Is Larry Bird the Greatest of All Time?
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Pat Riley said "If I had to pick one man to take a shot to save a game, I'd pick Jordan. If I had to pick a man to take a shot to save my life, I'd pick Bird"
Then he retired MJ’s number in Miami and not Bird..and Bird and Riley said MJ the best player ever😂
@@mannyneva1760 That never happened! But you can dream.
@@d.lawrence8059 actually yes it has but yeah ok the truth never happened😂
The most epic comment 😅
I don't know about Bird saying that about MJ but, I did see Magic say it about Bird at Bird's retirement event
My favorite Bird trash talk quip: "Is your mother watching this?"
Shon he's not in the conversation because he wasn't an egomaniac and self-promoting fool like so many players today. He laid low and let his play do all the talking. I was a Celtic season ticket holder through the 70's & 80's and I've seen them all come and go. He was one of a kind!
THE CELTICS BIRD AND THE LAKERS MAGIC JOHNSON ARE WHAT SAVED NBA
Yep. No matter who's side you are on, you can't have a superhero without a supervillain.
I think it was james worthy who said and this is paraphrasing "michael jordan makes you look slow but larry bird makes you look stupid" 😂
When you spend half your career resting for the next game of stirring out with an ingrown toenail, it’s easy to last really long. Bird played through everything like he was The Terminator.
Exactly. Hey Lebron, that mustve been brutal beating jimmy butler in disney world for a “title”. Bird only had to go through kareem/Magi/Worthy/MJ/Pippen/Rodman/Isaiah/Dr J/Moses Malone/Hakeem Olajuwon/Sidney moncrief/Bernard King and Barkley etc etc etc
Bird also won nba coach of the year and nba executive of the year. No one else has done that.
And NCAA player of the year, if I recall. Amazing.
The Documentary featuring Magic and Bird~Courtship of rivals, is fantastic!!
Just watched it for the 3rd time lol It's wonderful!
Take this into consideration. Bird was great at everything. He was a phenomenal shooter and passer. He didn't quit until the last buzzer sounded. He challenged not only his opponents but his team as well. Unlike Jordan with respect as well as others, he didn't need to shoot to beat you. He made his team better with assists and rebounds.
Correct, and add to that a next level: he also was coach of the year, and executive of the year, showing that DEEP understanding of the game!
I was born, raised and still live in Southern Indiana, so I'm just a bit biased lol But Larry Bird has gotta be one of, if not the best, all-around basketball player ever.
I was in high school when Larry Bird and Magic played. The best NBA games ever. Bird revived it. He was a great player, as was Magic.
"Larry you have 9 steals do you want to play in the 4th for the quadruple double" Larry bird "I did enough damage" 😂
Love hearing old Larry quotes! Never gets old!
In other words, I don’t care about stats. If I did, I’d average 40 per game
12 all stars in 13 years, and the only year he didnt make it was because he had surgery on both feet, 6 games into the season, ending his season
So basically, every single year he played, he was an all star
This actually brought a tear to me eye. I lived this and for me it was the glory days of basketball.
On that inbounds pass by Isaiah Thomas that Bird stole, Bird was on his tip toes when he made the pass because his heels were on the out of bounds line. He was levitating...SMDH
That is THE greatest play in NBA history.
That's court awareness!
Iconic player from a magical era of the sport. He ran the court with a PILE of absolute legends.
That’s how we rolled in the 80’s,back when basketball was a full contact sport.
Just the fact that Larry was an integral part of saving the NBA from drowning makes him the GOAT, IMO. Add to that his coach of the year and executive of the year, which will likely NEVER happen again, and he's truly in a league of his own, as far as NBA great. I understand that others might be better players in certain, narrow criteria, but Larry truly understood and executed on another level, in ALL facets!
The fact that the year before Larry the Celtics were 29-53 and then as soon as he joins they go 61-21 is very telling. Dude had an immediate immense impact. He was the definition of a team player. MJ is the GOAT player and skill wise but nobody understood the game and had the basketball IQ like Bird
That was Dr.J that were choking each other. They both got ejected. There is a vid out there about this that you can react to. Love your work young man!
Great reaction Shon. Seeing your excitement did my heart good. Keep the vids coming.
He also won the 3-point contest 3 years in a row.
You MUST watch "A Courtship of Rivals"...best rivalry in the history of rivalries!
I'll watch it everytime, with anybody who reacts to it.
LARRY LEGEND...that's all
Nuff said. 👍
Great reaction. Love the honesty and energy. The vid itself is awesome, too. I think this way, that Michael was the greatest one on one ball player I have ever seen play. He could go through a whole team to score with ease. But Larry Bird was the best all around player I have ever seen. He had no weaknesses. He was a better passer and rebounder than any small forward I have watched, even LeBron. And both Michael and Larry had that clutch gene galore!
