10 Straight Mins Of Larry Bird Facts That Will Change Your Mind On Who's The GOAT 🐐🍀 

I like this.

With a weaker team to his comp compared to every legend

Well said. Most feared Man in the NBA ever.

Love this.

MJ is still the GOAT, but this video made me think he's ahead of LeBron Which goes #1 MJ / #2 Larry Legend / #3 LeBron / #4 Kobe / #5 Magic

No doubt

Exactly

My favorite bird moment was the (Portland game I think) lefty game. He shot the whole game left handed and scored 4o or 5o pts . Someone asked him why did you shoot all left handed shots this game? Are you injured? He said no .. . I'm perfect, we play the Lakers tomorrow night and I want to make sure my wrist wasn't wore out from todays game... Another great one was the 3pt contest... He walks in the locker room and says ok so who is finishing in 2nd place and then doesn't even take off his warm up jacket while killing the competition and winning the 3pt competition. Dude was on a whole different level. I couldn't imagine him in today's NBA he would make guys quit basketball and probably be sued for emotional distress.

@@DS-gz1qn 22 point left handed finished with 47' know your FACTS'

@@DS-gz1qnimagine him without back injury. There will be no GOAT debate today. And after all MJ titled Larry Bird as the GOAT.

It shouldnt be. Bird would be most baluable on court even with 15 points because he would impact with game making space making or picking moments to play and impacting. The stats dont capture that, there should be a weight of critical plays for all stats and then stats on game making apart from just assist

My fav moment is when he broke his back doing work for his mother and continued playing ball at the highest level.

Yep he’s on my Mt. Rushmore

I get so sick of hearing people say that Bird couldn't play today because the players are more athletic. It's true there are more players that are better athletes now. But today's players are not better athletes than the best athletes from previous eras. Who today is a BETTER athlete than Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, a young Dr.J, David Thompson, Bernard King, and the list goes on. Or what big man that has played the game today or yesterday is a better athlete than Wilt Chamberlain? Look how Bird played against many of these guys. When you outsmart and out work someone, you don't have to jump over them or outrun them.

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Bird was the most intelligent basketball mind that ever graced the NBA. His shooting ability was at a high level, and his confidence had no equal.

@@genegregory7097 Exactly. When your mind is two steps ahead of everyone else you see the whole court and anticipate things before they happen. Magic Johnson played the game the same way. Jokic and Docic are great players but they are not Larry Bird. Look at highlights of them and highlights of Bird. There was only one Larry Bird.

And lost to the team Wade already beat. 😆

Why leave when you already have a stacked team? Who’s better the 80s Celtics or the “superteam” heat?

@@joejett5084 It was sarcasm because he never left. Like LeBron did and did and did.

@@berndtherrenvolk1951 my personal opinion on him leaving franchises is what I believe people don’t want to acknowledge and that’s the NBA being watered down for years after adding too many new franchises in the 80s and 90s. Im not trying to take anything away from legends but the bulls 2nd 3 peat and every championship team after that won titles with stacked teams. Yeah the 80s was stacked too but it was even. Many teams had 1 star for years and that created the worst possible situation for stars because that player was good enough to get them to the playoffs each year but never anywhere close to actually winning a title. I mean look at shaq and Kobe. Who else had a two star team when they 3peated and honestly they should of won 6-8 straight. I don’t think lebron is the goat but the things people used against him are the things that would of made him the absolute goat without any debates. His finals losses were mostly expected. If he won his first finals appearance that would of been it. He wouldn’t have need to win 6-7 titles 🤣🤣 if he won the first time against the warriors with kyrie and Kevin being hurt then a legitimate case between him and Jordan would of begun. People would been more satisfied if lebron stayed on one team and wasted prime years and then jumped from team to team to win a title then to do it while being able to dominate because when he does it the way he’s doing it they can’t use any excuses why their favorite player is better. Meat riding has become more important than talking about real basketball.

Yes, I also liked how he faked bone spurs on both feet so he could have operations and sit out a year. He was even able to make them show up on x-rays.

