@@cadenclark947 Bird is better than Lebron because Bird faced better talent than Lebron including teams like the Lakers who were stacked with Hall of Famers. Lebron accumulated a lot of stats against mediocre talent. Maybe some players he played against were good but others were so-so talent. That "racist" comment by the way is getting old. It tells me you are reaching and don't know what else to say to object so you come up with the "racist" accusation. Do you do that to everyone who disagrees with you?
Larry is my favourite player all time. Mostly for things like this. The dude was the kind of man's man that you just don't see anymore. That being said his stubborn never quit attitude really let him down. Had he just immediately gone to hospital after his back injury and set aside maybe a year of his career with surgery and rehab he could have had a much better career and a much better quality of life after his career.
@@riffsthatkill2180 yeah but a healthy Bird could have meant many more banners down the road. Bird wasn't a guy who relied on athleticism to play the game. And he was one of the all time great shooters. Players like that should keep playing at a good level until they're almost forty years old. I know Larrry bowed out at 36 but after that third MVP he was never the same player. He could have been right up there in the goat convo if his back hadn't have hindered the second half of his career.
So basically Larry didn’t be able to use his full power almost his career. Imagine if he was injuries free 🤯. This is why I always rate bird above KD. His mental toughness
Kobe and Larry Bird were always suffering through injuries Yet for some reason they always come back stronger Even when the odds are against him. This is why bird and Kobe was the best players in their era
At the peak of Bird's prime '86-'87 my Milwaukee Bucks almost knocked Bird out of the Playoffs. Bucks took Boston to 7 games that year and into 3 Overtimes! Might be best series of all time! I remember one game Bucks 2 Centers both Fouled out and we finished that game without a C in the game.
2:20 was best shot I've ever seen. I watched that play live when it happened and nobody could believe what he just did. I tried replicating that shot IRL a million times I might have made a couple but he did it live in a game. Bonkers!
@Trade Bum Simmons yeah if we are talking the 90s when Bird and Magic were older, probably. If Lenny Bias didn't die, might have changed the Celtics for another 6 to 8 years. McHale was breaking down after 87 too.
@@cirlake8202 Shut up, crybaby. He can bring up LeBron all he wants. Instead of crying about nO oNe Is TaLkInG aBoUt LeBrOn....how about instead you counter his point.
@@cirlake8202 Because he can, that's why. Millions of people claim he's the GOAT yet we're not allowed to talk about him unless he's brought up? Fuck that. This is America. If someone wants to bring him up in the comment section of a video that wasn't about him, that's their right. Go to China and cry about it if you don't like it.
@@davidmartinez52420 why the fuck would you mention lebron on a topic that has absolutely nothing to do with him the video is literally about larry bird yet all the stupid lebron haters have to mention something bad about him. Is this video about a goat debate or who’s better larry bird or lebron james… NO its about how competitive larry bird was.
He got that from his old man. His dad broke his foot and Larry would help him put his boot on and watch him go to work. He'd come home on the weekend with a black and blue foot and Larry would help him with the boot again the next week.
top 2 trashtalker all time with the goat, all time he ranks at 5 for me, but im fine with him being anywhere from 1-8 as long as he is one spot within magic
Top 5 because, Bron is out. Let's remember that Bron has played most of the second half of his career in a no touch euro style league, so I'm taking Bird because Bird can shoot and Bron can't
Larry Bird had to have the weakest most broken down body of any all time top 20 player ever...... if he had a decent body the shit wouldn’t be fair 😂😂😂
@@fatboy5926 Yeah, I only say that now, because of his ability to tell you what he was going to do before he did it, and then do it in your face. No one else could really do that, he was on another level, and some great players admitted he was probably the best also.
Can't say that about Queen James...this clown will complain just about everything, even flop if things don't go his way. Don't believe me? Just ask Dirk 😆
Bird is hardly forgotten. Entire RUclips channels are built around his clips as younger people learn about him. He's an ambassador for the game and highly respected.
I have Larry as the greatest small forward ever, and number three on my all time list.
