patriotspride

i love kg but not only is he no larry bird . hes no kevin mchale either.

Keegs

I thought Kevin Garnett was Larry Bird.

This thread disproves that belief.

Thank you for correcting me.

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patriotspride

your welcome. aqua is back in the vl .he goes by the name coheed&cambria.

Leave No Doubt

They look nothing alike

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MoLewisrocks

Even his coach called him out a bit on his performance last night. Said you have to play hard, but you HAVE TO play smart. Because of foul trouble, admittedly he picked up someone elses early which exacerbated things, he's had to sit. They needed him to step up last night defensively with Perk out if not offensively, and he couldn't. Missing 3 or 4 critical free throws in a hats and tee shirts game as Tedy calls them is not what you would expect. He's taken some heat locally and nationally today as a result. That's tough - but you make the big bucks and crave the big stage you best deliver on it. Nobody's expecting perfection. He's played tentatively in stretches, almost like the opportunity he craved overwhelms him. He needs to find a way to push through that.

JoeSixPat

Comparing anyone with Bird is unfair - I also think Maxwell's comments about Bird and KG can be taken a number of ways. Talent-wise I think KG probably does have more talent than Bird did... but Bird had so many intangibles of heart, leadership and as the OP said, wanted the ball with the game on the line.

I'm pretty sure Bird missed his fair share of important shots down the stretch as well - and Paul Pierce too let the ball be stolen in the final minutes down 2 (although if we were dealing with Refs from the 1980s that probably would have been a foul on Kobe)

So none of them are perfect, and our memories of Bird are just that - memories that have grown over 20 years.

But to the original point that KG is no Larry Bird - he is not - and its doubtful you'd find KG asserting that himself.

patriotspride

i watched larry birds entire career. i didn't miss a game in the 80s. he didn't miss his fair share of shots. nine out of ten times he came threw when it counted the most. you could make a hour long dvd with nothing but larry bird clutch shots. to say the memories of larry bird have grown is like saying his memories are being exsagerated. that couldn't be more wrong.

scout

I can't remember Bird missing any shots to lose a championship or a series. I do not think there is another Boston athlete who was as clutch as Bird offensively. My memory of the 80's is pretty good when it comes to Bird and the Celtics. At that time in my life I habitually read the Boston papers everyday and tuned in to any news coverage of the Celtics and to the best of my knowledge, I can not remember any criticism of Bird except for when he shoveled snow in his driveway. I can't think of any other Boston athlete who wasn't criticized at some time or another. I remember being in the old garden, watching L.A. and the Celtics go at it for the W.C., Larry got hot and we all started the chant: Larry-Larry-Larry. That was standing room only, in the bar downstairs. When Bird retired the Globe had a section as fat as a Superbowl coverage regarding Bird. Of course thats just my memory of Bird, but, "Bird missed his fair share of important shots down the stretch"...........when?

Patjew

Very very very correct. You could not be more clutch than Larry Legend.

The only shot I can remember him missing was in game 4 of the 1987 Finals, and that was after he had already hit a huge shot (right before the iddy-biddy skyhook).

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patriotspride

he had one second to get that shot off and everybody including the lakers knew he was getting the ball and he still got a great shot off but back rimmed it.