NBA Legends Explain Why Larry Bird Was On A Different Level 

Exactly

its so true tho I grew up watching and loving the game of basketball mj has always been my hero but bird was a bad sum bitch if he never hurt his back he would have been way higher up on the all time scoring list like way higher up man

Lebron is more clutch than all. Plz ignore the media narrative - the numbers dont lie. Granted bron wasn't first few years, but from 2nd year in miami onwards proper clutch

@@adammaskell7796LMAO you are confusing longevity and stat padding with ability. Sit down 🤡

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Indeed extraordinary innate athltism intellectual intelligence like no other and a white 🤍 to boot if that says it all in a bomb shell 🐚

"Big Game" James Worthy is who said that

I always appreciated the similarities The Glove spoke if Stockton Similar comparison

Love the comparison!

Michael Cooper

Larry bird told you your fortune when that is what was needed to get in someone's head, when trash talking got in someone's head he trash talked

Very disappointed in the late great Kobi Bryant segment 😔

The Chuck Norris of the NBA

it's that or McHale's torture chamber

ROFLMAO!!

The real legend

So True! he established the legend baseline!

Just like when MJ was told to start passing the ball to John Paxson. You can't be a one man team no matter how good you are. If one of your guys has a better shot you get it to them. That's how you win a championship.

Oh yeah his passing was crazy. But his shooting man. Wild.

sepating the two is stupid - and when you put them together - the " goat " is easy ... Magic-Bird.

It should be called "Sports Entertainment".

Thanks Wilbon!

wrong Larry Legend SAVED basketball You really believe that the league NEEDED another GreaT BlacK player at that time ? it was BlacK verses White then thats what Saved BASKETBALL .

Yeah when people say that I dunno what they mean. He's playing a sport and is one of the best in his sport. He is an athlete. Maybe he's not as athletic as some other people but to say he wasn't is silly. He also f-cked his back up half-way through his career. That's the only reason he ended up quitting in 92.

​@@The_Gallowglassman only if he didn't mess up his back...

So many lie about their height. Shaq is 6’11”, Barkley is 6’4” , The Rock is 6’

I think Bird is 6'9 or 6'10".

@@The_GallowglassI wonder if Larry Bird is a legit 6’10” and only 1 inch shorter than Shaq. To have those skills at that height is pretty amazing. Even if he is only 2” shorter than Shaq. Still

not bad as a passer either

Curry is now. Bird even said he is.

​@@Quantumtraveler707I'm a little biased Larry Bird is the best shooter for me. Curry on the list but he's behind Jordan.

@@scottbivins4758 Curry is the best, most accurate shooter in history. The stats don't lie.

@@scottbivins4758 Why do you fly the flag of treason and slave oppression? The south got their a sses handed to them and lost everything.

He is the GOAT. Head to head he got the best of MJ.

​@LarryFine-xj5sg I love Bird, but he wasn't doing that to a prime Michael Jordan.

@@John-mn9rpbird was at the end of his career doing that to MJ tho too 😂😂

@@Timewave-Zer0 I know it would have been great to see them play in their prime against each other's teams.

i suppose that , cut out of granite athletic look wasnt there, but totally agree with you. he was as well conditioned to play at an incredible pace, .....slow and cant jump my ass

The color of his skin. That’s why, the same reason black players are called articulate. It’s racism

He had the fastest quick step, sneaky quick posts moves, and Pistol Pete style flip passes. He just wasn’t a sprinter.

@@mightymikeamps9317, His first step was quick and unstoppable, especially on the baseline. I watched Bird play since his final year at Indiana State. Larry Legend is an understatement. He made the Celtics the championship teams they were, he elevated the players and play of that team.

@@calkelpdiver​​⁠But who taught who the post moves? McHale or Bird? They mirrored each other in the post. I didn’t watch more than highlights of Larry as a college player.

no doubt.

He made it in from behind the damn backboard LOL

No they’r not!

I would love to walk behind all these guys with LB on a golf course and listen to all the bs being spoken.

Dumbest comment in this string. Congratulations Beavis.

"why are you running?" 😆😆

Stop with the Jordan stuff. Before Magic & Bird NBA games weren't even televised. They were shown on tape delay. Then, at the height of the NBA's popularity magic(hiv) & bird (injury)suddenly retire the NBA took a huge hit. But, they still ha 15:20 d a similar rivalry between championship caliber teams in the veteran Bad Boys of Detroit Pistons v. The upstart Chicago Bulls w/young phenom MJ. After the Pistons were defeated by Chicago and succumb to age, the league freaked out. There were no more great team rivalries, which had been so successful with Celtics/ Lakers & Pistons/Bulls to promote. So, they adopted a new model. Instead of promoting teams, we will transition to promoting the individual stars of the league. And, the biggest star, on the championship team was Michael Jordon. So was born the JORDAN RULES! Mike needed to be front and center for the league. As Mike went, so went the league. Mike sorta referred his own games. Regs would look to Mike to tell them if he had been fouled. Regs would watch mines shot and, if it didn't go in, it often drew a late whistle. Sometimes, when the shot would hit the front of the rim, & then the glass& then back on the rim, and then rolls around the cylinder, seemingly hanging in the air, before finally falling off the rim, as the sound of the referees whistle rings out simultaneously. Mike was fouled! Again! I hated it, as did all the opposing teams & players. But, they also understood that Mike was, a big reason why NBA salaries had grown exponentially since Larry, Magic,& the days of the celtics Lakers rivalry. Every player understood you could not breath on Michael without drawing a foul. It ruined the competitive balance in the league and kept the Bulls & Michael center stage throughout the playoffs and the championship rounds. Mike got every benefit of every doubt, and some that were not doubts. So from my perspective, Michael Jordan did more to ruin what had attracted so many fans (focus on competitive team rivalries) versus a focus on promoting individual players & personalities. .

Well, they are mostly black...So yeah!

They are being nice. There are many black players who hold recorders he does not. The white hope legend definitely immortalized him. He was a very good player, but not the best.

Larry Legend is probably my favorite player of all time. He wasn‘t the most athletic, but man he could ball. His passing is Top 5 of all time, just merely judging by pure ability to pass. Plus, Bird and Magic literally revived the NBA. Both passed the torch to Jordan and the NBA went global.

@@frizzyrascal1493 what was it that he couldnt do because he wasnt the most athletic, according to you?

@@arfshesaid4325 I never said he couldn't do anything, you misread my post. He was athletic (heck, all NBA pro's are!), but not as athletic in comparison to guys like Zeke, Wilkins, Kemp, Michael and Magic. Larry is in my Top 3, so relax.

Bird was much faster and quicker than those guys. He only looked less athletic compared to Dominique Wilkins, Dr. J and the like.

Faith in what? The god that let it happen?

Unfortunately color Will always be noticed just like a woman’s bosoms! Or lack of. Just part of life unfortunately.

Race was a big factor in the league during the 80s-90s The prejudice of a white boy hooping as well as Larry Legend, they made a movie about it(White man can't jump). Even Bird said, "I don't want no white boy guarding me, I want a brother."

Now u want a white boy guarding you and not a brother cause thr all.about the points!

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Disrespectful to Larry.

Yeah, never believed that...Seemed althetic to me!

Magic Johnson has had plenty to say about Larry Bird...he thinks the world of Larry Legend.

Hell, as far as I’m concerned, he is already my president! 😂

exactly.

Better. Defense has been outlawed basically.

His white intelligence set him apart.

@@YuriGoofov you said the unsayable. how true.