Not “butt cheek”, FACE cheek. Larry broke his face slamming his right cheek onto the floor, during that play. (You just missed it.) He gave himself a concussion, and a fractured face. The team doctor told Larry that he was done playing for the night. Meanwhile, Larry was in the locker room, listening to the announcer call the game, “…the Celtics are missing their leader. Somebody’s got to step it up for Boston. ”Larry sitting there like, “well, the doctor left, and I still got my uniform on. The Pacers are embarrassing us. I ain’t having it! The game’s still going, so so am I.”
As if that true story isn't crazy enough...because of his back injury, the night before that Pacers game he spent the night in the hospital in traction. When the game was over, he went straight to the hospital to get his face xray and spent the night in traction again. Nowadays players are out for 2 weeks with turf toe...he was just different.
That was a Playoff game, and the only Playoff game I ever was lucky enough to attend. I will never forget how crazy the crowd got when he came out of that locker room halfway through the 3rd quarter!
@@localmusicearthentertainme4361yes! and turf toe was the issue that caused Steelers great Jack Lamberts football career to end....so turf toe ain't no joke cuz Lambert was one tough mfer
@@bebedenham362 Larry Bird had a broken face, severely screwed up back and a concussion. I used turf toe as an example. Is sprained pinky toe a better example? geez, people on this thing.
Man litetally broke his face, came back out in the end of the third and gave them *17* in 18 minutes. Monster indeed. I dont blame anyone who was afraid to go up against Larry. The pressure mustve been unimaginable.
Man o man ,the Bird man.He was probably the best all around player because of his love and passion for the game.His skill was legendary in all phases of the game but his greatness was his heart.Few players had his heart.Larry had the heart of a Lion.
I read that when Bird came back out after getting injured in the game with the Pacers he also had a concussion and was seeing double. He didn't know which basket was real until he hit the first shot after aiming for the left one.
Magic & Larry have maintained a steadfast friendship over the decades based on their mutual admiration for each other. But to find out how special that friendship truly was and still is, look up a two-minute video about Larry finding out Magic was HIV-positive. Absolute tear jerker.... .
I watched Larry and Bird go at during the 1980s. Celtics vs the Lakers! I searched on that video. It made me cry! So many turned people away from Magic when he tested positive.
Magic and Bird were on Jay Leno together. Talking about shooting a commercial together at Bird's home. Magic talking about meeting "Momma Bird" and giving her a hug and whatnot. It's so awesome. The respect and the rivalry. Hate on the court, love off the court. Miss them 2 playing.
If you really want to about magic and Larry and what the nba was like then watch A courtship of rival..magic and bird best sports documentary ive ever seen
1992 Dream Team documentary is a must see. 11 future Hall of Famers. Beautiful basketball like you’ve never seen. Everyone was glued to their TVs for every game. I watch at least once a week. It was a surreal time. If you choose to react to it, even though it’s a little over an hour, it goes fast. Those who reacted to the whole video, were in awe. The only problem with those who broke it up was many of the parts are missing. Larry and Magic were the co-captains. Also, it’s the last time either played. I can guarantee that you’ll love it 🥰
His will to win was incredibly high. An Indiana Pacers player in that game (LaSalle Thompson) commented after the game that Bird's performance that night was "the stuff that you tell your kids about". Larry Legend!
Bird and Magic saved the NBA. Before their debut the NBA was in trouble. Low attendance and poor ratings were tanking the entire league. With their rivalry being the biggest draw and their reputation for "Must see TV" brought it from the brink of total collapse. Without them, the NBA doesn't exist as it does today. It may still have been around but had they not broken the mold and inspired the following generation the NBA would be a shadow of what it is now.
GOOD REACTION DAVEEEZY, yeah he was called Larry Legend in his own time for a reason, and you got it- he had the total game, not only Magic but also Kareem say he was the best they played against...yeah, check his rebounding highlights video, they forget what a beast he was on the boards, including 20 rebounds in playoff games..
I really enjoyed watching a Laker fan reacting to Larry and appreciating him. I think the stars of his era were the greatest and could play with anyone. The competition was fierce and you had to be a grown up man to survive back then.
larry was a killer, plain and simple. you have HOFers and outright legends talking about playing against him and you can hear both the fear, respect and awe in their voice when they speak of him. he may have only played a mere 13 seasons but what he did in that small time frame was enough to put him in the top 5.
My senior year at ISU I watched Larry Bird destroy teams getting to the MSU match up and followed them through their respective careers. What an honor.
I grew up a Bird fan watched him and Magic dominate. I loved the love and respect they had for each other. That time period of ball was fun to watch. They battled
Trash talker too. He once told a rookie I am going to torch you. Watch this … he proceeded to go down and shoot a 3 air ball and jogged back down the court next to the rookie and said I can do that and stay in the game. Can you? SAVAGE COMMENT
As Dominick Wilkins famously said, " It ain't thrash talkin when he tells you what he's going to do and then he does it and smiles at you, it's a lesson in how you can't stop him".
