Larry Bird (The Baddest Man Ever to Shoot a Basketball) NBA Legends
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- Larry Bird {The Hick From French Lick} The Greatest Clutch Player ever and one of the top 5 players of all time..The Baddest Man to Ever Shoot a Basketball, as a teenager i grew up in the inner city of NY where basketball was the sport of choice and i remember seeing that 91' playoff game against The "Rifleman" Chuck Person and the Pacers when Bird was at the end of his playing days and his back was almost done and when he came back from the locker room after being hurt and started torching the Pacers in crunch time for the win, i will never forget that game that solidified his Legend to say that was a clutch performance is an understatement!
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I am a 70 year old black man and an all time fan of B Ball .just my opinion Larry Bird is the not one of but the very best there is. He is the GOAT better than all the others and there is plenty of great players. But only one GOAT. LARRY BIRD .
Bird is the best passer rebounder shooter assister Fighter. Clutch player. Period . It’s that simple. GOAT.
Nobody had the combination of skills and IQ that Bird possessed
I'd take Larry Bird over anyone else....Past, present, future.
During my life, I saw Larry, Magic, Michael, Kobe, and Lebron, all I can say for sure is that I'm one lucky bastard!!
I am a lifelong Laker fan and there has never been, nor will there be, a better basketball player. He is the G.O.A.T.
Your comment has been up for a year and there are just 29 people that agree with your take but hey, everybody is entitled to their own opinion I saw Larry play at Indiana state till he retired from the NBA. Great player but nowhere near being the goat
Dude I agree. Lakers fan since 83 but I will always have Larry Legend as my starting SF on ANY team and always and I mean always ahead of LeBron! For the most part Larry was as a player a complete opposite from Jordan....lol Meaning he was white, not athletic or fast. But he or rather Jordan had his desire to win, hatred of losing and the need to have no weakness whatsoever. Bird easily is a Top 3 player!
@@albertanderson1474 Then you never really watched the Bird. why different era. He had all the tools and backed up his talk.
@@michaelmcardle4096 I remember when I was in college and everybody was talking about this incredible basketball player who could shoot the lights out and he played for Indiana State I took a strong interest in him because I was a rabid basketball fan. Larry Bird and I are the same age 63 years old and I followed his career very closely so I know what the man did and I saw every NBA playoff game he played including his NCAA championship game when he lost against Magic Johnson and Michigan State. Larry bird was truly a great basketball player but he is not the goat. Unfortunately he does not make the mount Rushmore of basketball greats He’s close but not quite and I think Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Bill Russell would agree
look at old school playeres not dream teams.
@@albertanderson1474 but the hick from french like had the passing of Magic, the fade away shot that MJ learned Def and was way better at a 3 point shot. I never consider MJ Kobe, James in the top 5
If Larry played today he would be a product of the same fitness and strength trainers and technology of the Era.
If he had to face Curry for 3 point dominance. My money is on Bird. Bet the mortgage.
80's Lakers fan here. I bow down to Larry Bird.
Larry Bird didnt talk trash, he told your fortune.
Most of the time. Hand delivered ass whuppins. And it still goads Jordan fans. Which I am. In playoffs against Bird 0-6. Broomed out of the building twice. Even with him scoring 63 in a game. Bird and his skills led the way.
LMAO you're right !!!
you hit it on the button..im gonna shoot it right here and yo mama cant do nothing about it..lol.
*BABE-BRADY-BIRD* the best 3 to EVER play at their sports. EVER.
E.V.E.R.
In 1974 Larry Bird was my P.E assistant when I was in the 8th grade and he was a senior at Springs Valley High School. At the beginning of each P.E. class we always ran 10 warmup laps around the gym. One day, a trampoline was set up on the basketball court and there was Larry Bird bouncing on it. As the whistle blew and we reluctantly lined up to run our laps, our teacher (who was also Larry's basketball coach) blew his whistle, and said "Larry is going to take 10 shots while jumping on the trampoline. If Larry makes any shots, each one made will delete a lap that you must run." Coach threw the ball to Larry and right there in front of me and the entire boys Jr. High P.E. class, Larry proceeded to hit 7 out of 10 shots while bouncing up and down on the trampoline, 40 feet away from the goal. Larry set an incredible example for me as a young boy in French Lick, Indiana that helped me through my entire adult career. If you are willing to work very hard and never give up, your dreams can and will come true. Thank you Larry.
