Larry Bird in 897 career games:
24.3 ppg, 10 rpg, 6.3 apg, 1.7 spg, .8 bpg
Nikola Jokic in 612 career games:
20.4 ppg, 10.6 rpg, 6.7 apg, 1.2 spg, .7 bpg
Jokic giving me a chance to appreciate Larry decades later
Always thought Larry Legend played longer
Makes sense. Eg made bird and jokic comparisons during jokics rookie seasons.
lol Giannis with 22.8/9.6/4.7… so close yet so far
Throw out his first 2 seasons and he’s there
Jokic didn’t arrive a star either.
The craziest part about this post is that Jokic is going to pass Bird in games played when he’s like 32 years old.
How does Jokic have 100 more double doubles lol
For JOkic his numbers will rise.THis includes 2-3 years of not up to this level play at the beginning.
Jokic is just big bird
Imagine jokic in the 80s with no spacing and enforcers ready to tackle him…
I am and he’s still dominating
Refs dont give jokic any calls even when he gets clobbered. Jokic is 6-11 280lbs with insane bball IQ. He is gonna dominate in other era of basketball.
I’d imagine Kareem and/or Hakeem were also close. They both were inside-out post players on good teams, though I’d expect Hakeem to be closer.