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My favorite thing I see is people saying he was un-athletic. I can say he wasn't fast, but un-athletic is insane - the passes, finishes, fakes, toughness and shooting were all top notch. And u can bet your ass every part of his game would be even better in today's league - especially the toughness!!!

Talking about how goats keep that shit years after. Story goes when Bird was 60 in the pacers front office he walked into a practice suited up and started jacking 3s. Hit about 10 in a row then walked off and sit down to watch practice

There was no disrespect, back in the day, but now the revisionists BULLSHIT after the fact, everyone tries to diminish HIS (Larry's accomplishments) now.

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It just isn't fair or right. Russell was only 6'9" but he had a 48" vertical leap. He destroyed the careers of many NBA shooters who used the "line drive to the basket and a bank off the backboard" shooting style. He made guys quadruple-pump, even quintuple-pump. Once they saw what he could do. He won the regular season MVP 5 times. And that was when the PLAYERS voted on it. So the players looked at all those 60s Celtic teams who stocked the Hall Of Fame, guys like Bob Cousey, Tommy Heinsohn, Hondo Havlicek, K C Jones, Sam Jones, Satch Sanders, Don Nelson, John Thompson (yes, Georgetown's future coach had an NBA career that consisted of one season with Boston), and on and on and said to themselves "Great team. 11 guys who can give Boston 22 points a night if needed. But they can't get one basket if they don't have the ball. Russell's the chef on that team, so let the chef cook." His rival of course was 7'1" Wilt, who once scored 100 points. But he was disliked almost as much as Isaiah Thomas for refusing to share the wealth with his fellow Philly teammates. Wilt played for stats. His real team was Wilt Chamberlain. in game 7 in 1969 in L.A. against the over-the-hill gang (Boston), Wilt took himself out with what he said was a groin injury. With about 8 minutes left. Boston (against whom you could make no mistakes, no matter their age) grabbed the lead with a million-to-one shot by Don Nelson (future Golden State coach) the hit the back of the rim, shot 6 feet straight up, and came down through the hoop, nothing but net. Jerry West nearly retired. "He could shoot that shot a million times and it never goes in. Never." Red Auerbach made Russell player-coach when he retired. In 1957 he had Cousey teach Russell how to pass. Heinsohn taught him the jump-hook, and 6'9" Russell could have played point guard. He was already track and field fast. And it was now all over for the rest of the NBA. 11 titles with Russell. 8 in a row. Those Making The Case videos by Clayton Someone said, "I can't give you any stat that says Russell was the best ever. All I can do is point to all the championships Russell won in college and the pros. The only player on the 1957 championship Celtic team who was on the 1969 championship Celtic team was Bill Russell." He (the Making The Case guy) guessed that the greatest player of all time in the modern NBA, ENTERED the NBA in its second year of having the same rules as today except the 3 pointer, ENTER and be the best ever, those odds are unbelievable. Plus HIS highlights are in black and white. And Russell's total number of rings is so mind-bogglingly high that there MUST be another reason. 11 titles in 13 years is laughable. Something is wrong. This cannot be right. It must be like Walter Johnson baseball where the rules- no, the rules were the same. NO ONE wins 2 NCAA titles, goes pro and wins 11 titles in 13 years. Plus that Gold Medal. NO ONE CAN DO THIS. Let's just forget 60s basketball and pretend it never happened. We'll start in 1970 with the Knicks and 71 with (finally) the Lakers. And we will ignore 1974 and 1976 because the Celts finally figured out how to win without Russell. Maybe the ball was oblong in the 60s, like a football. Or those games were fixed. SOMETHING was different. You just can't say 11 rings then is like 11 rings today. Well...refs in the late 50s to the late 80s were inclined to let the teams settle things on their own unless someone pulled out a knife or gun. THAT is different. The 3 point arc was tightened shorter. But that is it. Either Bill Russell actually existed or he didn't. ....By the way, amaze your friends. In 1985, 1986, and 1987 McHale won the NBA regular season FG% award. It always goes to a backbencher who plays about 8 minutes a game and never more than 10 feet from the basket. Not McHale. He averaged over 20 pts a game and played Starting Player Minutes. And he shot low 80s FT%. And he had a decent outside shot. HIS numbers for that award never happened before or since. And the first guy to shatter a backboard was Chuck Conners in 1946. Before he became an actor, he was a Celtic for 2 or 3 years. He was TV's The Rifleman. Chuck Conners Person was named for him and also adopted that nickname. Hey...didn't Chris Webber play for Bird's Pacers? When Bird was the coach for 3.years? I know he coached a lot of old enemies like Reggie Miller and Mark Jackson. THAT might be Bird's greatest achievement because great players RARELY do well as coaches. No patience. Bird was Coach Of The Year his first year.

Game 7 of the 1969 Finals is still free on CZcams.

Bill Russell !!!! 11 rings NBA, 2 NCAA rings (consecutively), 1 Olympic Gold Medal!! I am a Celtics fan and I agree with Red Auerbach: "draft Russell, move heaven and earth to get Bird." Bill Russell played 1957 - 1969. People didn't ride on dinosaurs to the Garden. The talent pool was CONCENTRATED. RUSSELL told Jordan that Steve Kerr wouldn't have made a game-winning shot in the Finals. Why? Jordan asked. "Because he would never have made the NBA in the 1960s."

8:23 fax on a printer is WILD

The team didnt let them win. Chuck Daily let them win to humble the dream team and make thrm pkay as a team Chuck wasva master at managing personalities. He coached the pistons!

