shares more than 1 time. He did so 4 times. He was also the 1st person to ever shoot 50/40/90 for a year when he accomplished the feat (in B2B years no less). He dealt with far greater competition in the East than LA had to deal with out in the West most of the 80’s decade. The 76ers of the early 80’s were loaded & they went to 3 finals in 4 years from 80-83. (Dr. J, Moses Malone, & 5 more guys that were multi time All NBA 1st team defenders each! They would’ve went to 4 straight finals had it not been for Larry leading Boston back from the 1-3 series home against them in the 81’ ECF. The other club he and the Celtics had to deal with were the late 80’s Pistons who went to 3 straight finals from 88-90. There were 3 East teams to win an NBA title in the 80’s. There was only 1 West team to do so. Two of the East teams that won NBA titles did so while sweeping Magic & Kareem’s Lakers in the finals. 83’ Philly & 89’ Detroit. Boston also beat LA for a title in the decade 84’. Houston made 2 finals in the decade but lost both to Boston. 81’ & 86’. Teams didn’t have an answer for Larry. He could shoot, rebound, pass, got steals, & competed on every play. Couldn’t foul him as he was a near 90% career foul shooter. (88.4%). The late 80’s Celtics only weakness was a lack of bench depth. Had Len Bias not passed I believe the Celtics go back to back in 86’ & 87’ and they may have made it back to the finals in 88’ with a chance to 3peat. Larry is the only player in NBA history to have career averages with at least 24 points, at least 10 rebounds, & at least 6 assists. No one but Larry has at least each of those for an entire career. Larry’s career averages: 24.3 pts / 10.0 rebounds / 6.3 assists / 1.7 steals. He also averaged 1.7 three point attempts for his career. Imagine if he was taking 4.7 or 5.0 per game like LBJ & KD have in their careers? He’d be a 28.0+ pt per game guy if he shot 3’s at the volume that they’ve shot them. He’d eat this modern NBA alive!
Bird would average a triple double 31/18/11. He would mentally tear these kids up
Really play basketball!3× 😂😂😂
Bro there aint 100 IQ pts combined right here
Modern NBA players would have a waaay tougher time adjusting to the much more physical game of the 80’s than most “old timers” would have adjusting to a game that has zero physicality and diving is rewarded.
Larry Bird on this NBA era would dominate no questions
Disgusting how much they never taken into account the completely different style of the defenses allowed to play.
Larry Bird's Day you go up for a layup and you're three rows deep into the stands and it's just a common foul
It wouldn’t even be close. Bird and Magic would dominate the NBA today. Players today are pussies compared to the greats of 80’s and early 90’s.
Larry Bird will be cooking dudes in this ERA 😂
Larry Bird in this era would be scary. Best player in the league by far.
Larry Bird would have YNs wearing the high top Converse 😂😂😂
They grabbed him and layed all over him and he still got buckets. But he did it with other people involved
He made you look like a child on the floor
Whats crazy to me is do these modern day hoopers not realize the best hooper of this era is Jokic right? Jokic is literally a less athletic Bird! It's insane man. Bird would be Jokic in this era but an even better rebounder! Not to mention his trash talking is next level a whole lot of sensitive mfers in this era would not be ready for that.
They played basketball that people wanted to watch,Ive always loved basketball,and unfortunately I hate to admit it,but todays NBA😴