Bird over Lebron, easily, keep in mind Lebron wouldn't be in his game, Larry's trash talk would get to him, knock him off his mental edge, Lebron may be able to run circles around Larry, in fact most players did, But Larry didn't have to move quick to dominate. Keep in mind Larry was hurt his entire career, mangled finders, bad back, bad feet, probably reeling from a hard night on the town, Larry put up his scores tore up. a Healthy Larry bird would have no competition.

Larry Bird hurt his back by shoveling gravel to make a driveway for his Mom, not chopping wood. He did however chop his own wood even after his back injury.

Larry Bird is way better than Lebron. It's not even a convo.

Larry Legend GOAT

Bird all damn day

And to think Larry managed to do everything he did in just 13 years-!!

No contest. Larry Bird was the real deal. No glam, no glitz-just hard hat and lunch pail.

Damn, Larry legend was just a beast. That's all there is to it..

Larry Bird was the best all-around player to ever play the game of basketball! What I mean by that is if you looked at the top Goat players and add up who had the most points, steals, passes, free throws, three pointer, game winners, clutch shot, full court passes, trash talk, ect., Bird's name would be at the top! Yes, they would have been a goat that had more points, another goat might pass more but it wouldn't be the same goat! Bird was the guy that did everything the most!

Let us all agree: There's never been a mixtape like Larry's.

That was hilarious when the other team's players sitting on the bench started cheering for Byrd lol.

Bird is the GOAT!

Larry wasn't fast, wasn't considered really athletic but he was the most court aware player there was, he knew what everyone else was doing on the court without even looking. It's like he treated the game like a science and before he made a move/pass/shot it seems his mond did a calculation of what would work best and his body just followed along. Also remember he was doing this in a time when defenses were allowed to actually defend, before the rules changed in favor of more offense

What if Bird hadn't been injured? What if the other 🐐 players had Bird's injuries?

Len Bias was a 6'8 super athlete and mid range assassin with a long wingspan and his high vertical jumpshot mixed with a over the head release made it nearly impossible for anyone to block. He didnt show any care for the 3pt line but he showed great defense and physicality and was a man amongst boys in college. At the very least he would have been James Worthy caliber. At the most he develops an insane passing skill with the Celtics and refines his shooting even more to the 3pt line and is Lebron in the 80s and 90s. Easily gets Bird 6 rings instead of 3.

As great as Magic was I would give the edge to Bird. And Bird easily over LeBron. Bird obviously was a FAR better shooter, a better passer, and was nearly as good a re-bounder. Bird had a much better mental game and overall court awareness than LeBron. It's not even close.

Magic called Bird the greatest basketball player ever.

Between Larry Bird and LeBron Larry Bird everyday and twice on Sunday! He was just that good everybody else is playing checkers and he's playing three-dimensional chess. That takes nothing away from all these other guys who are great but he was just a step ahead. When you can tell the other team exactly what you're going to do where you're going to go what shot you're going to make and everything before you go out on the court and then you go out and do it, that they're my friend is total greatness!

Birds we’re way more difficult then Jordan’s shots. To shoot those high rainbow shot constantly and be all net is in itself insane.

Top 3 of all time.. and I got to live to see it..Jordan....Magic....Bird

Lebron is a great player but I'd take Larry over him every time. If Larry didn't get hurt, Jordan would have less than 6 rings.

Larry was a great shooter because he practiced and practiced. Starting in high school, he would shoot after the official practice for 1 to 2 hours every day and he kept that up through his pro career.

And no 3-point line until he went pro in 1979...the scoring record without a 3-Point line was Pistol Pete Maravich who averaged 44.2 in three years (at LSU one could not play varsity till they were a sophmore).

1993-94 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon 1992-93 NBA Charles Barkley 1991-92 NBA Michael Jordan 1990-91 NBA Michael Jordan 1989-90 NBA Magic Johnson 1988-89 NBA Magic Johnson 1987-88 NBA Michael Jordan 1986-87 NBA Magic Johnson 1985-86 NBA Larry Bird 1984-85 NBA Larry Bird 1983-84 NBA Larry Bird 1982-83 NBA Moses Malone 1981-82 NBA Moses Malone 1980-81 NBA Julius Erving 1979-80 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Did you hear Bird finished 2nd the three years before he won 3 straight MVP’s?!

I really like your authenticity… being yourself with passion. Keep it up. Nice job.

He had the best basketball brain

How good was Larry Bird actually? He was GOAT good actually. 👍

Bro one more thing the coach that coached Magic Johnson Pat Riley he made a statement that if he had to count on somebody to take the winning shot in the game it be Michael Jordan if he had to count on somebody to take the shot to save his life it be Larry Bird

Bird, Bird, and Bird.... The GOAT! There will never be another Larry Legend!!