I agree Larry was the s@@t. He hurt but he came through when they needed him

Larry was just blessed in a different way ❤

Larry Bird

The first couple of minutes all of Hakeem's scoring is against Mutombo. Mutombo could not stop Hakeem. Defensively, Mutombo only had blocks, Hakeem had blocks, rebounds and steals. In all those highlights Hakeem is scoring on some of the top defenders, including Rodman (w/San Antonio), Mutombo (w/Denver), Alton Lister (w/Seattle), Buck Williams (w/Portland) and Shaq (w/Orlando). Hakeem finished his career #1 in all-time blocks and top 10 in all-time steals. The only center in the top 20 all-time. It was not uncommon for Hakeem to pick the ball for a steal from a guard.

hakkem footwork pure art!!!

Larry is my most favourite sportsman of all time!

CK out 4:25- see what hand he's signing with. Bird's left handed-learned bball righthanded. Phenomenal in its own right..

Had Lenny Bias not died, the Bad Boy Pistons wouldn't even be a thing. Such a waste.

Larry on every category. You can't explain it away bruv

I appreciate the respect you’re showing to Bird. It’s not all about race and racism. But I also think people should be free to state facts. Some “stereotypes” are for a reason, and it’s not about ability, it’s about talent and work. A white chick who is a world class soul or r&b singer. A person of color who becomes president. A non Chinese ping pong player winning the Olympics. Venus and Serena completely dominating Tennis. Tiger dominating Golf. Black players have traditionally been better at this sport. So when a dude who comes in that doesn’t fit that mold, there shouldn’t be anything wrong with pointing that out, making himself prove himself. You could say the same thing about a lot of different things apart from basketball. You can’t just give the flowers without those flowers being earned. Sports no longer has the hurdles that other professions still have to break those molds. It takes trendsetters sometimes. Bird earned those flowers. And humor is a good way to acknowledge that stuff. But you gotta back that humor up before it seems funny, and this dude more than did that

Bird was unique. He wasn't the GOAT. Let's not play with that. But the man was different. Maybe used fundamentals better than anyone. As far as how the game was meant to be played, he might have been the GOAT of fundamentals.

Magic was..The Show. Your quarter is safe. And... That quarter is gonna always be in your pocket

WE don't need reasons why Larry Legend is better. WE watched them both play. Lebanon LeBron flopped. Bird told you exactly what he was going to do, and did it.

Larryy would probably average 40 a game

Larry was beating the best defenders in the league, and he wanted to play against the best.

Caitlin has class. She doesn't whine or complain, and isn't a dirty player. She can win without being a bully. She also gives respect and compliments to other players.

AWWWW come on yo here's my "go boy go" chant for him, My G.O.A.T. ......."Larry Joe Bird....Loud and clear... so those in the back can hear"!!!!! lol

The players were all in their individual egos. The coach decided to teach them a lesson about playing as a team. They learned their lesson and started to play as a team at last.

Solid CC is unbelievable , she'll be getting like Larry Legend soon she's a young girl who is the best to play ❤

Im 83 ill keep larry. U r cute

I always thought this game was a perfect example of how clutch he is. He even got the 60 at the buzzer. On a SIDE QUEST. I mean......Y'ALL. 😦

Hey Labron is number 1 at the flops and fake fouls. Caitlin Clark and Larry Bird both do passes like Pete “pistol” Maravich. If they hade a 3 pt line when Maravich he’d been averaging 68 pts per game. Today’s basketball isn’t as physical or trash talk like the 80’s

100% Chuck Daily threw that game. To teach the guys a lesson. Don't play around take this seriously. It's a lesson for the dream team not to take it lightly anyone can win on any day. So play hard if you want that gold medal.

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Nice to see you again Solid. Can you give me your discord link, because I clicked on it but it seems not to work. I would like to put you videos links of football players (soccer) and I am sure you will enjoy them. The link will not work, the best would be to space the link with spaces or a period because YT will delete the comment if you put the direct link. Thanks in advance.

The Pistons were great but they might not have gotten their flowers because of how dirty them played. That is also just one of several reasons why Thomas was not selected to play on the Dream team.

MJ, KOBE, MAGIC/BIRD then maybe BRON. But Bron softened up the league but intimidating MANY number 1 Picks by slowing down building new dynasties amongst many things. And of course the worse is teaming up with Allstars and HOFers.

LOL respect

I have to make a distinction between fast and quick. Larry might not win a race, but he was quick. you don't get that many rebounds or assists if you are not quick. As far as being slow, he used that to his advantage by making the other team play to his speed. For 7 years he played with a broken and fused back, todays players won't play if they are tired.

I love how Magic to Bird was the first points the Dream Team scored. It had to be that way!!

Caitlin Clark is the female version of Larry Bird, she does it all, points, assists, rebounds, and she can shoot it from anywhere on the court. She just needs to develop a trash talk game, but in today's soft WNBA and NBA, they are calling technicals on players who trash talk or get too physical. Just like Larry and Magic saved the NBA in the 80's, Caitlin Clark is saving the WNBA today. 🏀💪🤙✌️

If Dominique had not been injured at the time of the Dream Team, do you think he would have been chosen to be on the team, and if so, who do you think would have been left out?

Dad. Bird was talking shit to me. 😂

The most feared words in 80s NBA, “You’re guarding Larry tonight.”

That shot is so perfect it hurts

Love your reacts'.... thx yo

Dudes Stockton and magic in one man

How can Mashburn not mention that Penny was on the college team...

When comparing bird to LeBron and let me say up front LeBron is a generational talent one of the best basketball players of all time BUT if he played against the way they played defense in the 80s were they practically mugged you all his numbers points assist rebounds would be lower than they are in today's NBA. That's just a fact. Larry did what he did in an era where people were constantly putting their body on you grabbing you and they didn't call anything resembling ticky tacky fouls. He would still been great but his numbers wouldn't be like they are today.

He had a terrible back or he might still be playing today