Luka Fan Reacts to "Why Larry Bird is the GOAT"
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LUKA HAS NOT DONE 50 ,40 ,90 .. STOP IT... LUKA IS NOT BIRD AND NEVER WILL BE BIRD
@@deereddd_7-Thirteen 2nd that! Larry is on a different level!!!
@@Minnymooooo These guy are crazy to compare Luka to Bird
Damn Marc, you were my favorite basketball reactor. I hope everything is good I wish you would stick to it because you were one of the most interesting with your knowledge and commentary on CZcams. Come back brother and react to basketball.
Greatest by position, 1 J. Stockton 2. MJ 3 Bird 4 I hesitated Duncan/Chamberlain 5 Kareem, Bench Kobe and the other PF. Bird was playing chess, when other were playing checkers. The 60 agaisnt the Hawk, hawk's players were cheering him. 1st ever 3 point contest, came in locker, "who's coming second" win that shit with his warm coat on.
Worthy also said "Jordan will make you look slow, but Bird would make you look stupid"
😂 perfect synopsis
LOL! Nice take! ✅
@@peterschmitz2549 💯
Yup that comment is on point
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Larry started his career with ROY,2nd,2nd,2nd,1st,1st,1st,2nd,2nd in MVP. Basketball genius.
That’s probably the most impressive underrated stat I’ve seen… def a genius
@@MarcTheSparcTV as ROY he was 4th in MVP voting
@bouchthecollector also, I’m from Dallas, and I’ll tell you Luka ain’t no Larry Legend, Holmes
67% of 1st place MVP votes for the entire decade of the 80's.
Bird is definitely top 5 all time.
I think so… but it’s all preference
The Best player
Love Bird his film never gets old
Larry Bird probably had 4 times more clutch plays than any other player in NBA history. Greatest all-around basketball player OF ALL TIME. Bird is my 1A. Jordan is my 1B. Magic is my 1C. They all played completely different styles of b-ball, but they were all on top of the mountain. I still think Bird had the slightest edge. Sleep on him if you will, but his talent, drive, hustle, will and skill are second to NONE. Greatest player of all time.
Bird.
As a lifelong Rockets fan, I must say that Larry Bird and Kevin McHale were disaster for Houston.
Same!! They ARE the top 3.
The ONE thing that I think makes Bird stand apart from everyone else is that he would tell the opposition exactly how he was going to beat them and where on the floor he'd do it from, and they STILL couldn't stop him. Nobody else with a GOAT claim talked as much noise as Bird and he backed it up.
Yeah that was one of the crazy things I found out about him and his trash talk in the next video I reacted to
You got dat right.
That and the clutch shot percentage
As a lifelong Laker fan, last possession of a game vs Celtics, I had my hands over my eyes like I was watching a horror movie, 'cause I knew Bird could snatch a victory away from you. Just like that.
😂 I bet that was nerve wrecking
@@MarcTheSparcTV it was man.... traffic stopped in the last 3 minutes of their finals so people could watch or listen to the game. That Celtic-Laker Rivalry was an amazing time to be a basketball fan.
James Worthy said he had nightmares that the ball went in...
One of his passing secrets is that him and the team practiced well together. He like Magic could have scored much more but they were team players.
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Absolutely. The two best, ever, at assists.
It really was a 'team' sport then.
Bird was 50-40-90 in two consecutive years and they were the two years after his 3 consecutive mvps
Yeah he the truth
@@MarcTheSparcTV And he was the first to do it! Do you know the Twitter bird is named Larry in honor of him?
@@lynnhoffman247 lol yeah I remember that quirky fact from somewhere
@@MarcTheSparcTV 👍🏼
Bird and Stockton are the only two players to hit 50/40/90 more than once.
Larry is phenomenal. I still wonder how he was able to make all those records and play as hard as he did. With that career ending back injury he got in 85. How was he able to play the rest of his career with his broken back without any pain meds? He is unbelievably strong willed.
Yeah def one of the most strong willed competitors to ever play the game
His back injury wasn’t career ending.🤣
@@mannyneva1760 he meant with a back injury that would have been career-ending for anyone else
@@alanela6761 let’s pretend Bird is the only player ever that could’ve played through that back injury…ok got it🤣✌🏽
@@mannyneva1760 I'll let you pretend. I believe it. It was not a slightly painful, minor back injury
Larry Bird and Magic Johnson had the most perfect rivalry in the history of American SPORTS, not just basketball. Their deep respect for each other was forged out of more down-to-the-wire, unforgettable games than in any era, before or since. To watch them play each other was to see basketball taken to levels no-one had imagined before. They made each other better, and they made their respective teams better. It was a unique time in American sports, one that may never be repeated.
Never forget Dennis Johnson
Very underrated. RIP
Celtics got Ainge from the Blue jays.
