Curry is on par with Magic and Bird defensively

[comerb]

Bird was a GREAT defensive player....now magic is another story...

Um, no. He wasn't. He was a good team defender, a rather mediocre man defender...but absolutely nowhere near "great". In truth, McHale (who was a great defender) was one of the primary reasons Bird wasn't exploited more

[juju151111]

Lmao at Bird being a great defender. He was a great team defender. He got burned alot because of his slow lateral quickness. He was good post defender tho. Also last year and this year Curry been playing good defense especially last year when he wasn't scoring has much.

[SHAQisGOAT]

Mf'er who CLEARLY have never seen Bird play talking about (or rather hating) his defense

Show us some examples of what you claim though... Back up them arguments or something

[SyRyanYang]

I've been following Bird since his Indiana State days. Curry reminds me everything Bird was defensively: competitive, smart, good at anticipation, great rebounder at their respective position, great at intercepting passing lane, etc. And yeah, both struggle against quick and explosive opponents,

[Round Mound]

The overrating of Curry is just laughable . Comparing him to one of THEE BEST ALL AROUND PLAYERS EVER is almost insulting. Only things Curry is better is 1-Three-Point Shooting and 2-Ballhandling (cause he is a guard). THATS IT.

*Suggest people watch more Bird videos and learn how good he was.

[feyki]

Um, no. He wasn't. He was a good team defender, a rather mediocre man defender...but absolutely nowhere near "great". In truth, McHale (who was a great defender) was one of the primary reasons Bird wasn't exploited more

Pure ignorance .

[Ca$H]

I would love to see Bird guard LeBron, Durant, and Paul George.
I think Bird got overrated because he is white.

[feyki]

I think Bird got underrated because he is white.

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[KevinNYC]

Um, no. He wasn't. He was a good team defender, a rather mediocre man defender...but absolutely nowhere near "great". In truth, McHale (who was a great defender) was one of the primary reasons Bird wasn't exploited more

He was a great team defender and a fantastic off the ball defender. Moreover the things he was great at were things that McHale couldn't do. They had different styles as defenders. It was not like you put McHale where Bird was and you got the same or better impact. You simply didn't.

He was second team all NBA defense three years in a row from 82-84.

Here's a comment I bring up every time someone comments who only saw old Bird as a defender

Here's what Coach Hubie Brown said after his Knicks lost game 2 of the 1984 ECSF to Boston 116 to 102. Bird went hit 16 of 22 and scored 37 points, but after the game Hubie Brown singled out his defense. (Bird had 4 steals in the game.)

"The entire Boston team played great defense, but the one man the purists noticed was Bird. He's the real key to their defense. Bird reminded us tonight of a middle line-backer the way he roamed around out there. His ability to clog the lane, double team and strip the ball were the keys to their defense."

[KevinNYC]

*Suggest people watch more Bird videos and learn how good he was.

Well in the game you just posted, Bird had four steals in that playoff game.

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=391767

[KevinNYC]

Curry is doing something extraordinary this season. We shall see if it lasts.

[Replay32]

The 3 point line was closer in Bird's era too!