NBA Legends Share The First Time They Faced Larry Bird

NBA Legends Share The First Time They Faced Larry Bird Mr Sports 109K subscribers Subscribe 7.1K Share Thanks Clip Save 946,604 views Dec 2, 2024 #larrybird #bostonceltics #nba NBA Legends Share The First Time They Faced Larry Bird Every NBA great has their Larry Bird story, and somehow, they all sound like tall tales, except they’re true. Facing Larry Bird for the first time was like being handed a crash course in humility. Before you could process what was happening, Larry had already told you how he was going to score, done it, and then made you feel bad about it. This was Larry’s World, and if you weren’t ready, well...he’d make sure you knew it. Let’s dive into the wildest stories NBA legends have about their first time facing the man, the myth, and the ultimate trash-talking machine - Larry Bird. Starting us off is Byron Scott. His introduction to Larry Bird was like stepping into a basketball masterclass on psychological warfare. His story is one of those moments that sounds like a myth but is 100% real. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/MrSports10?... #larrybird #nba #bostonceltics Transcript Follow along using the transcript. Show transcript Mr Sports 109K subscribers Videos About 483 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... @pokerpat6470 1 month ago I loved the NBA in the 80s. Era of the Superstars.Know what? Larry beat em' all. He shot like Curry, passed like Magic, rebounded like Kareem and stole like Stockton. Transformed a dismal Boston team into a 3 time Champion. The toughest and most clutch player in NBA history. 3 consecutive MVPs, All-Star MVP, 3X all Defense team, Athlete of the Year and King of the 40/50/90 club. LEGEND!!!! 🏀 206 Reply 14 replies @Knape-vz5ml 1 month ago I've said it before and I will say it again, these are some of the best players of all time that are telling you how good Larry Bird really was. 78 Reply @garymacmillan 1 month ago I've heard these stories again and again but I still get a kick out of every one. 98 Reply 3 replies @Crackers2549 1 month ago He was my favorite player then and he still is...!He was something...#33 YES 44 Reply @mikeguerrero72 1 month ago I used to love this era of Basketball. BULLS VS DETROIT, LAKERS VS CELTICS, SPURS VS PORTLAND. Those games were priceless. 55 Reply 1 reply @joeg4707 1 month ago Larry Bird is the best all-around player to ever play the game, in any era. Period. 153 Reply 16 replies @JohnHolland-m6q 1 month ago Larry is an all time top 5 player in NBA history 🐐 45 Reply 2 replies @courtney-rw8ch 1 month ago I love all the haters talking about how Larry had all stars on his team. Little do they realize that Larry made them all stars. 134 Reply 12 replies @IAM-zu9nx 1 month ago Best all around player of all time 36 Reply @keiththompson713 1 month ago As a rookie, Bird was ROY (63 votes to Magic's 3), and was 4th in the 1980 MVP voting. The next 3 years -- 1981, 82, and 83 -- he came in second in the MVP voting. He won MVP the next 3 years (84, 85, 86), was 3rd in 1987, then 2nd again in 1988. He was indisputably the best player in the NBA before injuries sidelined him in 1989. 54 Reply 8 replies @Higelac 1 month ago (edited) It's difficult to compare players from different generations. Bird's rookie stats: 21.3 points, 10.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 84 percent foul shooting and 41 percent three-point field goal accuracy. But that isn't the story of his greatness. He was a TEAM player. He only took 17.8 shots per game. His team play lifted Boston from a mere 29 wins to a league-best 61 in just one season. 83 Reply 6 replies @Todd-jx9jr 1 month ago My only contact with the NBA now is watching these old Larry memories. 103 Reply 7 replies @alanwomack5055 1 month ago It makes my day every time I watch a video about Larry Bird and Ervin Johnson….Legend vs Magic…it gets no better than that. 38 Reply @chris93703 1 month ago "Chuck works for me in the summer. He mows my yard."😄 50 Reply @ChairmanMeow1 3 weeks ago Not only did Larry and Magic save the NBA, they gave us arguably the best decade of basketball ever, too. 18 Reply 1 reply @TheMessyTruthHurts 4 weeks ago Top 5 player all time, no question, no debate. There's only one reason someone doesn't have him on their list, we know what it is. 29 Reply @macsmace7693 1 month ago I consider myself so blessed to be alive to experience the Bird once every 500 years time. 22 Reply @irishgrl 1 month ago LARRY LEGEND IS A UNICORN AND THE TRUE GOAT!!! 🐐 ☘️ 68 Reply 9 replies @aaustria3716 1 month ago the pat riley quote says it all. the fact the the best players in the league and bird's greatest rivals speak so highly of him tell the greatness of which larry possessed. 39 Reply 1 reply @bigmike2464 1 month ago "Damn, that brother could play".... Prob Larry's fav compliment lol 46 Reply 1 reply @mikebunner3498 1 month ago I SO liked the head games Larry played with the the dudes. Karram Abdul-Jubar stated that Larry was playing chess, while everyone else was playing checkers. Bird talked smack! Then went out there and did it!!!!!!!! I saw one game where he had broken bones in his face. He left the court for treatment. The Celtics lead started to shrink AND Larry came back out to play! I realize that in the pros you must play when hurt. But his sprite was unstoppable!!! One heck of a shooter.... This time period was back when the NBA was fun to watch. In those days players played because they loved the game. They did not make a fraction of what players make today. NO DAMN wonder ticket prices are so HIGH!!! 9 Reply @jeffmejia3556 1 month ago (edited) Wilkins said it best. Back in his era they guarded each other. They didn’t duck each other. If you were around back then then you’d know they got fouls called on them too. David Stern turned it into a prima Donna league. Stars were guarded by bench players and no fouls were called on the stars. Early in his career I remember in the playoffs Michael Jordan being in foul trouble before the half! Imagine that? That would never happen today. 