Yeah he was pretty good
Jordan will amaze you...
Bird will embarass you....
Larry Legend☝
Iconic
Dominique Wilkins would agree!(Embarrass part) 😂
Then again, he also said, Larry Bird NEVER TALKED TRASH TO HIM AGAIN AFTER DUNKING ON BIRD(once) in his rookie year, first game in the garden. Larry Bird told Dominique he is going for 40points against him that night and ended up with 39 points.
Dominique is never factual. He is a good example of an NBA PLAYER who has been released from Larry Birds Torture Chamber after 13 years.
...and make fun of you while doing it.
Yes, Larry won THREE straight MVP awards. The only others who did that were Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russel. But there is another number underneath that one which is WAY more amazing. Larry was voted at #1 or #2 for MVP EIGHT seasons in a row.
What?! That’s the most underrated stat I’ve ever heard… that should definitely be in this video
Bird was 50/38/89 career, with 1980 ROY (4th in mvp that year), then 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2 in the next 8 mvps, against much better players than they have today. 38% career 3pt, and he only attempted 2/game. 89% ft @ 4.4 /5 per game. There is noone in the game today that is better than bird was... btw, he was a two time member of the 50/40/90 club while he was still the only member
@@alanela6761 yeah that man was on another level
@@MarcTheSparcTV oops... I left out that over that eight-year span, Larry got 67% of all the MVP votes
@@alanela6761 his legend keeps growing with every story I hear
Pat Riley comment about Bird - “If I had to choose a player to take a final shot to win a game I’d choose (Michael) Jordan, but if I could pick one to shoot to save my life I would pick Bird.”
That’s a great statement. He obviously felt a more emotional tie to Larry Bird, but acknowledged the greatness of MJ
For your life!!! #TRUTH
@@vincentdominguez236 💯
@@MarcTheSparcTV Nope. He never coached either one. Coached AGAINST them. He is the ultimate "impartial judge".
@@scottbaron121 big facts
I'm a HUGE Luka fan, love his game and he's on his way to all-time greatness, BUT STOP with talking about him like that now, NO WAY can he be compared to Bird after 3 years, you never know what will happen with Luka, maybe injuries get him, maybe the league catches up to him and they learn how to defend/stop him, let it play out for the next 5 years and we'll see what happens, but for him to be mentioned as good as or better then Bird he has a LOOOOOOOONG way to go, and again im a HUGE Luka fan, not trying to dis him at all, just keeping it real.
Out of everyone in the league to take the mantle as the next best player of a generation… I’m confident in Luka… it’s early, but I’ve seen enough… the talent is there… all he needs is some time and some accolades to go with him
@@MarcTheSparcTV That's my point, he has no titles or anything yet, let it play out and see what happens then we'll talk about his place as a all-time great or compare him to Bird.Lot's of players have great talent and skill but will never be at the level of Bird or other greats. If i had to make a starting 5 from TODAY"S NBA Luka is on it for sure, he's a legit super star. I'm just slowing the roll on him compared to Bird as of now.
I’m glad you said that I don’t think they should be compared at all if anything maybe LeBron and I still port Larry bird above LeBron
Hey, Bird is different than anyone who ever played the game. He had finesse and more importantly you knew he had his thinking cap on all the time on the court. He made you appreciate everything happening in the game like you were in there with him!
Bird is different bec you know he loves the game, tries to perfect his game, involves his team members and doesn't disappoint his fans. That's how he stands above the rest not just skill or pure talent. He brings you into the game!
The players that Bird played against back then were some of the greatest in the game. The players that Luka has played against today, not even close.
Yeah… overall it’s a little watered down
Yeah but you can’t blame that on Luka. Luka is doing what he can with what he is given. He can’t help that the game changed and now taking a 3 with a guy right in your face is acceptable because of that got damn word analytics. That made todays game much harder for me to watch us old school guys like passing the ball to get the best shot not jacking off balance threes or guys shooting 30% from three yet they still shooting. Those guys should get a red light until they can show improvement. Until then you better not shoot a 3. But it’s excepted in todays game and it’s ugly basketball for the most part.
With the best of the best as opponents, he STILL got back to back to back MVP’s
That’s incredible! The competition was craaaaazy when he won… very underrated
@@MarcTheSparcTV
His MVP streak is actually longer.
Rookie year (1980) to dbl Achilles/bone spur surgery year (1989) =
4, 2, 2 ,2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2 and 67% of all votes in that period.