Hi Walter, I live about 30 minutes away. Let me know when your coming and I will send you a list of must sees including some very rare Larry Bird memorabilia.
Springs Valley High School
Springs Valley High School
That's an awesome story! Kind of jealous you were in the presence of greatness haha! I went to Boston alone, paid $300 just to see him nominated at the sports museum at the TD Garden, 6 years ago. Hands down, one of the best nights of my life. :) Wanted a picture with him so bad but he had 2 big mofo security guards next to him making sure nobody bothered him. I always respected that about him, how he maintains his privacy.
Hey thanks. It was a very cool time. Little did any of us (including Larry) have any idea that he would go on to be Larry The Legend.
Jordan was the best showboat/dunker and he was also hella clutch. Bird is the BEST basketball player to ever live. There isn't a guy in the league today I'd take over Bird. He's been MVP, coach of the year AND GM of the year. He'd own the Pacers right now but Jordan sold more shoes than he did.
Ok...here it comes. I was a ten year old boy growing up in Boston and I already loved basketball. My dad looked at me as we were watching the end of the college championship game and said 'That guy is gonna play for the Celtics'. I didn't know anything about the draft, or what Auerbach did. I just remember thinking to myself, "How do you know that?".
I had no idea what I was in for. I am so thankful. So thankful for the Tuesday and Friday night games with Bob Lobel. Watching with my Dad. I thought that everyone should play like Bird. And it took a number of years to realize that most couldn't. The effort and skill. I am so blessed to have been able to watch his entire career. The 60 point game in New Orleans where my Dad and I could do nothing but laugh every time he hit a shot. Like, OMG! To watching that game late in his career against the Blazers when he hit that crazy three at the buzzer to tie it up with the best friend I've ever had and we were jumping around the living room like we were two. And everything in between.
After watching so many Bird videos, one thing I noticed...he's the only guy I've ever seen make the opponent cry. Not because of losing a series, just a regular season game. Guys crying. Losing all control of bodily function... forgetting how to properly call a time out. Just flailing away with their arms because Larry had just taken away their ability to comprehend reality.
I only saw Bird play one game live. And I was lucky enough to get tickets as a Father's Day present for my Dad to see the Celtics against the Sixers at the Hartford Civic Center and Bird hit the game winner from the right baseline with .5 seconds left on the clock.
Honestly, I get a tear in my eye when I watch the highlights. Because I thought it would last forever. I really did. I thought he would last forever.
Thank you for sharing. I love this 🙏
Thank you for sharing! I've always been a Celtics fan. There's no one like Bird he makes the game beautiful to watch when he plays.
Thank you for sharing, I too felt like he could last forever, and it made me sad to see him fade. At least he wasn’t one of those wheeled out on a stretcher; that wouldn’t fit a legend at all
I'm die hard Lakers fan n I totally detest, despise, loath n abhor Bird! But that's just because he was too good! Much respect, n love for Bird for bringing out the best in the legions of his era, Thanks n God Bless!
@Stephen Forfer STEPHEN CHECK OUT BIRD'S HIGHLIGHTS FROM HIS SENIOR YEAR AT INDIANA STATE THROUGH THE 1986 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR (THE 3RD FOR BIRD & HIS LAST). HE MADE PLAYS THAT EVEN HIS BLACK TEAMMATES & FOES ALIKE STILL AMAZES THEM! SUBSEQUENT YEARS TO HIS RETIREMENT 2 ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURES & VARIOUS OTHER INJURIES TOOK SOME OF THE WIND OUT OF HIS SAILS! BUT FROM 1979 THROUGH 1986 HIS PHYSICAL PROWESS WAS MUCH STRONGER THAN PEOPLE WANT TO GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR! WHY? YOU KNOW WHY! I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT DO I?
