Love listening to Magic talk about Bird.. These 2 men changed the NBA.. Hands down. What is so amazing about Bird though he wanted the challenge of a great defender.. he would ask for someone to defend him..
I've been watching so many that my Girlfriend who was first annoyed with me watching Basketball 🏀 because I Do Not Watch TODAY'S NBA PLAYERS. I'm disappointed in the Traveling and Double Dribbling and nothing is being called but Fouls. And nobody is getting touched. It's just PATHETIC to try to watch a game today. After growing up playing Basketball 🏀 the Right way and let's get back to playing Baseball the Way GOD intended it to be played!!!!
I was a bad boys fan although I loved Larry Bird and the story that Isaiah Thomas is telling absolutely broke my heart as a teenager. I could not believe it happened. It was like a daydream. I remember exactly where I was when it happened watching the game thinking we were going to win the championship and Larry Bird broke my heart over and over and over. Love you, Larry Bird.
They brought out the best in each other. Both have told stories like, "I can't stop practicing now, I know Larry/Magic will be practicing for another hour."
I can honestly say as a Lifelong Boston sports fan, I loved Magic as long as he wasn't [laying the Celts during the season or in the playoffs, same goes for Dr. J, Charles Barkley, Moses Malone or Michael Jordan, I can't say I didn't respect them, or appreciate them when they worked hard to get to the Finals (which Doc Rivers said it was one of the hardest things to do in Sports) This is what makes us the biggest Fans of the Teams in the Cities We live in and I still live in Boston. Enjoy this Season everyone but it's going to be another Championship Banner raised to the rafters in Boston Garden Stay Safe Friends
Larry Bird WON The Shootout Contest THREE YEARS IN A ROW ............ He was voted MVP .....THREE YEARS IN A ROW ..... He out Hustled, out worked and Out Passed and Out Shot - especially in the clutch - all his career. THE BEST PERIOD!
Bill Russel won FIVE NBA MVPs, including three in a row. He won ELEVEN NBA Championships in 13 years. He out hustled, out rebounded, out defensed and out worked everyone. THE BEST PERIOD.
I grew up in Boston, went to at least 20 games at the Boston Garden... BIRD wasn't fast, he was Quick, fast handed steals, quick elusive fakes, quickest to the rebounds, quick insane passing. One of the fastest thinkers, playmaker and shot takers. NOT ATHLETICK? He would run 2 to 5 miles a day, games not included. He was relentless.
I just can't watch Today's NBA PLAYERS!!! But I can never get enough of Larry Bird. Watching Larry Bird and growing up playing Basketball 🏀. We played physical and no blood no Foul. It's just PATHETIC to try to watch the NBA today can't, won't not going to WAIST my time on B.S.
@@roofingrepairman 58 going on 59 couldn't agree 💯 more I never see kids outside playing Football, Basketball, and Baseball. But that's all we had, No video games and only 1 TV and the Parents were watching their own shows!! I was never home and had to be home at a certain time.
I’ve always been a Dr.J fan but Bird was something different from the rest of the league. I just wish those 2 played against each other in their prime. Now that would have been worth the price of admission.
The only player that I've heard be disrespectful to Larry Bird in retirement is Dr. J. Surprising to me. The only player I've heard Bird be disrespectful to is Laimbeer.. I get that.. he was a dirty player.. even admitted it.
I saw the game when Larry and Doc were battling back and the camera man showed Bird saying something to Dr.J that clearly upset Dr.J . The next time Larry tried to gard Dr.J. The Doctor did a poster slam dunk on top of Larry's Bird head and face. Larry got upset said something back to Dr.J. And that was it Dr.J fired a heymaker blow directly to Larry Bird face. Larry didn't say another word and avoid the Doctor. Larry Bird is a great player although Dr.J is a straight up non trash talking good sportsmanship athlete. In perspective Bird behavior that game was if he was playing the Detroit Pistons.
