LARRY BIRD IS HILARIOUS! 😂🤣 | Larry Bird STORIES that prove he's the BEST TRASH TALKER

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  • @bookman7409
    @bookman7409 Před měsícem +12

    I won't say Jay's wrong for calling Bird calling his shots and making them disrespectful. I'm just saying that it was disrespectful in the very best way in a sports contest. The disrespect of, say, Laimbeer, was an entirely different critter. The difference is subtle on paper, but the difference is huge, and it can easily get muddled. JMNSHO

    • @JayHemmsSports
      @JayHemmsSports  Před měsícem +2

      Thank You for that explanation! 💯

    • @Alice-xy3fi
      @Alice-xy3fi Před měsícem +3

      Laimbeer wasn't disrespectful...he was homicidal-- or at least, out to hurt, get guys out of the game, or even end their careers. Not saying his intention was to end careers (though I wouldn't put it past the lowlife); I would guess he just wanted to nullify them for the game being played, but so far as I could tell, he sure didn't care if he ended players' careers, or ruined their lives. He was a whole other order, and he wasn't just at the high end of the normal rough old time games-- he went WAY beyond that, which is why he was hated, including by Bird, who tangled with, say, Dr. J and Kareem and the Pacers' Chuck Person and never let their on-court tangles lessen his respect, admiration or liking for them.
      Also, Jordan has said in interviews that he learned his trash talking from Bird!

    • @Alice-xy3fi
      @Alice-xy3fi Před měsícem +2

      @@JayHemmsSports You're welcome...and, I was so het up thinking about Laimbeer and what pos he is, that I forgot to say, "Great reaction!"-- and not just because you get and appreciate Bird's game, but also because of your enthusiasm and love of the game, and because you're fun to watch and listen to. So thanks for the interesting and enjoyable reaction.

    • @bookman7409
      @bookman7409 Před měsícem +1

      @@Alice-xy3fi Yup, that's actually him in detail. He once belittled Jordan because all he did was become an NBA legend, but lame-beer had the skills, intelligence, and talent to be born into a rich family, which clearly made him a more important human being. Being remember as a premier NBA thug was just a bonus.
      Sound about right, Alice, or should I have poured on more derision??

  • @dennis2782
    @dennis2782 Před měsícem +8

    I have watched hundreds of NBA Player Video's I have never seen one player get more Praise By other Players...Than Larry

  • @blufuego8628
    @blufuego8628 Před měsícem +44

    Larry's stat line for the "Put on a show..." for Magic and the Lakers 36P 21R 6A 5S 3B 16-25. Kareem and Byron also reference this game. I think the entire Laker Org suffered from PBSD Post Bird Stress Disorder

    • @Sunny-jz3dy
      @Sunny-jz3dy Před měsícem +4

      😂😂😂

    • @JayHemmsSports
      @JayHemmsSports  Před měsícem +3

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @dansgroi1472
      @dansgroi1472 Před měsícem +3

      Listen to Michael Cooper. Basically Larry lived rent free in the whole organizations heads. Players, management. The whole lot. 😂

    • @georgemccormick4786
      @georgemccormick4786 Před měsícem +3

      If you want to hear Bird at his most open, best and humerous, pull up the Dan Patrick interview with him from about six years ago. Like your reaction. All the best.

  • @brandonbaker5884
    @brandonbaker5884 Před měsícem +6

    He talked trash with the best of them and then backed it up. Pure assassin.

  • @taramahoney2412
    @taramahoney2412 Před měsícem +27

    Watching Larry Bird videos are addicting once you start watching you cannot stop.

  • @mthai66
    @mthai66 Před měsícem +16

    Dominique squashed MJ in the All-star dunk contest. He was no joke.

  • @JESSES_CURIOUSLY_CURIOUS
    @JESSES_CURIOUSLY_CURIOUS Před měsícem +19

    Bird was the first to use the 3 to finish teams. Strategic planning. Dagger 🗡 3 founder.

  • @trekkiexb5
    @trekkiexb5 Před měsícem +12

    Larry Bird spent 13 years at the park , hustling basketball with any team that walked by. 13 years of HORSE. It was GLORIOUS!

