By now, we all know the counterfactual on Hall of Fame Boston Celtics forward Larry Bird like the back of our hand. How good could the Hick From French Lick have been without a bad back in the latter third of his NBA career?
As is the nature of counterfactuals, there is no way to actually test such a proposition against the reality we live in. One thing we are capable of is taking a closer look at the player who actually did exist in the latter third of Bird’s career. Just how good was older Larry Bird, anyway?
To get to the bottom of that particular question, host Sean David of the “Basketball Time Machine” podcast took a deep dive into Larry Legend’s on-court impacts in his mid-30s.
To hear the conclusions David came to after looking at all of the evidence, take a look at the clip we have embedded above.
Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi
YouTube: https://bit.ly/3F9DvjQ
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