Way to jump in on the tail end of an argument, cherry pick a point or two and then name call like a child. He just put a ton of effort into researching and producing stats to back up his point and I was making a counter point. A simple point that all his research left out one of the greatest shooters of all time. A player that played a lot (not exclusively) of the same position as the guy he is defending.

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Bird played SF the majority of his career. He rarely shot 3s in his early years as a PF.

I didn't say that he did. I said that Bird played a lot of PF. Playing 5-6 years of a 13 year career is a lot. Don't you think? I don't think that is stretching the facts. He played PF a lot.

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I guess this is why you think Anderson should play SF

I would love it if he could play there. You would too or at least I hope you do. If he could swing it, it would solve a ton of problems, right? His numbers would put him as almost a top 5 SF. I know he can't handle it defensively, but I can dream..

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Posted by GynoSandberg

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Posted on 10/12/13 at 1:14 am to brmark70816

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His career numbers on 3's were 1.9 attempts per game and a career 37.6%. So why wasn't this guy, that averaged 24.3 ppg, shooting more 3's? Did it make him less of a player or a shooter?

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I didn't say that he did. I said that Bird played a lot of PF. Playing 5-6 years of a 13 year career is a lot. Don't you think? I don't think that is stretching the facts. He played PF a lot.

So what's the deal here? You're answering your own question on why he didn't take a lot of 3s on average for his career; he was a PF for 5 years. Yet he was at the top of the league throughout his time as a SF.

That's like saying Barry Bonds didn't hit a lot of home runs because he only averaged 20 a year when he played for the pirates

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A simple point that all his research left out one of the greatest shooters of all time. A player that played a lot (not exclusively) of the same position as the guy he is defending.

Again.. He was a PF for half his career. He did not shoot many threes during that period. Thus resulting in his 1.9 career attempt average. Thus not qualifying him for the prerequisite attempt amount in the other posters search query. If you took only his numbers as a SF, he would be on the silly list.

Which is why this is more of your stupid drivel

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Let me ask you this. The greatest shooter I watched growing up, played a lot of PF. His career numbers on 3's were 1.9 attempts per game and a career 37.6%. You have never mentioned him and none of your stats included him (a top 20 all time player and regarded as one of the greatest shooters of all time). So why wasn't this guy, that averaged 24.3 ppg, shooting more 3's? Did it make him less of a player or a shooter? Especially when you are basically saying or implying that Anderson is in a special club that this guy couldn't get into..

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