Frosty wrote:scramm wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Larry Bird was a power forward. He was too slow to guard SF's.
So when they started
Parish
McHale
Bird
Johnson
Ainge
Who played SF? Who was the one having the duel with Nique?
Mostly it was McHale guarding Nique but Nique guarded Bird.
McHale and Bird were both power forwards but one of them had to guard the small forward and that usually ended up being McHale guarding the small forwards because McHale defended small forwards better than Bird did. Bird guarded tree Rollins much of the time which allowed Bird to be a help defender which Bird was very good at. That had Parish guarding Willis who was a very good scorer.
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