That’s a bit of a stretch as a Celtics fan Larry is top 5 all time for sure but he isn’t better then lebron
@@gk1147 You're right is not better is just a superior player.
@@gk1147 Actually Bird is way better than Lebron, its not even close.
@@counterstrike89 has to be racist bro 💀
@@cadenclark947
Bird is better than Lebron because Bird faced better talent than Lebron including teams like the Lakers who were stacked with Hall of Famers. Lebron accumulated a lot of stats against mediocre talent. Maybe some players he played against were good but others were so-so talent.
That "racist" comment by the way is getting old. It tells me you are reaching and don't know what else to say to object so you come up with the "racist" accusation. Do you do that to everyone who disagrees with you?
Larry is my favourite player all time. Mostly for things like this. The dude was the kind of man's man that you just don't see anymore. That being said his stubborn never quit attitude really let him down. Had he just immediately gone to hospital after his back injury and set aside maybe a year of his career with surgery and rehab he could have had a much better career and a much better quality of life after his career.
True but the following year was the 1986 Celtics team, no? Bird sitting out that year means no banner.
@@riffsthatkill2180 yeah but a healthy Bird could have meant many more banners down the road. Bird wasn't a guy who relied on athleticism to play the game. And he was one of the all time great shooters. Players like that should keep playing at a good level until they're almost forty years old. I know Larrry bowed out at 36 but after that third MVP he was never the same player. He could have been right up there in the goat convo if his back hadn't have hindered the second half of his career.
So basically Larry didn’t be able to use his full power almost his career. Imagine if he was injuries free 🤯. This is why I always rate bird above KD. His mental toughness
I take Bird over Lebron.
Lebron two the short time Bird had he done more then LeBron and Durant
Kobe and Larry Bird were always suffering through injuries Yet for some reason they always come back stronger Even when the odds are against him.
This is why bird and Kobe was the best players in their era
i agree. u could make an argument for magic/duncan but they are top 2 at worst.
Bird and Kobe are tough. They are going to play, unless one of them is accused of rape! Both are cold blooded killers on the court.
This is so correct because they are MEN not WIMPS like that lefraud who can’t play with a scratch
Always enjoy old school stories about the previous greats
Good thing he can shoot from his left hand for an entire game lol
Larry legend best SF ever
U forgot bout Lebron???
@@ekimnahar8658 why do you say that?
Because lebron is better.
@@d.00.m.s_d4y you need to explain
Today's Players should see this video and Feel embarrased. You can argue he is the GOAT, no kidding
At the peak of Bird's prime '86-'87 my Milwaukee Bucks almost knocked Bird out of the Playoffs. Bucks took Boston to 7 games that year and into 3 Overtimes! Might be best series of all time! I remember one game Bucks 2 Centers both Fouled out and we finished that game without a C in the game.
5th all-time. My favourite player.
He was the reason I watched NBA Basketball back then … Rarely ever watch since he retired ….
To me he was the GOAT !!!!
Bird played through Every injury except the Double ACL tears that's why he's LARRY LEGEND
He had bone spurs on both feet and that's what sidelined him for all but 6 games in one season
@@je6319 true
I always flip back and forth for Larry Legend as the second best player of all time. Jordan, Magic and Larry either one for second best of all time.
2:20 was best shot I've ever seen. I watched that play live when it happened and nobody could believe what he just did. I tried replicating that shot IRL a million times I might have made a couple but he did it live in a game. Bonkers!
There is no shot at 2:20.....are you referring to the over the back board at 2:25?
@@donmoore3220 Yes, I cued it up a few seconds early so people could see the whole thing.
Greatest sf played the second half of his career hurt
Top 5 "all around" player of all time... My fave overall player of all time... Easily top 3 playing with pain ...
MY TRUE GOAT 🐐
Jordan is lucky, bird would dominate at least 5 more years without his injuries
@Trade Bum Simmons yeah if we are talking the 90s when Bird and Magic were older, probably. If Lenny Bias didn't die, might have changed the Celtics for another 6 to 8 years. McHale was breaking down after 87 too.
