Larry Bird Said Michael Cooper Was The BEST Player To Guard Him
Vložit
- čas přidán 18. 11. 2022
- Michael Cooper talks about when Larry Bird said he was the BEST player to ever guard him, and how he takes it as one of his proudest accolades!
www.byronscottpodcast.com
OFF THE DRIBBLE features Byron Scott who is a 3 time NBA champion with the Showtime Lakers of the 80s. Byron famously played with and coached players such as Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, and many others. Byron also coached for multiple NBA franchises including the Head Coach for the Lakers from 2014-2016. On this podcast Byron will be interviewing former and current athletes as well as guests from the sports and entertainment world. He will give you the behind the scenes stories you've never heard before.
#nba #basketball #lakers #larrybird #michaelcooper #shorts
i like how he wouldn't let him get off the hook. lmao
😂
OMG! Legendary x1000. All theses guys. I'm a Celtics fan for my whole life, and these MOFO LAKERs are legends! Where would basketball be without these rivalries? Byron and Coop... love those guys and certainly this video clip.
And this is why the old school ballers are greater than the current day ones. They had the same individual brilliance but knew & respected what a team was
Larry was one of a kind. He used to get upset if the opposition assigned a white player to guard him because he saw it as being disrespectful to him🤣
@@thebeatnumber that's 🥶
B Scott was"like naw f that you did your thing now take these flowers"
Flowers? Gay..? Just take the bacon or chicken dinner 🐔 🍽
@@packohub1145 smh my generation 🤦♂️
"He got by me a couple of times", he's talking about a guy who was notorious for telling you where and how he was going to shoot and then doing it and he's acting like not having a 100% defense success rate means he wasn't special
@@packohub1145 what in the homosexual projection you got going on????
Do you not know the phrase/term "giving somebody their flowers" or were you purposely being ignorant with your comment???
You know if you don't understand something you should ask a question
TAKE THESE FLOWERS BRUH!!! THATS LARRY MF BIRD!!! 🏀💐🏀💐🏀💐🏀💐🏀💐🏀💐
Cooper being humble and polite and just a nice person
"NAH FUCK YOU, YOU BAD"
😂😂😂💯
👍😂… reminds me of Larry telling a story of one of his battles with Magic which Larry said of him ‘I could see the pain in his eyes’ (conveying empathy) ..later concluding with him expressing his real thoughts/feelings with “Suffer,baby, suffer”. 😂
I love it😂❤
“That sounds good and all coop but it’s total bullshit” 😂😂😂😂 l love how he made him take that compliment!!!
😮❤❤🎉😊a w❤😊😊
coop is a total class guy
Both these guys..
All guys from that time are. Built different
If u think that look up John Stockton very class
Yeah both classy
Untill dr j duncked on him!
Wow, what character!!! Stellar talent, gets the biggest complement anyone in basketball could get, and then turns around and thanks and gives credit to his teammates. Gratitude and humility -- rare assets, indeed.
AMEN...!!!
I love how Coop tried to give his teammates love for his success then B Scott turned it back around...best part in team sport is this stuff right here...these guys become more than friends they become family 👋🏽🤓
You're being very modest Coop.. I saw what you did back in the day 👍🏾🏀
Very humble never ask for more just waited his turn
The Secretary of defense
He’s matured along the way, but at this stage in life he’s become wise.
I’m a huge Bird fan it I hated watching Cooper shut him down some nights. Made Bird switch to assists and rebounds. Cool to see him now. Seems wise and chill.
He truly made a name for himself
Cooper was truly one of the greatest wing defenders of all time......
The footwork, length , quickness and endurance.
Coop was just amazing. What an incredible 6th man for that Lakers dynasty. Lock down defender. Good 3-point shooter. Monster dunks on the fast breaks. As a Laker fan of that era, you never felt the team was taking a step backwards when Coop was subbed in. What a beast of an athlete!
I remember watching Cooper shut down guys like Bird and get a no look pass from Magic at the three point line a drain it with a high arching shot. All without trash talking. He just went out there and shut opposing player down.