White boy, my black butt. Gotta watch that classic full game of him goin back and forth against Dominique wilkins and the hawks. AND he was talkin traaaaaaash. Bird was a monster
Someone in his younger years steered him right and mentored that game. Those were the Black Men on that Court he talked about. The Waiters and Employees at that Hotel. They embraced him, thag was the beginning of Confidence, Ability and Skill. And talking smack.
He's not the "baddest white dude to ever play the game." He is the baddest "MAN" to ever play. He is the greatest of all time.
2nd best , MJ was better. Now if we are talking best primes? Than Larry is in the discussion
Believe it
Are you saying like offensive GOAT?
If Defense is part of the equation then overall, he’s under MJ & Kobe by far
@@BiasFreeTV Bird made more game-changing defensive plays than any other player. His is the best player ever.
@@BiasFreeTVplayer. He said player. That means player not just one trick pony
Lebron had to change teams and recruit players to win.
Bird just made everyone around him better, and won!
No one can understand how good bird was unless you watched him. Watch his games he was absolutely unstoppable. He literally had no weakness he was great at every aspect of the game. In an era that you could tackle someone to stop them from scoring. Bird would be scoring 40 points a game in today's game
Steve Garris Agree, he averaged 9 apg, unselfish and could have took more shots but chose to win rather than average 40 ppg...
Him in todays league would be just unfair
Hed put 80 today in a game today with the rules
Larry was so fun to watch, Bobby knight said it the best " his mind was like a camera", he was always 3 steps ahead of everyone else
Agreed. Everyone sleeps on him its crazy. They just don't understand how great he was.
Bird was magic on the court. Fierce.
Bird was so fun to watch. He made the NBA interesting.
Larry Legend, top 3 greatest of all time.
MJ, Bird, Kobe.... that's my top 3.
Bird was the best ball-handler ever! Basketball IQ off the charts too.
“There will never, ever, ever be another Larry Bird.” Magic Johnson
The guy was just sick! He was absolutely an incredible player and teammate! The 700 thumbs down are the ex- NBA players he embarrassed night in and night out!
Just ask naysayers. Who in his era. He didn't beat? The answer is no one. He beat everyone.
But you can't give the players he played against a thumbs down ... There was NOTHING THEY COULD DO... PERIOD! Dude was UNGUARDABLE ... He TOLD them where and how he was going to shoot ... with something like 6 seconds left, TOLD Xavier McDaniel where he was going to get the ball and how he was going to shoot it ... he got the ball, just like he said... moved to the exact spot ... just like he said... and drilled a 3 pt shot ... just like he said . And after all that, his response ... Damn ... I didn't mean to leave 2 seconds on the clock ... brutal!
Larry all day every day.
He was clutch for 48 minutes never mind the last 2 mins.
Scenario..
End of 1st quarter
10 seconds to go and your team is 2 up.
You will end the quarter 1 down not 2 up because Larry didn't want to loose each quarter,never mind the game. Smartest player ever and competitive off the scale,was a class class act.
Greatest forward of all time for so many reasons,even the era he played in was the toughest and greatest era of all time too.
❤️The Bird Man
I agree with Michael Jordan's take, Larry Bird was the greatest shooting small forward in the history of the game!
Actually Jordan said, "by far the best Sh g to play the g"
Bird said Bernard King
@@michaelares4240 Bernard Kimg was the truth as well. Knee injuries killed his career. Brotha could play his ass off...... one of my favorites
@@michaelares4240 I remember Larry Bird once telling coach Hubie Brown not to have Bernard King guard him during one game. He told him he had a strong chance to drop 60 points on him that game. I also do remember Dr. J during an interview which he stated that Bernard King was his toughest opponent to guard. That was a surprising statement when fans in the audience heard this. And then applauded Dr. J.
The best compliment I ever heard about Bird came from Bill Russell. I guess he called Bird and essentially told him, the way you play makes me proud to be a Celtic. High praise indeed!