1980 - _Kareem,_ Dr. J, Gervin, *Bird*
1981 - Dr. J, *Bird*
1982 - Moses Malone, *Bird*
1983 - _Moses Malone,_ *Bird*
1984 - *_Bird,_* Bernard King
1985 - *_Bird,_* Magic
1986 - *_Bird,_* Dominique
1987 - _Magic,_ Jordan, *Bird*
1988 - Jordan, *Bird*
(Winners in italics were strong winners that season)
Larry not only won 3 mvps, but he finished 2nd in voting 5 other times, making him the only player to date to finish at least 2nd in the mvp voting 8 times
Rare breed
Larry is the GOAT 💪
You might be on to something with that comment 🧐
Lots of people think so. I don't think it's one person. He's one of many. He is up there. Way up there. He thought rings around everyone and was too many steps ahead of them with his slow azz. You're probably right, though.
@@donolinger6904 yeah when you get up there with the greatest of the greatest, it starts to become a preference more than who is actually better
The craziest thing about Bird’s assists is that he wasn’t really a point forward like Bron. Depending on what point of his career you’re talking about, Tiny Archibald, DJ, or Danny Ainge usually brought the ball up for the Celts. Dude got 6.3 assists per game career playing without the ball in his hands most of the possession. The condensed version of his infamous left handed game, think it’s 2/14/86, is on YT. Aside from his audacity playing 3 quarters primarily lefty against a really good Blazers squad, that game really demonstrates how Bird operated in the flow of a game. It also shows what a beast the Glide was, as a double treat!
Yeah I def gotta check that left handed game out… I feel like Jokic has that similar passing ability without actually running the point
Luka is like Larry except not as good a shooter rebounder passer and defense player
😂😂😂 c’mon man
Ha, this is both funny yet true...
@@aramhamparian9641 😅got me on that one
Yea pretty much. Young fans have no idea how good Larry Bird was, he's a Top 5 or 6 All Time guy and I hate when people compare Luka to him because as much as I love Luka, he's no Bird he was in fact a better shooter, a better rebounder, a better passer, a more clutch player, a more driven player. Larry was so good he can only be compared to the very best of all time Top 5 players.
@tlomac I wish I’d have thought of that 😂
Give Luka 13 years, in a physical game, and we’ll see….. until then…. Larry Bird is the GOAT
Not arguing with that
13:32 my favourite Larry Bird Moment, watching as coach of a team that just hit a buzzer beater to go into game 7 , the whole place went crazy yet Bird was stone cold.
Yeah I love those moments when a coach does that… that was the same face Villanova coach had when they won the NCAA championship at the buzzer a few years ago
I still believe the Pacers got hijacked in 98. Go back and watch pippen on Mark Jackson (he and Divoc the 2 most underrated players I know). I don't know what you call pippen's D, but I'm pretty confident scotty could tell us what toilet paper Jackson used, afterwards...
@@robertmerritt7317 😂Pippen one of the best defenders of all time
I was a teenager when all this was on the rise. It was an amazing time to be a young man in North Carolina, seeing Worthy, Jordan and Perkins playing at UNC, then going to DOMINATE at the teams that picked them. The Lakers were LOADED...LOADED!!!! Magic Johnson could get it done...but add the rest of them and there is NO way you don't flood the floor with confetti.
For the Celtics, in large part, Bird was it. In many ways, it is like his college team, him and 4 other guys no one ever heard of and NEVER heard of again...yet he took that team 33-0 and to the NCAA championship game all by himself. All you need to do is listen to the players that played against him, guys in the Hall of Fame, just listen. In the end, you are what others testify of you. I love that Magic and Bird saved the NBA and paved the way for so many others to reap the rewards and its SO beautiful that they're good and close friends.
If Bird ain't in your top 5, you don't know basketball. Great vid bro. I'm subbed!!
B TW, Luka remind me more of James Harden than anyone else...
Appreciate you! Yeah I see James Harden too… I feel like Luka is more creative with his playmaking… but Harden is more creative with his shot making
Bird should never ever be out of the top 3 but I have him as the Best ALL-TIME
Some people disrespect Larry, I guess they thought they were as tough as Rodman, McDaniels, Worthy , Scott n limbeer.
N not just c how bird embarrassed them. Is rather what they said afterwards.
Great observation
The real difference between LA and Boston in those years - LA landed James Worthy in the middle of their run. Boston got Len Bias in 86 - who immediately died. If Bias and Reggie Lewis had lived, they win a bunch of rings.
That’s the 2nd time I’ve heard that… interesting take
Larry was a monster dude. His confidence in himself and his team was unmatched.
Luka is looking good, exceptional, but he ain't Larry. He could be tho! Dive into Larry Bird's trash talk stories man, they are awesome!
From the first few years of Luka, he might be… he def got the potential
I don't see it happening. He is going to have a lot of injuries soon and it doesn't help that he likes his peanut butter chocolate covered cakes topped with fudge and ice cream. I hear he eats seven of them a day.
@@trhansen3244 😂😂😂 yeah that’s wild… he’s gonna have to take his body seriously if he wants that longevity
Luka isn't nearly as good as Bird was. He is product of today's NBA.