Say it again. He had the foot speed to be able to defend players nowadays which is crazyyyy
Tayshaun prince would've ❤️ 💂♂️ guarding Larry bird
“ man that was bullshit you was a bad boy” hahahahha I love it
I how Scott said that immediately
He's being modest because he's right. You don't stop great players you can just slow them down with the help you have
that last part got me just retired athletes having a laugh abt memories in their prime 🤣💯
He really is, taking no credit and giving it to his teammates that's a stand up guy
Coop is one of the most humble and selfless athletes I've seen.
Had the chance to play in pick up games with him in his hometown of Pasadena CA. He was just coming out of the Univ. of New Mexico. Boy could play, but I never knew he'd be as great as he was. Very humble and soft spoken. Every body in Pasadena loved him even before he was a household name. Very fortunate to have met him before he became famous.
Lebron could never
Exactly ~ genuine, humble, classy !
and now we've got laker who crowns himself after hitting a shot in a game thats already won by a good margin.
I'm wondering why trooper whatever guard bird, they were different positions but oh well
His humility is amazing honestly
Coop appreciating Bird's comment shows how much respect he had for Bird's skills. Coop played great defense when players were allowed to play defense. 🏀🏆🏀🏆
Exactly, today there's little to Zero Defense! A Bunch of extremely High Scoring Games over 110 points, smh.
🏀⚘️✔️
💯
This era will NEVER be bested. This was the best gathering of basketball talent, period.
Yep
People just don't realize that it wasn't just one guy! Yeah, MJ was great, but they had entire great teams with zero bums in them!
100% correct, the 80s was the best era for STUD ATHLETES. 1992 OLYMPIC TEAM IS THE GREATEST BASKETBALL TEAM EVER ASSEMBLED.
@@C_71lol, people do know that
True dat...these youngsters need to recognize
Coop always has the wisest and most humble responses! We need more stars like him
I wasn’t a huge Coop fan until I saw this. The man deserves respect. Completely understands basketball and life. No one does it alone
Bro this one clip changed your belief and showed you he has an understanding of life? Tf
Look at the damn humbleness I'm not a Lakers fan but I love coop.
Bird was unstoppable, his "lowest" numbers career wise is against The Lakers, he acknowledged it and great job by Lakers defending him as a unit. Props to Coop!
In a series or something else can you be more specific
@@joshuajap both, Bird less offensive averages was against Lakers in regular season and finals than any other team. Don't get me wrong, Bird couldn't be stopped, he just average a little less.
The humility from coop is outstanding but you keepin it al the way real and making sure he gets his flowers 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
It's always a joy to hear retired players talk about their era. The respect they have for one another (now that they aren't rivals anymore) is wonderful to listen to.
I don't know if there could ever be a better response than this man just has given, what a legend, my hat is off to this man
True teammates passing compliments back to each other. Dope
The best this video does is show how Men Professional Athletes should talk about one another, not taking all the light and allowing other to have the light! ❤
Both are very humble !!
"You can save all that humble shit" - B. Scott
Coop was a hell of a defender and my favorite player on the Lakers, back in the day. I liked his style.
Cooper was awesome, he is so modest that's what makes him a great player a great teammate and an amazing person.
Bro every championship team needs guys like this it’s so important
That's the mark of a team player and a humble and great human being!!👍♥️
AMEN...!!!
COOP showin to this day he's still humble and such a great man/teammate! Legend
There is great humbleness with Coop and players on both teams. Understanding and respecting their teammates abilities and drive to win.
I love at the end where Byron Scott tells Michael Cooper thank YOU for being so modest BUT, BROTHER cut the crap...🤣🤣🤣 PRICELESS THAT SHOWS HOW MUCH FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE HE REALLY HAS FOR HIM
Super facts
Notice the humility and genuine love that they have for each other as teammates. I think that has somehow faded away in the newer generations of basketball players.
Very humble Coops. What a wonderful man and he could ball ❤️
Grew up watching these OG's...the humility they display given their achievements is inspiring...don't let it go to your heads kids...this is the definition of class imo
AMEN...!!!
💯
You have to love the respect they all have for each other.
Love it. That’s a true teammate. Even after you told him what Larry said he said it wasn’t just him. Love that.
They dont have rivalries like that anymore
They're friends
It's a shame, too, because these old rivalries made the game better.
They don't have players like that either.