All you Labron and Michael Jordan Fans, Larry Bird and magic Johnson saved the NBA NOBODY ELSE. And Larry Bird was Better than Anyone else PERIOD.... Best TEAM PLAYER EVER SEEN IN THE NBA.... Too Slow, Can't Jump and touch the Top of the Backboard. So you don't need to Touch the Top of the Backboard too Win a Game. When the Game was On the Line and Everyone else Knew Who's going to get the Basketball 🏀 and they still couldn't STOP 🛑 Him from winning the Game 🎯🎯🎯. Larry Joe Bird 🕊️ NUMBER UNO, ONE THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN.
You are correct, Larry and Magic kept basketball alive. They made it look so easy. I got to see Larry play one time when he was in college, he was great then and in my opinion, he was the greatest of all time.
This is hilarious greatest of all time Larry Bird he was great but not greatest wow not remotely close to the goat.
Even Larry himself will tell you he's not the greatest of all time.
Besides the 92' Dream Team, Larry's 86' Celtic team could be the best ever!
The 1986 Celtics are definitely in the discussion. The only problem I had with the 1986 Finals was that everyone knew that the 1986 Celtics would steamroll over the Rockets. It was understood that the Celtics beat the Rockets in 6 games. But still, did anyone truly believe that the Rockets even had a chance against that Celtics team? Although the Rockets beat the Lakers, the 1986 Celtics would have better cemented themselves if they had beaten the Lakers back in '86. No fault to the Celtics though, they could only play who was there. My personal best NBA teams were: 1972 Lakers, 1983 Sixers, 1986 Celtics, 1988 Lakers, 1992 Chicago Bulls & 1996 Chicago Bulls. All of those teams fit the argument as best teams of all time. NOTE: Anyone of Bill Russell's Celtics are definitely in the discussion. I would have to tap the shoulders of someone who watched that era or read books about those great Celtics teams. Way before my time.
Bird.... maturity, heart, drive, determination, toughness, leadership, intelligence... Bird was a basketball genius and legend.
His shooting was awesome, but man could he make some "wtf was that" passes! ! He and Magic made basketball, something I was terrible at, fun to watch.
Bird was the most intelligent and complete player of all time. He is the Goat, no question.
Larry Bird is the greatest all around basketball player that has ever played the game. Great shooter, magical passer, strong rebounder, solid defensive player, he did it all. And the only players to ever match his heart and competitive fire is MJ,Magic, and Kobe.
Something that is always left out of the 3-point contest is what he said when he received the $10,000 check for winning. The interviewer said, "Are you going to donate this to charity?" Bird replied, "Yes. The Larry Bird Fund."
He said that for real?
Larry Bird was so confident he said who is going to come in 2nd in the 3 point shoot out.
39:32 just watching the Atlanta bench has got to bring a smile to your face.
I'm so glad to have been able to see Larry Bird play
Larry Bird would be in my first 5 picks of all time.
Me too. Wilt, Russel and Kareem tied for 2nd because neither were third place guys and russel said Wilt and it's no even close. Then Larry, then Michael. Top five.
I grew up on Showtime Lakers ball with Magic shooting no-looks, Kareem money with the sky hook, Cooper locking down the defense, and Worthy the penultimate finisher. Larry Bird would singlehandedly dismantle teams in those years. He was the greatest serial killer in the most competitive rivalry I have ever seen in basketball.
I agree I love sports he passed without look he was a master of the game.
Besr quote ever about Bird and the three point contest is will come in second and with the money baal half there just raised his hand. And another great one is I am going to play this game left handed and he was right handed. and did it.
@@michaelmcardle4096 another good story is when Jordan's Tar Heels were practicing on one side of the Boston Gardens and the Celtics were practicing on the other side because they were playing a Saturday game with both of them that day ( back in the day they used to do a college game sometimes before a pro game) and and the ball rolled over from the North Carolina side to the Celtics side, Larry picked it up and Jordan ran over to get it from him. Larry looked him in the eye and threw the ball up in the stands.
@@licensedtochill4882 Never knew that man cool story. Merry Christmas
@@michaelmcardle4096 Merry Christmas to you as well🎄
Went from picking up the trash on his walk to backing up the trash in his talk.All the way to the Hall of fame 😁
Here in England Bird, Magic, Dr J and a few others were the big names but Bird was the man, an absolute legend of the sport.
