Good reaction! Regarding your Kobe comment, they didn't show the whole clip of Kobe talking about Bird. After he said the "Bird looks slow as shit to me," Kobe proceeded to tell the audience they needed to do their research to see the greatness of Larry Bird. Here's another good Bird trash-talking video you should watch: "Larry Bird Welcoming Rookies To The NBA Was PURE SAVAGE"
Kobe spoke of him in the highest reagrd. He said: "He looked slow as shit to me, so what was it about him? .. audience mumbles and Kobe goes on...You´ve never seen Bird play? (laughs) We´ve got work to do."
When Larry was on the court, it was fun for him. Yes, it was his job but to him, playing basketball was FUN. He treated nearly all games like they were a playground pickup game because he was doing WHAT HE LOVED for a living. What made his trash talking even better is that he never yelled his trash. He never made it sound like he was bullying; he said his things in a matter-of-fact, normal spoken voice. He said what he wanted to say, then went ahead and did it. Then followed it up with a simple, easy "told you".
For context, you also have to consider which Larry the glove was facing when he witnessed this... Payton's first 2 seasons were Larry's last two. So he was getting this from the Bird who had a broken back that had to be realigned before every game, and the Bird who just had both achilles repaired, which was a procedure that would end most careers
Larry could care less about records. He once was one steal away from a Quadruple double. He took himself out of the game at the beginning of the 4th quarter and refused to reenter the game.
Yea he used psychological warfare on his opponents. he used to run laps in the stands while the other team was shooting warm up drills at boston garden. He did that in front of them to psych them out. it worked. i second reacting to Larry Bird the Greatest Passer of all time re edit with new footage
Good take on how the great ones have that drive to do the work when no one is watching, Reminds me of a great line from Joe Frazier: "Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there." Great stuff.
Yeah, Bird would psychologically destroy his oponents with not only his on court skills, but his trash talk. Please react to Larry Bird Greatest Passer/New Footage re-edit video!
The Kobe piece was cut short. He goes on to ask the crowd how many saw Bird. Not enough hands went up and he says you got some catching up to do. Kobe loved Bird and when asked his all-time starting 5 he said Wilt center, Bird and Russell forwards, Magic and MJ guards.
All the great players were adamant about Birds greatness. They all said that he was harder to guard than Jordan. They all said he was one of the best players ever.
lol Kobe is actually joking there.. there is a longer clip of that showing Kobe give mad respect to Bird. There is also a video that has Kobe putting Bird in his top 5.. both vids or on youtube.
I think his trash was absolutely a tool to unnerve people. In my opinion, he did it the most arrogant, cocky way, and it must have been glorious to witness (watching on tv in the 80s, we had no idea that he was constantly doing that) He talked before he did something and then did what he said he would, instead of saying "check that out" or "how'd you like that" afterward, which is the "amateur version" of trash talk. "Larry is the greatest trash talker and mind game player ever. He taught me everything I know about getting in folks' heads" -- Michael Jordan
Trash talking for Bird was absolutely part of his strategy, not his ego. He knew how good he was, but he also knew getting under their skin was just as important for a win. He played to win.
The more Irewatch your reactions, the more I enjoy, appreciate and love them. I really like the respect you show the game through your calm, intense, deliberative focus, and I like your analyses of plays/action. Even when I already know what it is you're saying, I like the way you explain what it is that's happening, what Bird and the other players are doing, and what makes it so special and beautiful. Thanks for adding an additional layer of pleasure, with your reactions, to something I already enjoy!
Yes Larry definitely use trash talking to get other players out of their game - and it was very effective because Larry ALWAYS backed his trash talking up with buckets and plays
I love the greats commenting on each other. Taking what's missing from today's game for granted. They wanted to compete. Nobody talks about not having enough help or a sore pinkie.
Kobe knew how good Larry was. Kobe knows his basketball history. A true student of the game. Kobe has given him props. I believe Kobe put bird on his starting g five as I recall.
