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Who was the better player?

Jokic is a better scorer, a much better rebounder, and a much, much better passer. Bird was a better defender. Pretty clearcut for Jokic.

Hard for me to pick Bird here. Larry was great, but Jokic is something else.

Bird is a better outside shooter, better defender,
Jokic better inside scorer, rebounder.
I really dont think Jokic is better passer, just is used more in offense that way.
Right now Bird has more history of making plays, so will go with Bird, but that may change in the future.

I prefer Jokic, due to his scoring resiliency.

iggymcfrack wrote:Jokic is a better scorer, a much better rebounder, and a much, much better passer. Bird was a better defender. Pretty clearcut for Jokic.

That's ridiculous...

Jokic is literally Big Bird to me at this point. Does literally everything Bird can do in a bigger frame.

Heej wrote:Jokic is literally Big Bird to me at this point. Does literally everything Bird can do in a bigger frame.

I’m mostly with that, though I think Bird is a better and smarter defender.

Heej wrote:Jokic is literally Big Bird to me at this point. Does literally everything Bird can do in a bigger frame.

Bird was still more potent weapon off-ball and more consistent defender (at least until 1987). I also have Jokic ahead, but there are some differences between them.

Matt15 wrote:Who was the better player?

I hear footsteps.

70sFan wrote:

Heej wrote:Jokic is literally Big Bird to me at this point. Does literally everything Bird can do in a bigger frame.

Bird was still more potent weapon off-ball and more consistent defender (at least until 1987). I also have Jokic ahead, but there are some differences between them.

Well yeah if you wanna nitpick but imo he's been the best comparison to Bird and Bird has been the best comparison to him out of anyone in NBA history I'm sure most of us can agree.