I remember watching him play, the guy just always knew exactly where to be at the right time. He was a basketball genius if there ever was such a thing.
Best complete and clutch basketball player to ever step on a court.
I was young, but I remember seeing Oscar and Wilt...... They both had overwhelming athletic ability, as did others like Dr. J who came along later. Larry Bird did not have that. Instead he had a mind for the game; a killer instinct; and a shooting stroke that was unbelievable. He was indeed 2-steps ahead of everyone else, anticipating where the ball was going. All the players I've mentioned were great, as well as dozens of others. But Larry Bird was simply amazing because he did what he did with limited athleticism.
Oscar didn't have overwhelming athletic ability, he had overwhelming fundamentals.
@@krisharkleroad8 Absolutely....Oscar was the Original Big Fundamental.
If Bird was on the court, we had a chance..... LOADS of memories watching hin play...
Larry Bird had the sweetest jump shot i’ve ever seen. I watched his shot turn nets inside out as it ripped through the bottom of the net
Tough man. An assassin on the court. Maybe, not too unlike Ali... he would tell you, sometimes in detail, what he was going to do on the court. Worked hard[er] for everything we saw him do. "There will be another Larry Bird", Larry Bird once said...words from a humble man from humble surroundings.. What's not to like or respect about Larry Bird.
I grew up watching Larry bird , Magic jonson ,, kareem but I only now realize that Larry Bird was most effective nba player ever.
Larry Bird is Timeless
It has been my privilege to watch Larry Bird and John Stockton among many outstanding players throughout the years . I thank you guys.
It's completely disrespectful to even compare Lebron James to Larry Bird. Kobe Bryant alone was superior to Lebron but Larry Bird & Michael Jordan are the two greatest individual players i've ever seen play the game of basketball. They consistently performed at levels that almost defy belief.
Correct
Larry Bird was so good it was scary.................... ZERO DOUBT.
What a great video. The respect these guys have for each other is what pro sports should be about all of the time.
larry bird by far the greatest shooter ever watching him is just mind boggling and he truly simplified the game better than anyone i have ever seen.
Jerry West,you ever see him? And Pistol Pete. Calvin Murphy, and Oscar.In college Rick Mount from Purdue was the best.John Stockton?Chris Mullin?
I'm 48 yrs old and I've watched pretty much all of the best players. ....Bird is one of the best basketball players I've ever seen hands down no question. ....top player Bird then Jordan then Magic.....sorry my opinion
Larry Bird was my hero in the basketball world. You could count on 100% , 100% of the time, always expecting the unexpected, admiring the competiveness. His story from colege to pro was remarkable inspiring, and i think that Larry Bird was the greatest ATHLETE of my lifetime, I LOVE YOU LARRY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MEMORIES
Agree! 100% I was there jumping out of my seat watching real basket ball. Larry was the best ever and he couldn`t even jump. I`ll take Larry against any body...Even Jordan!
the best basketball player ever
i agree.
I think he could have been if he didn't blow out his back
He was a humble man in saying "I woulda been boss by now" regarding having worked on the garbage trucks
I was born in 73 and grew up in southern Indiana , small town ( population 2500) so Bird was THE hero for my friends and I. The NBA was at its peak of popularity when I started watching it at the beginning of the 80s and Bird was the guy I wanted to watch. Clutch players are the most exciting and NOBODY was more clutch than Bird
Larry Bird was the epitome of what we need to be in America today. He wasn't a white basketball player playing black basketball players. He was a basketball player, who played basketball against other basketball players. Truly a legend.
Best All-Around Forward in NBA history
Wilt said the same. He was different, not for ability but for skill and an unquenchable desire to "win that darn game".
I hope you realize that in his prime for 3 years in a row there is no man alive or dead that has ever played the game of basketball better. The only forward in history to win mvp 3 times in a row (the other 2 were centers). He is also the only player that can say he beat every hall of famer he competed against including sweeping MJ in the playoffs. You can argue and deny all you want. The championships, the mvp's, the stats and the level of competition does not lie. Look it up yourself if you don't believe it. For 3 years in a row he was and remains the greatest basketball player on the face of the earth. Thank you Larry Bird.
