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DoctorP
03-13-2020, 01:08 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQMhnYL5GJM
86Celtics
03-13-2020, 05:18 AM
Had he stayed fit, he would have been squarely in the conversation about the best ever. Longevity is the only thing that he lacks.
DoctorP
03-13-2020, 06:19 AM
Had he stayed fit, he would have been squarely in the conversation about the best ever. Longevity is the only thing that he lacks.

yeah he went hard. left all of it out there

but holy shit Dr. J's dunk at :50. that was LeBronesque or vice versa
NuggetsFan01
03-13-2020, 07:43 AM
Dr. J had good dunks
72-10
03-13-2020, 09:58 AM
Bird was being discussed as the best player of all time by '82. Erving lit him up early in his career, though. Larry is one of the first players to have a jay from that deep (some predecessors being Jerry West, and fellow Celts Bill Sharman and Pete Maravich), especially so consistently reliable while being so contested, and his passes look so natural and effortless. He knows where he wants the ball before he's even received it.
72-10
03-13-2020, 10:09 AM
Some folks think 1981 is the best era for the sport.
FKAri
03-13-2020, 10:50 AM
Had he stayed fit, he would have been squarely in the conversation about the best ever. Longevity is the only thing that he lacks.

So he didn't take care of his body, ate and drank whatever and lacked discipline? Typical soft boomer.
72-10
03-13-2020, 10:51 AM
just so happens the C's published this game's box to the web at one point: https://web.archive.org/web/20040305081801/http://www.nba.com/media/celtics/BOX42281.jpg

the unsung Toney equalized Bird - wow the Sixers had a lot of weapons
fourkicks44
03-13-2020, 12:10 PM
The video quality is as good as the biased ass refs.
FKAri
03-13-2020, 12:17 PM
The video quality is as good as the biased ass refs.

Refs were HORRENDOUS back then. Good thing Joe six pack at home was only watching an over the air grainy CBS feed. He didn't know wtf was going on other than what Dick Stockton was telling him was happening.
fourkicks44
03-13-2020, 12:19 PM
Refs were HORRENDOUS back then. Good thing Joe six pack at home was only watching an over the air grainy CBS feed. He didn't know wtf was going on other than what Dick Stockton was telling them was happening.

:oldlol:
DoctorP
03-13-2020, 03:58 PM
just so happens the C's published this game's box to the web at one point: https://web.archive.org/web/20040305081801/http://www.nba.com/media/celtics/BOX42281.jpg

the unsung Toney equalized Bird - wow the Sixers had a lot of weapons

Toney - 35/7/7 :pimp:
72-10
03-13-2020, 10:53 PM
:oldlol:

you're both so full of sh*t you're bursting at the seams

https://web.archive.org/web/20040305081801/http://www.nba.com/media/celtics/BOX42281.jpg
fourkicks44
03-14-2020, 04:52 AM
you're both so full of sh*t you're bursting at the seams

https://web.archive.org/web/20040305081801/http://www.nba.com/media/celtics/BOX42281.jpg
What has that got to do with 50/50 calls that went the Celtics way?

Plenty of charges could have been called on Bird.

Home cooking.
fourkicks44
03-14-2020, 04:54 AM
Toney - 35/7/7 :pimp:

God :bowdown:

Should be Sixers' dynasty stricken by injury.