  • @jimmyhamm6041
    @jimmyhamm6041 Před měsícem +8

    I love the one about when Larry asked is your mother watching .

  • @yambo59
    @yambo59 Před měsícem +5

    Larry not only won the very first three point contest, he won the first three in a row-!

  • @michellejackson6679
    @michellejackson6679 Před 6 dny +1

    That last comment from Magic to Larry.. wow. I'm in tears.. love the respect for each other

  • @daveduncan9005
    @daveduncan9005 Před měsícem +5

    No hate, no anger, no grudges... just admiration and respect. Everyone could learn some good lessons from this era of sportsmanship.

  • @Sunny-jz3dy
    @Sunny-jz3dy Před měsícem +9

    Bird taught so many players how to trash! 😂

  • @deanchamblin2160
    @deanchamblin2160 Před měsícem +10

    LB was a beast. He'd have a field day in todays NBA! They could not handle him. Watched the NBA from the 70’s forward and outside of MJ, Bird was the one guy that every night on the local news sports segment you would see something crazy Larry would do! LJ is a great player but you never see or hear the stories those two pulled off each game!

  • @danielhughes3677
    @danielhughes3677 Před měsícem +9

    Larry Legend

  • @jimmyhamm6041
    @jimmyhamm6041 Před měsícem +4

    And Larry could play any postion .

  • @DarrelHintz
    @DarrelHintz Před měsícem +5

    I got to watch Bird play, loved him and hated him at the same time!!! Loved him because he was soooo good!! Hated him because he kicked my teams butt all the time!!

  • @stevep2380
    @stevep2380 Před měsícem +15

    Michael Jordan is on record saying he learned how to trash talk from Larry Bird.

    • @JayHemmsSports
      @JayHemmsSports  Před měsícem +1

      Oh that’s why MJ was such a good trash talker lol

    • @psymar
      @psymar Před 11 dny +1

      ​@@JayHemmsSportsThough maybe the best 90s Bulls trash talk came from the usually mild-mannered Scottie Pippen. I think it was the '96 finals against the Jazz and Karl "The Mailman (because he always delivers)" Malone. Late in Game 2, it's a close game, Malone is shooting free throws, Pippen leans in and whispers:"The Mailman don't deliver on Sunday."
      Yes it was Sunday, yes Karl Malone missed both free throws, and yes he was rattled for the rest of the series.

  • @abrocktraining
    @abrocktraining Před měsícem +3

    Charles Barkley story of Larry Bird is legendary

  • @christopherforderer4969
    @christopherforderer4969 Před 6 dny +1

    Good energy Bird is the Goat

  • @JESSES_CURIOUSLY_CURIOUS
    @JESSES_CURIOUSLY_CURIOUS Před měsícem +7

    6'10" sharp shooter. Says a lot

  • @griffenberg
    @griffenberg Před měsícem +6

    The game Magic is talking about
    Feb 11, 1981 Magic sat out with an injury
    Larry Bird show
    36 pts
    21 reb
    6 ast
    5 stl
    3 blk

  • @user-kt1me3ek1s
    @user-kt1me3ek1s Před měsícem +3

    Michael Jordan said that's who he got his trash talking abilities from

  • @carolynclaire5241
    @carolynclaire5241 Před měsícem +8

    I love Dominque!! He is super fun to watch!

  • @Finnssssss
    @Finnssssss Před měsícem +11

    Maybe Lebron needs to be ahead of Bird due to longevity, maybe but peak is all Bird.
    From 84-88 for 4 straight seasons, well over 300 games Bird averaged a 50/40/90 while putting up just over 28 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists per game. NOBODY touches that line across the board for even half the amount of games. Not Bron, not Jordan, not Curry.

  • @donaldleider7382
    @donaldleider7382 Před 23 dny +2

    Lots of goats, only one legend!

  • @dansgroi1472
    @dansgroi1472 Před měsícem +2

    When they shot their sneaker commercial, at Larry's home. He got invited in for lunch. Larry I believe said his mom's favorite player. Was Magic Johnson 😮 Earvin and Larry became friends. That blew Magic away. Like speechless.

