If you accidentally get a couple more league-average base stealers, you're no worse than middle of the pack. No need to think much about them in your later picks, really. In roto leagues you can draft Crawford and feel confident that you've addressed stolen bases to a reasonable extent. Basically, Crawford is to fantasy experts what the ACC is to Dick Vitale: an institution with mythic talent that cannot be overhyped. He's a top-tier fantasy outfielder and a clear first-round pick. Carl Crawford led the American League in thefts last year with 58. To better understand the uncertainty principle, let's take a look at an elite base stealer. And if that opponent happens to be an insolent punk who makes ludicrous demands of the commissioner, arrogantly smack-talks the league and is perhaps a bit too proud of his Alex Gordon pick, then all the better – I'm looking at you, Supreme Clientele. Head-to-head offers both the season-long competition that exists in roto leagues, and weekly competition with a specific opponent. In that respect it's like actual baseball. It's a little stressful, and sometimes it feels a little arbitrary, too. Standard 12-team head-to-head leagues require your attention. Or people who pretend they're way too busy to maintain a lineup every day. Magic was unreal, averaging 26.2 points on 54.1 percent shooting, 13.0 assists, 8.0 rebounds and 2.3 steals, while Bird tallied 24.2 points on 44.5 percent shooting, 10.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.2 steals.Look, I totally understand why some of you avoid head-to-head leagues. In the “rubber match” 1987 finals, the Lakers won in six games. Bird, meanwhile, had 23.8 points, 8.8 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.8 steals. In a must-win Game 6, he came through with 26 points on 11-of-20 shooting and 17 assists. Magic averaged 18.3 points, 14.0 assists, 6.8 rebounds and 2.2 steals.
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The Lakers got revenge the following year, with the series again going seven games. He put together a 14-point, 21-assist performance in Game 3.
In the losing effort, Magic averaged 18.0 points on 56.0 percent shooting with 13.6 assists, 7.7 rebounds and 2.0 steals. Bird put up 27.4 points on 48.4 percent shooting to go with 14.0 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 2.1 steals and 1.1 blocks in the finals, which included a 29-21 effort in a Game 4 win. In 1984, the Celtics prevailed in seven games. Larry Bird (29 pts, 21 rebs) vs Lakers 1984 Finals, Game 4 (BEST QUALITY) Larry Bird (29 pts, 21 rebs) vs Lakers 1984 Finals, Game 4 (BEST QUALITY) T20:04:04.000Z Magic also collected three MVP awards: 1986-87 (23.9 points, 6.3 rebounds, 12.2 assists, 1.7 steals), 1988-89 (22.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, 12.8 assists, 1.8 steals) and 1989-90 (22.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, 11.5 assists, 1.7 steals).īoth players were named to 12 All-Star games, nine All-NBA First Teams and one All-NBA Second Team, while Bird was a three-time All-Defensive Second Team member. Some guy named Michael Jordan won it that year. It was the 1987-88 campaign, in which he averaged 29.9 points, 9.3 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.6 steals. Interestingly enough, his best season in terms of player efficiency rating (PER) wasn’t any of those.
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