. . . but he's simply not a better three point shooter than Curry, you're letting your dislike of Curry cloud your judgement.
It's just speculative. We agree that Bird, during his career, was not as good a 3 point shooter as Curry.
Where we seem to disagree is how Bird would do if he was raised on the 3.
3 Pointer came to the NBA in 1980. Bird was 24 years old.
In his best 3 years, shooting just 2 or 3 shots a game, Bird's average from the 3 was just under Steph's career average.
The first time Curry shot a 3 was the first time he could shoot a 3 - probably age 8 or something.
The first time Bird shot a 3 was when he was 24 years old.
If Curry was shooting 3s at age 12, and he shot, say 100 a day, very conservatively, that means he shot a quarter of a million threes by the age of 18. If he started younger and he shot 200 a day, then it's quite possible that Steph Curry shot a million 3s in his life before setting foot on an NBA court.
Sure, Bird probably shot a million shots as well, but not repetitively from the exact same distance on the floor.
Bird growing up with 3s would be a top 4 player in the league, right now, in his prime.
