There have been players who we were hopeful would fill that void such as Gordon Hayward and Kevin Love but they fell short of how great Larry Bird was. I asked the What You Expect group chat who were the top players who retired after Larry Bird and here is what we came up with…
Honorable Mention
There are a couple guys I am big fans of so I have to mention them, Rex Chapman, Rik Smits, Keith Van Horn, Kirk Hinrich, Chris Anderson, and Jeff Hornacek!