@@mikebuckets I mean… he has not had enough time to prove it yet… but I’d bet that he’ll be on that level soon enough
Have a look at some Kevin McHale videos -- the greatest low post forward in the history of the game and killer shot blocker at the other end. Parrish is also VERY underrated. If he was the go-to guy on some other team, he would have had 24 ppg easy. He was the 3rd option in Boston but he was a terrific shot blocker and lane-clogger.
Dude, McHale may well have been the greatest post player of all time. Unstoppable 10 feet in.
Maybe… I can name a few up there in post game probably better though
There is one thing that separates Bird from the rest and I have asked anyone to name another player in NBA history who did this as much or more than Bird. Bird would actually tell the opposing players and team what the play was going to be and where he was going to shoot from - and they still could not stop him. Byron Scott tells the story the best. czcams.com/video/h2iyF5dgiIo/video.html
In this story remember - Bird was playing against the Lakers who at the time had Jabbar, Magic, Worthy, Scott and Michael Cooper.
That’s on another level… the best of the best
Totally agree!
Ironically, there’s a handful of MJ subs that like to slide in “MJ did that as well.”
HAVE NOT SEEN OR HEARD OF “ANYONE” MATCHING LARRY BIRD’s BRAVADO!
Just as amazing, I have never heard of ANY Larry Bird Trash talking and not backing it up. The only exception that would come close is when he told Dominique Wilkins he was going to score 40 and only wound up with 39.
Insignificant. Sorry, Larry Legend! Only 98% on that one. LOL
That particular game has much more Psychological “Tell’s” (poker term) about
Dominique Wilkins and other NBA players of that era who anguished, suffered, and exposed Nationally under LARRY BIRD’s trash talking and backing it up. ALWAYS OVER LOOKED and NOT CALLED OUT IN REACTION VIDEOS is Dominique minimizing and changing the ‘points’ LARRY said he was going to score. Always emphasizing his ONE DUNK on Larry and following up with the statement “Larry Bird never Trash-talked him again BECAUSE HE KNEW..? that Dominque would keep COMING AT HIM.”REALLY? Keep in mind this was Dominique’s rookie year, First time playing against Bird at Boston Garden. Larry Bird NEVER TALKED TRASH TO Dominique Wilkins AGAIN?
The (Human highlight Reel) is a Classical case of displaying symptoms of “NBA PTSD.” Larry Bird was chronic trash talker that backed it up every time. How many other NBA STARS embarrassed on National TV in front of family, friends and fans fail to mention Larry Bird as one of the greatest. I realize that Reaction videos are slowly changing that.
I guess you could say, “Larry Bird is the Founder of NBA PTSD!” Just ask the Human Highlight Reel. 😂😅…👋🏻
ps) Dominique Wilkins was truly Amazing athletically. One of the best ‘Dunker’s in NBA history. Very entertaining to watch. Poor defensive fundamentals. The question begs, DW noted for top of the ‘food chain’ speed, agility, quickness, and leaping ability, how?… HOW? …did Larry Bird break DW ankle on a jab step-back? In the game against Atlanta where Bird scores 60 points, with DW nearly leaning on Bird in the far corner…does Bird rise above DW and shoots a 3 pointer so close to his face…” they could be related!”👀…Atlanta Hawks player falling off bench in laughter. Man, it would be tough playing against Bird.
You had some really good takes on this video.
I watched Larry's spectacular career and his whole story seems like something out of a movie. Yes, there is "Hoosiers", but it's about a coach and an underdog team that he leads to greatness. Larry's story is about "the greatest Hoosier" and how he came to be known as Legend.
A shy, small town boy from basketball hotbed Indiana like puts together a legendary NBA career that was defined by his amazing set of skills, unmatched ability in the most clutch moments and a work ethic that was second to none.
Larry more than made up for not having the natural athletic ability of many of his opponents by being the most mentally and physically prepared player and by giving the greatest effort. Some fans are awestruck by quick, high-flying players and their over-the-top athleticism. Sure, it's hoops eye candy, but ithe dazzle doesn't count for any points. The ball still has to go in. Larry wasn't very athletic by NBA standards, but he had a wide set of skills that he used to average 24-10-6 over a 13-year career.
He took the Celtics from a 29 win team the season before he arrived in Boston to a 61 win team his rookie year, and that was before McHale and Parrish joined the team. Larry led the Celtics to five finals appearances in seven seasons ('81-87), including three championships. In those five finals he averaged 23-12-6, including a near triple-double in the '86 finals when he averaged 24-10-9 for what many consider to be the greatest team in NBA history.