  • @cindyknudson2715
    @cindyknudson2715 Před měsícem +18

    ☘️ McHale has said that as soon as he heard there was a $10,000 prize for winning that first 3pt contest, he knew Bird was going to win. I'm guessing he wasn't one of the teammates who bet he wouldn't.

  • @jeffreyjacobs390
    @jeffreyjacobs390 Před měsícem +2

    Great tribute by Magic ..... words of love and respect for a friend .... Nice !

  • @eielson1978
    @eielson1978 Před měsícem +3

    I love Doc Rivers telling about the meeting after "The Game" and the coach rewinding the tape "Vrrrrr, Vrrrr, Vrrrr! at least 20 times!" Cracks me up. I haven't seen anyone comment about Larry doing his version of Ali's "Rope-a-Dope". He got you thinking about what he was saying, Not keeping your head in the game you should be thinking about.

  • @carolynclaire5241
    @carolynclaire5241 Před měsícem +12

    Where do you think Jordan learned his trash talking from? 😅

  • @k.a.l5478
    @k.a.l5478 Před měsícem +6

    It was all a mind game. Larry is legend!

    • @sbfitz
      @sbfitz Před 27 dny

      Agreed, Psychological warfare from the master.

  • @sandyleewhite
    @sandyleewhite Před měsícem +4

    Enjoyed your reaction 😊 For me Larry Bird's trash talking, either broke a player down, or forced an opponent to be a better player, & it was the strength of the player, which way they were affected.......that was just a part of who Bird was 😊 💖 *R.I.P. Kobe Bryant* 💖

  • @p.j.4738
    @p.j.4738 Před měsícem +3

    I don't think of it as trash talking, so much as I think of it as strategy. His skills were beyond sound, so he could follow through with his forecasts, which would make his opponents second guest themselves. Thus, creating a strategic plan.

  • @ORagnar
    @ORagnar Před měsícem +3

    What made Larry Bird fun was that he had a great game and he was funny as hell.
    The funniest part for me was when he asked the Hawks players "Where do you want it?" Like he can shoot it from anywhere so it's their call. LOL
    8

  • @taramahoney2412
    @taramahoney2412 Před měsícem +2

    I never used to watch basketball ever. Then I started watching these Larry Bird videos now I'm addicted. Once you start watching them you can't stop.

  • @ricklove8588
    @ricklove8588 Před 8 dny

    The player's telling these stories are also all time greats

  • @curtisduncanmusic7645
    @curtisduncanmusic7645 Před měsícem +4

    Yes, that was 'Nique...

  • @areese240z
    @areese240z Před měsícem +3

    The Lakers game that Magic sat out Larry did get 38 pts 20 rebounds 5 assists and 5 steels, 5 blocks.

  • @riffgroove
    @riffgroove Před měsícem +3

    If you have the time, there is a 90 minute documentary on CZcams called "Magic and Bird - A Courtship of Rivals."
    Fantastic viewing.

  • @williamwood5491
    @williamwood5491 Před měsícem +12

    Larry was the only one in the NBA that was a professional street baller. Lol

  • @jimmyhamm6041
    @jimmyhamm6041 Před měsícem +1

    I grew up watching bird on every game he played as a kid , this is all true 👍 he
    could play any and all postion , he was a multi-tasker .

  • @sirgalahad3574
    @sirgalahad3574 Před měsícem +1

    There used to be a Bozo the Clown show where kids would toss a ball into a basket from about a foot away. Larry did that with a person in his face from 20 feet away.

  • @larrytoole1476
    @larrytoole1476 Před měsícem +2

    He was that good

  • @jamescarriero4055
    @jamescarriero4055 Před měsícem +3

    I’m just answering the young mans question about if Larry had a so called “weakness “ when he was younger. He used it differently (more strategically) than it’s used in today’s game. Make no mistake he was the most clutch player ever at least in my opinion.

  • @yambo59
    @yambo59 Před měsícem +1

    I think you would really like to watch Larry Birds retirement ceremony video, thats where the last segment with Magic Johnson came from - they had the ceremony when there wasnt even a game that scheduled that night and it filled the Boston Garden not a single empty seat.