When you mention that Larry has moves, realize that most of the videos of him are from later in his career AFTER he literally broke his back in the summer of 1985. He was shoveling gravel at his mother's house and badly injured his back. He would never fully recover from that. Look at the earliest videos and watch his drives, and how quick his fake and first step was. To hear his biggest basketball rivals tell these stories is a true testament to Larry's greatness.
Larry is the best complete player that ever did; He saved the sport & showed how brains are just as potent as talent, and BIRD had talent to back up the trash taaaaalk.......... Regards Legends know and study the LEGENDS
Top NBA career combined stats per game (pts, reb, ast, stl, blk) career fg%,tp%,ft% 1. Jordan 44.7 -50-33-84 2. Lebron 44.4 -51-35-73 3. Bird 43.1 -50-38-89 4. Kareem 42.9 -56-06-72 5. Durant 40.8 -50-38-88 A bunch of guys in the 40’s.
Should react to Larry Bird greatest passer of all time video re-edit and the Bird is the Word highlights which really showcases his full game. He could do everything. Subbed.
If you can win the mind game then you've won a big part of the battle. And part of that is letting them see that you're purely confident and can't be shaken. I recommend the video "Larry Bird greatest passer re-edit".
@@KingGreatnessKG Best doc....Courtship of Rivals....gives in depth details about Larry Bird & Magic Johnson the two men that saved the NBA! Its usually done in 3 or 4 segments. It leads right into the last step of their careers .... The Dream Team Olympics 92' The greatest team ever assembled! No other team will ever have the impact this team had!
There are two different versions of Larry Bird. Before his back injury and after. Before the injury Bird was very athletic and agile. Usually you can tell by seeing him move around with the shaggy hair. After the injury he was much slower and less athletic, and had a shorter cleaner haircut... but he was still one of the all time greats.
Never judge a book by its cover! Sometimes it was a challenge to see if the rookie would rise to it. Other times he would do it to psych his opponent out. It was a combination of reasons as to why.... he liked to keep people guessing. lol He accomplished that & then some! lol
Sometimes before a game when the other team was warming up Larry would be running the bleachers. Their whole warmup was watching him run. He stayed in guys heads . He also broke 2 fingers on his shooting hand while in college playing softball. He said he never did get the feel back. And he wrecked his back building a driveway at his mom's house.. when he was probly a millionaire.... I was there for all the 80s and 90s contests. Celtics Lakers Bulls Pistons AND Houston Rockets!
There’s a documentary called “Courtship of Rivals” that shows Bird and Magic all the way up through their childhoods, high school, college, NBA and ultimately playing together on the Olympic dream team. If you love the NBA, you’ll love this film, and I’m sure learn a lot too. It’s so good.
I'm old enough that I watched his entire career and he was a hero of mine. No one knew about his trash talking back then. The reasons are simple what was said on the court mostly stayed there. Sports media was much more proper than it is today. They almost always limited the topic to the performances. Plus there was no social media like there is today. Everything we know it's from his contemporaries who are all retired.
King, good to see you're actually serious about learning about Larry Legend & HIS GAME. Many reactors have reacted to this video & you're only the 2nd reactor that compared him to John Wick. You must watch Making The Case Larry Bird. Clayton Crowley produced this video. Like you, Clayton compared The Legend to John Wick, too. So, you're only the 2nd person who I have heard that compared Larry Legend to John Wick. Great observations & reactions, King! 👍 Thank you!
A lot of players learned how to trash talk from Bird! Rodman is one of them! 🤣😂🤣 The Hawks players just couldn't believe the shots that Bird was making! lol The one foot shot...Bird did that a lot! lol He could hit from anywhere! He was incredible! He usually was soft spoken when he was trash talking. lol
Bird’s lifetime shooting percentages were 50fg 38tp and 89ft. He almost averages a 50-40-90 for his career. You can trash talk a lot when the odds are you are going to make it.
He wasn't as fast after he broke his back and had double achilles surgery. But he still played. Even while wearing an old fashioned stiff fiberglass brace. You can see it in some of his latest games. Didn't stop him though. He just made everyone play his game.
