Threads like this reminds me how bad some ppl are with sports knowledge

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Players aren't more athletic because of genetics but they are more athletic because of how much the game has expanded and it's popularity.
As the game got bigger, larger pools of athletes started to go to basketball and even extended overseas. The larger pool of players led to more competition for roster spots and in turn higher quality athletes took more spots over guys who might have made it in eras prior.

Definitely wouldn't say nobody but it's more common to have freak athletes on teams today. There's a good amount of guys back then that would suprised you with how athletic they are.

Karl Malone was never at heat LeBron level athleticism, he was big and could move but he wasnt at that level period. There's even a video of him saying LeBron is unstoppable because he has his size and guards speed so he knows he wasn't as quick or athletic

Personally I'd take Larry over magic, I remember talking to some old heads and they were telling me how the narrative back in the day was magic being gifted an insane team and Larry building that team up more. If you took bird off the Celtics and magic off the Lakers the Lakers would not the Celtics so a lot of guys back then sided with bird. That's what I heard from old heads though, it could be distorted. I do think birds team was less talented though

People definitely underrate larry bird but hes not better than magic lol

no he wasnt he couldnt even dunk

I was talking generally and not literally. Obviously there will always be some that would be freaks in today's game too. But in terms of a general collection of players playing at the same time, the amount of athletic players playing today far out classes those in the past

Larry was a better player but once memesters got involved they ruined his rep

lol no. Magic top 3 all time.

Not even sure Larry top 5.
Larry Bird a baller forsure but he basically played on a squad with a bunch of future Hall of Famers When he won all his titles and he wasn’t nice like that late in his career like Magic was.

Magic f***ed s*** up as a rookie and kept the energy until he retired. Mans got HIV and still kept it pushing. Icon.

Wow Wilt was f***ing with real hip hop EARLY

We gonna pretend that Magic didn't play with Hall of Famers

Magic played with some legends no doubt, but he was still taking the Lakers deep into the playoffs and Finals without Kareem and those old Laker GOATs.

All respect to those Celtic teams from the mid-80’s tho.

You a hater
Larry had plenty HOF's foh

Mans completely ignored McHale, Parish and Walton lmaoo

So it because it doesn’t fit your agenda it’s false lmaoo??

That’s cus the other dude said Bird played with HOF players, ok and magic didn’t???