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He was supposedly a great help defender in his prime, which is probably good enough.
 

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Because his foot speed was below average even when he was above average on defense. And the Larry Bird that most people envision and the NBA shows the most footage of is after his back started getting to him.

Also man to man defense is what people associate defense with the most in the NBA and Bird was at his best as a help defender.
 

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Cause he's white.

He was actually a better defender than Magic. If anybody needs to be eliminated from the GOAT discussion based on defense its Magic.
And Bird was also the better shooter, scorer, and rebounder. Magic being ranked ahead of Bird is combination of LA propaganda/marketing and revisionist history.
 
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And Bird was also the better shooter, scorer, and rebounder. Magic being ranked ahead of Bird is combination of LA propaganda/marketing and revisionist history.

I use to be a Magic > Bird guy mainly cause Magic was black and Bird was white. However, after I started watching both their tape I came to the conclusion Bird was better. Like you said he was the better scorer, shooter, rebounder, and defender. All Magic had on him was passing and even then it was on the fast bird. In the half-court I would argue they were equivalent.

Magic was kinda wack as a player when he wasn't running the fast break. But then again he had an uncanny ability to run the fast break on every missed shot so you gotta give him credit for that.
 

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Only folks who say Bird was a bad defender are those who shyt on NBA players and eras prior to 2003.
 

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ITS IRONIC YOU MADE THIS THREAD
BECAUSE IVE ONLY HEARD
RANDOMS SAY
HES A BAD DEFENDER WHEN
COMPARING HIM TO BRON
SINCE THEY CANT USE SCORING,
PASSING & REBOUNDS AS A NEGATIVE.



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This actually surprisingly a decent post from you for once even though its still rooted in your hate.
 
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