Yes, and on the stolen pass, against Detroit, D.J. was headed for the goal before Bird had the ball good. Fantastic play on both players' parts. I saw that game and play, real time. It was really "Something Else". Ya'll can say what you will; there has been no better basketball played, than in the 80s. The NBA was loaded and armed to the teeth with truly great players.
All the points scored, all the assists, rebounds, great passing, great defensive plays yet ppl still say unathletic, bull butter, you don't shoot over kareem and many others being unathletic, you don't drive the lane and score on some of the Great defenders being unathletic. He was athletic he was smart, quick and had one of the greatest basketball minds in history.only his back stopped him.
Larry Legend could talk the talk but he ALWAYS backed it up. Most clutch player in NBA history. The King of the 40/50/90 club. He played back when basketball was great in the era of the Superstars. Ya' know what? He beat em' all! He's the only one who can say that. The only one to win MVP, Coach of the year and executive of the year. I have Jordan as #1 G.O.A.T, Larry #1A. 🏀
That Dr. J would hit a man being held back shocks me not. I met him when I was selling stereo equipment in the early 80's in Seattle. We threw him out of our store because he totally mistreated a young woman whomhappen to be disabled. He mocked her. Totally spineless. ZERO respect. for the man.
I was a rabid Showtime Lakers fan in the early 80s.....I LOATHED Bird.....was a huge Magic fan......now, in 2024, my favorite NBA player of all time is Larry. I still have friends from those days that cannot imagine my saying that,......
Larry Bird is like Eminem. People don't want to acknowledge how he dominated this sport where the Majority of the superior players were Black. Like Eminem in the Rap industry people wanted to try to undermine him but his greatness was too much to ignore.
Larry Bird was the greatest player that I've ever seen in the 80's and then Michael Jordan & Lebron James showed up. Larry was definitely the BEST player on any court when he was playing.
You would have had to be there to understand how good Bird was, just like you had to be there to know Jordan is the greatest player ever. People never talk about Bird's actual skills. He took a last place Celtic team to first place in the division. The same team from the year previous, before McHale, before Parrish, before Dennis Johnson. In Bird's first 3 years he won Rookie of the year, MVP. and a Championship. In his next 4 years he won 2 more MVPs and 2 more Championships. In his first 3 years with the Celtics he led the team in scoring, rebounding, steals and finished 2nd in assists. In the next 3 years he led the Celtics in scoring, assists, steals, and finished 2nd in rebounds. And you want to compare this guy to Kevin Durant. I like Durant, but it is always a case of the new player is better. Someone tried to tell me Aaron Rodgers is better than Joe Montana. Whatever
22 out of 25 possible with the red white and blue ball worth 2 that stands up as a solid score in any era. The fact that decades later his stories touch generation of all stars. We are bless to have the memories I was an Atlanta fan I don't know what kind of bird he's supposed to be but he gave my Hawks hell.
I get so damn tired of hearing that Bird was not athletic!! Anyone who can get his spot on the floor against the great players he played against time and again was athletic. He certainly could jump. See highlights of his dunks or blocks. He only jumped when needed. How about jumping into the air spinning in the air to square up to the basket and draining his shot.
Larry Bird wasn't athletic by NBA standards,much like Joker and Luka today. They have great fundamentals and high basketball IQ like Bird, things that will always give a player the edge.
I love how they all say hes not that athletic, dude if your in the NBA you ARE athletic, he’s not flashy, because you can dunk a ball when your outreached arm is 9 feet that’s called athletic, not a hater here, just don’t understand that term
Larry Bird was a far better athlete than Byron Scott gives him credit. He was a 6-10 1/2 power forward who dribbled behind his back and moved on the court like a shooting guard. He would have had no trouble playing point guard on offense like Magic did. He certainly got his share of dunks and his vertical leap was actually better than Dennis Rodman. If you think Bird had no athletic ability, look at the film of him playing the Lakers in Los Angeles when Magic Johnson seems to be going for an uncontested layup and Bird runs him down from far behind and blocks his shot at the last second.
Bird was great at regulating his play to get the win. He kept a lot of his potential in reserve and tapped into it when needed. No doubt he could have been more flamboyant, but that was not his game.