  • @georgemccormick4786
    @georgemccormick4786 Před 22 dny

    I followed Bird throughout his career from Indiana State on. I followed Jordan's from the late 80s. Bird told you what he was going to do and then did it. Jordan did something amazing and then told you about it.

  • @Gigi-ns3fh
    @Gigi-ns3fh Před měsícem +3

    😄👍🔥🏀

  • @charlesking4780
    @charlesking4780 Před 27 dny

    Larry Legend is the G.O.A.T of trash talkers 😅

  • @user-yh9lr4nb7m
    @user-yh9lr4nb7m Před měsícem +2

    Ty Jay I really enjoyed that video and your reaction, Larry legends favorite player was kobe in another video kobe had Larry Legend in his top 3 kobe called Larry Legend Money, ty you seem like such a cool guy please put out some more videos ty again!!!!!!!!

    • @JayHemmsSports
      @JayHemmsSports  Před měsícem

      Thank You, I appreciate it! I will for sure put up some more videos! 💯💯

  • @cruxxus
    @cruxxus Před měsícem +2

    Bird and Magic was the best era. Two greats coming along at the same time going at it on the two most storied franchises and making the NBA a staple sport. I wish Jordan would have had a rival equivalent. You just sat back and watched Jordan and knew he was going to win it somehow. He was great, but the entertainment of the direct rivalry and equal competition between Lakers and Celtics during Bird and Magic was competition of greats you rarely get to see in team sports.

  • @debrakron9049
    @debrakron9049 Před měsícem +1

    You need to watch the Letterman interview of Bird and Magic. You get a real sense of the men!

  • @dacryptkeeper6836
    @dacryptkeeper6836 Před měsícem +3

    Luka isn't even close!

  • @Widdermaker
    @Widdermaker Před měsícem +3

    Nope! Never be another Bird. You had to see Larry Bird play the whole game. Even when he didn’t have the ball. You’d watch and see him run somewhere on the court and wonder, “Why is he…?” And then BOOM - a steal! Or BOOM - a blocked shot from behind. The guy knew what the other team was going to do BEFORE the other team knew it. It was comical sometimes. Sure, he’d have a bad game once in awhile. But he’d have won FOUR rings if he hadn’t got in a bar fight during the ECF in 1985. He broke a finger in his shooting hand. It was visibly swollen later in the NBA Finals against the Lakers. And it caused him to miss one of the few clutch game winners ever in Boston. Maybe the only one. But Larry was pissed! So pissed that the next year he and his Celtics went 40-1 at the Garden; 50-1 including the Playoffs and another NBA Championship. No other team in history, not the Lakers, not the Bulls, not the Warriors have EVER gone 50-1 at home. The lone loss was early in the season (December) against Portland. Bird is the word!

  • @jasonthompson2355
    @jasonthompson2355 Před měsícem +1

    you need to watch The Courtship of Rivals - best documentary EVER

  • @mthai66
    @mthai66 Před měsícem +9

    The only reason anybody even watches the NBA today is that people got excited about Magic vs Bird in the NCAA, and it carried over into the pros. I'm not convinced there would have been anything left for MJ to save if it hadn't been for Magic and Bird.

    • @JayHemmsSports
      @JayHemmsSports  Před měsícem +1

      I still believe that MJ would have had the same impact. He was the kind of basketball player that no one had ever seen before. That's why I think he played a huge role in the marketing and popularity of the NBA. People were going to the games and turning on the TV just to watch MJ.

    • @mthai66
      @mthai66 Před měsícem +3

      @@JayHemmsSports Oh, I agree. What I'm saying is the same eyes wouldn't have been watching if the Bird VS Magic saga hadn't brought the eyeballs back. The NBA was *dying* back then.

    • @JayHemmsSports
      @JayHemmsSports  Před měsícem +2

      @@mthai66That’s true 💯

    • @mthai66
      @mthai66 Před měsícem +2

      @@JayHemmsSports Mike didn't get going until the mid 90's. Bird and Magic carried the league for 15 YEARS before MJ became AIR Jordan. Without them the NBA would have been a smoldering ruin by the time MJ hit his stride.

