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If you’re comparing Larry Bird to the Pittsburgh Pirates 2023 spring training vintage shirt and by the same token and rest of his era I would put Magic Johnson at 1, Larry Bird at 2, and Kareem Abdul-Jabaar at 3. He wasn’t strong; no one would look at the Hick from French Lick and see someone who could hold his ground in the paint against big men (which still dominated the league). Larry Legend wasn’t fast; in fact, the caucasian, flat-footed Bird was so unathletic that whenever he made a dunk, his teammates would whoop and cheer from the bench. But what Larry Bird possessed was perhaps the highest basketball IQ of all-time, and an ability to see the game like no one else. Tommy Heinsohn, a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and a member of the 60s Celtics dynasty summed it perfectly.



Bird’s ability to see plays, seconds, or even minutes before they happened allowed for some of the Pittsburgh Pirates 2023 spring training vintage shirt and by the same token and most memorable moments in NBA history. His tenacity for reading plays and seeing the future is also what led him to making three all-defensive teams and helped him average 1.7 steals per game, putting him just shy of the top 40 SPG in the All-Time Rankings. So perhaps Larry Bird was never a great defender. He never had the vertical leap that is so common in today’s league. He never had the strength to stop opponents in the post, or the speed to keep up with guards. But he had something more valuable than all of that: the ability to see the future. I’m not a big basketball fan, never have been but I do know who Larry Bird is. As far as any records he may have, or had I have no choice to believe you that he only had 1.


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