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[msgkings322]

He's in the discussion with Bird, not an also-ran as you imply. Not a dissimilar player either.

Bird is a lesser version of LeBron, same as Magic.

 

[thunderc]

You're undershooting to cover your ass, lol. The Thunder essentially lapped the field in the West, anything less than the finals is a failure.

Should have used the green font I guess. You are 100 percent correct, anything less is not good.

 

[thunderc]

Bird is a lesser version of LeBron, same as Magic.

Lot of people that played with Bird do not agree on the lesser part, not in his prime. People have opinions though.

 

[shopson67]

Josh Giddey is on his way to being a pretty big star and a Lakers fan should probably stay away from ripping players for raping (statutory or no)

He's always going to have that bit like Pierce and his wheelchair and Ja and his guns, but it's a complete non issue, he's basically Luke Wilson in Old School who hooks up and finds out the chick is in high school.

Never said he wasn't a good player. Being a huge apologist for him is the issue.

There are always he said/she said issues with relationships/actions. That's not the case with messing with kids.

The Old School example is ridiculous. More like Mallrats.

 

[msgkings322]

Lot of people that played with Bird do not agree on the lesser part, not in his prime. People have opinions though.

The facts say so, opinions can be what they want. The people that played with LeBron, for example, think the opposite. I bet Bird himself does too.

So what are the things that matter that Bird did more of?

 

[msgkings322]

Never said he wasn't a good player. Being a huge apologist for him is the issue.

There's very little to 'apologize' for there. The girl is as much to blame, really more so. This ain't "hey little girl I got some puppies in my van" The church lady take on this cracks me up.

There are always he said/she said issues with relationships/actions.

And rapers

That's not the case with messing with kids.

'Kids' lol

The Old School example is ridiculous. More like Mallrats.

It's exactly what happened

 

[thunderc]

The facts say so, opinions can be what they want. The people that played with LeBron, for example, think the opposite. I bet Bird himself does too.

So what are the things that matter that Bird did more of?

It would be interesting to see if his opinion changed over the years.

https://www.basketballnetwork.net/old-school/when-michael-jordan-said-larry-bird-is-better-than-lebron-james

 

[msgkings322]

The facts say so, opinions can be what they want. The people that played with LeBron, for example, think the opposite. I bet Bird himself does too.

So what are the things that matter that Bird did more of?

That link didn't work and it didn't answer my question @thunderc . Also LOL at MJ like he knows how to evaluate players better than everyone else...did a great job of that at Charlotte. LeBron is universally and correctly considered a better player than Bird. Bird was a better shooter, that's about it.

So what are the things that matter that Bird did more of?

 

[msgkings322]

It would be interesting to see if his opinion changed over the years.

https://www.basketballnetwork.net/old-school/when-michael-jordan-said-larry-bird-is-better-than-lebron-james

It's never interesting to see what MJ thinks regarding player evaluation lol. Great GM work.

 

[shopson67]

There's very little to 'apologize' for there. The girl is as much to blame, really more so. This ain't "hey little girl I got some puppies in my van" The church lady take on this cracks me up.

And rapers

'Kids' lol

It's exactly what happened

Blame doesn't matter with statutory cases. She was 15.

Agreed, statuatory is r*pe.

15 isn't a kid to you?

LOL at exactly, it's a Hollywood movie. She wasn't 15 in the movie (likely 17-18 based on being a HS senior). One time vs continued, etc etc.

 

[shopson67]

So what are the things that matter that Bird did more of?

Trash talking?

 

[msgkings322]

Trash talking?

He was probably the GOAT of that

 

[bksballer89]

 

[msgkings322]

Blame doesn't matter with statutory cases. She was 15.

Agreed, statuatory is r*pe.

So is a night with Kobe

15 isn't a kid to you?

15 is different for each person, some of them are quite ready to party...and in days past 15 was when you started having kids.

LOL at exactly, it's a Hollywood movie. She wasn't 15 in the movie (likely 17-18 based on being a HS senior). One time vs continued, etc etc.

I'm not losing sleep over it, and neither is that party girl, or Giddey. But I can't stop you from church ladying it.

Always rich coming from a LA Raper fan.

 

[thunderc]

Trash talking?

Backing it up, every single time

 

[thunderc]

So is a night with Kobe

15 is different for each person, some of them are quite ready to party...and in days past 15 was when you started having kids.

I'm not losing sleep over it, and neither is that party girl, or Giddey. But I can't stop you from church ladying it.

Always rich coming from a LA Raper fan.

My gosh is this still going on? Dude is getting ready to get a monster contract.

 

[msgkings322]

My gosh is this still going on? Dude is getting ready to get a monster contract.

This will always be a thing with him, like Pierce and his wheelchair or Kobe and his raping. Most folks will ignore it, like they ignore that other stuff

 

[msgkings322]

Backing it up, every single time

So is that all you got for the things that matter that Bird did more of?

 

[Sir Robin Of Camelot]

Consistency…

 

[wildturkey]

KD is a coach killer. Since leaving the Warriors, dude has had basically a new coach every year