Larry Bird on today's era

[SpaceJam]

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[Showtime80']

LOL, here's Kobe, Vince Carter and even Donkey Green SLAMMING today's soft NBA while they were/are still in the league:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm2r49yIr3s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v9IJp5Oc6g&t=47s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAU7XlAPYSU

Find me clips of players that were playing in the 80's/90's calling the league soft during that time, you can't.

There are "great" players for THIS era like LeBron, Curry, Harden and Westbrick nobody is denying that, the reason people don't respect them specially old school players and fans is because the rules have been RIDICULOUSLY ALTERED to favor offenses in the past 20 years so it makes the public question how good could they have been had they played in a more physical league.

[LAmbruh]

Gotta give it to Larry Legend, he always has kept it real :cheers:
damn


props for the quote, LL was always on fleek and gritty


5*

[Nikola_]

why it Feel like he is sarcastic

[The Iron Fist]

Also Larry Bird
If you want to have fun, play with Lebron
If you want to win, play with Kobe
"He is the most exciting, awesome player in the game today. I think it's just God disguised as Michael Jordan."

[TheCorporation]

Also Larry Bird
If you want to have fun, play with Lebron
If you want to win, play with Kobe
"He is the most exciting, awesome player in the game today. I think it's just God disguised as Michael Jordan."

It only took Kobe 6 tries to get a FMVP

Not bad. Curryesque :D

[The Iron Fist]

It only took Kobe 6 tries to get a FMVP

Not bad. Curryesque :D
Is that supposed to bother me? Im a team fan not a fan of a player.:cheers:

[TheCorporation]

Is that supposed to bother me? Im a team fan not a fan of a player.:cheers:

1 for 6 aint bad

Nice work Bean

[TheMan]

Gotta give it to Larry Legend, he always has kept it real :cheers:
There has always been great players in every era...its just that today's soft ass cupcake rules has made it much easier to score, which gives the impression that overall players today are much better than before.

Put it this way, if FIFA wanted to attract more interest from US fans and decided to change the rules to favor overwhelmingly the offense so instead of having 2-1 games now you have 6-5 shootouts, most casuals will think offensive players are now just better without taking into account the fact that defenses are now hampered to allow more goal scoring...every team would have a Cristiano Ronaldo/Leo Messi level player :lol

[sdot_thadon]

Bird has always been a hell of an ambassador for the game. You can tell he just loves the game and has no regrets about his career and legacy, nor does he feel threatened by the future. You guys think nba history started in the 90s or 80s for a few older guys. Wilt, Russell, Robertson and co. said the same sort of shit about the 90s. But it was your favorite era. So let this era be some other kid's favorite, why should it matter?

[FromDowntown]

Stephen Curry has changed the entire landscape of the NBA, so of course this era is valuable and refreshing.

[SpaceJam]

Also Larry Bird
If you want to have fun, play with Lebron
If you want to win, play with Kobe
"He is the most exciting, awesome player in the game today. I think it's just God disguised as Michael Jordan."

Also Larry Bird

Larry Bird had never said anything about it, and I was in his office, and he was like

[Manny98]

Bird shutting down these stupid 40 year old MJ c*cksuckers acting like MJ is going to average 50 ppg in todays league

[egokiller]

Bird has always been a hell of an ambassador for the game. You can tell he just loves the game and has no regrets about his career and legacy, nor does he feel threatened by the future. You guys think nba history started in the 90s or 80s for a few older guys. Wilt, Russell, Robertson and co. said the same sort of shit about the 90s. But it was your favorite era. So let this era be some other kid's favorite, why should it matter?

Having a favorite era just because it

[The Iron Fist]

[QUOTE=SpaceJam]Also Larry Bird

Larry Bird had never said anything about it, and I was in his office, and he was like

[Manny98]

Is that supposed to bother me? Im a team fan not a fan of a player.:cheers:
Who are you fooling?

All you do is gargle Kobes ******* 24/7

[The Iron Fist]

Who are you fooling?

All you do is gargle Kobes ******* 24/7
I barely post about Kobe. I’m a Kareem guy when it comes to favorite player.

[TheCorporation]

Who are you fooling?

All you do is gargle Kobes ******* 24/7

Bingo :oldlol:

[1987_Lakers]

There has always been great players in every era...its just that today's soft ass cupcake rules has made it much easier to score, which gives the impression that overall players today are much better than before.


This is what I don't get, the same people who say it's too easy to score today are the same people who call the 80's the golden era of basketball. On average, teams scored 108-110 points a game in the 80's, throughout the 10's the scoring number was considerably lower.

[Wally450]

Larry Bird's scoring skillset was better than MJ's.

:pimp:

[egokiller]

Who are you fooling?

All I do is gargle LeBrons ******* 24/7

:sleeping

[SpaceJam]

Also Larry - I never watch the finals.

Also Larry Bird


Bird on LeBron: "I don't think he's Michael Jordan, but you can put him up there close to him."

[Real14]

He was being sarcastic

[sdot_thadon]

[QUOTE=egokiller]Having a favorite era just because it