Who's the better player, Magic or Bird? 🏀

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  • čas pƙidĂĄn 4. 07. 2024
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  • @matthewhuszarik4173
    @matthewhuszarik4173 Pƙed 23 dny +343

    One of the greatest competitions and friendships in sports.

    • @ernestchapman466
      @ernestchapman466 Pƙed 16 dny +1

      Sports History

    • @roba9309
      @roba9309 Pƙed 16 dny +1

      I don't think "one of." I can't get enough of these two

    • @FazMaTaz
      @FazMaTaz Pƙed 15 dny

      Definitely.

    • @bkjay08
      @bkjay08 Pƙed 11 dny

      Wasn't competition Magic was better

  • @markschroeder4538
    @markschroeder4538 Pƙed 17 dny +125

    2 Great Players
    2 Great Questions
    2 Great Answers

  • @BrandonHardaker
    @BrandonHardaker Pƙed 20 dny +172

    Great interview. Very humble. Go Magic! Go Larry!

  • @jimc1197
    @jimc1197 Pƙed 19 dny +98

    How can you not respect the relationship these two guys have

  • @frankmack7023
    @frankmack7023 Pƙed 20 dny +186

    And Larry Bird's mom said Magic was her favorite basketball player

    • @vernonarmstead8385
      @vernonarmstead8385 Pƙed 9 dny +1

      Class act, their both great and 90% of their NBA Players greatly make millions and millions more than those crying about who’s THEIR GOATđŸ‘»

  • @arriuscalpurniuspiso
    @arriuscalpurniuspiso Pƙed 17 dny +41

    The mutual respect is unmatched. They brought out the best in each other

  • @butchbrown7405
    @butchbrown7405 Pƙed 23 dny +119

    Beautiful gracious answers. I wish we could go back in time and do it again. ❀

  • @dannypham7562
    @dannypham7562 Pƙed 19 dny +98

    They are BOTH phenomenal players. I was blessed to see them competed against each other fiercely and gentlemanly in the 80’s. Thanks to both!!!

    • @lgarcia67
      @lgarcia67 Pƙed 15 dny +2

      fiercely, for sure
 gentlemanly
 😳🙄

    • @robertvannatta2349
      @robertvannatta2349 Pƙed 15 dny +1

      @dannypham7562 I like what you said but I didn't like the Celtics and really disliked the Lakers. But at the time it was so fun to watch it all go down. It was when you only got a few games on TV so most of these games were in the finals. We really got spoiled getting to watch what we got to see about these two great players and the teammates they had.

  • @jkilmer421
    @jkilmer421 Pƙed 18 dny +49

    Classy humans right there

  • @jerryfritz374
    @jerryfritz374 Pƙed 18 dny +52

    Two Gentlemen with a Whole Lotta Class

    • @mikecushing7276
      @mikecushing7276 Pƙed 4 dny

      Larry was better player
      Pat Riley, the game is on the line. Give it to Jordan, life is on the line, give it to Larry Bird.

  • @victorramirez1197
    @victorramirez1197 Pƙed 18 dny +16

    TWO HUMBLE ANSWERS

  • @ChasteenChastain
    @ChasteenChastain Pƙed 20 dny +32

    Two beautiful human beings , no B.S., and what Great, Great players. When they met in the NCAA championship l knew it was going to be wild in the NBA, and it was even better than l imagined. Thanks for the memories.

  • @FrankPerron-fv2mg
    @FrankPerron-fv2mg Pƙed 19 dny +22

    This is what greatness looks and sounds like.

  • @BloodSugarxx
    @BloodSugarxx Pƙed 20 dny +28

    These guys are shining examples

  • @jfxdillon
    @jfxdillon Pƙed 22 dny +45

    Class.

  • @clydeb7713
    @clydeb7713 Pƙed 22 dny +36

    What a magical time in basketball 🏀

  • @phillipsprague3275
    @phillipsprague3275 Pƙed 17 dny +13

    They each made the other a better player during their basketball! Now that they’ve retired they make each other a better human being!

  • @soniapulido530
    @soniapulido530 Pƙed 16 dny +6

    2 classy gentlemen. Humble, classy. Authentic.

  • @larryps
    @larryps Pƙed 19 dny +10

    Both are awesome. We don't have NBA players like them from their era.

  • @DL-fm6sv
    @DL-fm6sv Pƙed 17 dny +5

    Spoken like true sportsman and gentleman. Excellent.

  • @richorichards4655
    @richorichards4655 Pƙed 23 dny +35

    True sportsmen

  • @forrester8983
    @forrester8983 Pƙed 18 dny +9

    two classy guys

  • @AffectionateDna-lq6fr
    @AffectionateDna-lq6fr Pƙed 20 dny +9

    This is golden.