You should react to pistol pete. He's the guy that invented many of the flashy moves players today use. Magic, Bird, jordan, many of those greats learned or took moves from pistol pete. Magic said he patterned a lot of his game off pete.
"If the game is on the line, I want Jordan to have the ball. If my life is on the line, give it to Larry" - Pat Riley, 9-time NBA Champion as player, coach and executive. Coached the Lakers in that era
Larry could play today no problem. He left the floor and became coach of the year and then NBA Executive of the year along with his Hall of Fame and they did not mention his Olympic championship so he really won on almost every level of the sport.
4:30. I always find it funny when people are freaked out by left handed shooters. I am ambidextrous. I write with my right hand and shoot/throw with my left hand. I can shoot with both hands, but I favor my left. Be sure that I took advantage of people expecting me to move right as I was moving left to shoot--hahaha!
Larry won 3 MVPs in a row when the whole dream team was in the league. Say what you want but Larry Legend was the best player to EVER step on a BB court. End of story. Great reaction BTW.
They always say they got fine 3,000 but Cliff Livingston ...who was 1 of the guys that was high 5 everybody & wavin the towel.. said they only got fined $100! He said it was the best $100 seat he ever had! 😂😂😂
Not only that, but he went on to get hit twice more in the face (some say on purpose), which didnt help his pain any. Then he played an entire game with a fractured thumb. I personally know how painful that is. There is no way I could have played a basketball game with a fractured thumb. He was a manly man, with a good work ethic, the highest basketball IQ of anyone alive and had a feel and visual for the court and players like no other. He was the original OG.
This was awesome! Subscribed for more Larry Bird! (And your Beastie Boys stuff). There is WAY more Larry Bird stuff for you to check out. Bird/Jordan 1a/1b.
I can't front Larry Bird is the reason I became a Celtics fan and I live in Missouri. From his first game to his last Larry was the man. Larry Bird was the best all round player the league had ever know. He was dangerous from anywhere on the court, including behind the backboard. Larry did things routinely the other players could only dream of or have nightmares about. Magic told Larry at his retirement ceremony that he was going to miss playing him because he challenged him in ways no other player could and with his competitive spirit made me the player I became.
If Thomas hadn't encouraged the team to take out the opposing teams main players...by any means necessary... I might've had respect for the Pistons. I'm from Michigan by the way ..so technically they're supposed to be my team. But... I don't like dirty players! If that's the only way you can win a game .. you don't deserve to be there!
The fact that Larry and Magic could endure such an intense rivalry from all the way back in college and still be close friends at the end of it just shows what class gentlemen both were.
Loved your reaction. I was already subbed, or I'd have subbed because of this. I love that you caught his craftiness-- I've never heard a reactor mention that before-- and that your appreciation was deep enough to stop the vid to re-watch some of his moves (and Magic's, too; I really liked that move, and again, that it seemed to me to highlight the depth of your appreciation: a great move is a beautiful thing, regardless whose video it is). Last, I really enjoy listening to your voice- smooth and quiet, no hype...a great counterpoint to the noise and excitement of the action. Thanks for the great reaction, which I've watched before; I like it so much I'll prob. return to watch it again!
Beastie Boys Root Down video. Green shirt! Still waiting! Or Green Day Basket Case! And Yep Michael Jordan could never defeat Larry Bird. Also another Song Reqest is The Gorillaz, Feel Good Inc.
You aren't wrong about how few there were in the 80's and 90's who could play today, just because the game is so radically different than it was back then. I can think of some. Bird, Magic, Jordan, Stockton, Wilkins, Barkley, R.Miller, Hakeem Olajawon...these guys could translate to today's game. Now, Wilkins and Barkley might not be great floor spacers or shooters, but the speed, ability to play defense, rebound, they would be able to make the move and they both would have worked hard to improve their parameter game. Olajawon wouldn't need to change a thing. Yes, he wouldn't be able to floor space and hit dagger 3's...but his game would be so dominant from the mid range on in, he wouldn't need it. Especially with how creative he was. Bird, Magic, MJ...with the advent of the Tech/Flagrant 1 and Flagrant 2 fouls to cut down on guys like Bill Laimbeer from playing dirty (if you think Draymond Green does it...look up Bill Laimbeer...he was trying to injure people and end careers), advances in medicine and the way they played on top of it, if I were LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving....I would be scared shitless if Bird, Magic and Michael were able to come back in their primes right now. Michael and Magic made people look slow. Larry Bird made people look stupid. I often wonder what today's NBA would be like if we could bring back 10-15 Hall of Fame players, in their prime and pair them up against today's talent, how much would it affect the NBA. I wish Larry Bird had gotten to play the 6-7 more years that he deserved to be able to play.
He may not have gotten to play for as long as he should have..but what he accomplished in that short period of time that he was on the court ...is extraordinary!
