77. "as much as I wanna hate on Larry Bird..." In response to In response to 66
because there's no way on EARTH, MARS, or BLEEP BLORP that Kobe is behind him...
...you just can't. if you never really saw him play you completely wouldn't get it.
that fact that you said Bird would be a Joe Harris 3-point specialist is just flatly wrong and proves you don't know who he was as a player.
he only averaged 2 three pointers per game ATTEMPTED (not made). he ONLY made 649 threes in his CAREER which ranks him in the mid-to-high 200s in all time 3 pointers made. there are certified AVERAGE players with significantly more career threes than Bird because the game wasn't focused on the three like it is now.
what Bird actually was, was a pretty mobile (when healthy) forward who could use his shooting ability to kill you in the midrange and use and crafty-ness and strength to kill you in the post too.
despite the popular belief that he was some 3 point killer, he only shot 38 percent for his career. he shot like 51% from 2 point range, getting his buckets, as i said, in the post and the midrange.
yes, there are players ranked below him on this list that should be above him. Joe Harris tho? c'mon dawg.