From '84-86 he won three consecutive MVP awards, joining Bill Russell and Wilt as the only players to have accomplished this. He was selected to the All-NBA first team in each of his first nine seasons from '79-80 to '87-88 and made the All-Star team 12 times. Each of his streaks were broken in '88-89 when he played in just the first six games due to season-ending surgery on both of his heels to remove bone spurs.
All twelve of the players who were on the '89-90 Eastern Conference All-Star team (Larry, Isaiah, Michael, Barkley, Ewing, Parrish, McHale, Dumas, Dominique, Reggie, Scottie and Dennis) are in the Hall of Fame and so are eght of the players who were on that year's Western Conference All-Star team (Stockton, Magic, Worthy, Hakeem, David Robinson, Karl Malone, Drexler and Mullin). Considering the incredible talent that Larry played against, his accomplishments are even more impressive.
Larry had the NBA's first 50-40-90 season in '86-87, shooting .525/.400/.910 and improved on it the following season shooting .527/.414/.916. He also won three consecutive three-point contests, the only ones he competed in. He is undeniably one of the most clutch shooters in NBA history.
Charles Barkley once said, "Larry Bird can't run or jump because that was God's way of keeping the game fair." Maybe he's right because can you imagine a player with the basketball IQ and mastery of fundamentals that Larry had in an athletic body like Michael's or Dominique's?
Marc - loved the video and your reactions... I'm old school - graduated high school (outside Seattle) in 83. DJ - Dennis Johnson (Seattle Sonics 1979 World Champions) was my guy - then Larry Legend. His hustle, his passes, his tenacity. It will always be debated who is the GOAT. Larry, Wilt, LeBron, Michael, Bill Russell, Magic, Kobe, etc... but on my all-time starting five - Larry Bird is my first pick.
DJ was my guy… hated to see him leave Seattle. Then again I hated the Sonics leaving Seattle
Larry GOAT! 🔥🔥🔥
Yesssiirrrrr 🔥
Is Luka the alpha male in the league? Larry was
Definitely
Watch his 50 greatest assists video. And throw some love on McHale, the man of a thousand moves. His post game was legendary, only behind Hakeem's. Hakeem is in my all time 5, but at the 4.
Dr. J said it. Worthy said it.
It's hard to understand from just highlights but if you saw him playoffs you would swear he was in a time tunnel spotting 2-3 seconds he was that 'clairvoyant' to use the guys words. It was crazy!
Here are the awards for Larry Bird’s first nine seasons
rookie of the year
Second-place MVP voting
Second-place MVP voting
Second-place MVP voting
MVP
MVP
MVP
Second-place MVP
Second-place MVP.
This during the time of Charles Barkley, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, kareem Abdul Jabbar, Dominique Wilkins, Dr. J, Moses Malone, Hakeem etc etc
If that doesn’t constitute goat material nothing does
Yes he won three consecutive MVP's; before he won these MVP's he was second runner-up 3 years in a row and following those three MVP's he was second runner-up 2 years in a row.
@bernard martin you're right, I mispoke.
Two Pat Riley quotes about Bird:
1) "If I had to choose a player to take a shot to save a game I'd choose Michael Jordan; If I had to choose a player to take a shot to save my life...I'd take Larry Bird."
2) "He's the greatest clutch player I've ever seen. The hell with Jerry West!"
Yeah Larry Bird is top 5... I wonder when Pat Riley said those quotes... was Michael Jordan's career finished yet... because he might have switched it up after MJ finished off the Utah Jazz in 98
Yea they left some things out. Like rookie of the year and a team he improved by 32 games in one season taking them from last to first. You need to watch Birds mixed video and his toughness video. His quadruple double he refused to go back in in the fourth to get one more steal. He said he could get a quadruple double anytime he wanted. There were quite a few players that said Bird was harder to guard than MJ
Yeah I’m definitely gonna go back and watch some of those Bird games and highlights…thanks for that suggestion
If it wasn't for Larry Birds injuries he would've been even better and for alot longer. He injured his back digging up a driveway. He also badly broke his knuckle and finger on his shooting hand in college playing softball. He says he never felt he had the same touch shooting after that injury. He had to adjust his shooting form a little. He still became an all-time great shooter! But I think if he grew up in this era with more importance on the 3, he would've grown up his whole life practicing 3's, and taking alot more 3's in games, which would've enhanced his scoring averages.
When he got injured in 88 he was just coming off his best scoring season averaging a career high 29.9 PPG and a 50/40/90 season where he finished 2nd in MVP. He was starting to shoot more 3's and I think would've averaged 30PPG for a few seasons. From 81-88 he finished 1st, 2nd or 3rd in MVP. He wasn't the same after 88.
Bird's nickname was "Larry Legend". His retirement was on a night with no Celtics game and still sold out Boston Garden.