4:42 I've watched so many Larry Bird reactions and few people give respect to the greatest pass I've ever seen. Overhead bound pass with three defenders and it was on point. That's crazy!
Larry Bird was the BEST EVER SEEN IN THE NBA.... Today's NBA PLAYERS are soft like Ice cream and they didn't call a foul unless there's blood in some games. I refuse to watch the NBA PLAYERS TODAY who are standing around the 3 point line is a JOKE. G.O.A.T. Larry Bird AKA Larry Legend.... Nobody Else ever Dominated from day one in the League EXCEPT FOR LARRY BIRD. He came in and said he was disappointed in the level of talent and played against better players in his own town.
You got that right! There were a couple of games I watched with the Celtic.. Where the referees just put away the whistles and figured.. unless somebody broke a bone or was bleeding profusely.. they weren't gonna bother! You'd never see that today!
Magic Johnson one legged shot was lucky and he knows it. He never said glass, Larry Bird would say glass if he was going to bank it in. Act like he did that on purpose, he couldn't do it again if you gave him a Thousand shots at the basket. He never had a good outside shot like that of Larry Bird.
If you want to see where Magic, Jordan and Bird got their play from you need to watch some videos on the original showman, Pistol Pete Maravich. He brought this style of play from college in the late 60's and set all his records without the benefit of a three point line. Love your reaction.
Bro I have two bird recommendations 1: making the case Larry bird, this one gives you his accomplishments as well as showcasing the guys talent and 2: best trash talk of Larry bird watching real NBA legends tell you how bird was telling them what he's going to do and they couldn't stop him from doing it is crazy
Magic (26-6 Michigan State) and Bird (33-1 Indiana State) also met in the NCAA Final of 1979. Indiana State's only loss came in the finals against MSU.
IMO Larry is the best white dude to ever play the game. Factor in skill, trash talk, unbelievable court vision, intimidation factor, shooting and the ability to flat out take over a game. We haven’t seen his like since. Larry and magic are to this day my favorite rivalry. I’m kinda looking forward to see if this wemby-holmgren rivalry can get there
Wait a minute, you said"best" and talked about skull, shooting, etc. Skill is different than accomplishments. Jokic just started so of course he doesn't have as many accomplishments yet.@@JamesWilliams-dz5tn
When Bird came back out of the locker room after fracturing his cheek, i thought you said butt cheek. It was his face that was hurt. He didn't hurt his backside during that other fall. If he did, it didn't stop him.
The skill set in the current NBA are very different in the sense that back then it was heavy on strategy and more technically correct play. The players now dominate with size and seemingly much more individual play such as shot making, I'm awed by the athleticism and sheer strength by players now, but I miss the good old days lol.
Even people who weren't interested in basketball would watch when Larry Bird was playing. It was hard to keep track of him. Where did he come from? Where is he? Does he have eyes in the back of his head? lol
Hey. he didn't just do it on the course. Won Coach of the Year, Executive of the Year. I love the story when he walked by, in shirt and tie, the team practicing. Loose ball came to him in the corner. Picked it up, shot, Swish. They tossed it back to him Swish. Fifteen straight - years after he retired. Think the team didn't think a little more practice might be good? Lol.
Lebron s career highlights were just Larry day in, day out. They all say he wasn’t really athletic, he’s slow, can’t jump. But would then tell his defenders, where, and how he was going to shoot it. Still couldn’t stop this man. He broke a knuckle in college, he said he never had the same feel for the ball. Part of the reason his back was so bad, was he never hired a gardener for his moms yard, he did it himself. Had he waited three days, the Celtic management told him to just wait and he had a 4.5 million guaranteed contract. He told them he couldn’t do that, he wasn’t able to play at the level, not the Celtics level, his level anymore. That retirement at the garden, there wasn’t a game that Sunday, it sold out.
Many feel that M.J. is the GOAT and I think that one would be hard pressed to argue that. However, the 1 thing that sets 🐦 a head or 2 higher than all others was his court vision. No one in the entire history of the NBA, including the likes of M.J, Magic and Pistol Pete, could read a defense better than 🐦s eye Larry 😉
I was a Celtics fan for the second half of Bird's career and later, but I haven't watched basketball in years (and I don't enjoy how they play today). One thing about basketball I have never understood: What it so impressive about tall athletes dunking? Also, why are so many fans unfamiliar with Bird surprised he could dunk?