11 Reply @johnblasik9647 2 days ago 1975-95, this was the golden age of the NBA, I miss those days. 1 Reply @robertjordan4691 1 month ago I’ll take the legend on my starting 5 anytime. 54 Reply 4 replies @anitabell2833 1 month ago Larry Bird is the best 20 Reply @christophercucchi6048 1 month ago My starting 5 Wilt Chamberlain- Center / Magic - guard / Larry Bird - forward - Michael Jordan forward- Steph Curry guard 20 Reply 4 replies @DAVIDMILLER-nc9vo 1 month ago (edited) Larry Bird faked shots and passes better than any other NBA player. And not many players know how to do so, even on a limited basis. It's the most overlooked skill of most basketball players. And too many players never even try to develop that skill. 43 Reply @MrSports 1 month ago "If I had to choose a player to take a shot to save a game I'd choose Michael Jordan. If I had to choose a player to take a shot to save my life...I'd take Larry Bird." - Pat Riley 309 Reply 38 replies @OttoByOgraffey 1 month ago I like what Michael Jordan said about him in this video. 16 Reply @lukasfontana7589 8 days ago I really want to think that when Magic heard Rogers' words, he spoke with Larry. Probably Larry said: "Well then. Magic just make sure you feed me the ball. I will take care of the rest!" 😂😂😂 1 Reply @captjack2112 1 month ago I was privileged to be able to see him during his prime period and something I will cherish and remember always. Mind blowing is best I can say 3 Reply @HHH-nv9xb 1 month ago I think Bird doesn't show his full capabilities. He only shows you what is adequate to get the job done. 12 Reply @garethrouse6161 3 weeks ago This was Brilliant! Merry Christmas one and all 2 Reply @phild8095 1 month ago Bird could have gone into any career and changed the industry. I was in the Garden when he scored his 20,000th career point. 21,791 points, 8,974 rebounds, 5,695 assists, 1,556 steals, 755 blocks, 3 NBA championships, 12 all star games, one gold medal, Several MVP's, rookie of the year, Space Jam and the McDonald's commercials Thanks Red Auerbach for getting him to Boston. 4 Reply 1 reply @paul-o2n8j 1 month ago larry was such a great shooter and passer that guys had to go for the fake, they couldn't just let him shoot, people naturally overlook his fakes but i was always amazed by them. 12 Reply @beaujones227 1 month ago Larry was the greatest forward in history. And the best all-around player in history. 5 Reply @muzikizfun 1 month ago It is only called talking 💩 if you can't back it up. Larry could back it up and then some! 18 Reply @donleavell 1 month ago Outstanding presentation. Thank you. 2 Reply @kamaeq 1 month ago The NBA stars that named him Legend knew the GOAT debates would happen and put Larry above them. 9 Reply @iracinogueira936 4 days ago PARA O OSCAR E EU LARRY BIRD E O MELHOR JOGADOR DA HISTORIA DO BASKETBALL. 1 Reply @RedSaunaBuckeye 1 day ago (edited) Imagine if he had a good back half his career he was hobbled with back pain 🏀🐐 and like Ewing said if he could jump or was more athletic 🤔 1 Reply @tnpatriot7468 4 weeks ago These stories are exactly why Larry Bird is far greater than Lebron can ever think to be. Larry was the legend. Top 5 all time. 3 Reply @OfficialCharlieElla 1 month ago We are all the same color inside. ❤ 7 Reply @sp4604 1 month ago "Whose coming in 2nd"'. what a BOSS 12 Reply 1 reply @joshx022 4 weeks ago Birds poise and moxy made him so freaking good. We were glued to the tv when he came to play Jordan as kids. 1 Reply @mx_guy9182 1 month ago Back when basketball was basketball for real 9 Reply @ruthwilfong2342 1 month ago GOAT !!! 6 Reply @DerekFullerWhoIsGovt 1 month ago I was living in Mass. during Bird's prime and he messed w/society's narrative in my head tooface-turquoise-drinking-coffee 20 Reply @Saxxin1 4 weeks ago If Bird is not in your top five your top five will have Bird in theirs. 5 Reply @dominysynclair 3 weeks ago My 7th grade class took a field trip to the Garden back in 84. I managed to find myself in the Celts locker room after my class had moved on. I stood in front of Larry's locker for a few minutes looking at the jersey he was going to wear that night, thinking how great it would be to have a souvenir. I left the locker room empty handed. No Ragrets. 1 Reply @Poseidon0077 4 weeks ago One thing i liked the Most about LB, is he was not Flashy... all Business. 3 Reply @kolasom 1 month ago Gary Payton was the first running back in the history of the NBA. He would tuck the ball under his arm, take 4 steps towards the basket, score, and never got called for travelling. 😮 5 Reply @kyledabearsfan 10 days ago (edited) As a small town Indiana white boy, I idolized Bird growing up. I loved how much he talked and he was a rare breed that could back it up 😂 dude was cold. Tough dude for sure. Reply @negativezero3107 1 month ago Oscar Schmidt, the real leading scorer of all time, says Larry is his Idol, all you need to know. If you don't know Oscar go look lol, like looking at Sabonis pre NBA, shocking. 10 Reply @eroldcroft3045 1 month ago Lived rent free in jordan's head in the 80s. That's how killer larry legend was. Laker fan. Nobody scared me more than Bird back then. We took 2 out of 3, but 84 finals was heartbreak city 1 Reply @paoloverdini8374 3 weeks ago One thing is to talk trash. One thing is to back it up, every single damn time. Larry Legend. 