That’s how diehard the Celtics fans were about Larry… they might be the best game ngl
Top NBA career combined stats per game (pts, reb, ast, stl, blk) additional career fg%,tp%,ft%
1. Jordan 44.7 -50-33-84
2. Lebron 44.4 -51-35-73
3. Bird 43.1 -50-38-89
4. Kareem 42.9 -56-06-72
5. Durant 40.8 -50-38-88
A bunch of guys in the 40’s.
Miss those years. I don't watch basketball today, it will never be the same...
Yeah I can understand that… they’re trying to change how the referees call the game so that maybe the NBA can be reinvigorated
Loved this video. I watched Bird play as a kid. Him and Magic made Basketball the sensation it is today...truly. Basketball was losing out to other televised shows at the time. His rivalry with Magic Johnson brought America to a standstill when their finals games. Larry is also one of the only people to have a winning record vs Jordan (more points against him in their head to head games and more wins in head to head games}. I know there are people that wouldn't think of Bird when making their top 5 all time team.... and they would regret it when they their team had to play him. Better to have Bird on your team than someone else's, because in his prime he was a straight COURT BULLY!!! He used to tell the opposing team what play he would win the game with and then shoot in their face and sink it double and triple teamed. Again, great video and reaction.
Top NBA career combined stats per game (pts, reb, ast, stl, blk) additional career fg%,tp%,ft%
1. Jordan 44.7 -50-33-84
2. Lebron 44.4 -51-35-73
3. Bird 43.1 -50-38-89
4. Kareem 42.9 -56-06-72
5. Durant 40.8 -50-38-88
A bunch of guys in the 40’s…
Pat Riley once said, if I could pick a player to hit a shot at the buzzer, to win a game, I'd choose Michael Jordan. If I needed to pick someone to hit a buzzer-beater to save my life, it would be Larry Bird.
Picture Jordan crushing every bone in his hand and the dr. saying he will never shoot a basketball again then Jordan having to relearn how to shoot a basketball as Bird did and Bird never getting hurt.. Honestly even without Jordan getting hurt, think about it for a second,, if Bird never got hurt he wouldve been the GOAT no questions asked... I truly miss those games watching Jordan vs Bird.
Yeah that’s Bird’s most underrated stat is his record against MJ… he was tough
This is one of the best reactions to this video I have ever seen. And calling out the shoes they wore back then is really smart. Great video.
To this day I can’t fathom how players were playing in those shoes 😅
@@MarcTheSparcTV how much more about the 60s with Chuck Taylors & 70s with tennis-looking Adidas shoes. 😅
@@schnooks17 😂 absolutely ridiculous… does not compute
I am not a big basketball fan but even I can see the difference of the defense against Larry and todays players. Opponents swarm around Larry while today I dont see that
Bird was Luka, Jokić, and Curry combined. That is why they are not really comparable beyond what skill they had that Bird had all of. Bird was also a defender...
'When your chips' are down it basically saying " Your are desperate for a big win and you know in your heart that you can't win but got nothing left to lose, so go out with a bang." That is the Cinderella story of NCAA and NBA Basketball. Legit asf!!
I very much enjoyed this video and your commentary. I must note that I'm a 62 year old but remember my dad showing me a page from his Fordham Prep year book with a shot of Lew Alcindor from Power Memorial driving down the baseline!
He was also the biggest trash talker and he showed what Muhammed Ali once said "It ain't braggin' if you can back it up" Give me Magic, Larry and Michael in their primes and I will show you a world beater. All of those three would simply dominate today because their talent was transcendent. Part of Larry's game was getting into an opponent's head. He would tell players exactly what he was going to do and then do it almost always making the shot or at least making sure the shot was made by somebody else.
Bird won 3 consecutive mvps and finished second 5 times.
Bird beat Jordan 1v1 four out of five, while he had a broken back when they were on the Dream Team, during practice. Everyone talks about Magic and Jordan having the matchups in practice, but Larry owned him there, too. They tried to suppress it because Jordan was the golden boy with the nike contract, but Bird ate him up. Barkley talked about it, as did Magic, and Ewing. Money talks, so people didn't see that shit.
Larry legend is top 5 dead or alive. The clutch gene. Bird and magic revived the NBA. He won 3 straight MVPs playing against Jordan, the bad boy pistons,and the showtime Lakers!
FACTS
Legends never die they just fade away.
@@josefasevilla1654 somebody said that he was barely top 10😅🤷🏾♂️
I like watching Luka, but you can bet your ass he watched Larry Bird as a child, or at least heard about him, then watched him.
Yeah, definitely
As an old person who watched Larry Bird, who I couldn't stand. Luka Doncic couldn't carry Larry Bird's jock strap. Come back to the subject after Luka actually accomplishes something. Wait till he plays 10 years. It's not fair to Luka to compare him to the #2 Greatest Player in the NBA ever! It's just not a fair comparison.