And That Old Man Hit Bird 🦅 wit that Tommy Hearns Jab F… Bird Up Moses Rushed the Whole Team Parrish told the Story not to long ago saying Larry Got what He Deserved For Being Disrespectful too DOC
That was early in the fourth quarter. Bird had 52 points and he just missed a layup as he threw an elbow at Irving. If he hadn't of had that fight he could have scored sixty some or maybe seventy!
Great stories about the legend of Larry Bird. I love Dr J, but come on, those were not "jabs," Doc. Those were more like straight right hand leads thrown against Bird who could not defend himself because he's being held by two guys. Not real fair.
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Love listening to Magic talk about Bird.. These 2 men changed the NBA.. Hands down. What is so amazing about Bird though he wanted the challenge of a great defender.. he would ask for someone to defend him..
Love Larry Bird stories. One of the best players of all times. Perhaps the motivation for the movie " white man can't jump "
What an inspiration!!!!!
Where is the popcorn? I can listen to these Larry Bird stories all night long 😮
I've been watching so many that my Girlfriend who was first annoyed with me watching Basketball 🏀 because I Do Not Watch TODAY'S NBA PLAYERS. I'm disappointed in the Traveling and Double Dribbling and nothing is being called but Fouls. And nobody is getting touched. It's just PATHETIC to try to watch a game today. After growing up playing Basketball 🏀 the Right way and let's get back to playing Baseball the Way GOD intended it to be played!!!!
I binge watch all the videos about The Legend!
Yep!👍
Totally!
Me too
I was a bad boys fan although I loved Larry Bird and the story that Isaiah Thomas is telling absolutely broke my heart as a teenager. I could not believe it happened. It was like a daydream. I remember exactly where I was when it happened watching the game thinking we were going to win the championship and Larry Bird broke my heart over and over and over. Love you, Larry Bird.
How do you think Minnesota Vikings And Buffalo Bills feel! Lol
As a Bird Celtics fan, I can honestly say, how can you not love Magic too?
They brought out the best in each other. Both have told stories like, "I can't stop practicing now, I know Larry/Magic will be practicing for another hour."
I can honestly say as a Lifelong Boston sports fan, I loved Magic as long as he wasn't [laying the Celts during the season or in the playoffs, same goes for Dr. J, Charles Barkley, Moses Malone or Michael Jordan, I can't say I didn't respect them, or appreciate them when they worked hard to get to the Finals (which Doc Rivers said it was one of the hardest things to do in Sports) This is what makes us the biggest Fans of the Teams in the Cities We live in and I still live in Boston. Enjoy this Season everyone but it's going to be another Championship Banner raised to the rafters in Boston Garden Stay Safe Friends
Larry Bird WON The Shootout Contest THREE YEARS IN A ROW ............ He was voted MVP .....THREE YEARS IN A ROW ..... He out Hustled, out worked and Out Passed and Out Shot - especially in the clutch - all his career. THE BEST PERIOD!
🐐 THE ONE AND ONLY!
Bill Russel won FIVE NBA MVPs, including three in a row. He won ELEVEN NBA Championships in 13 years. He out hustled, out rebounded, out defensed and out worked everyone. THE BEST PERIOD.
Larry is the GOAT.
LARRY LEGEND IS A UNICORN AND THE TRUE GOAT!!! 🐐 ☘️
Just like Caitlin Clark will be the goat!
@@larrywilson6900 she reminds me of Larry
I let everyone else argue about all the candidates for the GOAT, because there will only ever be one LEGEND!
I grew up in Boston, went to at least 20 games at the Boston Garden...
BIRD wasn't fast, he was Quick, fast handed steals, quick elusive fakes, quickest to the rebounds, quick insane passing.
One of the fastest thinkers, playmaker and shot takers.
NOT ATHLETICK? He would run 2 to 5 miles a day, games not included. He was relentless.
I just can't watch Today's NBA PLAYERS!!! But I can never get enough of Larry Bird. Watching Larry Bird and growing up playing Basketball 🏀. We played physical and no blood no Foul. It's just PATHETIC to try to watch the NBA today can't, won't not going to WAIST my time on B.S.
