Robert Parish on modern NBA stars: Only Nikola Jokic is in the same conversation with Larry Bird

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DeMarcus Cousins: Larry Bird is for sure a legend, but you know, the new talking heads in this new generation of basketball like to put guys like LeBron, KD, Kawhi ahead of Larry on the all-time list. Does that bother you at all when you hear things like that? Robert Parish: First of all, with all due respect to those guys, they're not in the same conversation with Larry. The best of the best, it's hard, hard to get a seat at that table. The only one that I think may be able to get a seat at that table other than obviously LeBron and Durant… but both are old-school! I'm talking about the new guys. Maybe the big fella up there in Denver, Nikola Jokic.

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