Don't forget Bird's incredible triple double against Portland in 1992.
LeMickey quit in game 1 of 2014 finals because of AC malfunction 🤣🤣🤣🤣
No one is talking about lebron???
@@cirlake8202 Shut up, crybaby. He can bring up LeBron all he wants. Instead of crying about nO oNe Is TaLkInG aBoUt LeBrOn....how about instead you counter his point.
@@davidmartinez52420 literally all i said is no one mentioned lebron. Why would you talk about lebron on a Larry bird video????
@@cirlake8202 Because he can, that's why. Millions of people claim he's the GOAT yet we're not allowed to talk about him unless he's brought up? Fuck that. This is America. If someone wants to bring him up in the comment section of a video that wasn't about him, that's their right. Go to China and cry about it if you don't like it.
@@davidmartinez52420 why the fuck would you mention lebron on a topic that has absolutely nothing to do with him the video is literally about larry bird yet all the stupid lebron haters have to mention something bad about him. Is this video about a goat debate or who’s better larry bird or lebron james… NO its about how competitive larry bird was.
GOAT
Hey! I feel cheated! Only 4 injuries listed! 😜 Great video.
Also, Larry > LeBron 😀
He got that from his old man. His dad broke his foot and Larry would help him put his boot on and watch him go to work. He'd come home on the weekend with a black and blue foot and Larry would help him with the boot again the next week.
top 2 trashtalker all time with the goat, all time he ranks at 5 for me, but im fine with him being anywhere from 1-8 as long as he is one spot within magic
I’m with you on that
Do a top 10 nba players of all time video
Top 5 because, Bron is out. Let's remember that Bron has played most of the second half of his career in a no touch euro style league, so I'm taking Bird because Bird can shoot and Bron can't
My top 5...1. Michael Jordan. 2. Kobe Bryant. 3. Larry Bird. 4. Hakeem Olajuwon. 5. LeMao James.
First two you named are overrated. Everything mj done Larry did first.
@@cecildison6788 Michael and Kobe overrated? Um, OK!
@@ShadowBanned904 Its Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant
@@counterstrike89 good list.
@@counterstrike89 awful list
grate vid man
Larry Bird had to have the weakest most broken down body of any all time top 20 player ever...... if he had a decent body the shit wouldn’t be fair 😂😂😂
That's why he really is the best, because most of the greats could not do what he did with all the injuries.
@@counterstrike89 I can’t rank him above a few other guys based simply on longevity but at his peak?? Bird might have been the best.
@@fatboy5926 Yeah, I only say that now, because of his ability to tell you what he was going to do before he did it, and then do it in your face. No one else could really do that, he was on another level, and some great players admitted he was probably the best also.
Definitely better than Lebum
No.
@@d.00.m.s_d4y Yes, even Lebron would admit this, Lebron likes Bird.
Can't say that about Queen James...this clown will complain just about everything, even flop if things don't go his way. Don't believe me? Just ask Dirk 😆
im starting to think haters are also bronsexuals, they talk more about lebron than the fans lol
@@squag3359 Hey clown, I don't hate the Queen...I just think you idiots give him more credit than he deserves...you dig???
@@sonofnam4418 lol already assuming i think lebron is the goat 😂
@@squag3359 That's for you to know, and for me to find out. Sorry for calling you names...be safe.
@@sonofnam4418 And Lebron will complain if his flop goes wrong too.
Imagine ifmhe wouñdmhave played healthy?
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Meanwhile tatum just came out and said he had a “injured”wrist after getting exposed by Wiggins 😂 soft ass league now
Now you got these big babies making 10x the amount of money, and taking 15 games a year off for “load management”. 🙄
First guy was wrong. Larry Bird is largely forgotten. It's all about the Lebron vs MJ debate.
No he’s not. Hell, I’d take Bird over Lecry any day.
Bird is hardly forgotten. Entire RUclips channels are built around his clips as younger people learn about him. He's an ambassador for the game and highly respected.
Larry Legend is not largely forgotten. Players today still study and respect him, including LeBron and Michael. Look up how highly they speak of him.