2007-07-05 17:54:09 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
Career Totals....................................
Larry Bird - 24ppg 10rpg 6apg
Michael Jordan - 30ppg 6rpg 5apg
Larry beats MJ in everything except scoring!....MJ is the better scorer...Bird is a Better allaround player!......
ps:in Larrys rookie year the Celtics improved by 20 games!..
and won a championship the next year!....MJ first 3 seasons were LOSING season's..until Pippen arrived!..it Took MJ 8 years to (make his teamates better) and win a Title!...and when MJ retired in 94..the Bulls only dropped 2 games...from the year before!...and they replaced MJ's allworld defense and allworld offense with a CBA Player!....without MJ the Bulls almost won another Title!....when Larry Bird left the Celtics they fell to the basement of the NBA!..and still have'nt recovered!.....Larry Bird is a far better Allaround player then MJ ever was!....MJ could never beat the Celtics!...or win a Title in the 80's.......only in the watered down 90's and with Pippen!...without PIP..MJ is a baldheaded Dominique Wilkins....2 easy!
2007-07-05 18:05:17 · answer #1 · answered by Alpha Wolf(Bringer of Rain) 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
larry bird fills the stats...from points to rebounds to assists to steals. michael jordan does the same thing however his scoring abilities over shadow what he does on the defensive end (he has won a defensive player award as well).
As per todays NBA fantasy league, Shawn Marion is tops as he fills in the stat sheet but that doesn't mean he is better than the rest.
Fantasy-wise, Bird is up due to the fact that he hits cold-blooded 3s better than anyone in the league...bar none! he was constantly a triple-double threat. he'll beat you with or without the ball. Michael can't beat you that way. He must have the ball.
Although it's true that the Celtics beat the Bulls during the 80's, let's not forget the fact that the celts had a front-line of 3 future hall of famers (Bird, McHale and Parish) while jordan got no one. Pippen did not blossom right away. The front court trio of the Celts were better than anyone in the league.
2007-07-05 18:51:01 · answer #2 · answered by Comil 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Michael Jordan by a small margin, although Michael Jordan's stats do not do him justice. Jordan is much greater than Bird than his stats would show.
He is arguably the greatest rebounding guard.
He is unarguably the greatest shotblocking guard.
He is one of the greatest stealers.
He is one of the best passers among shooting guards.
Larry Bird was never more than a good defender. Jordan was perhaps the greatest perimeter defender of all time.
2007-07-05 21:03:54 · answer #3 · answered by iknowball 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Micheal Jordan i hope that was a joke. Micheal Jordan could dominate him in stats.MJ hands down. R u on something like drugs.
2007-07-05 17:59:03 · answer #4 · answered by balch321 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jordan in everything but three point percentage that one goes to Larry Bird. both Guys are Basketball legends though
2007-07-05 17:58:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jordan is the best but i believe bird is second best of all-time many people say magic or wilt but thr hick from french lick is in my opinion is the second best of all-time
2007-07-05 18:00:27 · answer #6 · answered by Hawkbravefalconfan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of their top or as quickly as MJ grow to be great? you could desire to recollect that poultry and Magic weren't of their top on the same time Micheal grow to be. in the event that they have been all between 24-31 the previous adult adult males win, yet have their issues of the size/ability of the recent adult adult males. additionally Bosh and James are purely hitting their primes. On greatness this is no longer close, yet who covers Bosh? Is Magic going to conceal LBJ?
2016-11-08 07:18:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely Magic!!! Per game stats:
19.3 points
7.2 rebounds
11.2 assists
1.9 steals
0.8 blocks
52.3 % FG
84.6 % FT
5 titles and able to play every position. The discussion begins and ends with Magic!
2007-07-05 18:50:09 · answer #8 · answered by timhinla 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jordan is the greatest no one is better than him in anything.
2007-07-05 18:26:26 · answer #9 · answered by Super 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Larry Bird is better than MJ statistically
Jordan's career stats:
FG%- .497(50%)
3PFG%- .327 (33%)
FT%- .835 (83%)
Rebounds per game- 6.2
Assists per game- 5.3
Steals per game- 2.1
Blocks per game- .9
Points per game- 30.1
Bird's Career stats
FG%- .496 (50%)
3PFG%- .376 (38%)
FT%- .886 (89%)
Rebounds per game- 10.0
Assists per game- 6.3
Steals per game- 1.5
Blocks per game- 1.0
Points per game- 24.3
hope this helps
2007-07-05 18:32:10 · answer #10 · answered by The Great One 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