The Untold Story: Larry Bird's Passing Legacy Unveiled (REACTION)
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- Larry Bird Greatest Passer of All Time (Re-edit w/ New Footage) (REACTION)
I think it’s safe to say… LARRY LEGEND IS THE GOAT WHEN IT COMES TO PASSING! - Sport
NEW LARRY BIRD TRASH TALKING VIDEO DROPPING SOON!!
….. When it comes to
passing , there’s Magic
and Bird , then everyone
else ! James not close !
There are a lot of G.O.A.T.S, but only 1 Legend. Larry Legend....
Parish said 5000 his points come from Larry.They jumped because he was a dead eye shooter. He was a team player. He was happiest he said when the ball was moving. His court vision was unreal. Watching it when he was happening was amazing.he always knew where all of his teammates were. He said he watched film of his team mates to see how and where they liked the ball. By the way Bird gave lebron his flowers allstar weekend this year and also said he would love to play joker. You got to see 4 crazy stories that prove Larry bird toughest nba player. Share your knowledge with your friends. ❤thanks for great reactions
Larry always knew where everyone was on the court.
So many players have adopted Larry Bird's moves ....it's incredible! His step back...full court passes.....fade away....etc!
Great reaction. This is why we wanted you to see this so bad. You cannot stop Larry Bird videos.
LARRY LEGEND IS A UNICORN AND THE TRUE GOAT!!! 🐐 ☘️
Great reaction! If you want more, "Bird is the Word" is an amazing compilation with more rare, tough plays.
Yes, please.
Bron puts Bird in his top three. Bird was such a great shooter that people sleep on his passing.
Larry is and was absolutely amazing to watch. I grew up in SoCal, and basketball was a family thing to watch together. I remember being very upset, when I found out that Bird wasn’t on our team. I told my Dad, “ but he’s so fun to watch play, and I want him on our team!” He just chuckled, and said a lot of people felt like that. I enjoy your reactions. If you haven’t yet, you should watch Larry Bird trash talking.
Birds BB IQ & court vision was just amazing!!! He had the best eye hand coordination I've ever seen! He was great at reading the opponents moves... he anticipated them. I know it's been said before but I do agree with it..... Larry Bird was playing chess while everyone else was playing checkers!
Ive watched the NBA since the mid 70s. Best all around player I ve ever seen. Top five shooter, passer,small forward rebounder, clutch, team player, toughness, trash talker and representative of the league.
You hit the nail on the head when you said "he just knows"
Bird had court vision so good it almost seemed unnatural at times.
His “no hesitation” made him unstoppable. His BB IQ was off the charts. Hesitation gets you blocked and dropped.
Need to see the " Bird is the word " highlights. Showcases all his skill sets on both sides of the ball and his hustle. AMAZING! Great reaction. Subbed
Grew up a Bird fan in my teens. The Celtics were often televised. I would not miss a game. He was a unicorn
The teammates aware the ball could go their way anytime! This is fun!
Thanks for doing this reaction! Much respect. Again, you’ve only touched the surface of how legendary bird is. I recommend checking out his trash talking videos, his injury and dominance videos, and most of all you need to eventually see the documentary “magic and Bird - a courtship of rivals “.
Most definitely! The trash talking video was going to be next because I saw a clip of it and it's a must watch for me!
I really like your reactions to Larry's videos. One funny thing; you were saying, "don't jump!" when some of Larry's defenders were on him. Thing is, Larry could adjust to any situation in a split second. If they DIDN'T jump, he'd make them pay. If they DID jump, he'd still make them pay. Larry could do EVERYTHING, and that's what made him dangerous and a legend.
Thanks for the very attentive, enthusiastic and appreciative reaction!
As you implied, his teammates working the great way they did was a function of playing with Bird. His game transformed the entire interaction. McHale, for example, talked about Bird's showing and then telling him, "You just get open-- I'll get the ball in your hands" -- or something to that effect (I may not be remembering the exact quote, but that was the gist; McHale said it in the context of talking about Bird's spin pass to him, that jumped right into his hands).
Also, you kept second guessing the defenders, saying "Why are they jumping, they shouldn't be jumping so much." If they don't jump, it's 100% he'll shoot over them. Because he was such a threat as a passer AND a shooter, they were screwed if they jumped, screwed if they didn't. So...what would you do, if you were playing Bird?
In fact, that was my reaction most, if not all, the times you were chastising those who were trying to stop Bird's moves-- what would you do in their position? In every instance, it seems to me, if they'd followed your suggestion, Bird would have used it against them. I don't know if you've yet reacted to the video in which Worthy spells this out by quoting Bird's telling him, "If you do this, I'll score by doing that; if you do that, I'll get around you this way, and score; and if you don't do either of those things but try this third thing, I'll make this other move and score right in your face."
And, as Worthy frustratedly said, he would always back it up, no matter what the defender did.
Last, LeBron has credited Bird with expanding his view of what could be possible in playing his position, and named Bird first when asked for his three top players of all time, speaking of the completeness of Bird's game.
