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re: NBA question: Better player Bird or Barkley
Posted on 6/17/22 at 9:08 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Posted on 6/17/22 at 9:08 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Good lord. Uh, he basically got drafted to the Clippers.
This is the point where I realize that people don’t actually know what the frick they are talking about in these conversations.
Year one Larry Bird had Cedric Maxwell(finally coming into his own), Tiny Archibald(HoF), Dave Cowens(Hall of Fame), Chris Ford, and Pete Maravich.
Bird slotted in perfectly to a complimentary and very skilled team. Then went on to precipitously add HoF level players as he entered his prime and throughout his career. While Chuck went the opposite and started high with two all timers, then by the time he’s 24, the year Bird won his first chip, Chuck’s best teammate is fricking Clif Robinson.
To ignore that what organization you land has a big influence on the upper bounds of your career is to ignore the reality of this sport. It takes away from the storybook narratives people love, but it’s the cold hard truth and Chuck’s not wrong to point it out.
It’s a bit different today, because of player movement and the shift in power dynamics, but getting drafted into a winning franchise still gives you a major boost to your legacy potential. And Bird landed on one of the two biggest franchises and had Red Auerbach and Jan Volk building around him.
This post was edited on 6/17/22 at 9:16 am
Posted on 6/17/22 at 9:15 am to Bronc
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Year one Larry Bird had Cedric Maxwell(finally coming into his own), Tiny Archibald(HoF), Dave Cowens(Hall of Fame), Chris Ford, and Pete Maravich.
Yeah, and they sucked the year before Bird.
This fallacy that Bird was gifted a franchise...
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Red Auerbach said, we drafted Larry hopefully we can be relevant again.
Posted on 6/17/22 at 10:27 am to Bronc
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Year one Larry Bird had Cedric Maxwell(finally coming into his own), Tiny Archibald(HoF), Dave Cowens(Hall of Fame), Chris Ford, and Pete Maravich.
maravich played 26 games for the celtics in 79/80 and started four, he was broken down by then and lost his drive
cowens was burnt out by 1980 and retired the next year, but he played well with bird for one season
chris ford was a serviceable nba 2guard that avrgd 9ppg
bird made the difference in 78/79 and 79/80, the 78/79 Celtics were garbage
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