  • @dwartfarquart9590
    @dwartfarquart9590 Před 13 dny +1

    Bird and Magic were not messin'. Those Katz were there to win. The NBA was exciting in the 80s.

  • @Alice-xy3fi
    @Alice-xy3fi Před měsícem +2

    Dominique may be underrated by your generation, but at the time he was playing, he was huge-- everybody knew he was amazing. Who knows, some day some young'un may be on whatever replaces CZcams, talking about how LeBron is underrated, because he will have been forgotten by then. Well, okay, maybe not LeBron, but you know what I mean...time passes and your superstars aren't even on the succeeding generations' radar when they are thinking of the names of the greats.

  • @michellejackson6679
    @michellejackson6679 Před 6 dny +1

    I don't think it was disrespect.. I think Larry had confidence in his game and knew he would make it happen. and it happened.. A trash talker that backed it up

  • @charlesdavis7461
    @charlesdavis7461 Před měsícem +1

    Dominique Wilkins was awesome. Byrd would assist all day especially with Johnson. I f Byrd had the ball and Johnson was running to the basket, boom Byrd would throw Johnson the ball and he would put it in

  • @jeanniewalla5647
    @jeanniewalla5647 Před měsícem +1

    Kobe was jealous of Larry Bird , because Larry was so much better than Kobe

  • @joer1512
    @joer1512 Před 22 dny

    Michael Jordan couldn't tell everyone what he was going to do and then do it , Larry Bird is the GOAT forever

  • @dennis2782
    @dennis2782 Před 13 dny

    Look at the players that are talking about Bird......These were the Best at that Time...Many are HOF today... I have never heard more Respect of any Player including Jordan, Kobi, Lebron.. ect.....From othert players..... Must be something to this.

  • @bebedenham362
    @bebedenham362 Před měsícem +2

    Take a look at Birds stats. You will be surprised.

  • @pdubs1575
    @pdubs1575 Před měsícem +2

    Really enjoyed your reaction! But kinda bummin as a few things were missed, or not as funny due to the video so obsessed editing out the few cuss words like damn. But otherwise, really enjoyable!!

  • @user-kq5lf8tp8n
    @user-kq5lf8tp8n Před 20 dny +1

    If Larry Bird was playing today with the wimpiest rules they have where minor contacts a foul. He'll be torturing them night after night and if he didn't do it on the floor he'd be doing it from the free throw line cuz they kept telling him. I could easily see a bird getting 50 points a night. And put Wilt plan today. The single-game record be like 150, he was just that great!

  • @paulbrown8843
    @paulbrown8843 Před měsícem +2

    He played basketball with nothing but black men growing up as a teenager

  • @brendawalters3728
    @brendawalters3728 Před měsícem +4

    Why is it disrespectful to give a heads up on what you are going to do? Seems to me that he is just trying to make it harder on himself. He needed the challenge.

    • @JayHemmsSports
      @JayHemmsSports  Před měsícem

      I’m saying he was disrespectful from a sports context, like in a good way. I definitely wasn’t trying to iterate that Bird was a bad person.

  • @jeffreyjacobs390
    @jeffreyjacobs390 Před měsícem +1

    Yeah - HIL LARRY E US ..... and killer.

  • @jeffreytenly9399
    @jeffreytenly9399 Před 11 dny +1

    Is it "trash talking", when you can back it up?! Think on that.

  • @derkabronen
    @derkabronen Před měsícem +2

    no... the most disrespectgul thing is not saying a player you would do something and do it... it's worst when you say to other player what you are going to do, ignoring the guy guarding you 12:47

    • @JayHemmsSports
      @JayHemmsSports  Před měsícem +1

      When I say "disrespectful," I mean it in a sports context, in a good way. I don't actually think Bird was a bad person.

  • @joer1512
    @joer1512 Před 22 dny

    Kobe Bryant was jealous of Larry Bird because he knew he would never be as good as Larry was

  • @yambo59
    @yambo59 Před měsícem +1

    Looks like the YT police have censored ever little suggestion of a bad word in these videos, really stupid none of it was even offensive.