One suggestion: I hope you might consider making yourself the inset as many other reactors do, reserving the full screen for the subject of your reaction. Esp. with sports, it makes more sense, imho, and is easier and more enjoyable to avoid missing any of the action, when the whole team isn't the size of the reactor's head. Not that you're not lookin' good, but you're not running and jumping around and pulling all kinds of smooth moves around a bunch of other running, jumping and passing guys.
p.s. Larry's game isn't the only mind-blowing, super-human thing about him. At some point I really hope you'll react to "Five Times Larry Bird was Injured and Refused to Quit," which will, I'm predicting, open a whole other angle of admiration/amazement/being impressed by him.
Larry bird is like the combination of Pistol Pete, the Joker, and Steve Nash.
All ^^ these suggestions are excellent! Theres also a tribute video to 1986 celtics as a team. Explains and gives praise to each player. It's outstanding!
You gotta do the "GOAT SZN 1985-86" highlights, you'll get to appreciate even more how much this man was running the league back in the day. So many shots in people's faces that don't touch the rim, putting up lefty hooks like it's practice, hitting bombs from three...
You can't fully appreciate Larry without seeing his trash talking. He used to tell where he was going to shoot from and dare them to stop him but he is the best trash talker in the history of the NBA.
Larry Bird's Most SAVAGE Moments
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“15 NBA Legends Who Were Terrified Of Larry Bird”
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Here are some major Larry Bird videos you should watch, Greatest Peaks: Larry Bird. It's a breakdown of Larry Legend. You should also checkout Larry Bird vs Michael Jordan 1991 game highlights, They had a combined 78pts-23rbs-18 assists. Every reactor loves the video.
I love the respect you show for Larry Legend. 🏀
All of his teammates were told in advance.... if you're open I'll get it to you! They knew to anticipate the ball at anytime ....they had to keep their level of awareness high ....Anytime Larry Bird had the ball!
Larry told his team, if you get open, I'll get you the ball. He made his team better. There were so many times when LB probably could have made the shot, but he dished it to someone who had better position. Even when he wasn't having a good shooting game, he got the ball to the guys who were. It wasn't about stats, it was about wins.
They jumped because of how good his shooting was. If they didn't jump, he'd just take the shot. That's why guys were falling to his fakes, too. If they didn't commit, he'd just go around them. On a lot of these, he'd start out looking to take the shot and in the slit second it took to realize he didn't have the angle, he's switch to a pass and send it. Bird wasn't fast, but he was quick. The outlet passes are right in stride, too.
Bird throwing dimes 35-40 years ago that point guards in today's league can't do. Please react to Making The Case: 1985-86 Celtics!!
Larry made his teammates great they were not great when he got there he had one of the greatest single-season turnarounds in rookie history
Larry Bird MOLDED that team to expect the pass! In practice, if they were near the basket & they weren’t ready they’d get beaned! Larry TOLD them to expect it. He said “if you’re near the basket, you’ll get the ball.” Kevin & Robert have both made a point of saying Larry’s assists helped their career stats!
By far the greatest passer of all time. I wanted to say magic is right there also. Those 2 players were from a different universe. Id take either one over any other player ever to build a team around.
Larry Bird worked harder, longer, used more skills and energy WITH GREAT PLAYERS ..... he made greater. GBjj
When I watch this back in the 80s I was just a kid that's when Nintendo first came out it was like watching Mario Brothers Larry Bird was like Mario😮😮😮
bro the that boston team had the BEST chemistry of ANY TEAM.. The show time lakers were a close second. but that Bird team was a HIVE MIND.. and you will hear BOTH his teamates AND opponents say that the Celtics play was ALL DUE TO BIRD.. HE made that team like that.. HE was the leader.. HE huslted, was intelligent, moved without the ball, was unselfish had court vision and ALL of his teamates followed suit cuz when your LEADER does it ALL well, your ENTIRE TEAM is going to fall in line as well.
Bird recently said the difference in pay back then for averaging 14 ppg and 17 ppg was a really big difference, so if he could get his teammates the ball a couple more times a game they would play and practice harder. There are many aspects of his leadership on the team. That's one that not many think about.
we dont have basketball on our tv in the uk but in the 90s jordan was huge all around the world and we knew bird and magic as well we didnt know any other sport star from like baseball or american football but we all knew about those 3 jordan was so big he made nike
Hey Tione, lovin the channel. Great comments.
Larry told his teammates that he would get the ball into their hands.
Bron? lol you guys kill me with that.
lebron is currently averaging .7 blocks for HIS CAREER.. BOTH Michael Jordan AND Larry Bird averaged MORE AT .8.. LOL not much of a difference, but it shows that Lebron DOESNT GENERATE blocks any more than Jordan and Bird were.. But players Like Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwan and KaREEM, (all players that faced Larry Bird and his team) ALL AVERGED OVER 4 blocks PER GAME in some seasons, they ALL average over 2.5 blocks a game for their careers. and Mark Eaton, who also played in that era, averaged 5.6 blocks per game in one season.. Lebron has NEVER averaged more than 1.1 blocks in any season.. so STATISTICALLY speaking, lebron WOULD NOT be blocking those shots with ANY consistency..