I'm not saying Bird wasn't a bad man on the court, he just shouldn't have messed with Doc and 3years is not a lot. Many people did much of what Bird did for more years, Wilt, Mike, Koby, These guys were the best for far more years than 3. Bird was one of the greatest court minds to ever grace the grace game but the best players for 3years does not equate to the greatest play!
Bird is the GOAT
I grew up watching Magic, and Birds entire careers. I've seen some of the greatest, and probably in my opinion the greatest (Jordan) to ever play. That being said, from 1984-1988 Larry Bird was unquestionably the best player in the world by a decent margin. Look it up. He won 3 STRAIGHT MVPS, and in 1987 he HAD his BEST SEASON, and finished 3rd in MVP voting. Bird in his prime was impossible to describe unless you saw it yourself.
Larry Bird was far better than Jordan.
The only reason Jordan scored as well as he did after Larry Bird retired is because corrupt Commissioner David Stern changed the rules on how defense got to be played. Once Bird and Magic retired, gone where the physical defenses of assault and battery, mugging, and attempted rape that Larry Bird had to deal with his entire career.
What makes me say Larry Bird was far better than Jordan?
-Three consecutive League most valuable player trophies, something only two other players in history have done and neither of them was Michael Jordan.
-Larry Bird's 23 - 11 record vs Michael Jordan Head to Head.
-Larry Bird's 2-0 playoff record versus Michael Jordan, both of them 3 game sweeps.
-Larry Bird winning NBA Coach of the Year
-Larry Bird winning NBA Executive of the Year
Add in the fact that he won Rookie of the Year, NBA Finals MVP, and Hall of Fame first ballot, and Larry Bird is the only player to accomplish ALL of that. And that's not including the greatest turnaround in NBA history by one player; the Boston Celtics the year before Larry Bird joined them only won 29 games, and with Larry Bird is the only addition to that same team the next season won 61 games; that 32 game difference is still an NBA record.
And, let's not forget that Larry Bird dominated an era where 90% of the NBA's GREATEST PLAYERS OF ALL TIME list are from. And I'm saying this as a New York Knicks fan
The Best to Ever Touch the Ball Larry had it All . And he Stood tall tall tall .
He Lived up to every thing they expected and more for boston
Bird was the best player I have ever seen. Is outside shooting and rebounding was inspirational to me has kid.
Larry made a man reconsider his life within 30 seconds.
God Bless Larry Bird..
The clutch factor and his accuracy is why Bird is the Goat
What amazes me as I watch Bird make shot after shot is that he is not just making almost every shot, it’s that he is hitting the dead middle of the basket and gets that perfect swish!
I think Bird's IQ and ability to play team basketball (making everyone around him hall of famers) is the reason he could honestly be considered the greatest.
You can name all the magnificent blessed athletes possible but can they make the other starting 4 hall of famers and champions while they too aren't blessed with god-given talent?
Some have come close to this feat but no one has ever been entirely influential the way Bird was...
Bird was a force multiplier
Absolutely
Larry could totally play in today's game. He defied big men and athletes. The fact that they called BS calls all the time too would help him.
Larry Legend is the GOAT
Absolutely!
I think Larry is the GOAT period. Not the greatest white player, the greatest player of all time. "Clutch"
Larry Bird all day
Larry bird is the GOAT
What I loved about Bird, the ball rarely hit the rim
Bird!! Nobody ever will be like Bird!!!
Larry Bird The Baddest white Hype Ever to Shoot a Basketball!
that' just stupid.
Larry Bird the baddest period. Who cares what color he was.
I was a senior high school basketball player when Bird played Magic for the college championship game. I proceeded to watch Larry dominate the NBA for the next 12 years, I just didn't miss Celtic games through the 80's and early 90's. Best basketball ever played during this time--Celtics, Lakers, Rockets, 76'rs, Pistons, etc. Sunday's meant "The NBA on CBS", no cable so only a hand full of major games per month--they were EVENTS! Bird was fkng unreal people, UNREAL! Cold blooded killer, blue-collar white boy hick that dominated.