Nobody has made more of an impact like Larry bird did in the 13 years he played and Larry Bird is the GOAT. Not MJ. And the following is true about Larry Bird. Larry birds timeframe played 13 seasons in the NBA and what is impressive Larry missed nearly an entire season for bone spurs in his heels and played just 105 games in his last two campaigns due to his bad back. Those last two NBA seasons, 1990-91 and 91-92, were painful to watch, as Bird had to lie on the floor at times to ease the tension on his aching back. Years later, doctors explained the lengths they had to go to just to get Larry Legend on the court, and after hearing that, you won’t believe just how painful the whole situation was for him. Larry Bird infamously hurt his back doing something perfectly on-brand for the humble Celtics superstar, building a driveway for his mother by himself in 1985. And while the back injury affected him for the last seven seasons of his career, it truly became a problem starting in 1988. By the 1990s, Bird “had lost the structural stability of his spine,” according to his orthopedic therapist, Dan Dyrek. “It would slip into abnormal positions to try and lock itself to get an artificial stability.” The pain for the Celtics star was intense. Dyrek compares his spinal issues to “getting your finger stuck in a door, and somebody’s still pushing on the door.” Despite the pain, Bird did whatever he could to play, even while wondering whether he was doing long-term damage that would affect his quality of life in retirement. But he did it because, as he learned from his father years before, “If you get paid to go to work, you gotta go to work.” So, during the last two years of Bird’s career, Dyrek and his counterparts would go to extreme measures to get Bird on the court. “What we had to do was unlock his spine, realign it, [and] do techniques that would hold that for four hours, six hours, that type of thing, and then he’d go play basketball,” Dyrek explained. And while Larry Bird now admits he “probably should have retired in ’88, ’89,” he says the competition and hopes of one more NBA Finals showdown with Magic Johnson kept him going. www.sportscasting.com/larry-bird-doctors-unlock-spine-before-games-end-career/ and Larry Bird injured his shooting hand in a bar fight during the 1985 Eastern Conference Finals www.sportscasting.com/larry-bird-involvement-bar-fight-cost-celtics-1985-nba-finals/ which shows how much heart, love and dedication Larry had for the game. And There will never ever be a player like Larry Bird again. What an insult to Larry bird, His legacy, His accomplishments and the pain he endured and still did all that he did. How a person handles Adversity and other intangibles are part of what makes greatness. And watch these two video's ruclips.net/video/NegTAHIWF70/видео.html ruclips.net/video/kXNLtXUTRYY/видео.html ruclips.net/video/IepUIF38GU8/видео.html ruclips.net/video/kXNLtXUTRYY/видео.html ruclips.net/video/DvkaQR8SHls/видео.html
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A courtship of rivals amd Making the case Larry bird.
Man if you love trash talk ..there are several videos of Larry Bird & his trash talk and it is legendary!
You know you're good when Magic Johnson calls you the greatest ever.
Not “butt cheek”, FACE cheek. Larry broke his face slamming his right cheek onto the floor, during that play. (You just missed it.) He gave himself a concussion, and a fractured face. The team doctor told Larry that he was done playing for the night. Meanwhile, Larry was in the locker room, listening to the announcer call the game, “…the Celtics are missing their leader. Somebody’s got to step it up for Boston. ”Larry sitting there like, “well, the doctor left, and I still got my uniform on. The Pacers are embarrassing us. I ain’t having it! The game’s still going, so so am I.”
As if that true story isn't crazy enough...because of his back injury, the night before that Pacers game he spent the night in the hospital in traction. When the game was over, he went straight to the hospital to get his face xray and spent the night in traction again. Nowadays players are out for 2 weeks with turf toe...he was just different.
That was a Playoff game, and the only Playoff game I ever was lucky enough to attend. I will never forget how crazy the crowd got when he came out of that locker room halfway through the 3rd quarter!
larry had no quit in him. if he could move, he was gonna play his ass off.
@@localmusicearthentertainme4361yes! and turf toe was the issue that caused Steelers great Jack Lamberts football career to end....so turf toe ain't no joke cuz Lambert was one tough mfer
@@bebedenham362 Larry Bird had a broken face, severely screwed up back and a concussion. I used turf toe as an example. Is sprained pinky toe a better example? geez, people on this thing.
Man litetally broke his face, came back out in the end of the third and gave them *17* in 18 minutes.
Monster indeed.
I dont blame anyone who was afraid to go up against Larry.
The pressure mustve been unimaginable.
Lebron would call it a game if he broke a fingernail. The kind of heart back in the day can't be repeated anymore in today's game.
exactly!!! thats a GOAT in my book
Bird played with a broken cheek bone and a bad back when players now a day would sit out for a sore thumb
“If it’s close, & there’s any time left on the clock…Larry’s going to find a way to win that damn game!”
-Magic Johnson
Man o man ,the Bird man.He was probably the best all around player because of his love and passion for the game.His skill was legendary in all phases of the game but his greatness was his heart.Few players had his heart.Larry had the heart of a Lion.
I read that when Bird came back out after getting injured in the game with the Pacers he also had a concussion and was seeing double. He didn't know which basket was real until he hit the first shot after aiming for the left one.
Magic & Larry have maintained a steadfast friendship over the decades based on their mutual admiration for each other. But to find out how special that friendship truly was and still is, look up a two-minute video about Larry finding out Magic was HIV-positive. Absolute tear jerker.... .
I watched Larry and Bird go at during the 1980s. Celtics vs the Lakers! I searched on that video. It made me cry!
So many turned people away from Magic when he tested positive.