  • @user-ed2et3er1g
    @user-ed2et3er1g Pƙed 17 dny +5

    2 Legends much respect for both gentlemen

  • @williamjames6009
    @williamjames6009 Pƙed 22 dny +26

    Great answer Great 👍🏿 Friendship

  • @wymanspace4173
    @wymanspace4173 Pƙed 17 dny +4

    David Letterman has a style that put people at ease. His shows are really entertaining.

  • @barblesstv_shorts
    @barblesstv_shorts Pƙed 22 dny +15

    Woulda been funny if Magic said “well, I judge by success too, so me.”

    • @shaunmail2083
      @shaunmail2083 Pƙed 22 dny +3

      I have this feeling he toyed with joking and saying it, and then thought, no, it's going to be a much more poignant moment if I really stay sincere

    • @dr.lesbarrett921
      @dr.lesbarrett921 Pƙed 17 dny +1

      😂😂😂
      Glad he didn't, but would've been funny!

  • @gordonmeredith4774
    @gordonmeredith4774 Pƙed 18 dny +4

    Respect... Miss the old days 👏

  • @deannaryan3531
    @deannaryan3531 Pƙed 16 dny +3

    Pure class, both men , men being the key word.

  • @ericalozoya2519
    @ericalozoya2519 Pƙed 21 dnem +15

    Two of the greatest players of all time?

  • @fuferito
    @fuferito Pƙed 17 dny +3

    This is for all the great ones we lost along the way.
    Namely, Larry Bird's mustache.
    I really miss that guy.

  • @aaronfelton4540
    @aaronfelton4540 Pƙed 18 dny +4

    They saved the NBA in the early 80s

  • @ericcooper4749
    @ericcooper4749 Pƙed 18 dny +3

    The bosses of the 80s

  • @karlb4327
    @karlb4327 Pƙed 16 dny +2

    Forever memories. They both were absolutely amazing. And great worthy rivals.

  • @danthurman9076
    @danthurman9076 Pƙed 17 dny +2

    What a pair of true sportsmen, congratulations to both of you all stars.

  • @zhara2585
    @zhara2585 Pƙed 16 dny +2

    They made the rivalry worth watching. Larry ive seen perform miracles with a Ball.

  • @nonyab3843
    @nonyab3843 Pƙed 23 dny +18

    Love this.

  • @danielsilvas5352
    @danielsilvas5352 Pƙed 23 dny +20

    LEGENDS!!

  • @meyendscope3606
    @meyendscope3606 Pƙed 21 dnem +24

    WNBA players Reese and Clark, especially Reese, should take notes from this relationship between Magic and Bird.

    • @user-db8yx2ts4c
      @user-db8yx2ts4c Pƙed 20 dny +5

      You had a great start, but lost it in the second half.😄

    • @meyendscope3606
      @meyendscope3606 Pƙed 20 dny +2

      @@user-db8yx2ts4c Lost it in the second half, what are you talking about?

    • @meandcaryn
      @meandcaryn Pƙed 18 dny

      @@user-db8yx2ts4cplease careful, you are showing your racism again
lol

    • @jamescleveland8599
      @jamescleveland8599 Pƙed 17 dny

      The thing is they never mentioned each other clowns like you do. They have no beef you do

    • @dr.lesbarrett921
      @dr.lesbarrett921 Pƙed 17 dny +1

      Unnecessary knock. Watch out, your bias is showing😂😂😂

  • @user-kv8qx9kw8j
    @user-kv8qx9kw8j Pƙed 18 dny +2

    Two gentlemen with class.

  • @user-wy3kx9zg2y
    @user-wy3kx9zg2y Pƙed 16 dny +1

    This is how you flex your greatness through humility and being humble :)

  • @grumpyhemi
    @grumpyhemi Pƙed 17 dny +2

    Two of the best.. real champions..

  • @AKAUncleBeau
    @AKAUncleBeau Pƙed 4 dny +1

    Best point guard and best small foward to play that I ever watched. Definitely the best two passers I ever saw.

  • @justgottabemyself
    @justgottabemyself Pƙed 20 dny +2

    Both enjoyed having fun, playing the sport at an Elite level, and experiencing every level of the sport so far, I would hope.