  • @yambo59
    @yambo59 Před měsícem +1

    Might wanna check your microphone etc. your voice is coming across weak and tinny like an old transistor radio, video's audio is fine -- no offense just thought ya might wanna know your video is great otherwise.

  • @1WildFlower93
    @1WildFlower93 Před měsícem +1

    Only issue Larry Bird would have trouble with in today's league is his mouth.... maybe

  • @cooter-of7ej
    @cooter-of7ej Před měsícem +2

    larry played hurt players to day get a hangnail there out for days

  • @FUBAR1986
    @FUBAR1986 Před měsícem +9

    Larry Bird did all this when basketball was a contact sport….
    🥴🤪🧐🌍🌏🌎🫵😂🫵

  • @masterrserch3971
    @masterrserch3971 Před měsícem +1

    21:06 (and hit READ MORE for a question at the end, if anyone can help)
    That small part is one of my favorite quotes on Larry, from one of my all time fav players (Knicks fan 😊).
    I mean, the whole thing Ewing is saying, you can see in his face like, how he's still "upset" (for lack of a better word), that his boys he grew up with were ever dismissing Bird.
    Lol, but specifically in regards to that timestamp, when Pat goes "..he's DEMOLISHING EVERYBODY" 😂😂😂
    Ps-- right after that clip, there's that old timer telling the Indiana State story, "...Bird... Bird...Bird..."
    Who is that? I always thought Bill Russell, but i actually saw an extended clip of that, and they show Russell laughing in the seats, so now im like "ummm, who is that now?,"
    And i always thought it was weird hearing Bill Russell saying "i love u Magic, but not as much as Bird," almost as if he SHOULDN'T be a Bird fan over Magic, insinuating that he's a Lakers great...
    Ill be 46 in May, started really getting into ball at around 86, 87? So that Russell era is obviously before my time, regardless of how much I've went back and tried to read and watch*.. soooo....
    Any help...?
    (*: Ps--- ive watched/read A LOT about Wilt, cuz growing up, id hear my uncles and stuff talk about Wilt Chamberlain so much, i was trying to find out about him at an early age. But once the internet was a houshold thing, that's when i really ramped it up, i just LOVE basketball so much...
    So while despite not seeing it as it happened, i really laugh, and depending on whats said, will get mad at, people downplaying Wilt Chamberlain's greatness;
    ESPECIALLY the flat out INCORRECT narrative that he was a foot taller than everyone else.
    If Wilt hadn't loved the women more than all, and even worse for the league lol, had the NON-STOP competitive streak of a Jordan, Kobe, or hey, Bird?
    SHIIIIIIIT
    There would be ABSOLUTELY ZERO QUESTION who the GOAT was, you must believe me when i say this.
    Again, i have watched and read and looked up SO MANY things about Wilt, my God. Even the above average Wilt fan probably is unaware of some of the things that make me say that.
    Im not saying that I'm the preeminent Wilt historian, or that he was an aloof athlete.
    It was more of...damn...hard to really put into words... like he knew he could, well, "DEMOLISH" (😂) everyone else, so he scaled it back most of the time.
    If u want an example, and u actually aint one of them sad TLDR guys lol, and made it this far, go look up a real in depth story of his 100 point game, and ESPECIALLY AFTER the game, what happened and how he was.
    That's really a perfect example of what i mean when i say he scaled it back--- keeping in mind this man just scored 100 FRIGGIN points....)

    • @mattbrady5232
      @mattbrady5232 Před měsícem +1

      He was Nolan Richardson. He played on the UTEP team that beat Kentucky for the national championship with an all black team. He won the national championship at Arkansas as their coach.

    • @masterrserch3971
      @masterrserch3971 Před měsícem

      @mattbrady5232 ah, once u saod the name, I remembered THE NAME from Arkansas cuz i was into that team (CORLISS, BABYYYYY), but for some reason I'm putting someone else's face on that name... I am obv misremembering (word?), but I associate 94 Arkansas wirh a much more stoic black coach. And his blank face wasn't "anybody home?," but rather you telling yourself, "okay don't mess up, don't say anything stupid, play your role, this man will kill me wirh 5 words or less" lol
      Regardless, THANK YOU... again, seen this clip numerous times, always thought Big Bad BRuss (Russell has that happy, loud, infectious cackle, Nolan here just seems like he is a happy, always laughing, fun to be around guy!)