Agreed I’m 52 we jwould be playing either basketball, football, and even baseball everyday when I was a kid! Nowadays never see them outside!
@@roofingrepairman 58 going on 59 couldn't agree 💯 more I never see kids outside playing Football, Basketball, and Baseball. But that's all we had, No video games and only 1 TV and the Parents were watching their own shows!! I was never home and had to be home at a certain time.
The photo of doctor j and larry bird choking each other is one of the most iconic sports photos in history
I’ve always been a Dr.J fan but Bird was something different from the rest of the league. I just wish those 2 played against each other in their prime. Now that would have been worth the price of admission.
The only player that I've heard be disrespectful to Larry Bird in retirement is Dr. J. Surprising to me. The only player I've heard Bird be disrespectful to is Laimbeer.. I get that.. he was a dirty player.. even admitted it.
Yeah, Doc still seems to harbor ill will toward Larry.
Bill Laimbeer was a dirty player! Even Micheal Jordan hates him and Isaiah Thomas to this day!
Dr j wasn't disrespectful. I seen the interview n didn't hear no disrespect. Wrong!!
I saw the game when Larry and Doc were battling back and the camera man showed Bird saying something to Dr.J that clearly upset Dr.J . The next time Larry tried to gard Dr.J.
The Doctor did a poster slam dunk on top of Larry's Bird head and face. Larry got upset said something back to Dr.J. And that was it Dr.J fired a heymaker blow directly to Larry Bird face.
Larry didn't say another word and avoid the Doctor.
Larry Bird is a great player although Dr.J is a straight up non trash talking good sportsmanship athlete. In perspective Bird behavior that game was if he was playing the Detroit Pistons.
Doc has show a lot of respect for Bird. Even in this conversation he didn't disrespect him.
Quick first step, quick hands, quick mind, ambidextrous, deadly shot, disruptive defender - every phase of the game he has impact
Larry Bird is the only player to win the MVP then go onto win coach of the year then go on to win GM/executive of the year.
Larry Bird was Legendary and that's says it all. Larry Legend. He is the GOAT
It was rough as all get out too, true bangers ball every night, they were just missing the strobe light.
Yes, and on the stolen pass, against Detroit, D.J. was headed for the goal before Bird had the ball good. Fantastic play on both players' parts. I saw that game and play, real time. It was really "Something Else". Ya'll can say what you will; there has been no better basketball played, than in the 80s. The NBA was loaded and armed to the teeth with truly great players.
Larry Bird stories would go on for 3,4,500 years from now on. A fcking Legend!
All the points scored, all the assists, rebounds, great passing, great defensive plays yet ppl still say unathletic, bull butter, you don't shoot over kareem and many others being unathletic, you don't drive the lane and score on some of the Great defenders being unathletic. He was athletic he was smart, quick and had one of the greatest basketball minds in history.only his back stopped him.
I love Larry Bird,he comprised everything you want in a Champion,He wasn't just a great basketball player,He was an Artist,and a joy to watch!
Larry Legend could talk the talk but he ALWAYS backed it up. Most clutch player in NBA history. The King of the 40/50/90 club. He played back when basketball was great in the era of the Superstars. Ya' know what? He beat em' all! He's the only one who can say that. The only one to win MVP, Coach of the year and executive of the year. I have Jordan as #1 G.O.A.T, Larry #1A. 🏀
Larry Bird and Magic Johnson are the 2 players I will ALWAYS put in my all time favorite team. True sportsmen, true friends and legends of the game.
That Dr. J would hit a man being held back shocks me not. I met him when I was selling stereo equipment in the early 80's in Seattle. We threw him out of our store because he totally mistreated a young woman whomhappen to be disabled. He mocked her. Totally spineless. ZERO respect. for the man.
"Charles, you'll better get this old man off me"😂...it's killing me...bird was screaming it too.😂
I was a rabid Showtime Lakers fan in the early 80s.....I LOATHED Bird.....was a huge Magic fan......now, in 2024, my favorite NBA player of all time is Larry. I still have friends from those days that cannot imagine my saying that,......