Bird had all the intangibles that don't show up in the Stat Book. His fakes were a thing of beauty. Like you say people just see the same old plays. If you watched him play the games he did so much. One of the Celtics best comebacks being down double diget starting the fourth Bird didn't take a shot but effected the game so the Celtics could win. No other player could do that. He had the greatest court sense and he purly willed many wins and all those clutch shots. Magic Johnson is right. There will never ever be another Larry Bird. All the old dudes like me that are still around know Bird is the GOAT.

Ill second that. "BIRD WAS THE SHIT" you had to see him play live He was a savant. Ant of his games where he was on fire which was most them. There was no stopping he made everyone great around and they were already great. For years it was all about Bird and Majic.

Physically he broke down due to the outside works of DIY and didnt restore the body properly. But as a player overall the best even though MJ the best individual scorer, all around would choose Bird for all aspects. And would as a manager focus more on Burd body restoration

People don't get it Stats only tell a fraction of the story. What Bird brought to the court no other player has. He got the whole team involved that's how he beat MJ every single time untill he learned he can't do it himself. very valuable lesson learned. The 6ers and Celtics rivalry was the biggest obviously not as big as lakers and Celtics but who ever won out of those 2 was going to win it all and the 6ers were stacked.

Magic was the best passer ever.

@@bluegregory6239 Magic made easy passes look difficult but Bird made difficult passes look easy.

@@bluegregory6239bird was the greatest all around player ever he could do what magic does plus could shoot all the way back to the 3pt line .

🤣🤣...smh!!

Dirk nowitzki; Nikola jokic; LeBron James would've scored 50s points against Larry bird especially broken back Larry bird

@@loydkline in today's game. May be here and there. But beating him? Good luck with that, thats been tried against better players than you listed. And they are excellent players.Back in Birds era, especially the physicality was 5Xs harder over a season.

@@dansgroi1472 He's been beaten. Birds overrated. His stats r well below da hype. He's ranked 7th all time. Ahead of da likes of Kobe, Tim Duncan, Hakeem? Gtfoh! Ooooo.... Birds a great passer!! Not top 10 in assists. Ooooo.....Birds a great shooter! Not top 10 in 3's or FG%. GTFOH!!!!!😆😅😅

​@@loydkline- None of the players you ignorantly listed made the dream team. Bird won MVP 3XS against the entire team who were selected.

lol. Never topped and nba stats.

Recency bias. If I had to start a team, and magic was real and we could combine players from different eras, and I had first pick, I would take prime Larry Bird to build around. Because I would want to win.

Bird is 61st all-time in overall defensive rating (jordan 110th) and set all-time record with +32 wins his rookie year. NO ONE played through the pain or injuries he had and he excelled.

Skill for skill, and when you add his clutchness and leadership, I think Bird is the best player to have ever played. He's also got the best game film and highlights of probably anyone, including Jordan, whose highlights are often about him just straight jumping over people and dunking. Bird's highlights are wave after wave of perfect shots from crazy angles, faking the hell out of the best defenders, and passing in all phases of the game on an insane level, as good as Magic.

@@mdav30 Bird demanded effort and made others better. He won 3 rings and did it by staying in character. When Jordan went off for 63 in the playoffs against Bird? Celts won and swept.

Larry Bird was the best NBA player of the entire 1980s.

😂 I love it!

Because in those years he wasn't destroying your favorite players.. lol

@@kaybigg actually he was, I am a Sixers fan and he was not kind to us.

@@iliastsiphlidis4607 OK.. maybe I misread your comment.. I thought you meant he got cooked those years..

Rookie of the year also!!! #Legend

​@@beachbunny7256He also won the NCAA PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN COLLEGE.

Dirk nowitzki & Nikola jokic would've scored 50s points against Larry bird especially broken back Larry bird

@@loydkline Those two guys are horrendous defenders . A YOUNG HEALTHY LARRY BIRD WOULD HAVE SCORED 100 POINTS AGAINST EACH ONE OF THEM.....AND HE WOULD HAVE DONE IT AT WILL..... I could not be more serious.

almost, by 1989 it's MJ

Isaiah will never forget about that, all he had to do was inbound it and they won lol

Same with Derek Jeter. The only Yankee I really respect (that i saw play). As a DIE HARD Red Sox fan from birth, it's tough to say 😆 2 outs, 8th inning 2 on, Jeter to the plate Son of a B!!! 😆 he was so clutch, you knew he'd get on. You can't be a GOAT without the clutch gene. Please.