Kareem has a case for goat by himself. McHale came off the bench from 80 to 85. Parrish is a type of player that was in the right place at the right time. Good teammate. However, You could plug in any big who ran the break and have success if bird's on the floor. Jamal Wilkes score 37 points in magics "jumps at center" game in 80. Worthy was NCAA champion, led his team to a title, and highly underrated in NBA, much like a Scottie Pippen. Give bird Kareem worthy or Wilkes...yeah offensively would be ridiculous, Boston would be 9 time champs.
Your boy will never be the whole package like the legend Larry Bird
Maybe he won’t need to be if he wins enough and has enough big moments
I know you're all about Luka, which I get.. kinda the way I totally respected Bird when I was young. I was a Lakers fan in the 80's and the only team I was afraid of the Lakers facing were the Celtics because of one man. Right now my top 5/6 is 1. Bird, 2. MJ 3. Magic 4. Kobe 5 Wilt or Kareem. I can't say one without mentioning the other. It wouldn't be fair.. But, if Luka stays healthy, works on his free throws, he could one day get there. He's very talented kid
I doubt their will ever be another Bird. He was a better athlete than he gets credit for and when he played he actually went to war. He never was afraid to take a shot and most times he was successful. If not for physical problems at a time when modern medicine just wasn't there, he played hurt. No player before or since would play with the many problems Larry had. Broken cheek, terrible back etc... Larry just wouldn't quit. He had that something extra that is hard to define. It will never be defined . Something God put in him is all i can say. Thank you for this video!
He's also responsible for one of the funniest quotes of all NBA history to Charles Barkley (I think it was Barkley if I remember correctly) and that was "why you disrespecting me?" To which Barkley asked "How?"
Birds response was "why you putting the white guy on me? That's just disrespectful" 😂😂😂 an absolute Legend.
Much love from the U.K bruvva
Pat Riley said about Bird: "If I need a shot to win a game, I'll take Jordan. If I need a shot to SAVE MY LIFE, I want Bird.
That was the golden age of basketball. I lived through it and wish I had realized how special it was while it was happening.
highest compliment ever pat reilly on bird
"If i needed a player to hit a shot to win a game id pick MJ, If i needed a player to shoot to save my life id pick larry"
Larry had a photographic memory. Could remember what happened 19 minutes into the 3rd quarter 5 years later.
Yeah, IQ
Larry is 1 of only 2 players to ever hit the 50/40/90 club more than once.
Also that 10 game win % gap between him and magic you have to remember magic played more seasons.
Yeah his shot making was unheard of back in the day
In 1985 Bird had 30 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, and 9 steals against the Jazz. He did not play the 4th Qtr. It was a blowout.
It's tough to compare eras Larry would dominate todays NBA without question. But I would love to see how todays players would handle playing in the 80's. No disrespect to players like Luka, Kyrie or KD, but in Larry's era 3pt line was 18" farther back. Teams couldn't play zone, handchecking was allowed all over the court, and everything in the lane was contested. A hard foul was just that hard, none of this flagrant shit.
Yeah it’s weird to try to compare eras… that’s why you can never do an exact 1 to 1 comparison… you have to do some mental gymnastics and use your imagination to see how each player would play in different generations… it’s fun to speculate though
I loved how appreciative you were of Bird's skills while watching this!
The hick from french lick, Larry legend, the greatest of all time LARRY BIRD!!!!!!
Larry and Magic made their teammates better. I don't know who else impacted their team that much as those two. All other players could be individually great, but no one were as good for their team as those two.
mj too expected his guys to go all in those 3 amazing
Isaiah did hate MJ, but his statement "... Bird would walk out of the room at the end of the day." That statement was backed up by what bird did to all of those other all timers. He won in a tougher conference. He was the best WHEN THEY ALL PLAYED AT THE SAME TIME. When healthy. If you take away birds last 3 seasons when his serious injuries changed him..his numbers are insane.
also Bird played with a broken finger throughout his career, a bad back for a long time and repeatedly told other players what he was going to do next and still succeeded :D
I don't believe Larry Bird claims any sort of "Best of all time" status. He knows better
Some people in the comments might disagree
Larry Bird was the only player MJ never got the best of when Larry retired mj thanked him because he was really good
Coach Pat Riley summed up Larry bird when he said, "If I had to choose a player to take a shot to save a game I'd choose Michael Jordan.. If I had to choose a player to take a shot to save my life... I'd take Larry Bird."
Iconic quote
"When the chips are down" refers to casino betting. You trade your cash for chips and then bet with the chips.
So you put the chips down on the table… and then you can’t pick them back up? So it’s basically who you’re being your money on
@@MarcTheSparcTV Depends which game. If you're playing craps or roulette, putting money on the table equals betting, and you can't retract your bet. But in blackjack or poker you typically store all your chips on the edge of the table and then move the ones you're betting to the middle of the table. But again, you can't take back your bet, so once the chips are down, it's win or lose.