Never will again. The Greatest Rivalry in NBA History is the Lakers vs Celtics, and get this, They only play 2x in the regular season. They played more in the NBA Championship than in the regular season in the 80s. Astonishing. Peace.
@@bernardhenderson1146 they were friends back then too. And you would be too if you were in the NBA.
Man, I missed the NBA back then!
So many awesome players.
You watch these interviews and all these Stars, are always modest and complimenting each other, it was just a better time back then.
I FREAKIN LOVE THAT! Michael Cooper was ALWAYS my FAVORITE defensive player. UNBELIEVABLE!
Coop and Byron I just loved as a kid. Exciting players with Worthy to make watching Magic that much more fun. Coop is all-time on D, an outside scorer, a great finisher, and LA’s best #2 facilitator ‘83-‘90.
Fucker did it all and is super underrated.
Me too. Good time to give a hat tip to bench players like AC Green and Kurt Rambis that supported these guys
Me too. I was only 8-11 years old. But for some reason BScott and Coop were my favorite players when that era was going down real time.
I’m sure Cooper doesn’t remember this but I was stationed in Albuquerque NM at Kirkland AFB from ‘88 til ‘92. I participated in the Hoop It Up 3 on 3 tournament in ‘90 as it came through Albuquerque. I found out later that Cooper was an alumni of the University of NM and visit during the summer. Anyway. I participated in the dunk contest in the final round against a local kid. It ended in a tie by the way. I must mention that I was originally from Chicago and graduated from high school in 85 in Jordan’s rookie year. So in this dunk contest I decided for the first time ever to try Jordan’s cradle dunk. The special moment came when after pulling it off the crowd went wild and Coop actually jumped up from the judges table and gave me a high-five! Lol
My guy is humble forever and I love it 👏🏿😂 I'm sure he knows he was a baller but ya gotta appreciate the love a guy will give his teammates ✊🏿
Humble as fuck
These cats have great relationships and admiration for each other
Agree With You 100%. Celtics & Lakers Were Extremely Fierce Rivals, But Showed Respect For Each Other. Unlike The Pistons & Knicks of The Early 1990's...No Comparison. Not Even Close...!!!
Young brothers this is what happens when you get older, you really appreciate one another. This even happens for those with street beef back in the day, at least the ones that grew with some intelligence, you start to realize life is short and goes by fast.
@morriswhitaker236. My brother died in 1974. He was 13. I was 11. My best friend died in 1976. We were both 13. Didn't take me long to realisz after back to back SHOCKERS! & when all the TEARS! dried up that uh bigger FORCE! outside of us EXIST!
These are two men that conquered there ego’s thru loss pain and transcended it all thru hard work and love. This made me happy.
That’s a testament to Coopers humility and appreciation of his teammates. Class act that was under appreciated by media and fans alike.
Coop is so humble.
Coop, as humble as ever
Very humble of Coop to say that.
What a humble person 💯
Two classy guys. I watched those finals in the 1980s, and that rivalry-Celtics and Lakers-was the most physical, well-matched and intense I’ve ever scene. So much talent on both sides. It was an emotional and physical workout just to watch them.😅
When teams and teammates shared their successes and failures as a team. That’s why they were so successful
Coop wit his high bleach white socks and shorty shorts back in the day was DA BOSS! Him, Rambis, and AC Green were the best and most selfless Defensive players on SHOWTIME. They knew their roles and were awesome at it👍🏿😎
Love these Guys. They respect and always compliment each other. Not about ego, it's a pride playing each other.
There was much talent back in that era. Loved to watch all the teams They all had great players. Bird and the Celtics was my favorite back then
Love Michael’s humility, but I also love that Byron shuts him the fuck down. GTFOH, with that false modesty noise. Love that Michael said that is what he cherished the most in his career. Legit.
I don't believe Cooper was being falsely modest. I believe he's genuinely modest. Think about it - false modesty is a form of dishonesty. That ain't Cooper.
That man got class he knows it takes a team to win
Byron is a real one. No mincing words, L.A. Style.
