By now, we all know the counterfactual on Hall of Fame Boston Celtics forward Larry Bird like the back of our hand. How good could the Hick From French Lick have been without a bad back in the latter third of his NBA career?
As is the nature of counterfactuals, there is no way to actually test such a proposition against the reality we live in. One thing we are capable of is taking a closer look at the player who actually did exist in the latter third of Bird’s career. Just how good was older Larry Bird, anyway?