1 Reply @leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586 3 weeks ago When Larry Bird received his HOF award, they applauded for about 5 minutes straight for him. Not the same for some of the other HOFers. Not sure if the location of the HOF made any difference, but he had a hard time getting them to stop so he could speak. I was impressed. 1 Reply @buddystewart2020 1 month ago I mean, I'm not a basketball guy, but you just don't have that many great players talking somebody up if they can't play. Like one dude said, Larry was playing chess while everybody else was playing checkers. 6 Reply @wescraske1252 1 month ago 2 NBA players I admire most for their play are Dr. J and Larry Bird. 4 Reply @dansgroi1472 1 month ago Larry Bird IS basketball. You can put his skill set against Any player of any era. Whomever you pick. Will need career type numbers. To even have a chance. After loss to Magic in ncaa championship. He took his frustrations out on the entire league. 29 wins season before Bird. Took them to 61 wins. Still the greatest single season turnaround in NBA history. 2 Reply @Drfresh1402 1 month ago “I’d like to play you guys 1 on 2…” that’s a crazy request made to NBA players. 2 Reply @ShaunStaniforth-l8g 11 days ago When I was 16 years old I use to have a sega megadrive and I had a NBA game after playing as the various teams on game, Larry Bird was my best player. 1 Reply @TruthHurtzButHealz 3 weeks ago (edited) That dunk Dominique Wilkins did in Larry Bird's face was a crime scene! Bird sitting on the ground with the doctor attending to him!! Bird really must've pissed Dominique off after calling him "holmes," because Dominique slammed that ball like his life depended on it! 😂😂😂 1 Reply @timbonjovi 1 month ago And he did alot of it with a bad back 8 Reply @SteveEarle-q9n 1 month ago My favorite basketball player of all time. And I truly believe the greatest of all time. 2 Reply @michellejackson6679 4 weeks ago Respect. to Larry Legend.. always... 1 Reply @georgefernandez5386 3 weeks ago I am 62, I have seen all the show time greats play but a healthy Bird was unstoppable. 1 Reply @markandrade7547 11 days ago Gotta love being introduced to Larry Legend by listening to a college game on a radio. I love that story. Reply @howardkoor9365 3 weeks ago Bird loved the shoot the ball at clutch time--or anytime--and he was a great passer! 1 Reply @Horseman1966 1 month ago What was that great comment? “Jordan made you look slow, Bird made you look stupid!” 4 Reply @randallchan2001 4 weeks ago This is very interesting to hear the first time Michael Jordan played Larry Bird already a seasoned veteran in the NBA. 🏀🙂👍 1 Reply @lovecrafthpl4620 3 weeks ago man,... eye's get moist seeing just how great he was... , I don' think we'll ever see that again... Reply @JonD-h8n 1 month ago I saw him in college and he was amazing. 4 Reply @willsim4841 2 weeks ago Fun Fact: Pete Maravich and Larry Bird played on the same team during the 1979-80 season for the Boston Celtics, it was Maravich's final NBA season and Bird's rookie season. 1 Reply @No-one-g8h 2 days ago 02:00 So bad-ass 😂😂😂 1 Reply @steveturner3864 3 weeks ago The thing that they said that matters. Larry Bird never lost a playoff game to the Bulls or lakers when he was on the floor and healthy 2 Reply @jasontipton8430 2 weeks ago I love hearing these stories Reply @jeffreyallen5576 1 month ago I lived watching basketball these years and all the greats of this era talk the same! Bird made you like him when he beat you! No other player ever dod that ! Think about it no one ever talked about another player so good after he demolished them ! Word !!!.... 2 Reply @Lola23339 1 month ago That pure swish sound is one of my favorite ones in the world. 1 Reply @kyleireland3316 2 weeks ago Larry Bird is a basketball legend, period! His game transcends all eras, period! My favorite player of all time, past present and future! Reply @SecretSpots 3 weeks ago Your favorite B-Ball player's favorite player. I was around to watch his games live on TV and that era was epic, and Larry blew minds. 1 Reply @Johnny-mv2cd 3 weeks ago Much like Sandy Koufax in baseball, Larry Bird may not be rated the best player of all time, but there was a shining time when he was better than anyone before or since. Unquestionably top 5 and greatest all around. 1 Reply @MarkHermann-u5p 4 weeks ago Thanks for this would you also post the Bob Lanier viedo and the jack Skima Reply @randallchan2001 1 month ago Larry Bird had Supreme confidence in has Basketball 🏀 abilities and let other NBA players know it who he played against. He was a great Basketball player 🏀 for the Boston Celtics.🏀💚👍 1 Reply @kaleidstone7153 7 days ago (edited) "Chuck, works for me in the summer, he mows my lawn....so I see him, every day." Lol my god that's the funniest statement at a presser ever. Reply @skeletonmakesgood 1 month ago EXTREMELY well done! Bravo!!! Reply @NeilPBrady 3 weeks ago It was time to behold in Boston sports for sure. I was there. 1 Reply @ynneb50 1 month ago Love it. 2 Reply @_HMCB_ 10 days ago My fave player of all time. Reply @cbebrad 3 weeks ago The craziest shot I ever saw Bird make was the one where he shot from behind the backboard and swished it. I think Isaiah Thomas might have done it, but his bounced around the rim before falling in. Bird's was all net. 1 Reply @thomasfeiller2207 1 month ago cracking up the whole time. I wish this kind of atmosphere between people existed in society in general.... 