You can make the argument that he would be even better in this game today with his shooting prowess.
As someone who has been following the sport for over 40 years, I can emphatically say that Bird`s name should be mentioned in the GOAT conversation. Not athletically gifted, this man made up for this with basketball knowledge, uncanny instinct and shooting ability few have ever possessed. The young people like to talk about LeBron, but most of them have no idea how good Larry Bird really was. The man could hoop!
Young people like what they see. There really isn’t much video worth watching before 1980. The quality and sound is terrible. Thank goodness for todays quality!!
one of the greatest to ever play
Best pure shooter i have ever seen.....opened up his whole game.....intelligent assassin.....
He said Bernard King was the best big man shooter he ever saw
Who says he didn't have skill?? Couldn't jump etc. etc.?? That man had nothin but skill!
I'm sick of them saying he was unathletic and couldn't jump high. BS man
@@heidilemmer7936 - To me it makes it all the more embarrassing for them because for a guy that "wasn't fast and couldn't jump" he was making the rest of them look like amateurs and absolutely wiped the floor with them.
The greatest basketball player I have ever seen, by far.
Those were the best days of basketball! The great lakers against the great Celtics.
I,m with you.
Larry Bird -- The Clint Eastwood of the NBA.
Lol
What set Larry apart was his will to win. Others can shoot. and other can pass, and make plays, but Bird had an extra drive and desire. He fought for every rebound, was always in the right place, hustled every play, moved without the ball, set the right picks, anticipated on defense, and on top of that had some of the finest shooting and passing skills. Bird studied the game, and knew his opposition, and was more prepared than anyone. He out hustled you, he out thought you, and then he out performed you.
Naww, that is way more credit then I would give bird.
@@calicoesblue4703 Naaw…he had it right. Very few guys playing in today’s game would be able to hack what those guys did back then. Too many pansies playing now a days.
Watching all these highlights...my God, I love Larry Bird. I am so lucky to have watched his career. He is, truly, one of a kind. I don't idolize people, but, man, this dude was relentless. And, as I get older, I realize more and more just how much he meant. Yes, basketball is a game. But, there is something in his eyes. He was always so effing focused. He always put it all on the court. And, he meant more than just basketball. Without question, the best player I've ever seen. There are many who had more ability, but he's the best basketball player I've ever seen. It's not even close.
Shout out to the hotel workers who let this kid play with them, your kindness gave us all something special. There's a moral to this story, a powerful one.
Top 5 quote I've ever heard!! "If I need a shot to win the game, I'll take MJ, if I need a shot to save my life, I'll take Larry!" Pat Riley.
Randy Wissler a great quote - one of my favorites.
The strongest player ever mentally he challenged all his opponents and is without question one of the most respected nba players of all time.
All phases of the games were top notch. His passing game was unbelievable.
He's the best there ever was n in my book, the best that'll ever be 🏀😲❣😍
I guess you never saw Oscar play. Which year did Bird average a triple double?
Pat Riley with one of my favorite quotes: “I’d want Jordan to shoot the ball to save the game, I’d want Bird to shoot it to save my life”
The behind the glass over the glass into the hoop was unbelievable.
100 years from now in basketball, it will STILL be BIRD!💪👌
All phases of basketball considered Bird was the best.
Wrong. Bird was definitely better and for many clear,manifest reasons topped by winning championships.
Jim Truscott
Wilt was a better player and a better athlete
Wilt Chamberlain led the league in points 7x rebounds 11x and assists 1x (Bird never led the league in any of those)
Wilt was the best player on a Sixer team that won 68 games (they won the championship) and a 69 win Championship Laker team that won 33 games in a row
Woody harrelson
@Professor Liberal Avenger Talking about basketball and Trump is brought up. 😂😂 Bet your the ones that thinks it's racist to deport illegals right?
Remember when Larry tried to leave the Celtics and join the Lakers in order to win a championship? I sure don’t
Larry vs Lebron not even an argument. Long live the legend! 🍀
Lmao..... I love that..... none of those players back then would ever do that
They had too much pride back then