1981 NBA finals Larry Bird didn’t see a 20pt game until game 6. He avg 15 a game and only shot it at 40% but he led the team in rebounds and dimes. They took him away with traps and he fed Max all series. All you remember is he won and that’s all that matters
the isoball era has resulted in collective brainrot
ZarduHasselffrau
All I know is that whoever talks crap about Tatum is very mad about the Celtics winning a ring and that makes me happy
-Jdzspace-
I mean, yes, but that was baby Bird in year 2.
That’s a little different than 7 years in, grizzled, established, been to the finals 2x now Tatum.
I agree that all that matters is that he won, but I don’t like the idea that in Tatum’s prime, he is playing slightly worse than Larry when he was what? 21? 22?
Lubberworts
Bird led both teams in assists; **led both teams in steals**; was second to Moses Freakin’ Malone in rebounding (Beat him in DRB by 28!) and third overall in scoring. He did all that despite finding a shooting slump midseries.
Rawlus
there have been a dozen posts along these lines in the last 72 hours.
why didn’t the fans notice the team has been playing this way the entire season.
joe speaks to it in every post game. this is a no heroes team. all for one, one for all team.
a team that doesn’t care about individual stats AT ALL. it has been this way all season. this isn’t new.
it’s only the fans who relentlessly debate “who’s best” meanwhile the celtics team has put those thoughts aside a long long time ago.
Drdeadlynedly
So many great players have multiple championships but don’t win FMVP Everytime. It’s the GOAT debate effect where everyone acts like if he’s not playing Jordan level basketball he’s trash. Like who has expectations that high.
Manic-Finch781
It was also Bird’s 2nd year. This is JT’s 7th?
AdmiralWackbar
Why would any Celtics fan care who had the best stats during a finals run? That’s media loser shit
Impossible-Joke2867
I swear I can’t remember FMVP being even remotely close to this big of a deal until this year lol.
Oceanbreeze871
Big effing facts
deaseb
Well the key there is that he won more rings afterward. If Bird never won FMVP *at all* then we’d remember him differently. Steph’s 2022 ring is what brought him into people’s top 10s of all time. Before that he was commonly ranked below KD all time.
I don’t care that much about Tatum’s all time ranking. I’d love for Tatum to have a run like Steph from 2015 to 2018, letting his teammates have FMVP. But he might care in the future and it could cause potential problems. KD left the Warriors due to ego and credit. Kyrie left the Cavs. Kobe and Shaq broke up. We can all hope Tatum won’t let it get to him and that he’s more Steph than KD but only time will tell.
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the isoball era has resulted in collective brainrot
All I know is that whoever talks crap about Tatum is very mad about the Celtics winning a ring and that makes me happy
I mean, yes, but that was baby Bird in year 2.
That’s a little different than 7 years in, grizzled, established, been to the finals 2x now Tatum.
I agree that all that matters is that he won, but I don’t like the idea that in Tatum’s prime, he is playing slightly worse than Larry when he was what? 21? 22?
Bird led both teams in assists; **led both teams in steals**; was second to Moses Freakin’ Malone in rebounding (Beat him in DRB by 28!) and third overall in scoring. He did all that despite finding a shooting slump midseries.
there have been a dozen posts along these lines in the last 72 hours.
why didn’t the fans notice the team has been playing this way the entire season.
joe speaks to it in every post game. this is a no heroes team. all for one, one for all team.
a team that doesn’t care about individual stats AT ALL. it has been this way all season. this isn’t new.
it’s only the fans who relentlessly debate “who’s best” meanwhile the celtics team has put those thoughts aside a long long time ago.
So many great players have multiple championships but don’t win FMVP Everytime. It’s the GOAT debate effect where everyone acts like if he’s not playing Jordan level basketball he’s trash. Like who has expectations that high.
It was also Bird’s 2nd year. This is JT’s 7th?
Why would any Celtics fan care who had the best stats during a finals run? That’s media loser shit
I swear I can’t remember FMVP being even remotely close to this big of a deal until this year lol.
Big effing facts
Well the key there is that he won more rings afterward. If Bird never won FMVP *at all* then we’d remember him differently. Steph’s 2022 ring is what brought him into people’s top 10s of all time. Before that he was commonly ranked below KD all time.
I don’t care that much about Tatum’s all time ranking. I’d love for Tatum to have a run like Steph from 2015 to 2018, letting his teammates have FMVP. But he might care in the future and it could cause potential problems. KD left the Warriors due to ego and credit. Kyrie left the Cavs. Kobe and Shaq broke up. We can all hope Tatum won’t let it get to him and that he’s more Steph than KD but only time will tell.
But first, let’s get this ring.