re: Larry Bird career stats is pretty damn impressive

Bird wasn’t a ball handler like either but he is an all-timer.

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Larry Bird was pretty fly for a white guy

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Larry Bird isn’t white, he’s clear

Larry was a bad man. Too bad injuries cut his career short.

Bird only played 6 games in the 88-89 season due him having to get bone spurs removed from booth of his heels. When he returned from that, he started having back issues that force him to retire.

But looking at Bird's peak prior to that 88-89 season and conparing it to LeBron's at the same age, and it shows just how great Bird was


Bird's 4 year peak was from 1984/85 to 1987/88, when he was 28 to 31 years old.

Comparing Bird and LeBron from age 28 to 31:


..............PTS...REB...AST...STL...BLK...FG%....3P%....FT%...USG%...WS....VORP
Bird........28.1....9.7.....6.8.....1.8.....0.9.....51.7.....41.4....90.1.....28.4.....61.7.....33.7
James....26.1....7.1.....6.9.....1.6.....0.6.....53.6.....36.4....73.7.....31.2.....59.2.....31.3




Here is each's playoff stats during that same time period:


..............PTS...REB...AST...STL...BLK...FG%....3P%....FT%
Bird........26.0....9.4.....7.0.....1.7.....0.8.....47.5.....36.4....90.6
James....27.3....9.0.....6.9.....1.9.....0.9.....49.0.....33.2....74.9


Bird played 3,363 playoff minutes while Lebron played 3,389 minutes



As I said, Bird was a bad man

Actually surprised that he shot under 50% for his career. So my reaction is the exact opposite of what you tried to draw attention to