@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers ahhhhhhh thanks for that explanation
when it comes to passing, larry legend had ultra instinct.
I bet... and his team was also great passers and finishers... truly scary combination
When MAGIC says there will NEVER EVER EVER be another Larry...that got me.
Marc the spark nice video! Pat Riley said if the games on the line I want Jordan to take the shot, but if my life is on the line I want bird to take the shot!
Larry was the Founding Father of the 50-40-90 Club; and currently one of only three NBA players to achieve this feat more than once.
I would love to see Luka become the next Larry! That would mean another generation of stunning and savage winning. But Luka would have to match Larry's shooting percentage, which for his career was nearly 50/40/90, at 50/38/89.
You have to look into Larry's brutal trash talking. No one talked like him. There are many stories out there, all from players who he trashed talked. Basically he'd tell you what he was going to do to you, then do it. Or he'd tell you that you can't stop him or do anything about it, then prove it. Look into John Stockton's story, for example.
Yeah Luka already has some tough playoff battles and confrontations where he never back down… he looks like the type to trash talk… he did tell Pat Bev he was too small, but I’d love to hear some in depth stories about Lukas trash talk
@@MarcTheSparcTV Revisiting this after a year or so, after Luke wrecked my local boys the Suns, I hope Luka continues to win and improve. I want him to be better and better! And I'd love to see him be Larry 2.0, with consecutive MVPs, etc. And I wish they let the players trash talk like they used to.
The Celtics were a well oiled machine in the Bird Era. DJ, Chief,McHale, Danny Ainge, Walton. They all had e.s.p. on the court. Best TEAM that ever did it. Rip DJ!
Yeah on Isiah and Jordan, however, Larry broke his spine and his wrist, then went on to sweep Jordan, twice.
Great video my man! Chips on the table means, imagine you're playing a card game and you throw all your chips down things are getting very serious after that point. So basically when the money's on the table you can count on bird :-) once again great video brother
I grew up in Boston and idolized Larry. I live in Dallas now and while Luka can be Larryesque, he needs to work on his shooting more both from 3 and at the line. He also needs to put in more offseason work and not show up to camp 30 lbs overweight. Larry worked. If Luka wants the same career he needs to grow up a bit and put in the work. I don't mean to be overly negative about that, but he's had people telling him how great he is since he was 14. Someone needs to tell him, if he wants to be in the GOAT conversation, he's not great enough. Go put in the work.
cpmparing luca to bird is embarrassing
Shannon calls him Baby Bird
@@MarcTheSparcTV Shannon doesn't know anything about basketball.
@@idiocracyunfolding9053 😂😂 he knows how he feels
He also won rookie of the year if I’m not mistaken. MJ never won a playoff game vs bird
Yeah… that’s a compelling GOAT case right there
Who else could tell people what he was going to do and still put up those numbers
Very few maybe MJ… but that’s probably it
Dude, Robert Parish was bad ass. He was over 10rpg in 1978 and still over 10rpg in 1993, and his wierd high-arcing jumper was as unstoppable as Kareem's sky hook. He was dropping 19 pts per game as the Celtics 3rd or 4th option. If he was on a weaker team where he was the 1st option he'd have been dropping 30 ppg easy.
And Kevin was one of the most explosive post scorers in history and a very capable defender. Bird says on Kevin's first day in training camp, Bird got mad because Kevin was late, so Bird decided he was going to light him up, but Kevin blocked the first three shots Larry took on him.
The two of them are definitely in the same ballpark as Worthy and Abdul-Jabbar. The big difference is in the rest of the rosters, especially the benches. Laker's bench was so deep they could easily go with a 9 man rotation, but the Celts really had to depend mostly on their starting 5 and one or two role players at best.
Not saying they were scrubs… but at that point Kareem was the greatest basketball player of all time… nobody can really compare to that
@@MarcTheSparcTV Bill Russell or Wilt Chamberlain might have disagreed. Heck, there's video of Wilt blocking Kareem's sky hook.
@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers really?! I’ve heard that someone blocked it before… but I’ve never actually seen it
@@MarcTheSparcTV There's a video on youtube showing Wilt block it twice on the same possession, right at the peak of the arch both times. Robert Parish's best success against it was when he would knock it loose from his hands while he was turning for the shot with the ball still down by his waist.
@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers yeah Wilt was another level with the athleticism
Basketball I.Q. genius. He was 2 steps ahead of everyone!! AND was clutch! He even told you the play!
Bird did 50/40/90 multiple years. Multiple.
Larry is like Wayne Gretsky except for the fighting part LOL , Larry was extremely smart and always in position to put points on the scoreboard.just like 99
Luka? Luka couldn't carry Bird's jockstrap.