buduan

Deke, you're killing yourself.

Lets simplify it (if this hasn't already been posted). Baylor averaged 27ppg for his career on almost 24 shots a game. Bird averaged 24ppg on about 19 shots a game. Baylor shot 43% for his career. Bird, 49%. Do the math. 5 more shots a game over the course of his career and he would have averaged more than Baylor.

Baylor averaged more rebounds per game because there were more available rebounds in his era. And he was a POWER FORWARD. That is what PF's do.

Fact is you'd have to have seen more than some clips of his game to know that Bird was just a better all around and more complete player. Neither player was a particularly good defensive player. Bird got by with height and smarts. Baylor was undersized but he found a way to compete with his athleticism.