  • @georgejamestaylor7572
    @georgejamestaylor7572 Pƙed 18 dny +1

    This is how sports men of genuine talent, recognise talent in others.
    I'm British, my knowledge of Basketball is at best limited. But it is a testament thier greatness that I'm aware of them. Thier collective names have travelled the Atlantic ocean, I have heard of them & they have been awesome ambassadors of thier sport. I'm totally aware of how, under the spotlight of pressure, they both succeeded & brought fans into thier sport, because any sports fan, can recognise when people are playing at thier best & as spectators we all got to observe thier passion & as a spectacle it is rewarding to have watched, enjoyed & be entertained by two awesome sportsmen, who played thier sport in the spirit great sportsmen like these two, played in!!!

  • @user-wu8qm3cn3i
    @user-wu8qm3cn3i Pƙed 15 dny +1

    They don't make them like they used too !!! LEGENDS

  • @rickgermean9789
    @rickgermean9789 Pƙed 3 dny +1

    Angel Reese, and CC Clark. Friendship, competition, the will to win.

  • @phonkey
    @phonkey Pƙed 23 dny +6

    You're Larry Bird

  • @albertwhitlock3825
    @albertwhitlock3825 Pƙed 17 dny +1

    Magic and Larry is the PERFECT script!! Black vs. White. East Coast team vs. West coast team. College championship game opponents. Rookies together. They saved the league!! Great players on great teams!!

  • @lattimerjones9460
    @lattimerjones9460 Pƙed 5 hodinami

    One of the greatest rivalries ever! And I’m blessed that I was around to see it

  • @user-zn8rq5hu2b
    @user-zn8rq5hu2b Pƙed 17 dny +1

    Class act on both Gents.Legends

  • @Justin-xs2yo
    @Justin-xs2yo Pƙed 12 dny

    You know its a great rivalry when its still gets talked about.

  • @bobbylawson2414
    @bobbylawson2414 Pƙed 17 dny +1

    Two of the best I grew up watching the Rivalry was so good and another good watching Kobe

  • @danielsmith4202
    @danielsmith4202 Pƙed 14 dny

    Now that's "CLASS"
    Two great players,two great men.❀❀❀

  • @Logan-py8we
    @Logan-py8we Pƙed 16 dny +2

    Two class acts

  • @tmws1
    @tmws1 Pƙed 2 dny

    This is a beautiful exchange. We need more of this now!!

  • @RGRundeRGRound
    @RGRundeRGRound Pƙed dnem

    They Both spoke THE TRUTH ❀

  • @lgarcia67
    @lgarcia67 Pƙed 15 dny

    The expression of Larry in his face is saying “of course I am, wtf are you talking about?” 
 pretty funny.

  • @TheSkilledfighter
    @TheSkilledfighter Pƙed 15 dny

    I love the friendship and respect they give each other.

  • @koolaid9273
    @koolaid9273 Pƙed 16 dny +1

    True friends till the end.

  • @NP-sz9fb
    @NP-sz9fb Pƙed 15 dny

    ❀ Alot of athletes need to LISTEN to these two!!!!!!

  • @carrollbridges6427
    @carrollbridges6427 Pƙed 16 dny

    Two of the Greatest NBA players to ever play the games. The NBA was awesome to watch in the 70s, 80s, and 90s

  • @Lewise512
    @Lewise512 Pƙed 15 dny

    This type of humbleness doesn't exist anymore

  • @markdrake2047
    @markdrake2047 Pƙed 17 dny +1

    It was fun watching both of you guys you're both the best.

  • @ntvypr4820
    @ntvypr4820 Pƙed 18 dny +2

    It reminds me of the McDonald's commercial the two of them made in the 80s where they kept saying one ups on each other; I'll go off the backboard down the I don't know what, but the winner got the Big Mac😂
    This was really great of the two of them.

  • @kevinmcwilliams714
    @kevinmcwilliams714 Pƙed 18 dny +1

    Two different players both awesome players love them both 👍

  • @lmelty71
    @lmelty71 Pƙed 16 dny

    So glad I’m a Gen Xer and saw these guys in their prime. Loved watching the big games of baseball, basketball n football of that era.

  • @youknownow1948
    @youknownow1948 Pƙed 17 dny +1

    They made my life enjoyable. I lived through a period of the best basketball that will ever be played. Magic and Larry....SUPERSTARS!!!

  • @jimobrien5105
    @jimobrien5105 Pƙed 15 dny

    Two iconic legends and 100% class acts. The NBA could use more like them.

  • @davkatjenn
    @davkatjenn Pƙed 15 dny

    These two guys gave us all some of the best basketball playoffs in history. Magic and Larry are the best.

  • @berrhearn3087
    @berrhearn3087 Pƙed 14 dny

    Two absolutely all-time great players who are very humble..but can bring the đŸ”„ when pushed in competition

  • @LeonNobles
    @LeonNobles Pƙed 9 hodinami +1

    Beautiful man.