Magic and Bird were on Jay Leno together. Talking about shooting a commercial together at Bird's home. Magic talking about meeting "Momma Bird" and giving her a hug and whatnot. It's so awesome. The respect and the rivalry. Hate on the court, love off the court. Miss them 2 playing.
Bird is absolutely unbelievable player I wish the game was the same level as then
If you really want to about magic and Larry and what the nba was like then watch A courtship of rival..magic and bird best sports documentary ive ever seen
that documentary is by far the most enthralling and emotional one I have ever watched, and the realest too
The funniest part about the play where the Hawks players were in disbelief, was that Larry actually did fall into the trainers lap!🤣
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1992 Dream Team documentary is a must see. 11 future Hall of Famers. Beautiful basketball like you’ve never seen. Everyone was glued to their TVs for every game. I watch at least once a week. It was a surreal time. If you choose to react to it, even though it’s a little over an hour, it goes fast. Those who reacted to the whole video, were in awe. The only problem with those who broke it up was many of the parts are missing. Larry and Magic were the co-captains. Also, it’s the last time either played. I can guarantee that you’ll love it 🥰
The dude literally broke his face and came back.
In the same game, without permission.
His will to win was incredibly high.
An Indiana Pacers player in that game (LaSalle Thompson) commented after the game that Bird's performance that night was "the stuff that you tell your kids about".
Larry Legend!
He actually stuck away from the trainer. He wasn’t supposed to come back.
Nobody today is doing that
today nba players get a wheelchair out lol
Bird and Magic saved the NBA. Before their debut the NBA was in trouble. Low attendance and poor ratings were tanking the entire league. With their rivalry being the biggest draw and their reputation for "Must see TV" brought it from the brink of total collapse. Without them, the NBA doesn't exist as it does today. It may still have been around but had they not broken the mold and inspired the following generation the NBA would be a shadow of what it is now.
GOOD REACTION DAVEEEZY, yeah he was called Larry Legend in his own time for a reason, and you got it- he had the total game, not only Magic but also Kareem say he was the best they played against...yeah, check his rebounding highlights video, they forget what a beast he was on the boards, including 20 rebounds in playoff games..
LARRY LEGEND IS A UNICORN AND THE TRUE GOAT!!! 🐐 ☘️
PS Love the KISS T-shirt!
Great reaction thank you for giving Larry his dues. There is a reason he was called Larry Legend... nuff said
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I really enjoyed watching a Laker fan reacting to Larry and appreciating him. I think the stars of his era were the greatest and could play with anyone. The competition was fierce and you had to be a grown up man to survive back then.
larry was a killer, plain and simple. you have HOFers and outright legends talking about playing against him and you can hear both the fear, respect and awe in their voice when they speak of him.
he may have only played a mere 13 seasons but what he did in that small time frame was enough to put him in the top 5.
My senior year at ISU I watched Larry Bird destroy teams getting to the MSU match up and followed them through their respective careers. What an honor.
I grew up a Bird fan watched him and Magic dominate. I loved the love and respect they had for each other. That time period of ball was fun to watch. They battled
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Bird is the word....
Trash talker too. He once told a rookie I am going to torch you. Watch this … he proceeded to go down and shoot a 3 air ball and jogged back down the court next to the rookie and said I can do that and stay in the game. Can you? SAVAGE COMMENT
Bird made everyone proud. Even his opponents were proud to have played against him. Magic and Bird.............Wow!!!
As Dominick Wilkins famously said, " It ain't thrash talkin when he tells you what he's going to do and then he does it and smiles at you, it's a lesson in how you can't stop him".
You should react to pistol pete. He's the guy that invented many of the flashy moves players today use. Magic, Bird, jordan, many of those greats learned or took moves from pistol pete. Magic said he patterned a lot of his game off pete.
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"If the game is on the line, I want Jordan to have the ball. If my life is on the line, give it to Larry"
- Pat Riley, 9-time NBA Champion as player, coach and executive. Coached the Lakers in that era
Larry could play today no problem. He left the floor and became coach of the year and then NBA Executive of the year along with his Hall of Fame and they did not mention his Olympic championship so he really won on almost every level of the sport.
Still the only person inducted into the Pro Basketball Hall of Fame as a player, a coach, and an executive...
Bad boy!!
Larry bird had a lot of street in his game.
4:30. I always find it funny when people are freaked out by left handed shooters. I am ambidextrous. I write with my right hand and shoot/throw with my left hand. I can shoot with both hands, but I favor my left. Be sure that I took advantage of people expecting me to move right as I was moving left to shoot--hahaha!
Larry won 3 MVPs in a row when the whole dream team was in the league. Say what you want but Larry Legend was the best player to EVER step on a BB court. End of story. Great reaction BTW.
Those Hawk players falling off the bench got fined $3,000 each for their reactions😂.