Larry legend all day

The GOAT I say

He was fairly athletic. He had solid athleticism. He just wasn't an athletic freak like Jordan or lebron. He was pretty quick and drive right past as well as get steals on defense. He was pretty fast and could get out and actually run the break. He was a was a decent leaper who could rebound, dunk with ease and shoot over the top of player's that were his same height or taller.

Bird all day over Bron.. my top 3 remains the same.... MJ, Bird Magic..... you should watch even just for yourself the Magic bird documentary....

Brid is the word all day

Bird is the GOAT

Awesome as usual. Check out Courtship of Rivals if you ever get a chance. Best bball doc ever.

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Balfour... Love your interest and enthusiasm.. thanks for the comments about the Bird Man.. he's the GOAT. Check the stats...It's nice to see folks coming around to just how incredible was Larry Bird ..three consecutive MVP's. and on and on... The 80's is a long time back now... people have forgotten what Larry really accomplished. The fans and players haven't. A Bad Mamma Jamma.

I really appreciate your knowledge and call outs. You nailed it.

I remember watching those great Lakers Celtics battles. Michael Cooper was a bad man on defense and even he struggled against Bird. Bird said that Coop was the best defender he ever played against.

You might not know but when bird quit Indiana he almost didn’t go to college at all. He went back home and got a job with the city on the garbage truck.

James is great but I’ve watched both Larry would eat him up like he did everyone else.

MVP info for Bird's career 1980 - Kareem (147 of 221 possible) (Dr. J, G. Gervin, BIRD also ROTY) 1981 - Dr. J (454/690 possible) (BIRD (423/690), Kareem, Moses Malone) 1982 - M. Malone (507/690) (BIRD (406/690), Dr. J, Parish) 1983 - M.Malone (720/750 possible) (BIRD (364/750), Magic (304.5/750), Moncrief) 1984 - BIRD (652/760) (B. King (373/760), Magic (305/760) 1985 - BIRD (763/780 possible) (Magic (264/780) M. Malone, Kareem) 1986 - BIRD (765/780) (Dominique (407/780), Magic, Hakeem) 1987 - Magic (733/780) (Jordan (449/780), BIRD, McHale) 1988 - Jordan (665/800 possible) (BIRD (527/800), Magic (508/800) 1989 - Magic (664.5/850 possible) (Jordan (598.8/850), K. Malone, Ewing) Bird was out for season w/double heel surgery in 89 1990 - Magic (636/920 possible) (Barkley (614/920), Jordan (564/920) 1991 - Jordan (891/960 possible) (Magic (497/960), D.Robinson (476/920) 1992 - Jordan (900/960) (Drexler(561/960),D.Robinson, K.Malone)

Every time I hear how un-athletic Bird was, I watch him do a reverse dunk.

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Bird all day

MVP 3 years in a row!!! Taking 63% of the votes all 3 years! Taking second place....2 years before and second place every year after his 3 year stint as MVP!!!

Bird be getting that 50 mil a year pay he in the league now.

Kobe put bird in his all time top 5.

Bird was a GOAT period !!!!!

You should check out making the case for the 86 celtics as the best team ever

I'm oldy- OG my screen pic is me 1977 lol - anyways... I see lot of people with that style chair!!! It's like that???? Larry n Magic - Brothers from another Mother! It Defines, them! I love it more because ones Black and ones white. We are all one color - just different fades

Bird is the 🐐.

Almost every single time Larry Bird played, hw would do something that would spin your head around like "WTF just happened?!?!"

Larry.. all day every day and it's not even close ..

Definitely Larry Bird!

Larry Legend is the Goat 🐐☘️🐐 33 ☘️🐐☘️🐐🐐🐐🏀🏀🏀🏀

The story about Lynn bias was after he got drafted by the Celtics he went and partied with his buddies and he did something he had not done before him done some drugs with some friends of his and I guess it cost a heart attack in him I can't remember the specific cause of death but it was tragic then bias was probably better than Michael Jordan but he certainly would have given Michael Jordan everything he could handle I was looking forward to that match up but as We Know bad luck and drugs took it away.

Red Auerbach's greatest stroke of genius was drafting Larry as a junior and waiting. The genius part was the waiting; Red knew the wait would be worth it.

Top NBA career combined stats per game (pts, reb, ast, stl, blk) additional career fg%,tp%,ft% 1. Jordan 44.7 -50-33-84 2. Lebron 44.4 -51-35-73 3. Bird 43.1 -50-38-89 4. Kareem 42.9 -56-06-72 5. Durant 40.8 -50-38-88 A bunch of guys in the 40’s

Bird over everyone

Larry Legend is the GOAT!

Those Celtics-Lakers game in the 1980s are rough, gritty, spectacular fight to the finish basketball wars. Even as a blood green Celtics fan, I couldn't find any hated towards the Lakers. If they won, I'd tip my hat to them before I cried in my beer. Outstanding basketball rivalry.