I live close to where Larry grew up in Indiana. In his younger years he played against my brother. I know his roots and I understand his passion for the game. I think it’s in the soil here. It’s not a seasonal sport in Indiana. It’s a 24/7/365 sport here for some reason. You can eventually get a feel for everything that ball can do. Larry felt it. I can tell w hen he’s falling and can still remain conscious of where the goal is and shoots to hit it.
Great analysis and insight! I agree people may have different favorite players but Larry should definitely be in the conversation! Love your channel and I look forward to your videos everyday! Much love❤️
I don't like the GOAT debate , basketball is a team game. The question I find more interesting is "who is your starting 5?". Comparing a Shooting Guard and a Small Forward is pointless in my mind. But personally, I'd chose Bird over Lebron on my starting 5.
Bird over Lebron every day and twice on sunday
I can't answer that. What I can say is. In 1983. A fifteen year old me ( 53 in thumbnail ) was flippin channels. Larry. Made me stop, & watch. He controlled entire games. Fed all his teammates. Made the games fun, & exciting to watch. PS. Had never watched a game. Before that day. Never missed a Celtics Laker, or Celtics Pistons, game. Until. Larry Retired. Haven't watched more than five minutes since then. I find Today's style of play painfully boring, & hard to watch.
Yeah, I was born in 70 and watched the 79 NCAA final and all those early 80s NBA championships. I actually liked the Lakers thinking their fast style of game was appealing, but everyone knew Bird was the best player. When he shot, you expected it to not just go in, but swish!
Bird & Magic saved the NBA……no one was watching or going to the games…….They raised the league up from bankruptcy & made the NBA what it is today.
Bird and Magic were both incredible to watch... good review... thanks.
I got a great story. After Indiana State and bird lost to Michigan State in the championship a lot of his teammates were excited that they got that far but bird didn't think so. He was irritated and went to go practice for 3 hours after that championship game.
He told his teammates he needed to get better. 🔥🏆💪🐐
Larry did all this back when there was some actual defense being played. Imagine how'd he do with very little defense being played today
Love this reaction, and always love your fairmindedness and enthusiasm. Thanks, too, for mentioning Bird's clutchness on defense; he is rarely given credit for his great defense even though he was voted in 3 times as NBA All Defense 2nd team.
I'm wondering, though, if you might consider, when reacting to basketball, enlarging the frame with the game, even though it would mean making the frame with your face smaller, because we're now watching a lot more people and a lot of fast action in what is now a very small frame, v one face that's pretty much stationary.
LARRY LEGEND IS A UNICORN AND THE TRUE GOAT!!! 🐐 ☘️
1st 50 40 90 and had a 5 year run that averaged 50 40 90 and 28 a game. No other player has ever done that
And in THAT era, not this soft as putty era
MVP...back, to back, to back
Bird did everything so well that anyone defending him never knew what to commit too!
And he was Rookie of the Year 😅
I've been a sub. Love all your music reactions but I'm glad you found Larry. Would love for you to do Larry Bird greatest passer of all time video re-edit, the Bird is the word highlights video, and the stories that prove Larry is the best trash talker video. Thank you for your reactions and love your energy.
One sneaky smooth player
The guy larry bird was choking was Dr. J 😄😄 they had a fierce rivalry
Speaking of Kareem, have you ever seen the movie Airplane? It’s possibly the funniest movie ever. Anyway, Kareem plays the copilot . He doesn’t get a ton of screen time, maybe 10 minutes but they lean into who he really is.
He even showed up in his team's uniform for part of that segment.
@@JasonRule-1 Hush! Why would you give a joke away? What a killjoy!
That Movie 🎥🍿 is a Classic and so damn funny 😆😂🤔😏😆!!! Shon, the other videos that Clayton did on this topic are below 👇....
Who's the Goat 🐐 of Basketball 🏀??? Here are 8 great videos. Of course everyone is going to have their opinion/favorite. So that you don't have to track them down.
All 8 of these videos are great and about 3 years old. *Lebron* has the most views and *Larry* is 2nd out of the list👇.
I personally enjoyed Larry's the most. Not only is he in the conversation of who's the goat 🐐. He won Gold 🥇 *(with his NBA Rivals like Magic and MJ)* at the Olympics, became a Head Coach (Indiana Pacers), then went upstairs to the Head Office.... running everything!! Larry's *GENUINE friendship* with Magic Johnson was awesome to see 👀, on and off the court. Oh yeah, Larry also had *Rookie of the Year* as well 😎
*"Making the Case"* by Clayton Crowley
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Bird told a teammate he spent a lot of practice time shooting left handed because it lessened the pain in his feet. If you watch his games over the years he definitely was a right handed shooter. What's crazy to me is when you see his right hand up close his finger is mangled and crooked - never healed straight.