They always say they got fine 3,000 but Cliff Livingston ...who was 1 of the guys that was high 5 everybody & wavin the towel.. said they only got fined $100! He said it was the best $100 seat he ever had! 😂😂😂
“Jordan would make you look slow, Larry would make you look stupid”
Bird fractures his cheek at the 7:30 mark of the video, but returns to the game later!
Not only that, but he went on to get hit twice more in the face (some say on purpose), which didnt help his pain any. Then he played an entire game with a fractured thumb. I personally know how painful that is. There is no way I could have played a basketball game with a fractured thumb. He was a manly man, with a good work ethic, the highest basketball IQ of anyone alive and had a feel and visual for the court and players like no other. He was the original OG.
He had a concussion too
As somebody else mentioned ...he also had a concussion and he had double vision!
& double vision! The man was extraordinary!
This was awesome! Subscribed for more Larry Bird! (And your Beastie Boys stuff). There is WAY more Larry Bird stuff for you to check out. Bird/Jordan 1a/1b.
The unicorn forward ever in NBA
I can't front Larry Bird is the reason I became a Celtics fan and I live in Missouri. From his first game to his last Larry was the man. Larry Bird was the best all round player the league had ever know. He was dangerous from anywhere on the court, including behind the backboard. Larry did things routinely the other players could only dream of or have nightmares about. Magic told Larry at his retirement ceremony that he was going to miss playing him because he challenged him in ways no other player could and with his competitive spirit made me the player I became.
Check out Larry Bird Making the case
Lays out just how good he was. I hate Larry Bird for everything he did to my Pistons. Still consider him the GOAT.
If Thomas hadn't encouraged the team to take out the opposing teams main players...by any means necessary... I might've had respect for the Pistons. I'm from Michigan by the way ..so technically they're supposed to be my team. But... I don't like dirty players! If that's the only way you can win a game .. you don't deserve to be there!
There is a video either the 12 or 10 times Larry Bird played hurt. It shows a lot about his physical and mental toughness. God bless!
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It's sad cause he only had 6 'healthy' seasons until he destroyed his back.
They called him, legend while he was still playing….🥴😏🤪😂😮🏀
He had a fracture of the right cheek and seeing double!
I promise you. The bird fans are out there, and the more vids you do of him, the more they’ll support you and the more he’ll blow your mind
The fact that Larry and Magic could endure such an intense rivalry from all the way back in college and still be close friends at the end of it just shows what class gentlemen both were.
Larry and magic built each other. And together they rebuilt the NBA.
These guys were warriors back in the day.
Have you seen "Bird is the Word" video?
Nice reaction
You must watch "A courtship of rivals"....Magic and Bird's story.
Loved your reaction. I was already subbed, or I'd have subbed because of this. I love that you caught his craftiness-- I've never heard a reactor mention that before-- and that your appreciation was deep enough to stop the vid to re-watch some of his moves (and Magic's, too; I really liked that move, and again, that it seemed to me to highlight the depth of your appreciation: a great move is a beautiful thing, regardless whose video it is). Last, I really enjoy listening to your voice- smooth and quiet, no hype...a great counterpoint to the noise and excitement of the action. Thanks for the great reaction, which I've watched before; I like it so much I'll prob. return to watch it again!
I'm already subbed and dropping one I think you'll really dig:
"Texas Flood", live at El Mocambo by the late, great Stevie Ray Vaughn. (RIP, guitar 🐐)
sorry but Stevie Ray ain't no Johnny Winter (in my book) in my opinion, he's a bit overrated. IN MY OPINION, so don't come at me y'all
Beastie Boys Root Down video. Green shirt! Still waiting! Or Green Day Basket Case! And Yep Michael Jordan could never defeat Larry Bird. Also another Song Reqest is The Gorillaz, Feel Good Inc.
You aren't wrong about how few there were in the 80's and 90's who could play today, just because the game is so radically different than it was back then.
I can think of some.
Bird, Magic, Jordan, Stockton, Wilkins, Barkley, R.Miller, Hakeem Olajawon...these guys could translate to today's game. Now, Wilkins and Barkley might not be great floor spacers or shooters, but the speed, ability to play defense, rebound, they would be able to make the move and they both would have worked hard to improve their parameter game.
Olajawon wouldn't need to change a thing. Yes, he wouldn't be able to floor space and hit dagger 3's...but his game would be so dominant from the mid range on in, he wouldn't need it. Especially with how creative he was.
Bird, Magic, MJ...with the advent of the Tech/Flagrant 1 and Flagrant 2 fouls to cut down on guys like Bill Laimbeer from playing dirty (if you think Draymond Green does it...look up Bill Laimbeer...he was trying to injure people and end careers), advances in medicine and the way they played on top of it, if I were LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving....I would be scared shitless if Bird, Magic and Michael were able to come back in their primes right now.
Michael and Magic made people look slow. Larry Bird made people look stupid.
I often wonder what today's NBA would be like if we could bring back 10-15 Hall of Fame players, in their prime and pair them up against today's talent, how much would it affect the NBA.
