Re: Would Bird basically be a slightly shorter Jokic in this era (2017-now).
Big Nikola Jokic a blended fruit-smoothie mix of Bird, McHale, and Nowitzki. He differs from Bird in that he doesn't play out of a triple threat, nor does Larry bang inside as much. He's obviously not as aggressive of a scorer as McHale and isn't as quick, fast, or long. Isn't quite as reliable and aggressive of a shooter as Dirk.
Re: Would Bird basically be a slightly shorter Jokic in this era (2017-now).
[QUOTE=StrongLurk;14870364]Bird had post play, but you are right about that. It's actually an edge Jokic has over Bird because Jokic can always rely on bully ball AND do everything else Bird did on the perimeter.[/QUOTE]
He absolutely cannot do everything Bird could from the perimeter. Bird was significantly quicker with the first step. And while Jokic is a good and reliable shooter, Bird was absolutely dynamic in that area. He could take over a game scoring without doing anything inside, whereas I don’t believe Jokic could.