1 Reply @johnharris6655 1 month ago (edited) Rumor is Larry ran down the side of the court and said the opposing coach "Seriously, you are guarding me with a white guy." 3 Reply @RavensFlock9592 3 weeks ago Larry Bird was such a savage. 1 Reply @stooch66 4 weeks ago Athletes don’t care about anything other than greatness…all these guys talking him up…none of them need to say things like, “he was only popular because he was white.” They just appreciate his abilities and guts. 1 Reply @ericsutz8026 1 month ago He is one of the five greatest 5 Reply 1 reply @znet2723 1 month ago Larry Bird was still the best shooter the NBA ever saw. Just on a pure shot basic. 2 Reply @roberthale2268 1 month ago Larry preyed on these players prejudices. 7 Reply 1 reply @Poseidon0077 4 weeks ago In my Top-5 book: 1. MJ 2. TIE: Magic Johnson & Larry Bird 3. Kobe Bryant 4. Dr. J 5. D. Wade 1 Reply @JayBlackFoot 2 weeks ago THE WORLD HAD NEVER SEEN ANYONE LIKE YOU.. Mr. Jordan Reply @georgestone1485 8 days ago It is not trash talk, when you can back it up. We call that motivational seminars!! Reply @Eric-c8o6h 1 month ago As a Celtics fan for decades and a Bird fan , could you imagine a today Larry Bird ! I asked a similar question about another one of my favorites AI and the replies were surprisingly good . AI would dominate in today's league ! I think Bird would to . 1 Reply @randallchan2001 4 weeks ago It is very interesting what Pat Riley said about Larry Bird because he was a beloved coach of my L.A. Lakers 🏀💜💛👍. During his NBA playing career Larry Bird was the best player for the Boston Celtics 🏀👍 Reply @natpaul4965 3 weeks ago OMG Nolan Richardson. So wonderful to hear from these old school guys. Reply @AntoineRivers-g2w 3 weeks ago Def one of the all time greats!!! Reply @DaveWoodring-c7l 1 month ago Like the fact you liked how Dr J cooliest dude I ever seen playing bball middle child ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ 1 Reply @Clout_chasing_boy 14 hours ago It was a privilege to watch bird play. For me personally he is the third GREATEST ever after mj and wilt chamberlain Reply @nativeMD4373 2 weeks ago Larry Bird is and always be a basketball God amongst men Reply @leroy1968 2 weeks ago I love the game mentality of Larry Bird! He didn’t shake hands with Dominique Wilkins before the game because they are opponents and are at war!! Reply @SmokeBurp 1 month ago that Niq dunk was insane Reply @GALWAYSPANIARD 6 days ago He didn't telegraph his passes. He made his teammates better and was expert at feeding the ball . He made the game exciting. He invented plays like dunking backwards. Maybe Caitlin Clark's father showed Caitlin clips of how Larry Bird handled the ball and passed- often the unexpected. Reply @waltermorris5786 5 days ago FINALLY, BIRD IS RECEIVING THE TRIBUTE HE DESERVES. Reply @dannyguillory8941 7 days ago I never was a big sports fan, but I am a fan of human beings! All human beings. Reply @starlingbuckley5318 1 month ago Thanks 1 Reply @MarkHermann-u5p 4 weeks ago Larry was fantastic im a life long long Bucks fan awesome passer and rebounder Reply @georgecreel6960 2 weeks ago Larry Bird is one player that didn't have to shoot the ball to change the outcome of the game Reply @markwaters7760 6 days ago "There will never be another Larry Bird!" - Magic Johnson Reply @lanceprzybyla7662 4 weeks ago Bird - Jordan....best of all time from the 80's on NO QUESTION Reply @mtmadigan82 2 weeks ago Something wild when even jordan publicly talks about how next level larry bird was 😂 Reply @waltermorris5786 5 days ago FINALLY YOU YOUNG GUYS HAVE NOW MET....the great Larry Bird...the best all around player in history. Reply @EatTheMarxists 2 weeks ago When so many great players are asked about who they believe to have been one of the absolute greatest all mention the same few men you know that the few mentioned truly are some of the very best to ever play the game and that you need to believe them. MJ and Larry Bird are pretty much always two of the former players mentioned as being the greatest players. Reply @harrykirsch 5 days ago Scottie pippin. When needed at the end of the game, he was always there for you Reply @aceblades8679 2 weeks ago When you hear the phrase “too good to be true”, that never held more weight than the death of Len Bias. Reply @theflorgeormix 1 day ago (edited) This never gets old, I respect Kareem to the hilt Reply @jeffwirick6099 1 day ago "Do whatever you can"...😂 Reply @mimiohnine 2 weeks ago I’m proud to say Larry Bird played in Terre Haute IN for college ball. Reply @ralphvillarreal9884 3 weeks ago Seen him in the last 2 years of the ABA . Against the SPURS at the Hemisphere Arena. 2 games. Ice Man was playing with SPURS Also Mr. K Larry Kenon, James Silas, Oberding, Billy Paultz and more. Got our tickets from a scalper. 3 for 15 bucks. Nose bleed se ton. Arena full of smoke. We got our down to court side. Got his autograph after game. Reply @maximusolivia9982 1 month ago 3:52 My name is Roger Murdock. I'm the co-pilot 2 Reply @mikes7491 1 month ago Tks🎅🏼🙏 Reply 1 reply @organicvids 1 month ago Great sportsman. 1 Reply @tomc8115 3 days ago Kareem is such a great person and a great player Reply @MichaelKennedy-e4r 1 month ago YES 2 Reply @mrmr1964 1 month ago Brilliant Reply @donaldbrown2092 2 weeks ago Legendary on the court, a dispicable human being off the court Reply @oliphauntsneverlie6227 3 weeks ago And now you look at the NBA. God knows I can't. 1 Reply @WaynePaul-pr8lp 3 weeks ago Straight up the bro got wings YO Reply @BrianBeam-h8i 10 days ago Larry Bird is the only coat the NBA's ever had.There is no other player for or since like that.Man and that includes all the great ones Reply @ChristopherHouse-dq9cr 2 weeks ago Dominique Wilkins was so much fun to watch, nobody was like him! Reply @DesertSoul5000 3 weeks ago When they show you the NBA chart for 2024 shot selection in the league. Youll see everything is either directly under the basket or a 3pt shot. 80s basketball everyone had a jump shot and a mid range game. Drive to the hole and they will put you on your back everytime Reply @CT-nb5lm 1 month ago He's our GOAT for a reason & why a whole generation was Jumping Around in a 33 jersey Reply @wordnerd2005 1 month ago I hate the new cliche about giving flowers. I hate this term and would never use it. Who's gonna give a grown man flowers ? 