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  •  would you want Larry Bird (0+ / 0-)

    to be guarding Jordan at 'crunch time'?

    by the way here are some playoff stats...

    Michael averaged almost ten points more a game in the playoffs than Larry (33.3 to 23.8) with a higher FG% (48.7% to 47.2%), a higher 3 pt % (33.2% to 32.1%)

    apparently this discussion has been going on elsehwere...!
    http://theworldfrommywindow.blogspot...

    with people on both sides of the issue.

    by elial on Thu May 01, 2008 at 11:46:30 AM PDT

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    •  Larry's career was really in 2 parts (0+ / 0-)

      During the first part, yeah I'd take Bird over anyone ever. But admittedly during the second part, he lost alot... mostly from back problems. Remember seeing him literally laying down on the floor rather than sitting on the bench whenever he was out for a breather? So yeah, if you average out his career stats, and include the years when he was playing at about 50%, I'm not surprised that Jordan is a little ahead in some stats.

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      by ratmach on Thu May 01, 2008 at 12:22:34 PM PDT

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      •  It's not that I don't love Larry... (0+ / 0-)

        ...I grew up rooting for the Celtics (Russell and Havlicek era first)...but that playoff scoring average of MJ is pretty impressive.

        Of course when Jordan scored 63 in the playoffs...the Celtics still won.

        and so you could argue that Jordan had weaker support.

        Agreed that Larry's injuries really cut down his effectiveness...he belonged on the dream team (1992) but was really having a tough time on the floor.

        by elial on Thu May 01, 2008 at 12:34:30 PM PDT

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