I always think that a truly great player doesn't just get stats, but raises the whole team. With that being said he took a Celtics team that was the 2nd worst team in the NBA, and as a rookie took the same team to the playoffs.
Shon, you're an awesome young man and I like the fact that you take the time to listen and learn. SO many people miss what's going on because they run their mouths. Great respect sir! I learned a lot watching the videos on my own. I was a Lakers fan during the 80's, but I have since found a great respect for what Bird did.
Watched another video going over Bird’s numbers, apparently not only was he the founding member of the 50/40/90 club he had those numbers 4 straight seasons in the mid-80s.
And for the James Worthy interview they showed here part of it was cutoff. He went on to say “Jordan made you look slow. Larry Bird made you look stupid.”
That's a great quote! 👍
The greatest compliment was “Larry was more dangerous when he didn’t have the ball”, he pulled so much attention that his teammates were guarded softly and open to score easily
You didn’t know, that Kareem Abdul- Jabbar, played on the Lakers?
How is that possible 🤷🏻♂️
Great reaction, though.
I live near Boston, and had the privilege to see Larry play, through his entire career.
Special player.
LARRY BIRD IS THE GOAT 🐐🐐
Love your reactions, Shon.
Yes, Larry was the founder (and 3-time member) of the 50/40/90 club. Something Clayton left off his accolades chart, Larry was voted to the All-Defensive second team 3 times, so he wasn't a slacker on D either. He was one of those guys that didn't try to do it all alone, he made his whole team better. One of the greatest things about his trash-talk was that he would often tell the other team what he was about to do, and they STILL couldn't stop him - not just scrubs, either, but other Hall-of-Famers. How demoralizing is that!?
I loved your reaction to Larry Bird. I subscribed, because you are the only reaction channel to listen to the narrator. It's so frustrating to watch the others, because they always miss all the extra information. Then, they are asking,"what happened"? 😒 Awesome job! ♥️🏀♥️
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That missed shot by Bird at the end of the video could have been the difference between Bird having 3 championships and Magic having 5 championships. A made shot there would have forced a game 7 with the possibility of Bird and Magic ending up with 4 championships each.
Hmmm... Good point!
That second missed free throw by Kareem haunts me to this day. If they had replay, that probably shows its off the lakers and therefore………celtics ball and NO MAGIC HOOK SHOT!
Great, intelligent reaction as always young fella! I've been a Bird fan since I was a 9 year old in 1981 and to me he is easily the greatest ALL-AROUND player to ever pick up a basketball!! And as I got older, my respect for him as a man matched the amazement of his ridiculous basketball skills and his work ethic and his hustle and his TEAM first attitude and his ability to play through pain/injury, etc.....!! Keep learning about Bird the player and the man.....I GUARANTEE THAT YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!!!! Much love and respect 🤙
I really enjoyed your take on that video! 👍
never forget.
Bird swept MJ in the play offs twice.
LB the real goat
Back to back to back mvp no one's has done it since!
3 straight MVPs. 4 time runner up and only had 6 healthy seasons
Played hurt and hustled like a beast
Yea.
He won the third MVP the year _after_ he messed up his back...
In the friggin 80s, the most stacked league there ever was.
Absolutely inhuman.
Larry Bird is an alien or some sh¡t, no human could do wht he did with all those injuries.
@F1rstWorldNomaD heart of a lion. Today's player sit out over a hang nail
Pat Riley said it best when he said if he needed one player to take a shot to win the game, he would pick Jordan. If he needed a player to take a shot to save his life, he would pick Bird.
When he said Bird and Johnson's rivalry saved the NBA, that's no exaggeration. When those two came into the league, there were on 28 teams, and three of them were losing so much money they couldn't meet payroll -- the rest of the league was paying their bills. The finals -- the FINALS -- were on tap delay, showed after midnight.
By the time Bird and Magic were in their third years in the league, not only were regular season and playoff games shown live on network television, pre-season games featuring those two were being shown in prime time.
You should react to Larry Bird and Dominique Wilkins game 7 4th quarter duel. It's amazing
It was amazing, the way they were both taking turns scoring.
Fly BIRD!
Yes.
A courtship of rivals... Is a must watch.
If you have not.
You must check out the video of 15 NBA legends who were terrified of Larry Bird. The respect from these Hall of Fame players says it all. LARRY LEGEND !
Great job Shon!
Bird said putting a white guy guarding him was an insult lol
And with his warmup jacket on
It defies logic.
There is a 4 part series on bird and magic. You have to watch them . The 4th one really explains why Magic and Bird were enemies on the court but friends off the court. When Magic got aids his teammates abandoned him. Bird upon hearing the news called him in the hospital they talked. Magic recalled that and said with tears in his eyes when something like this happens to you you really find out who your friends are! Please watch.
