Re: Larry Bird's Position? CB4 and I were arguing about whether or not Larry Bird could play powerforward. CB4 thinks Larry Bird was a small forward only while I say Larry Bird was a small forward and a power forward. What do you guys think?
Re: Larry Bird's Position? I think ya'll are both right in some ways. CB4 is in the fact that Larry Legend never had to play the power foward position since he played with a great center and power foward most of his career. He played along side center Robert Parrish and power foward Kevin McHale. Unless there was some major injuries and or some major foul trouble, he never would have to play the position. Also, it was a different era and the game was played differently. It was much more physical back in Bird's day. Most power foward's were bangers and were not finesse players. Bird would be going against big guys that would probably have some good offensive numbers when he would have to gaurd them. He'd be going up against Barkley, Malone, Rodman, James Worthy, etc. I personally wouldnt like that matchup and would much rather play him at the 3.On the other hand, in today's game with Bird's play and height combined with the way power fowards are less physical and the way the refs call the game, Bird would be really great at the power foward position. Bottom line: Bird never really had to play power foward, but he probably could for small stints.
Re: Larry Bird's Position? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pjcolpitts? @ Apr 20 2007, 04:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I think ya'll are both right in some ways. CB4 is in the fact that Larry Legend never had to play the power foward position since he played with a great center and power foward most of his career. He played along side center Robert Parrish and power foward Kevin McHale. Unless there was some major injuries and or some major foul trouble, he never would have to play the position. Also, it was a different era and the game was played differently. It was much more physical back in Bird's day. Most power foward's were bangers and were not finesse players. Bird would be going against big guys that would probably have some good offensive numbers when he would have to gaurd them. He'd be going up against Barkley, Malone, Rodman, James Worthy, etc. I personally wouldnt like that matchup and would much rather play him at the 3.On the other hand, in today's game with Bird's play and height combined with the way power fowards are less physical and the way the refs call the game, Bird would be really great at the power foward position. Bottom line: Bird never really had to play power foward, but he probably could for small stints.</div>and thats the bottom line He weighed at least like 215 or 220.. not sure how tall he is but im pretty sure in todays era he could play the pf posotion. I know he played with great PFs and Cs but im pretty sure he played quite a few games at PF in his career. I could be mistaken though, not 100% sure on that.
Re: Larry Bird's Position? early in his career Bird played a lot of PF as McHale was playing 20 minutes per game though Cedric Maxwell could be labeled as their PF.
Re: Larry Bird's Position? Larry Bird wasn't a specific position. He was a basketball player. He could pass, shoot, rebound and STEAL THE BALL! He could do it all
Re: Larry Bird's Position? Larry Bird played power forward sometimes.For our mock draft, I don't think he should be playing PF. Against guys like Duncan, Malone, Rodman, and Ewing, I think he would get beat up pretty badly.
Re: Larry Bird's Position? All I'm saying is that putting him at PF in the mock draft is sort of putting him out of position because he usually didn't play PF...
Re: Larry Bird's Position? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CB4AllStar @ Apr 22 2007, 06:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>All I'm saying is that putting him at PF in the mock draft is sort of putting him out of position because he usually didn't play PF...</div>Then why is Ewing allowed to be a PF then?I'm not having a go at you here by the way, just somebody said Ewing was down as a PF.
Re: Larry Bird's Position? Bird played guard a couple of times. He could probably have been able to play all 5 positions, like Magic.
Re: Larry Bird's Position? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Milgod @ Apr 23 2007, 01:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Then why is Ewing allowed to be a PF then?I'm not having a go at you here by the way, just somebody said Ewing was down as a PF.</div>valid point, Bird is much more of a PF than Ewing.
Re: Larry Bird's Position? <span style="font-family:Arial">Larry Bird played power forward alot more than you guys are giving him credit for.</span>
Re: Larry Bird's Position? Larry did play a lot of PF, that's why McHale is a two time winner of the 6th man award.http://www.databasebasketball.com/awards/sixth.htmLarry did a lot of posting up and used his passing skills and fad away jumper to be very effective.
Re: Larry Bird's Position? I think he was a natural 3, but he was obviously versatile and skilled enough to play the 4. If I had to label him as one position, I would go with the 3.
