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skyhook

Years ago

Difference between Bird,Magic,Jordan

"bird and magic were mauled by opposition players while jordan was protected by his refs.means bird and magic had to work harder for everything "

Look at some of the hard fouls that the ref's didn't call on the Pistons in the 80's and 90's and ill think youll find that Jordan was not protected more than anyone else .. he just drove the basket more than Bird and Magic.

Magic was awesome on the break and had handy range when he needed it too, but Jordan used to challenge the defenders in the air and going over them drew contact that was probably more visible.

Bird gave as good as he got and was not as athletic obviously, but i dont think he would cry 'foul' of the ref s too often because his style of defence was smothering and involved a lot of contact too.

Cheeseburger,
I just think that your statement was a little harsh on the state of the leagues ref's at the time.

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Anonymous

Years ago

Larry Bird in his Rookie Year pulled the Celtics from the bottom of the ladder and then one the 'NBA Championship' in that year, the guy used to practise on a hay field

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michael rogers

Years ago

Whoops, I too can't type, before someone shuts me down for spelling Magic incorrectly, that was just disrespectful to not check my spelling on such a great. Anon will surely have a dip at that when out boaring... or skyhook.

My bad.

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michael rogers

Years ago

At the risk of getting into an argument with all the haters...

How can you say Jordan was physically gifted so that doesn't make him the greatest. He still had to put in the work to get where he was, sure genetic play a part, but does that still not make him great? What if he sat around drinking all day and eating maccas, not training, would his "gift" carry him then. hell no. Remember early in his career he got beat up physically coz he wasn't strong enough, so he worked on that to adjust for the competition of his day.

bulls '91, '92, '93 champions, '94 MJ leaves... bulls didn't even feature. '95 MJ returns, Bulls then champions in '96, '97, '98. In '99 MJ leaves, and half his team realises they aint got nothin left so they jump ship too! Again a no feature!!!! but hell he can't make anyone better.

Just so i don't upset any of you precious little pettles, I still think Majic, Bird etc are great players, I think you are being very silly to say they are a class above Jordan, I'd put them in the same class, but with MJ on top, ie "the greatest", if you wanna use that term. but again that is my opinion.

Stop hating on a great just coz you a fan of another great.

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Anonymous

Years ago

What the hell are you guys talking about, it may be a little known fact but Jordan is one of only a couple of people (4 I think) that have averaged 25points 7 rebounds and 7 assists per game. You dont just average 7 assists with out making people better, you dont get 6 championships with the squad that he had ( in the first 3 championships at least) with out making people better and you dont get called the greatest player by nearly every analyst in the world with out making people better. He is the greatest player ever, how can you disagree with facts. Magic and bird had great careers but not as great as MJ.

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