Because his game would have aged too well. He would have been viable through probably 1997. David Stern sent sleeper agents to whisper in his ear that only horrible people hire out for work required to help their own mother.
Top 3 in MVP voting for 8 years in a row after finishing 4th as a rookie is insane
Edit: Maybe 9 straight All-NBA 1st team to start your career is a more succinct way to phrase it.
He wasn’t shoveling it dumbass. He was building it.
My dad will mention that damn driveway every single time the Celtics are brought up lmao
The bone spurs really killed his career, came back heavy and never moved anywhere close to the same
He also broke a finger in high school on his shooting hand and said he never had the same touch with his shot again.
Hope Vegas merchant can do that
Bird>Lebron
It’s crazy that back in those days averaging 19 ppg would win you MVP 😂 Nowadays you gotta be dropping close to 30 if not 30 a game.
Bad back, Len Bias, in another world..
More like why did Len Bias have to do that line of snow? Bird could have been a spot up shooter.
Why did he have to get into a bar fight, breaking his hand fucking over their playoff run?
Not just the back injury.
Bias and Lewis deaths would’ve extended his career by reducing minutes.
It wasn’t shoveling, it was putting in a new driveway for his mother
His prime years stats are modern day goat.
The back injuries wore on him. But the big dropoff was him missing the 89 season with major surgery to remove heel spurs. He originally hurt his back in the ’85 off season, after which he had his best season in 1986. After he had the heel spur surgery he never recovered his mobility and his back progressively got worse. But he had 3 really good seasons after his back injury.
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Guy loves his mum that’s why
Because his game would have aged too well. He would have been viable through probably 1997. David Stern sent sleeper agents to whisper in his ear that only horrible people hire out for work required to help their own mother.
Top 3 in MVP voting for 8 years in a row after finishing 4th as a rookie is insane
Edit: Maybe 9 straight All-NBA 1st team to start your career is a more succinct way to phrase it.
He wasn’t shoveling it dumbass. He was building it.
My dad will mention that damn driveway every single time the Celtics are brought up lmao
The bone spurs really killed his career, came back heavy and never moved anywhere close to the same
He also broke a finger in high school on his shooting hand and said he never had the same touch with his shot again.
Hope Vegas merchant can do that
Bird>Lebron
It’s crazy that back in those days averaging 19 ppg would win you MVP 😂 Nowadays you gotta be dropping close to 30 if not 30 a game.
Bad back, Len Bias, in another world..
More like why did Len Bias have to do that line of snow? Bird could have been a spot up shooter.
Why did he have to get into a bar fight, breaking his hand fucking over their playoff run?
Not just the back injury.
Bias and Lewis deaths would’ve extended his career by reducing minutes.
It wasn’t shoveling, it was putting in a new driveway for his mother
His prime years stats are modern day goat.
The back injuries wore on him. But the big dropoff was him missing the 89 season with major surgery to remove heel spurs. He originally hurt his back in the ’85 off season, after which he had his best season in 1986. After he had the heel spur surgery he never recovered his mobility and his back progressively got worse. But he had 3 really good seasons after his back injury.
Wasnt it the painting of the fence ?
Only 1 rookie of the year? Not impressed…