  • @soramirez5473
    @soramirez5473 Před měsícem +4

    you wont find a "decent" defender that averaged almost 2 steals a game and almost a block a game.. 1.7 and .8 are BETTER averages than Lebron AND Kobe... who are BOTH strong defenders.. Bird made 3 all second defensive teams.. DECENT defenders DONT do that.. Bird LED the league in 4 seperate seasons in Defensive win shares.. only 5 other players have done that, that many times including GREAT defenders like Tim Duncan and Hakeem Olajuwan.. crazy how his STATS SAY he IS a GREAT defender, BUT for some reason, despite statistics that PUT him in the same company of OTHER great defenders, people JUDGE him WITHOUT any real evidence to back it up.. your EYES.. Dominque Wilkins IS as athletic AS ANY PLAYER TODAY and Bird was a BETTER defender than Wilkins.

    • @jalesbarjo4740
      @jalesbarjo4740 Před měsícem +2

      He didn't guard opposite players. He flourished on cutting passing lanes! He was a trafic sentinel. He read the game better and way more efficiantly than everybody else. A playing coach with a playfull shark mindset.

    • @soramirez5473
      @soramirez5473 Před měsícem +2

      @@jalesbarjo4740 its crazy that people dont understand this. He guarded the ENTIRE COURT.. almost like Kevin Garnett did. just wasnt fast or tall or athletic enough to shut the court down completely like KG but he was SMART enough and DETERMINED enough to pretty much BE EVERYWHERE and BE A PEST..

    • @jalesbarjo4740
      @jalesbarjo4740 Před měsícem +1

      @@soramirez5473 i don't think that he had any other choice anyway, given his physical handicap! Not tall enough to play center, not atheltic or strong enough to guard on one on one. So he used the last most efficiant muscle left, his brain!
      And people can't understand this, because it JUST DOESN'T EXIST! It's never been supposed to be a way to play basketball! You can't understand what you don't know!
      Plus one thing again...Now Joker is playing defense the exact same way! Fast hands, but very unathletic body. (i would even say way slower and less athletic than Bird!). But Jokic has the length. Doesn't help though for such sort of defense!

    • @soramirez5473
      @soramirez5473 Před měsícem

      @@jalesbarjo4740 yea man. Ive seen big man that can jump out of the building struggle on defense. Why? because they couldnt figure out the defensive scheme, they couldnt understand when to rotate, when to stay home with your man. Bruce Bowen is an all time defender. he wasnt really the most athletic guy. he was a dog though

  • @gcollinbyrne
    @gcollinbyrne Před měsícem +1

    Magic was right

  • @1skyofrog
    @1skyofrog Před měsícem +1

    Check out Pistol Pete Maravich. He still holds the NCAA scoring title, done in only 3 years, with no 3 point line.

  • @markparsons1589
    @markparsons1589 Před měsícem +1

    Excellent reaction. Bird is not the best player of all time (even though I grew up in Boston and LOVE him). MJ, Lebron. However, he is top 25 all time, and he is as good of a competitor as anyone ever, even including Michael. best passing FORWARD ever. Also the only person ever to have Regular Season MVP 3 years in a row, be the Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year.. Think about that!!!!! Also the best passing forward ever. There are whole highlight films of his passing.

  • @chenito36
    @chenito36 Před 16 dny

    It's one thing to trash talk, but to back it up. That's another story. Only a few could do that, but Larry LEGEND was the best at it.

  • @sdog7847
    @sdog7847 Před měsícem +3

    Larry's trash talk was not disrespectful it was psycholical warfare. It's not arrogant or disrespectful when you back it up.

    • @JayHemmsSports
      @JayHemmsSports  Před měsícem +1

      When I say "disrespectful," I mean it in a sports context, in a good way. I don't actually think Bird was a bad person.