  • @Kenneth-c4j
    @Kenneth-c4j Pƙed 14 dny

    I am so glad that Larry and Magic. Are buddies.

  • @thehonesttruth8044
    @thehonesttruth8044 Pƙed 17 dny +1

    And that my friends is what sports should be about.

  • @brenthenry4211
    @brenthenry4211 Pƙed 16 dny +1

    Best era of NBA basketball ever

  • @supermanjeffclark9430
    @supermanjeffclark9430 Pƙed 14 dny

    This is two legends setting an example that should be followed by everyone who follows the thought of respect is earned not given and everyone deserves the respect they have earned

  • @williamzitzner6181
    @williamzitzner6181 Pƙed 15 dny +1

    2 true professionals

  • @johnk3119
    @johnk3119 Pƙed 15 dny

    That is class something seldom seen today both were a joy to watch especially when they played each other. 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @DaleKoenig-vf2uk
    @DaleKoenig-vf2uk Pƙed 16 dny +1

    Larry Bird Is The Goat.. I saw him when he was playing for Indiana and he was playing in New Mexico and Mexico State University and right at the buzzer he he threw a three-point shot full court and went in the basket and they won the game by one point. He brought the place down

  • @teddyraffudeen7056
    @teddyraffudeen7056 Pƙed 15 dny

    Both gracious men.

  • @Therealgordongekko
    @Therealgordongekko Pƙed 15 dny

    They brought me up in my childhood. I love these men

  • @freddyvelasquez4168
    @freddyvelasquez4168 Pƙed 46 minutami

    As a kid, I had a poster of each of them on my wall. In the posters Larry is shooting a free throw and Magic is throwing a no look pass.

  • @walther9161
    @walther9161 Pƙed 16 dny

    Two true gentleman and the two best players in history. Period

  • @Ellipsis-101
    @Ellipsis-101 Pƙed 16 dny +1

    They brought out the dog in each other


  • @fredhinkel1872
    @fredhinkel1872 Pƙed 17 dny +1

    Two of the greatest

  • @brianwebster3435
    @brianwebster3435 Pƙed 15 dny

    What a beautiful relationship between two real men and warriors.

  • @user-ej5bd4oq5v
    @user-ej5bd4oq5v Pƙed 15 dny

    God bless both of them, they both gave us their all and that what matters in the end! We loved watching both of them work their skills, having said that Larry was the best!!

  • @chrismarciatetisindles5876

    😂😂😂😂😂 their friendship is genuine

  • @jeffellis8724
    @jeffellis8724 Pƙed 16 dny

    Both are such humble players

  • @carlfrye1566
    @carlfrye1566 Pƙed 17 dny

    Two greats who know your whole life matters more than your proffesional life.
    Something which only comes with age and experience.

  • @johnnakoulas1274
    @johnnakoulas1274 Pƙed 17 dny +1

    True friendship ❀

  • @Americaisgreat1-w3f
    @Americaisgreat1-w3f Pƙed 7 dny +1

    That was the greatest era in Basketball!! Lakers vs Celtics the greatest rivalry in Basketball!! Loved that era!!

  • @gregoryherber4703
    @gregoryherber4703 Pƙed 16 dny

    True sportsmans..and Legends of the courts

  • @jimevert7099
    @jimevert7099 Pƙed 11 dny

    Between the two ....eight championships in 9 years it was an unbelievable thing to watch I started watching in 83 that 84 series was still the absolute best NBA finals ever I was up till 1:00 in the morning trying to watch it on tape delay.

  • @Tutankhamen210
    @Tutankhamen210 Pƙed 16 dny +1

    Great answers from both legends!đŸ™‚đŸ‘đŸ€™đŸœ

  • @davidgolden9914
    @davidgolden9914 Pƙed 16 dny

    Both of them are class act.

  • @roldangonzalez7360
    @roldangonzalez7360 Pƙed 15 dny

    This was in my opinion the very best era in NBA history, PERIOD!

  • @fletch4813
    @fletch4813 Pƙed 15 dny

    Can anyone else just watch magic/Larry clips all day?

  • @SleepyCanoe-mu4js
    @SleepyCanoe-mu4js Pƙed 13 dny

    Much respect to both and to each other!

  • @clintbrown9622
    @clintbrown9622 Pƙed 6 dny

    The NBA in the 1980s! Wish I was older so I couldve watched it all as it happened. However I watched the classic games saw both of them toward the end of their playing days and I was able to watch MJ and history be made. I miss the NBA being so strong it seems like it may be getting back to wide spread all stars and amazing competition.