Think about it....Bird finished 2nd 3yrs in a row for mvp before getting the mvp the next 3 yrs!!!......just one of many unmatched accomplishments of Larry Joe Bird....or, the GOAT.

Best quote about Larry Bird. Pat Riley (Lakers, Heat super coach) said, “if I needed one shot to win a game, I’d pick Michael Jordan. If I needed one shot to save my life …. Larry Bird”. ‘Nuff said

Im biased because I,an old school bb fan, so I gotta go with Bird. My three faves are Magic Johnson, Bird and Jordon, not just because of talent but what they brought to the sport and their persona. Great athletes and men

I remember that game I saw that game when it happened I was a teenager I didn't realize how incredible how truly incredible what had just witnessed I knew it was great but I had no idea how great

I was lucky enough to live in Boston from 1976 through to 1986, and had tickets behind the Celtics bench. Those games were some of the best entertainment you could ever dream up, and getting to watch Larry tear the other team apart was a routine event.

If you look at Lebron’s first 13 years in the league and compare his stats to Larry’s stats over his 13 year career, they are close but Larry is definitely better. More championships, MVP’s, and 50/40/90 twice - which Lebron has never achieved. Lebron definitely more athletic and just pure scoring talent, but Larry gets the edge in both mental and physical toughness in my opinion.

Larry, in his prime, would have LaBron crying for his momma after the first match up. People say LaBron thrives off trash talking. Keep in mind Jordan admits Bird taught him how to talk trash on the court. Bird was savage.

Hated the man back in the day ...(Lakers Fan... Magic fan) nothing but respect for the man today. The games not the same

You have to check out the documentary " A Courtship Of Rivals" on Ytube. It tells the story of both Bird and Magic's careers, with a lot of input from both of them.

LeBron is a great player(when he actuallyplays. The game is different now. Bird would wipe him down. Not hating. Just facts.

Len Bias died from a heart attack he suffered while doing cocaine with his college teammates (probably celebrating his getting signed to the Celtics). The "friends" partying with Bias were all charged with things like possession and distribution, they turned on each other in court, but in the end all criminal charges were dropped involving his death. The case was so big it reached into the University of Maryland, coaches resigned, and Reagan passed a law that gave a mandatory 20 years to life sentence for any drug related felony that caused the death of another person (aka the Len Bias law). The investigation led to the discovery that Bias didn't have the scholastic record to even be playing sports as he was 21 credits short of graduation requirements after four years in college. Bias's younger brother, Jay, was shot and killed in an altercation at a mall a few years later. Their parents became heavily involved in trying to keep kids off the streets and away from drugs.

Bird all the way, baby 😎😎😊😊🙏🙏

Can't imagine how good the Celtics would have been with Bias on the team.

I was in NBA fan as a kid I remembered the tape delayed games and I love the Celtics

No holes in his game 🎤 mic drop Larry Joe bird,too many greats will tell you the same , glad I grew up watching in real time ❤ #LB33 🐦❤️ OH BTW HE'S THE OG OF 50-40-90

He won that 3-point shooting contest 4 three straight seasons but he was on the average in two maybe three attempts per

Hope you get the 2000 man I don't know you but in a way I actually do I think we got the same background

I remember all of this.

Larry is the #3 of the all time starting 5 ... his basketball I.Q. is second to none and I am a Lakers fan !!!

Bird is the best ever

30 win swing and he was the only change in the lineup 😂

My top three of all time are #1 Michael Jordan #2 Larry Bird and #3 Magic Johnson.

Bird may be limited athletic body wise but he has the best and quickest hands ever.

The 1979 ncaa national title game is still to this day most watched live basketball event in history

Has to be in the top 4 ever in my book hard to compare with todays players they are much bigger, stronger, faster than before but he would hang for sure. TFS Friend

Fitch resigned bcuz of friction with some of the team members. ML Carr in particular hated Fitch and was agitating to see him gone. Fitch’s coaching style rubbed some the wrong way (not Larry, he liked Fitch).

This is how awesome Larry Bird is: If you ask anyone to start naming the best ever, starting from the GOAT, most people would name about half a dozen black guys, then Larry Bird, then like a HUNDRED more black guys and Yao Meng before they name another white guy...

Lebron is a beast and can do pretty much everything really well. With most comparisons I'd have to choose Lebron. But not if Larry is the other choice. Prime Larry was the best there was. And remember, if you don't choose Larry, then you have to play against him.

Bird was the 3rd player to pull mvp 3 years in a row

Ya had to see him play to believe it. When the game was on the line, there was no doubt he'd hit the shot.

I went to Len Bias' funeral...

Sky hook with his LEFT hand. Lol

Never saw Larry Bird "give up" on the court, even when he was hurt.

Your take is spot on. So many highlights in a career, it wasnt " luck " im 51, remember watching this man. You thought every shot was going in he took. U were more surprised when he missed HARD shots then u were when he made them. Keep ya channel going dog. U good and fair balanced in your takes

Bird every day!