Larry Bird is like Eminem. People don't want to acknowledge how he dominated this sport where the Majority of the superior players were Black.
Like Eminem in the Rap industry people wanted to try to undermine him but his greatness was too much to ignore.
Not only did DJ make that layup but he then went to straight defense mode to guard the inbounds pass
Loved DJ - smart, fast hands, and reliable as a clock. He and Larry played like 2 bodies controlled by on mind. Simply incredible to watch.
Larry Bird was the greatest player that I've ever seen in the 80's and then Michael Jordan & Lebron James showed up. Larry was definitely the BEST player on any court when he was playing.
Doc's tripple jab was nice 🤣
😂
Love Dr J class act all the way
This is hysterical love listening to this
Isiah almost had it right. Bird plays before the clock starts.
You would have had to be there to understand how good Bird was, just like you had to be there to know Jordan is the greatest player ever. People never talk about Bird's actual skills. He took a last place Celtic team to first place in the division. The same team from the year previous, before McHale, before Parrish, before Dennis Johnson. In Bird's first 3 years he won Rookie of the year, MVP. and a Championship. In his next 4 years he won 2 more MVPs and 2 more Championships. In his first 3 years with the Celtics he led the team in scoring, rebounding, steals and finished 2nd in assists. In the next 3 years he led the Celtics in scoring, assists, steals, and finished 2nd in rebounds. And you want to compare this guy to Kevin Durant. I like Durant, but it is always a case of the new player is better. Someone tried to tell me Aaron Rodgers is better than Joe Montana. Whatever
Doc was one of my favorite players up to this point. After that, I never felt the same about him.
22 out of 25 possible with the red white and blue ball worth 2 that stands up as a solid score in any era. The fact that decades later his stories touch generation of all stars. We are bless to have the memories I was an Atlanta fan I don't know what kind of bird he's supposed to be but he gave my Hawks hell.
I was lucky I saw this game, live.
"Larry isn't white. Larry is clear"
- Bill Murray
I get so damn tired of hearing that Bird was not athletic!! Anyone who can get his spot on the floor against the great players he played against time and again was athletic. He certainly could jump. See highlights of his dunks or blocks. He only jumped when needed. How about jumping into the air spinning in the air to square up to the basket and draining his shot.
He wasn’t athletic. It the truth deal with it racist.
Larry Bird wasn't athletic by NBA standards,much like Joker and Luka today. They have great fundamentals and high basketball IQ like Bird, things that will always give a player the edge.
I love how they all say hes not that athletic, dude if your in the NBA you ARE athletic, he’s not flashy, because you can dunk a ball when your outreached arm is 9 feet that’s called athletic, not a hater here, just don’t understand that term
@danaringdahl8586
It's kinda like when whites used the term "athletic" as a disqualifier AGAINST black quarterbacks.
I've already heard every one of these stories. Where are the ones I've never heard?
Larry Bird was a far better athlete than Byron Scott gives him credit. He was a 6-10 1/2 power forward who dribbled behind his back and moved on the court like a shooting guard. He would have had no trouble playing point guard on offense like Magic did. He certainly got his share of dunks and his vertical leap was actually better than Dennis Rodman. If you think Bird had no athletic ability, look at the film of him playing the Lakers in Los Angeles when Magic Johnson seems to be going for an uncontested layup and Bird runs him down from far behind and blocks his shot at the last second.
Bird was great at regulating his play to get the win. He kept a lot of his potential in reserve and tapped into it when needed. No doubt he could have been more flamboyant, but that was not his game.
You can't be unathletic and play basketball. Larry's vertical wasn't great, but he could get up there.
I respect.
Byron scott but he's literally a pimple on birds ass
LMAO to the question, “did you guard Larry Bird”? NOBODY GUARDED LARRY BIRD!!!
It's like nobody can guard Caitlin Clark
caitlin who???😂
When Bird was done I was done watching NBA and have not watched since...
Me too.