Yes,I believe Larry bird was the greatest of all time,no other player could do what he could, his all around game and he was one of the greatest teammates of all time.
Most people have Larry bird in the top 5 all time
3:26 That's David Thompson he was the only other person in the history of the NBA to match Michael Jordan's 48 inch vertical leap! Mike asked him to present the Hall of Fame Award to MJ as he was a North Carolina alumni and MJ's hero.
The world could only hope to know what kind of greatness he would have achieved if not for his addiction to that God awful white powder..
I’m an 80’s Boston girl, so I LOVE Bird. MJ is the GOAT, but without Bird (and Magic), there is no MJ.
I really feel Bird was the better all around player, but I loved watching Michael, too!
And Larry could have easily gotten that quadruple double, it was the end of the third quarter and they were up so far on the score & when Larry went out of the game he already had a triple double and they were so far ahead, but the coach and his teammates urged him to go in as he had the entire fourth quarter to get a quadruple double - but Larry just said "nah ive done enough damage" - he only cared about winning and chasing stats didnt interest him - too bad cause that quad-double would have been a great addition to his LEGEND.
You should do the whole "Making the Case" series. The other seven are all this good.
When Bird came to the Celtics as a rookie, it became his team from day one. 29-53 before. 61-19 and the conference finals as a rookie without McHale Parrish Ainge Johnson or Walton. He was a basketball player and teammate. To even say top ten and Larry Bird in the same sentence is like putting a white guy on him. Disrespectful. He is number one in my book
With a name like Duncan, he was meant for basketball.
What a play on words! 👍
Love your reaction
He put fear in Jordan Magic and everyone that played ..the most complete player ever
YES
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Clutch shooter, passer, rebounder and defender. Still the best all-around player I"'ve seen except, maybe, for Meadowlark Lemon, but that's a different Legend and venue.
Yeah, Meadow Lark didn't have to stare down the same level of defenders, ha ha!
Sir you really need to watch the documentary about Bird and Magic. You'll learn a lot about them and how much they feared each other on the court but loved each other off the court later on.
Before he got those mvp s he came in 2nd twice
In my book Larry is no1.
My controversial take however is that he shares that spot with Jordan and Magic.
The three greatest and, without a shadow of a doubt, most important players in NBA history.
#1 is most definitely a tie between Bird Magic and Michael Jordan no doubt and im glad I got the privilege to watch them play there will never be another trio like that again
LARRY IS THE BEST OF ALL TIME!
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22 points in 3 quarters he was a natural left hander'
I’ll die on this hill…
There has never been a more complete all around NBA player that ever played than Prime Larry.
Pre-injury Prime Larry did everything well, was an All D 2nd teamer, and had no holes in his game.
There wasn’t anything he couldn’t do offensively on any spot of the floor, and his hustle and clutch ability was off the charts.
The only player I’d even consider taking over Apex Larry is Apex Jordan, and even he wasn’t the shooter from range Larry was.
Shon, please do a reaction to the videos about his trash talk if you haven't already. I just found your channel btw. I like your reactions
You should check out the documentary Magic and Bird A Courtship of Rivals.
Larry-the GOAT
shon,,,, how did you not know???
Bird is one of the goats. Everyone has their opinions....but he's always in the top 10.....once you reach that level. Thats goat time.
Yes the greatest of all time
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I used to work in French Lick! 😂I live only a few miles from Larry!
Larry bird was famous for his beer drinking..Michale tells a story where they were playing Indy at 12 on a Sunday. Larry was out super late drinking with friends and they had to send someone to get him in the hotel room…he came in to locker room 1 hour before game…was quiet and hungover and went and scored 28 points…his mental toughness was unmatched….wasnt the most athletic but he was one of the best. My top 5 is Lebron, MJ, Kareem, Magic and Bird….no offense to wilt, big o, bill Russell but I didn’t see them play..I had MJ 1 until LBJ became leading scorer of all time and is top 5 in assists…best all around player in my book…
James will NEVER live to surpass Jordan in my mind. My top 5 from an old guy : Michael, Bird, Kareem, Magic, Bryant. But there were so many before them v: Dr j, pistol Pete marovich, Jerry West, Bill Russell, etc.
Shon, look up the old McDonald's commercials with Mike and Larry. I bet you'll get a kick out of them playing on being so good
I love Michael Jordan. I was a huge fan of him. Watched most of his games when he was playing. But, in most of the games M.J. scored his highest points in, his team lost those games. Not to take away his greatness. Larry Bird was more of a team player. Having more scores from assist, and 3 point shooting, where his team won the majority of those games. So you have to put into perspective what a players key element was, and how the outcome of the game represented what they did in that game. Like you said, "He played winning basketball ".