3 of my favorite all time players no doubt. I never saw anyone that could make a team play better than Magic. Geez he played all five positions as a rookie to beat Philly and get that first Title.Russell was a major reason those great Laker teams with West, Baylor and Wilt could not win a Title against those Celtics in that era. He was a tremendous defender.
Bird , could do everything on a basketball court. I just can’t recall any 6-9 player that could shoot lights out from anywhere and everywhere. When Bird stole the inbound pass from Isiah Thomas and fed DJ to beat the Pistons in the playoffs in the closing seconds it showed how incredible he was on both sides of the ball.
3 of my favorite all time players no doubt. I never saw anyone that could make a team play better than Magic. Geez he played all five positions as a rookie to beat Philly and get that first Title. Russell was a major reason those great Laker teams with West, Baylor and Wilt could not win a Title against those Celtics in that era. He was a tremendous defender.
Bird , could do everything on a basketball court. I just can’t recall any 6-9 player that could shoot lights out from anywhere and everywhere. When Bird stole the inbound pass from Isiah Thomas and fed DJ to beat the Pistons in the playoffs in the closing seconds it showed how incredible he was on both sides of the ball.