1 Reply @JayII-p3y 3 hours ago Players like Larry Bird are not allowed in today's DEI NBA Reply @BENNYB-ze4dw 3 weeks ago Legend Larry was the shizniz ❤. Micheal is the best ever. Kobe, RIP. Larry was hard to the core good. Ive played ball for a long time but trash talking was my MO. I CAN TALK A MEAN ONE😅 Reply @brucefranklin1317 12 days ago Nobody better than him period Reply @lanceprzybyla7662 4 weeks ago Kemp was an assassin too😮 Reply @seanculver9487 4 weeks ago Nowadays, everybody just shoots three-pointers there’s not even a center on each team the game totally different now Larry Bird was the goat never missed Reply @rogerjohnson833 12 days ago I have been watching the NBA since 1968-69, and I can attest that Larry Bird is the best small forward of all time. LeBron James can't even unlace Bird's sneakers, and shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as Bird. Reply @cappy2282 1 day ago He had a beautiful shot Reply @donmorton7282 2 weeks ago Larry Legend Reply @YoBbbb-f1h 3 weeks ago ❤❤❤❤❤ Reply @motsy15 3 days ago Back when the NBA was great. Reply @angelowhite4701 4 weeks ago I hated the Celtics but Bird was awesome! He could make any type of shot. Reply @DaveWoodring-c7l 1 month ago Magic Johnson said he did a great move against the Lakers Best move i ever seen and I used to dunk on everyone because of the Dr ❤❤❤❤❤❤ 1 Reply @BWoodsman83 4 weeks ago If you're making a top 8,9,10 or so all time players (and there's a lot of good ones) to make a team Larry has to be on your list. Reply @PeteDyer-o9e 1 month ago # 33 Bird 1 Reply @markothwriter 1 month ago I used to like watching the NBA and now I can't stand it. 2 Reply @wda2478 1 month ago Dood has the best grandchildren story ever. He had a winning record against the greatest basketball player ever and went 6-0 against him. Reply @BrantMarcksson 2 weeks ago When you ask the legends who the legend is, they say it's Larry Bird. Reply @jimbobshambles 4 weeks ago I agree with Oscar, Larry is the GOAT. Reply @ericsnyder8805 1 day ago What is with the ads every two minutes? Reply @charleswindsor1184 1 month ago At 4 minutes Kareem say; "world championship". WRONG! It was the & still is the NBA & it that error, the American championship. And there's no argument about the validity of my statement 2 Reply @brendanwright449 3 days ago That would be why Bird & Jordan was good mates Reply @jasonbearss3273 3 weeks ago Thats funny 😄 Reply @shaunmcdaniel780 2 weeks ago Bird the greatest small forward/power forward of all time. Jokic gets the same accusations of not being able to jump etc, while a center, he reminds me of Bird. There's only one GOAT however, and that is Michael Jeffrey Jordan. Reply @diosdadoapias 2 weeks ago (edited) why don't they ask Earvin Johnson how he felt when he first played against Bird during their college days. Johnson and Bird were college basketball contemporaries and both star player of their respective college team. They were the best college basketball rivals and they continued this when they were in the NBA. Johnson's varsity team beat Bird's college varsity team in the NCAA championship. Reply @Socalfisher85 3 weeks ago That era of basketball was the second golden age after Bill Russell's. Reply @minnesotatomcat 1 month ago Bird just flat out made people look stupid 1 Reply @FloydBoudreaux 2 weeks ago It would have been even more unbelievably phenomenal to see what i was calling the (upcoming) Bird - Bias Tandem. What a Tragedy. Reply @ernierood9568 4 weeks ago Won a signed Larry Bird basketball at a charity auction for 200. I wouldn't take a thousand. Reply @selcatron 2 days ago I saw a video earlier today I didn't click on that said larry bird was unathletic lol Reply @Guitar11player 4 weeks ago Larry Bird was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, to ever play the game of basketball! Ask all the other players. Reply @AnthonyTucker-sl4zj 10 days ago (edited) Larry couldnt be stopped by a zone defense,because unlike Jordan,Larry could shoot OVER a zone!!! 😮 Reply @stevehughes2482 1 month ago "Not athletic??? My ASS...! 1 Reply @lyndonberwick197 1 month ago (edited) Precision and timing beats power and speed... Reply @normanpaine6290 5 days ago This type of video is actual journalism. All the over-blown AI generated videos multiplying across the web can only be stopped with thumbs down. Reply @rogerjohnson833 12 days ago Bird was the best perimeter shooter in the league, until Stephen Curry came along. Moreover > Bird could take you on the black and score, or he'd take you in the paint and score. Furthermore he averaged a career 10 rebounds per game, and he also made defensive teams. Reply @joshnelson4532 4 weeks ago Thanks to YouTube it’s looking a whole lot like 1984 isn’t it young fella. Reply @user-rb1yf4he9q 2 weeks ago How is he not considered the best player ever. Reply @kevinbutz8291 2 days ago He was the deion Sanders before deion hit puberty Reply @melodymcnamara 3 weeks ago Unless your name is Caitlin Clark you make them pay dues love to hear the stories Reply @tomcole2041 8 days ago Don't forget Bird's brother Dirty & sister Early. Reply @rentslave 1 month ago Had he never been born-it's that time of the year-,the NBA may not be in existence today. Before he arrived,the NBA Finals were on tape delay. Reply @duanecoble6586 1 month ago (edited) This was the best era of basketball ever,after 2000 basketball started to suck. Reply @DaleKallio 1 month ago (edited) When the question, 'What I got in da tank?' .comes to mind..then test yourself 🙂 24:13 24:13 Reply @TEXASVICE-m6d 2 weeks ago One of the best players and point makers ever. In my youth I hated Larry Bird. He made so many of my on the on the court hero's look like chumps. If he had the ball in his hands he was going to rain down points and thats no lie. Reply @younglink309 12 days ago That isn't Kareem Abul-Jabarr, that Roger Murdoch. He's the co-pilot." Reply @markmiddaugh9359 1 month ago The Man. Reply @Slowhand871 1 month ago I am so glad I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s . For me the college and pro game is unwatchable. I don’t miss the Sonics one bit. Reply @jesusalmanza3964 12 days ago Larry said he practiced 200 shots before school Reply @1980gcapelo 3 weeks ago I was born in 80. San Antonio Texas. My late older brother use to take me to NBA games in the 90s Reply @leostawicki7283 4 weeks ago LARRY BIRD WAS #1 1 Reply @MrOliva-cf4gf 4 weeks ago I miss those days so much. I loved the NBA back then. I lived in East Lansing MI and got to see most of Magics home games. He would help his Mom at the convenience store close to campus and we would go talk to him. All the names in this video bring back the best memories of the sport. I don't watch it now. The culture has changed for the worse imo. Reply @904jagzsuck5 1 month ago Something about those 80s warm up suits had such a clean look. That Celtics green clover & the Lakers purple & yellow are as iconic as anything in sports history. Reply @MicroDotTV 2 weeks ago he was the BEST.....PERIOD!!!! Reply @Manohman-fx2jq 3 weeks ago I get the impression that MR. Byrd had to prove something to himself every time he came on the court, that he deserved to be there. A bit of humility , not to other players but to himself, the definition of a competitor. Reply @MICKGZ14 3 weeks ago THE BEST BASKETBALL PLAYER EVER... Say whatever you want...; that WON'T CHANGE ANYTHING.... !!!!! Reply @bodidley5015 1 month ago I watch these highlights and am surprised that his teammates even caught some of his passes. They seem to come out of nowhere with no telegraphing but timed perfectly. Reply @earlfultz8603 2 weeks ago Larry Bird's record against Michael Jordan says it all Reply @stephane7607 4 weeks ago Larry his the GOAT , follow by Jordan , the 2 best player of all time. Reply @EatTheMarxists 2 weeks ago When so many great players are asked about who they believe to have been one of the absolute greatest all mention the same few men you know that the few mentioned truly are some of the very best to ever play the game and that you need to believe them. MJ and Larry Bird are pretty much always two of the former players mentioned as being the greatest players. Reply @thegreatrenaldo7718 1 month ago Larry Legend Reply @TheForgottenMan270 3 weeks ago Watching videos like these makes me want to watch all of these great games dating back probably into the 60s up into the really early 2000s where basketball still had its luster. Watching these videos gives the desire not to watch todays games. They're bland and no real excitement. It's going to uave to take a Bird/Magic level rivalry and quality basketball to bring me back to the game. Larry is my GOAT. Reply @wildwoody20 1 day ago Just like Caitlin Clark's doing you know she's going to take that three-pointer and you can't stop it or she's driving to the paint and you can't stop her and the passes you can't stop it Reply @bigginsg8711 1 month ago I think its safe to say, he had that dog in him. 1 Reply @williecaraballo2242 4 weeks ago LARRY IS TRULY THE BEST PLAYER EVER, FO SUUU. Reply @christophermorales1509 1 month ago Why can’t Larry Bird be considered the second greatest player of all time? Despite the championship count. Reply @canwetalk1790 2 weeks ago Let’s stop saying that Larry Bird was the greatest white player ever to play the game. Let’s just say he is one of the greatest players ever black or white and there probably will never be another like him. I’m black and I approve this message. Reply @canwetalk1790 2 weeks ago Let’s stop saying that Larry Bird was the greatest white player ever to play the game. Let’s just say he is one of the greatest players ever black or white and there probably will never be another like him. I’m black and I approve this message. Reply @ronhaneke112 23 hours ago If not for Magic and Larry, no NBA!!! Reply @paulbarteltii9998 3 weeks ago How great would it be if Larry was a silent killer and they just say he talked trash. Reply @mjb12141963 1 month ago I can't get past the Larry Bird who showed his true colors in Indianapolis in the 1990s. You don't get to be cheered when you treat people they way he does. 2 Reply 3 replies @aeriolafiggotte9764 2 weeks ago Quick, funny story gun trouble with some licensing issues has spent 90 days in jail lay out a competitive game in jail for people who win prizes. And of course, I'm Larry birdstyle and everyone else in jail. Obviously Michael Jordan's style, though. They called me the many bird. Because I won the contest... I turned and I said I'm not tall enough to be Larry.Byrd i'm more like spud webb for kevin johnson Reply @lovecrafthpl4620 3 weeks ago man.... , Lotta guys have that Smack talk but how many of them have the Game to back it up? Reply 1 reply @waynebrownfield4468 1 month ago Larry Bird was one of the best players during his time period. 