Max Kellerman
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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Right.
But inside, I remember thinking, I'm a little kid.
I'm thinking, I'll never see anybody this good again.
Like the whole thing with bird and magic is,
came because Magic was able to adapt and he played longer and he had this weird prime that just kept going even as he kind of adjusted as a player.
When they were both at their best head-to-head... Bird was slightly better.
And that was kind of... That wasn't really debated.
You know, in fact...
like the guy who Larry was compared to early, it's a little revisionist history now.
Cause it's perfect with the college stuff and everything was Dr. J commercially.
Right.
Right.
Yeah.
Yeah, the Converse ads or whatever.
You know?
Yeah, because the ABA.
But in the ABA, he was God.
The first time he had a shot at it, he has, you know, if there's a guard on your team who's a B+, but in the playoffs he becomes an A+, and I know Jokic wasn't quite in his prime yet, but you can't rise to that same level in that series.
That's, you know, that's like LeBron against Dallas.
And as soon as he had a shot, and they get Aaron Gordon, they get the right kind of third guy.