Your lost😂😂😂 sorry for you
@@johngrizzard2082 todays ball is trash.🗑️
LarryBird was white yet accepted and embraced. One of my favorites.
Charles Barkley is the best story teller. "Ain't nobody grab Doc!" "I know."
Larry Bird seems like one of those guys that when he speaks, people listen. Larry dont seem like a guy who waste words unless it serves a purpose.
I've heard almost all of them, but still cool.
Brid, was skill he was good at the up fake and he had a nice jumper from any were that was his game to me
Im guessing the guy who strangled Larry Bird has a criminal record. I understand playing hard but that's just insane
Another great I loved to "hate"
He was a team player , he passed the ball àrouñd..😊😊
And That Old Man Hit Bird 🦅 wit that Tommy Hearns Jab F… Bird Up Moses Rushed the Whole Team Parrish told the Story not to long ago saying Larry Got what He Deserved For Being Disrespectful too DOC
80's and 90's basketball was the best !
Two of your players are holding him and you decide to throw 3 jabs? Did that make you feel like a man?
Commentary back in the 80s an 90s is more like a WWE commentary
That was early in the fourth quarter. Bird had 52 points and he just missed a layup as he threw an elbow at Irving. If he hadn't of had that fight he could have scored sixty some or maybe seventy!
Larry Bird was in a class by himself he used his brain
Great stories about the legend of Larry Bird. I love Dr J, but come on, those were not "jabs," Doc. Those were more like straight right hand leads thrown against Bird who could not defend himself because he's being held by two guys. Not real fair.
I love Big Shot Bob.😊
As you can see all races have prejudice.
I like those fights
Moral of the story: be careful of who you hate because next year he may be on your team.
Damn. Dropping check HARD RRRRR
Larry the GOAT
I love black people but we think everybody is scared of us and think we're the only ones that can play basketball
Isaiah is right. I never noticed, after he steals the ball hes on his toes until he passes.
It was an even choke fest. In my opinion. I saw that game. Doc held it down ...
Love how Dr. J downplayed larry Whooping his ass all game. Nice try dr...larry owned you
"Larry Legend" 🏀
I'm taking bird over LeBron everyday of the week and three times on Sunday.
Absolutely and I agree with you!!!
Both of yall need to go for a drug test!
@@vladalexandru7863 I seen Larry Bird play LeBron James isn't better than he is. And I passed my latest drug test.lol
Who's hands are those @ 5:03?? They don't look human...
That was the same type of an event like 1978 Daytona 500
Everyone remember where you were
I always believed Erving was a pos, and now I know it for sure
Bird never talked trash to doctor again after that day
4:15 did Matt Barnes just drop the hard R?
Yeah I've heard every one
no racism in basketball - just respect... funny... not really
“When you gonna let people know you a black guy from Indiana”🤣🤣
Yep...the original...now,thats our catlynn Clark...she deserves respect...
Funny how Dr. J remembers it.
I hate them saying he wasnt athletic
That was on the front of the paper
Several ex Spurs on commentary😊
Wish you were clutch Scott! Why the Lakers EVER gave up the great Nixon for YOU...
Today's NBA sux
Yes!
You lost me at Barkley and Sharpe. That's not old or even slightly hard to find. Of course I've heard it.
Cheap shots DrJ
They all say Larry was
Slow
Chubby
Cant jump
Unathletic
On and on
And he BEAT YOU?
You had all the things Larry DIDNT have....
you grab your OWN teamates not the other
Larry was gonna kick docs ass if Chuck didn't hold him
I remebervbird from Indiana st and Arkansas in the ncca tournament beating the hogs by few points
He wasn't on his tiptoes isiah put extras on that play
Imagine if White golfers talked about Tiger Woods like this.
The REPEATEDLY TOLD Larry Bird Stories Shared by NBA Legends.
There are no untold stories about Larry...
One of the greastest plays in basketball lore!!
The Fucking Legend
Pretty low move Mr. Barkley !
B move by J
Foc didn't swing on Larry until the fat guy was holding Larry's arms. A cowardly act.