I wish Larry Bird had gotten to play the 6-7 more years that he deserved to be able to play.
Bird was just fun to watch.
He may not have gotten to play for as long as he should have..but what he accomplished in that short period of time that he was on the court ...is extraordinary!
Bird was the reason I watched basketball!!
There's another Bird vid you should watch. It's called "Making the Case" Larry Bird
Actually there are several other Bird videos! LOL. And I'm here to watch them all!
The one true Goat! Larry Joe
4:42 I've watched so many Larry Bird reactions and few people give respect to the greatest pass I've ever seen. Overhead bound pass with three defenders and it was on point. That's crazy!
You ought to react to some of his trash talk videos. They're hilarious.
Nowadays the way everybody gets their panties in a wad over every little thing they would probably be calling him a racist over his trash talk
Probably
The Legend and Magic. Best days ever in the NBA. And so many other great players. They weren't playing scrubs.
Larry Bird was the BEST EVER SEEN IN THE NBA.... Today's NBA PLAYERS are soft like Ice cream and they didn't call a foul unless there's blood in some games. I refuse to watch the NBA PLAYERS TODAY who are standing around the 3 point line is a JOKE. G.O.A.T. Larry Bird AKA Larry Legend.... Nobody Else ever Dominated from day one in the League EXCEPT FOR LARRY BIRD. He came in and said he was disappointed in the level of talent and played against better players in his own town.
You got that right! There were a couple of games I watched with the Celtic.. Where the referees just put away the whistles and figured.. unless somebody broke a bone or was bleeding profusely.. they weren't gonna bother! You'd never see that today!
Magic and Larry were such great friends despite being competitors in their careers.
Loved this reaction!
I love you ❤️
Check out making the case for Larry, great video tells the whole story. Greatest assist edited another great vid
Magic Johnson one legged shot was lucky and he knows it. He never said glass, Larry Bird would say glass if he was going to bank it in. Act like he did that on purpose, he couldn't do it again if you gave him a Thousand shots at the basket. He never had a good outside shot like that of Larry Bird.
If you want to see where Magic, Jordan and Bird got their play from you need to watch some videos on the original showman, Pistol Pete Maravich. He brought this style of play from college in the late 60's and set all his records without the benefit of a three point line. Love your reaction.
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Pistol Pete Maravich...not Larry. @@daveeezy184
Luv watching u young men enjoying Larry
LOVE this reaction !
Bro I have two bird recommendations 1: making the case Larry bird, this one gives you his accomplishments as well as showcasing the guys talent and 2: best trash talk of Larry bird watching real NBA legends tell you how bird was telling them what he's going to do and they couldn't stop him from doing it is crazy
Watching them in the 80s was the best.. every finals had either celts or the lakers in it..
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Fractured his right facial cheek. He hit the floor with his face when he fell.
Magic (26-6 Michigan State) and Bird (33-1 Indiana State) also met in the NCAA Final of 1979. Indiana State's only loss came in the finals against MSU.
Just discovered you, and I just like your vibe. New sub. :)
I love you ❤️❤️❤️
Fractured his right, facial cheek. I think u said, butt cheek😂 Dude played with a broken face! Today. A guys pinkie is sore, he's resting!
IMO Larry is the best white dude to ever play the game. Factor in skill, trash talk, unbelievable court vision, intimidation factor, shooting and the ability to flat out take over a game. We haven’t seen his like since. Larry and magic are to this day my favorite rivalry. I’m kinda looking forward to see if this wemby-holmgren rivalry can get there
Correction the best player of any color to play the game.
@@MBGolferI was going to say that very thing.
What about jokic
@@DanM-pw9nl I dont know? what about three rings, 2 finals mvps, 3 mvps, 12 allstar games, 1 allstar mvp, and 3 consecutive 3-point competition wins?
Wait a minute, you said"best" and talked about skull, shooting, etc. Skill is different than accomplishments. Jokic just started so of course he doesn't have as many accomplishments yet.@@JamesWilliams-dz5tn
When Bird came back out of the locker room after fracturing his cheek, i thought you said butt cheek. It was his face that was hurt. He didn't hurt his backside during that other fall. If he did, it didn't stop him.
😂😂😂. Yeah ..after all the injuries he had .. I don't think a butt cheek hurting would have stopped him at all! LOL
Fun fact: Michael Jordan is 0-6 vs Bird in the playoffs
When they say he can hit anywhere ,they mean anywhere .,Even behind the basket.
The skill set in the current NBA are very different in the sense that back then it was heavy on strategy and more technically correct play. The players now dominate with size and seemingly much more individual play such as shot making, I'm awed by the athleticism and sheer strength by players now, but I miss the good old days lol.
“Gimme my baby”
Quote of the day.
Guy its Larry Legend. Its The Hick from French Lick
Broke his orbital around his eye went to lockerroom killed a beer came back and won the game
When you ask all the people who get called GOATS in bball who the GOAT is..... an awful lot of them say Bird. #BirdGOAT
I'm 64, LeBron in the 80s is an AVERAGE player, Larry today would easily be 35, 10 and 10 all day!