The defense jumping I think is because they knew that Larry was a guaranteed bucket being the best shooter in the league so he knew they would take the bait allowing him to dime people up
for as great as Birds teammates were, that year he played 6 games, the Celtics won 42 games.. Bird NEVER lost more than 51 his entire career and before he injured himself in 88-89, NEVER lost more than 56 games
Note that Larry has actually passed the ball to himself bouncing it off the backboard.
Regardijg Larrys full court passes, it should be said he also played softball in earlier years..........😏😏
My top 10 used to change like crazy, but more and more its getting solidified
1- jordan
2- bird
3- kareem
4- wilt
5- kobe
6- magic
7- shaq
8- dr j
9- bill russell
10- hakeem
I don't have Lebron, curry, luka or jokic on there because I'm waiting for them to officially retire. But if i had to predict, in 15 years my top 10 will be
Jordan
Bird
Kareem
Jokic
Wilt
Kobe
Lebron
Curry
Magic
Luka
Dude, the first pass in this video was one of the best and you didn’t include it?
His passes are so accurate because he might as well be Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Brett favre and so on
If your going to look
into Bird vs Jordan ,
I’ll give you a little
preview .. they met
on the court 38 times
and Bird won 27 of
those meetings ! In
fact , Bird swept
Jordan in the playoffs ,
not once but twice !
Jordan was simply a
non factor when Larry
Bird ran the league !
They jump because they had to respect his up-fake. Otherwise he'd simply shoot it over their heads.
So you have to pick your poison.
There's a story that Jason Williams explains what it was like to guard Larry bird.
1st possesion: Larry up-fakes, and Jason jumps clear across his head. - "Stupid Rookie" Larry bird sais as he shoots and makes it.
2nd possesion: Jason decides he's not going to jump this time. - Larry laughs hysterically and sais: "You're not going to jump against the Bird-man?" and hits a 3.
3rd Possesion: Jason doesn't know what to do now and is stuck between half jumping and half not, looking like a dang ourangutan. - Bird up-fakes, cosses over and hits another one.
Jason at this point is questioning his life decisions and sais "I bet you can't take me in the post!"
Larry shouts "Post me up! 5 Down!", catches the ball , pump-fakes, goes around Jason and dunks on him.
This was an old and injured Larry at the end of his career with a back so bad he had to wear a fiber-glass full-back brace to even play.
Laughing, his teammates would have been too terrified to not move without the ball.
18:20 The Larry Bird Iconic Trash Talk video (attached ) has a clip of him passing it off the backboard to himself at the 7:54 minute mark. I think you’ll enjoy it but it’s cool if you just want to watch the pass.
21:34 lol. Lebron has Bird in his top 3. No disrespect taken.
Larry Legend has more basketball knowledge in his mangled right index finger than LeBron will ever have....🏀🐐..
Bird listed 6 9 but he was legit 6 10
Lol, they're jumping because they NEVER knew what he was going to do. He could and would shoot from anywhere. Or he would pass it. He gave them nightmares.
Even better than that, if Bird is around the net, whoever is guarding the shooter takes off. You had to jump to block Larry Bird because of where his release is.
Larry's 6'10.
Bird is the word or making the case would be next. After that, you'll have watched all the necessary videos to get a true accurate ranking on bird
And watch more, he does use the backboard to himself for a shots.
Maybe a little change of pace? Try "Making the Case: 1986 Celtics" and "The Beautiful Game: The 1986 Celtics"
BTW, they are all jumping because he is that good of a shooter
You're not jumping? Swishhh....
Good job! Though Larry is more 6'9" to 6' 10" doing that...
With a permanently damaged finger...so the "feel" wasn't as good....
Larry also played baseball...(which is WHY he has a crooked, reduced feeling finger).
Magic made simple passes look amazing...
Larry made impossible passes look...
Simple.
Larry is the greatest SF ever. His thinking speed is unmatched.
theres a video of lebron james talking about larry bird
Making the Case; 1986 Celtics
AND _The Beautiful Game - 1986 Celtics_
They were too afraid of his jumper so they had to jump.
I think you were looking for 50 greatest passes,reedit
Probably the only better passer than Larry is Magic Johnson. 😁
Lebron is a great passer. But he CONTROLS the rock like a pg does.. Bird did not, most of his passes were either off being doubled or on the move passes. teams had NO time to react to him. nice react
Making The Case: This is a vid that proves a few points about the greatest team, an the greatest player:
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LeBron studied Larry Bird, so did Kobe. Bird did it first. Decades before.
Prime Deron Williams would break his ankles. And White chocolate the best passer.
Bron ain't going to do nothing against Bird. I love your reactions but sorry son it's not happening.