1 Reply 2 replies @JohnHead-sj9cp 1 month ago You never see Sweetwater did u..... some respect on the Harlem Globetrotters Reply @DaleKallio 1 month ago (edited) Train the trainer😊 Reply @SusanBloodgood-o5s 4 weeks ago I think that M Jordan is the best all around individual Player, and Bird is the best all around team Player Reply @frankfritz7389 1 month ago 🐐 Reply @lovecrafthpl4620 3 weeks ago 16:10 "Why you Runnin'?" , mindgames brah..., thats HIS house...., an he wants you to Know it... Reply @miccochotkey7490 3 weeks ago Who would you take in a pick up game? Team Bird or Team Curry? In their prime! Reply @markthrum 4 weeks ago If Rain Man had been a Celtic 5 more chips Reply @georgehopkins8139 1 month ago Bobby Knight had Larry Bird at IU, and with his nasty attitude let him get away, and Larry went to ISU. Reply @larrykile3190 4 weeks ago Why is MJ in the thumbnail but not in the video? Reply @therealgeezy5640 1 month ago U know whats funny.. theres videos of legends coming out saying this and that guy were beasts.. when i played them them it was always fierce and the hardest players ive ever had to play.. couldn’t even trash talk them cuz it made them better and destroy u.. no one has ever said that about Lebumm and never will (aka the self proclaimed goat) lol Reply @50Nobody50 3 weeks ago Can't tell if there is fake narration here, but nobody named "mr. sports" has any business pronouncing Wilkins first name as domi-nick. I mean seriously, his nickname was nique for Gods sake. Reply @johnpandolfino8663 2 days ago Hey homes.....he had your number ....so you were called homes for a reason...homes Reply @elvispresley5921 11 days ago WHY won't ANYONE say it????? Cuz there's been others , shall we say (combos) of a bird-man , but THIS bird had the reflexes of a roadrunner....hint hint.... Reply @timothyjohnston4426 2 days ago Don't know much about basketball. Or it's players being an Australian born in the early 90s. But the way people talk about Bird is the exact same way people talk about Muhammad Ali. It's almost like he's the goat of the sport. Reply @Kate-c8m3b 3 days ago Goes without saying. BIRD Reply @blownEFI 1 month ago (edited) Jordan on the thumbnail, but no story from Jordan? Reply @markmauk8231 3 weeks ago NATIONAL Basketball Association: "The World Championship" Okay. Reply @MarkHermann-u5p 4 weeks ago I hated larry in the 80s but he was totally clutch Reply @redbunnytail9528 4 weeks ago The uh . . 'Larry Bird' effect. Every non athlete in New England, who white, think they have 'special understanding' of Larry Bird. You have people, who never do sport, who into elite academia, and they TELLING you about Larry Bird, like he an academic subject, they get 'A' in. Like. I have 'masters degree' in Larry Bird, so that mean I similar or 'same.' And. I move from dorm room back home, so I can watch Celtics, at night. These people no even watch sports. And. Celtics not a one man team. You can't just say, I KNOW Larry Bird, and you not interested in basketball. Anyway. This a phenomenon, when Bird flying high with team, make Celtics v Showtime Lakers a HUGE event. Reply @travist1113 3 weeks ago Larry Bird is the only GOAT of anything anywhere, at any time on this planet that is never in the GOAT conversation... and we all know why. Reply 1 reply @puppethound 3 weeks ago We need new stories, I swear I have heard all these same 7 stories from the same people 200 times. He had to have more stories. Reply @garyjohnson7133 1 month ago Jordan made players look slow Bird made players look ignorant! Reply @Sar0 3 weeks ago Find me any other player from the history of the nba that's still talked about and respected by nba legends as much as 🐦 Reply 2 replies @kangaroojack7678 3 weeks ago Yes bird beat Jordan 6-0 and in 1986 playoffs and 3-0 in 98””1987 so mj didn’t want no more of bird mj had pippen in 1987 but still got his a s s beat birds the goat 1 Reply @DaleKallio 1 month ago At 16:13, We hear thproduct of determination. Reply @leolacic9442 3 weeks ago I onda, što se događa? Znam da me se netiče, ali možete mi reći. Reply @brycelynch2306 2 weeks ago Larry Bird was ok just like dr J was was ok…now Micheal Jordan he was unbelievable. Reply @bill-fk7tl 1 month ago The ads are way over the top he greedy can you be for sponging off others 2 Reply @DUNEATV 3 weeks ago It’s always about “race” to these guys… Reply @EricDraven-qd9pu 2 hours ago Fearless....he never feared any blk boi on the court Reply @BarryBirjasingh 1 month ago Wow these comments from all the greats . MR. l. BIRD is still. Highly U nderrated .... Reply @hardonobong2190 3 weeks ago Bird and magic save nba and make it worldwide with their rivalry and jordan take nba at its highest. If ypu want play basket ball better learn from bird, he is textbook of how to play correctly. Almost no one have jordan athletic ability. So the truth is don't be like mike, be like bird. Reply @shadowaccount 3 weeks ago Every channel has an A.I. voice narrator now. Put some effort into your content. Reply @judgetoogood1033 1 month ago Larry Bird the Hick from Saint Lick. The best ever, no doubt. 