I was a diehard Bird/Celtics fan and hated the Lakers. That was such a special time in sports and in my life. I have nothing but respect and love for all you guys. You guys were phenomenal and thank you for all the memories. 💯
Awesome to see such humility. Guess it was a different time then! I remember ur socks! Haha ❤
The best 6th man ever💯✊🏿
I would like to mention the Sixers Bobby Jones ranks up there as well. Cooper was clearly a far better defensive player.
@@seanswinton6242Coop, Bobby Jones, and McHale when he was a 6th man before starting.
Manu ginobili***
HONDO¡!!!!!!!
Cooper is a Humble Superstar. A real class act
A very humble warrior, sign of a great Man! Thnx Coop for all the great memories !!!!
Byron like yea yea yea we're not here to be media savvy boy yo ass was that thang on D 😂 😂
😂😂😂HaHaHa...!!!
Larry doesn't lie . And the respect of your piers is the greatest award possible
When it comes to one NBA legend to another NBA legend, you can see the honor and respectful bond they share.
Thats a true teammate.
Coop should be in the HOF. Easily one of the GOAT perimeter defenders!
Coop probably the greatest role player ever: elite defense, knock down a couple 3's, finished on the wing
@@merovechthe1st Let’s not forget handling and passing the rock… at some point he was very important as a backup PG for Magic!
Crazy how some of these 80s teams were so stacked with talent that could've probably been stars on other teams but sacrificed to be apart of something legendary
@@BasketballJones48021 could’ve REALLY used him in 1991. Byron needed help against MJ and probably more important was Magic needed another ball handler.
@@Edd1e8 Well said… definitely!
Coop was perhaps the first perimeter defender and one of the greatest lockdown defenders of all-time. Coop is being super humble.
What a humble guy
Humility is a great quality
This is the type of teammate you would die for
“That’s Bullshit Coop”😂
I was always a huge fan of Coop and B Scott. Coop was tenacious. Very humble man.
Best answer a guy could give, mixed with the best response a guy can give.
Coop the thing I remembered was Dr J dunking on you so hard 😅😅
Thats one play.. most of the series,,,dr j got checked
Coop is the epitome of a "Class Act." Great Human Being. Classic Example of a "Team Player."🧐🤲🏽🤝🏾🙏🏽
Epic performances back in the day! Love hearing their stories.
Coop truly was a great defender.... But no one guy is gonna stop a a great player..let alone a Legend.
And now LA has Lebron, Westbrick, & AD playing the three stooges.
“Westbrick” 🤣💀 man you aren’t even in the nba. You don’t even have the right to talk bad about them. Do it better if you think that they are bad. Do it better
@@3rr1k_ WESTBRICK
It was such a joy to watch the Celtics and Lakers go at it, back in the day!
Michael Cooper was my inspiration as a kid, I was a tall super skinny fast kid like him, not a lot of offense except for a decent outside shot but I could play serious D and I loved playing it, just like him.
Larry against you magic and coop was the best basketball that's ever been played. Such a beautiful game back then. God bless brother.
As a diehard Bird & Celtics fan,damn I miss that 80's rivalry.And props to Coop & the Lakers.Always fun to watch.
Cooper was always great and classy, and he is still humble.... what a great man.......
Coop is so humble..It's great he gives kudos to his teammates in making him better..
Coop the loop alley-oop.... Bro you humble but you did your thang... Thank you for those great years of basketball
Coop and Larry Legend had some epic battles!
The humility of some of these legends of the game is absolutely astounding.
having a rock solid 6th man that never makes the team feel weaker, slower, etc. when they come in was HUGE for the lakers back then, love you coop
I absolutely love how humble these guys are sometimes but I love even more how he got his props.
I love how all of these amazing legendary athletes are all being appreciated by older fans, new fans, and each other. Basketball used to be great. I miss it.
Love B Scott! Coop was soo good in his own right, I hated that Lakers team but respected the battles they had. I will always miss that era of basketball.
Guy is so humble, probably what makes him so great
Coop is a true legend. Humble. Respectful. and still one of the ALL-TIME best defensive players in NBA history.
That’s just mutual respect right there!! Cooper has always been very humble!!
Good to see Coop alive and well. Integral member of those teams. Playmaker on both sides of the ball
COOPER is a true Lakers Legend and a humble class act.... Many should learn from his demeanor and humility.