Bird 🐦 had said he knew which ppl it would bother,when he talked trash,he differently used it as a weapon so to speak,he also said it was funny to talk to some , Larry had a great sense of humor 😂,but he was differently sure of himself, it's hard not to love larry , ill never get enough bird and I've been watching him 44 years ,him magic, Jordan,wilt they all had that KILLER INSTINCT, theres more with that attitude,list him down below if you know another one ,,OH KOBE had it
The kind of trash talking Bird did was all the more effective because he was never cursing at you . Ever . Just a straight out monologue telling you, what was about to happen next 😅
Bird trash talked to get under the skin of the other players and team, he backed it up. Nobody today even comes close to what Bird was able to do. Nobody calls their shots today, Bird is the GOAT of talkin shit to everyone
Yeah, Bird talked trash, but his trash was telling you what he was about to do, then do it...Sure he go under players heads. Probably the only reason I liked Bird as much as I did, was a chance meeting in Indiana in 1980. I was invited to teach an Oil Field Technology seminar at I.U. (Indiana University). I had developed a tool which could make up to 40 oil wells with drilling only one hole. It's called Multilateral Drilling Technology Seminar at I.U. (Indiana University). I had developed a tool which could a company could drill up to make oil wells with drilling only one hole. It's called Multi-Lateral Drilling. I shred the Patent with the company I worked for, and thus so, they made the profits off my tools I designed. But I knew that going in, I did get a large bonus at the time.
There was one night him, and a teammate ran into the opposing teams cheerleaders. The cheerleaders Bought them drinks all night long hoping to get him drunk. Bird had a huge game the next night, and when he was leaving the floor, he tanked the cheerleaders for the drinks last night
You got to watch the Making the Case videos. They make the same John Wick comparison you did so you’re spot on. Birds grandson is a pretty good ball player, we might at least get another Bird even if not Larry.
@@cindyknudson2715 Well now, isn’t that most irritating. I just fact checked myself and you’re right. There were videos claiming this kid from, I believe, Stanford was his grandson. Turns out he’s a great player and even resembles Bird but NOT his grandson. People seem to like to put out false information videos then claim it was sarcasm though there wasn’t a hint of it in the video. That’s for calling me on that, I’ll quit lying to people.
Going to be interesting to see you go down this rabbit hole, if you do, and he'll probbly end up in your top 5 all time. Trash talking? The goat imo. A lot of stories of Larry giving legeds nightmares. Never Poke Larry Bird, Trash Talk Story Told By Legends is a great one, and involves Dominique going against Bird in the ECF of 88', and how one guy decided to trash talk Bird and didn't go so well lol. Best Michael Jordan vs Bird Story Ever Told and Best Bird Underdog Story Ever Told are just 2 of the many vids to possibly chk out as well.
I think Larry trashed talked to get to test his opponents mental toughness, and as a way to bring out his own competitiveness. He needed to poke the bear to bring out his best performance.
Larry made a comment when asked about his trash talking that he did it to fire himself up. It makes sense to me that he used it to pump up his own confidence rather than to psych out his oppononents, although it did sometimes have that effect too, depending on the player.
Watched him live in the 80s, we hated him on the west coast back then. But he was that dude. In my top 5 today. Pat Reilly said, "If he needed a bucket to win the game it would be Jordan. But if he needed a bucket to save his life it would be Bird"
Trash talking was in Larry’s arsenal. He knew if he could get into your head, he could throw you off your game. The thing is that Larry could backup his talking. Larry could do it all. He is a shooter regular and especially 3 pointers, passer, he assists, he steals, blocks, and rebounds. He played a mental as well as a physical game.
Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were the fiercest competitors on the court, but what most people don't know is they became the fiercest friend off the court and remain so to this day. Sadly, for reasons that are a conversation for another time, Larry doesn't get the recognition he deserves. Larry was dangerous from anywhere on the court, did things routinely that others only dream of doing or have nightmare about, Larry Bird was the BEST all round player the league has ever known. But Larry and Magic saved the NBA, no doubt.
