After watching Affleck's interpretation of Phil Knight in AIR, I prefer this strange characterization. This dude was so interesting. Was it accurate? Probably not but who cares haha
That look Bird (actor) gives at 3:24 is true to his real character. Just ice cold assassin on the court. Bird made you pay on both ends of the court. I was in my 20's during this rivalry and enjoyed every time the Celtics beat the Lakers. Blue collar ball versus West Coast Flash. The NBA today is a joke with LeFlop and his crew.
He may have regretted not going with Nike, but lets keep it real people; HE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE TO NIKE WHAT MJ DID!!! So, the regret ain't all that now...Converse got both Magic & Bird...and the NBA was rescued by these two brothas...meanwhile, all of us in the hood was sporting white and black Converse for better than 10 years...winners all 'round!!
Magic wouldn’t have had the same impact. The way his career ended, would have ended that. Mike worked because he didn’t only sell a shoe…he sold a culture.
Magic vs Bird really is the best rivarly in basketball. What even comes in second place ? The timing was right,the teams were right,the era was right. Everything came together perfectly.