Love the KISS shirt…
Even people who weren't interested in basketball would watch when Larry Bird was playing. It was hard to keep track of him. Where did he come from? Where is he? Does he have eyes in the back of his head? lol
Hey. he didn't just do it on the course. Won Coach of the Year, Executive of the Year. I love the story when he walked by, in shirt and tie, the team practicing. Loose ball came to him in the corner. Picked it up, shot, Swish. They tossed it back to him Swish. Fifteen straight - years after he retired. Think the team didn't think a little more practice might be good? Lol.
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HUGE MJ23 fan. Bird did it different. They are the co - GOATS. The NBA this era wouldn't be able to hang. Also, review TOOL.
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee larry=number one in brazil
I just never seen again what this guy did. epic
Lebron s career highlights were just Larry day in, day out. They all say he wasn’t really athletic, he’s slow, can’t jump. But would then tell his defenders, where, and how he was going to shoot it. Still couldn’t stop this man. He broke a knuckle in college, he said he never had the same feel for the ball. Part of the reason his back was so bad, was he never hired a gardener for his moms yard, he did it himself. Had he waited three days, the Celtic management told him to just wait and he had a 4.5 million guaranteed contract. He told them he couldn’t do that, he wasn’t able to play at the level, not the Celtics level, his level anymore. That retirement at the garden, there wasn’t a game that Sunday, it sold out.
Many feel that M.J. is the GOAT and I think that one would be hard pressed to argue that. However, the 1 thing that sets 🐦 a head or 2 higher than all others was his court vision. No one in the entire history of the NBA, including the likes of M.J, Magic and Pistol Pete, could read a defense better than 🐦s eye Larry 😉
From an old school Lakers fan
Larry Legend is & was a Bad Mofo
I was a Celtics fan for the second half of Bird's career and later, but I haven't watched basketball in years (and I don't enjoy how they play today). One thing about basketball I have never understood: What it so impressive about tall athletes dunking? Also, why are so many fans unfamiliar with Bird surprised he could dunk?
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27 points left handed in 3 QUARTERS
If a prime Larry was competing against Curry- My money is on Bird.
Nobody has made more of an impact like Larry bird did in the 13 years he played and
Larry Bird is the GOAT. Not MJ.
And the following is true about Larry Bird.
Larry birds timeframe played 13 seasons in the NBA and what is impressive Larry missed nearly an entire season for bone spurs in his heels and played just 105 games in his last two campaigns
due to his bad back.
Those last two NBA seasons, 1990-91 and 91-92, were painful to watch, as Bird had to lie on the floor at times to ease the tension on his aching back. Years later, doctors explained the lengths they had to go to just to get Larry Legend
on the court, and after hearing that, you won’t believe just how painful the whole situation was for him. Larry Bird infamously hurt his back doing something perfectly on-brand for the humble Celtics superstar, building a driveway for his mother by himself
in 1985. And while the back injury affected him for the last seven seasons of his career, it truly became a problem starting in 1988.
By the 1990s, Bird “had lost the structural stability of his spine,” according to his orthopedic therapist, Dan Dyrek. “It would slip into abnormal positions to try and lock itself to get an artificial stability.”
The pain for the Celtics star was intense. Dyrek compares his spinal issues to “getting your finger stuck in a door, and somebody’s still pushing on the door.” Despite the pain, Bird did whatever he could to play, even while wondering whether he was doing long-term damage that would affect his quality of life in retirement.
But he did it because, as he learned from his father years before, “If you get paid to go to work, you gotta go to work.” So, during the last two years of Bird’s career, Dyrek and his counterparts would go to extreme measures to get Bird on the court. “What we had to do was unlock his spine, realign it, [and] do techniques that would hold that for four hours, six hours, that type of thing, and then he’d go play basketball,” Dyrek explained. And while Larry Bird now admits he “probably should have retired in ’88, ’89,” he says the competition and hopes of one more NBA Finals showdown with Magic Johnson kept him going.
www.sportscasting.com/larry-bird-doctors-unlock-spine-before-games-end-career/
and Larry Bird injured his shooting hand in a bar fight during the 1985 Eastern Conference Finals
www.sportscasting.com/larry-bird-involvement-bar-fight-cost-celtics-1985-nba-finals/
which shows how much heart, love and dedication Larry had for the game. And There will never ever be a player like Larry Bird again. What an insult to Larry bird, His legacy, His accomplishments and the pain he endured and still did all that he did. How a person handles Adversity and other intangibles are part of what makes greatness. And watch these two video's
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best thing about Larry was he trashed talked before making the play. everyone else trash talks afterward lol.
Great reaction my man. Can you react to Jordan's Historic bulls mixtape made by the NBA?
If you haven't seen the college Goat look at Pete Maravich. 44.2 ppg no 3 point line and only played 3 years.
No hand checking since 2004