😂😂😂 Reply @creynolds588 3 weeks ago Bird beat Jordan in the playoffs EVERY SINGLE TIME. Reply @mickeygallo6586 1 month ago Larry Bird was almost a white black brother, wasn't he 😅 Reply @nighthawk6374 13 days ago Didn't even show mj. Reply @ryandonnelly9820 4 weeks ago Yeah michael air jordna Reply @BPierce777 3 weeks ago Th3y aren't talking about bask3tball. (Very few 👀) Reply @davidcox149 2 weeks ago Pay attention Angel Reply @marktretter4928 2 weeks ago How come Larry Bird comes to the NBA and he fits right in and is accepted but Caitlin Clark comes into the WNBA and is vilified? Reply 1 reply @redavis6581 4 weeks ago Larry knew Jordan was his successor, which is why he rode his ass. Mi admitted that he was happy Larry retired, passing on the throne. Larry legend, Michael Jordan, and Kobe are ours greats.. all number one 💯 Reply 1 reply @waynepauli2284 1 month ago Hard to believe that a white guy from Canada invented this game basketball. James Naismith . Reply @deanciraco 2 weeks ago Please stop having Chat GPT write your scripts. Reply @mikeflo6459 3 weeks ago Look like 84 young fella lol. Reply @timjoseph887 4 weeks ago Jordan not even in this video, lol Reply @ifreemantoo 7 days ago Thumbs down for the bait click. Where were Jordan's comments? Reply @tobinwerner1564 1 month ago You talk all you want he is the GOAT. Reply 1 reply @leolacic9442 3 weeks ago Eto, možda stvarno nema pojma o basketu, osim što ima dobar šut. Nikad neću znati. Reply @mattgberg5084 1 month ago 11:45, he said the same thing to Barkley, didn't he, when Philly had a white guy guarding him? Reply @michaelbarrett6504 1 month ago Every player who played Bird says he's the best. My top 5 1. Lebron James 2. Larry Bird 3. Wilt Chamberlain 4. Magic Johnson 5. Michael Jordan. Name the top 25 hole of famers beat in his championships. U I'll wait. Jordan never beat Bird or Majic . He was king after those two retired. 5 Reply 5 replies @theoneandonlykk777 4 weeks ago You can't put no white dude on me lol Reply @MM12684 3 weeks ago Holmes Reply @Trudeau_behind_bars 1 month ago Clickbait Michael Jordan thumbnail Reply @TSeries502 4 weeks ago Why is everybody talking about the colour of their skin? What has that got to do with anything? Reply @raymondobrien1920 1 month ago It looks like Caitlin clack 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤ Reply @mattcorcoran7082 1 month ago All these stories add up to Larry being a trash-talking reverse racist fortune teller. Reply @TheBatmanjb 1 month ago Basketball has gotten too soft there's nothing like it was back in the day. I cannot watch basketball today. And if there was one player that I had to have on my team it would have been Larry Bird. Reply @kiddetroit8403 2 weeks ago Who was the first person to bust your ass😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Reply 3 days ago Larry Bird was a good player, maybe the best "caucasian" to date, but he is the best trash talker period. Listen to him now try to put Chris Mullings in the same group of S. Curry!! He what to say to get people pissed for sure! Chris Mullings>>>>>????? The DRUNKARD! IF had said WORLD BE FREE or even PAXTON, it would have made sense. BUT, Mullings? They must be drinking from the same flask. Reply @y2ktube 8 days ago Video @ 7:04 "Bird shared his OPEDOMY" Huh ??? - I HATE Robo voices - nice & constant MIS-PRONOUNCINGface-green-smiling BTW; A I sucksface-blue-wide-eyes Reply @BrandonKnight-il9xs 3 weeks ago 😂 damn i didn't leave nothing on the clock fuck utube Reply @larry573 1 month ago LAST WHITE guy who ever played in the game.... Reply @sinisalac1150 6 days ago basketball was real basketbball that era/ this era bakset ball is DEAD make super teams Reply @larrywethington5936 1 month ago Larry was a great player but when it's all over, and he dies, he will face Jesus Christ, and he will have to answer for all the foul language he was guilty of. I hope he doesn't lose his soul and burn in hell, but repents before it's too late. Don't be surprised if you see bad things happen to him before he dies. Not wishing no evil on him but the Holy Bible says, "He that hath no guard over his speech, shall meet with evils." Proverbs 13:3. And again, "But now put you also all away: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, filthy speech out of your mouth." Col.3:8. And St. Peter: "For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile." [1 Peter 3:10] Reply @MrFagawi 3 weeks ago geatest eva Reply @romeworks9698 3 weeks ago Click bait no jordon... Reply @Jrgoldenbear 1 month ago Bird should have taken illegal substances to be even better like LeBron. 4 Reply 5 replies @robertscott490 9 days ago Yeah what did I say yall haven't heard are you app trying to control black people Reply @DDontaeDegraffenreid 1 month ago 😂 Reply @michaelhennick7836 1 month ago Your AI Stallone is creepy and amateurish Reply @leed1245 3 days ago Does anyone else see the race crap😂 just saying. Imagine if a white guy said it! Omg! That dudes career is finished! Gotta love it! Reply @lanceprzybyla7662 4 weeks ago Today's basketball 🏀 is awful....no defense or real attempt to the hoop...they should wear dresses 👗 Reply @TheChefTiger 3 weeks ago I hate looking at stats. My own eyes have the 80s and 90s as the best version of the NBA, amazing talent, work ethic and just the will to win, no excuses. Today’s NBA is FUBAR. Reply @Smith-h6h 2 days ago Of course, the cover photo of Michael Jordan and he’s the only one that actually doesn’t appear in the video. Typical click bait garbage. Reply @youropionmattersnot 1 month ago My how the NBA has become trash. Absolute trash. 1 Reply @DelusionalWarriorsFan 1 month ago Where is delusional reports? Reply Mr Sports · 3 replies @alrobinson261 1 month ago We all loved Larry Bird, but don't get it twisted...not only is he NOT the greatest player there ever was, but he is not the greatest Celtic there ever was! Check the Celtics record books. Where is he? I can't find him! 1 Reply 6 replies @twinheatingairconditioning135 1 month ago Ihate bird hate the celtics always did always will Reply @SteveAustin-jp3ev 4 weeks ago I hate Isaiah Thomas Reply 1 reply @Ed-jv3xu 1 month ago Who cares? Reply 1 reply