Amen. How many of these primadonas today would be able to play as well as Bird and McHale when they were in so much pain. When your back is messed up or your foot is broken you can't run well and you definitely can't jump. But look how good they played even then.

Big Bird and Celtics fan, but you got to give the Lakers and Magic half the credit of making the NBA great. If Magic didn't get AIDs, he would have even a more insane career.

@@midorimageexactly magic and bird made the 80s can’t say one of there names without mentioning the other.

@@midorimageif it would’ve been for bird magic would’ve been just another black player!!

I was at that game. My whole row of seats were waiting for him to come back and steal it. Bird was a basketball genius.

Ppl say Pete was too flash and style

I am someone who appreciate the game. The rough and tough physicality of the game, has been taken out.. I for one would like to see the teams today play the 80, 90 teams.. scoring u had to earn, and rebounding, ... I enjoyed the rebounding and defense more than the offense... The rule changes has watered down the game...

@@flintfleming3935 80s and 90s were soft. 60s was actual toughness to score

@@chauvintookaknee4blm268what? 🤡

@@dannybird4996 read

Broken knuckles too

I agree,but Jokic made it interesting again

Jordan style wasn't fun to watch?????????? Speak for yourself, it was Jordan's style of play that pushed Bird style of play in the background. Jordan's style of play was BY FAR the most exciting to watch.

@@traslenpatterson3478 for the casual fan maybe but if you re really a basketball purest you would find Birds style more interesting. His game was way more cerebral and people I know who saw both play live tell me that they appreciate Birds game more

@@mattveteska8559 well good thing I'm not a casual, I have no problems if someone liking Bird's game over Jordan's but to say in a round about way if you like Jordan then you're a casual but if you like Bird then you're a purest. Jordan was much more than athleticism, he was also known as the most FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND PLAYER that people ever saw as well. See what happens on these channels is y'all get so hyped talking bout Bird then you want to go into that let me pull Jordan down and TRY to pull Bird up and it never works y'all way.

I was speaking for myself I always speak for myself and I only speak for myself. Jordan’s style of play was not exciting to me. I never said anything or even implied anyone else does not find it exciting.

Dirk nowitzki; LeBron james & kobe Bryant would've scored 50s points against Larry bird especially broken back Larry bird

Jokic still has a long way to go compared to bird

@@loydkline keep dreaming. name one player to score 50 against the bird man. he's called LEGEND for many reasons.

@drm2364 remember machiel Jordan score 60s points against Larry bird & boston celtics playoffs games k.c Jones ask his team any volunteers ; about guarding machiel Jordan nobody volunteer;; prime time Bernard king early 1980s was unguardedable 50s plus points against larry bird ; early 1980s before knee surgery Bernard king would've had a 🐦 sandwich. kobe Bryant would've scored 81 points against Larry bird especially broken back Larry bird;; LeBron James & dirk nowitzki & Nikola jokic all these basketball players would've scored 50s points against Larry bird especially broken back Larry bird ; dirk nowitzki would've shot a successful 3 point shot& then backup few feet shoot another successful 3point shot ;against larry bird : then 🚗 drive pass Larry bird for a layup

@drm2364 early 1980s pre knee surgery Bernard king would've scores 50s points against Larry bird especially broken back Larry bird; pre knee surgery Bernard king would've had a 🐦 sandwich early 1980s

That's wild, talk about burning dollars to save pennies. What a tragedy. Not a time to go cheap.

@@WhiteLotusOfLight He couldn’t retire either, since the activity was a non-work related injury, so he had to play the rest of his career in pain to fulfill his contract to get paid out. The Celtics did offer him a deal to re-sign, then retire and walk away with more cash, but Larry said that that wouldn’t be honest and that he couldn’t take money that he didn’t earn, so he declined. And that’s…the rest of the story.

Seems like somebody would have done it for free just to say they had done Birdmans driveway.. he couldve cut a promo for them or something

If time travel existed I would definitely go back to 85 and do that driveway for him.

@@WhiteLotusOfLightYou have to put into perspective how he grew up. Dirt poor and having to shuffle between living with a grandparent or your parents to make ends meet. People like that don’t give up on their money for just anything and the fact that his father worked regardless of ailments etched a work ethic into Larry.