It's his post basketball "career" (of course its a job and I'm not meaning to downplay the hard work he puts in.... I just get the feeling he genuinely lives for this regardless of the paycheck, which is awesome) that will truly cement his legacy. He's stayed extremely relevant and present in a positive way for decades.

Agreed.

Nah Chuck post career way better. He getting all the championships and finals mvps on tnt and anytime he’s in front of a mic

Barkley was bigger on the court in my opinion. He might be entertaining and hilarious now, but he was entertaining and hilarious and quotable then as well. The difference was that everything had a competitive edge and a bit of nastiness back when he was playing. Barkley was always a big personality, but I still prefer the basketball Barkley to the more lovable post-basketball Barkley.

😂😂😂

He had no comeback when mike tyson said on tv that he was gonna kick his ass 😭

Look up Terrell Brandon's bird story.

Larry is my 5th favorite player

Both fantastic players !!!!

Can you imagine going out to bars with the two of them during the Dream Team olympics? Holy hell.

@@cameraobscura2379 Now thats a party

is that the team who actually cheered him at the end of a game? lol

Joe Guerra Ask Bird about Michael Cooper on The Lakers as a defender.

He dunked on Caldwell Jones which shocked me!!!!!!

Edwin Jones Why didn't he feel like this towards white players???

@@dwightlove3704 He said white players were not as good, defensively,as black players.

@@edwinjones1000 DaTsRaCiSt

@@edwinjones1000 Bobby Jones was one of the top defenders of his era.He was the best defender in the ABA.

Comedy was unnecessary. You had me at NBA

If was a 5th.. if shaq was in shape he could have won 10rings, if jordan never left to play baseball he ciyod have won 8 rings easily, if Iverson was taller he would be in the top 5 all time. Ifs mean nothing

Still is the goat I just want to say but your favorite player can be the goat I mean if it's about championships that would have to be Bill Russell or for that matter Robert Horry and it's still about the team

@@davidgaskins2589 Jordan wouldn't win 8 rings in a row. Hakeem was on a mission in 94 and 95. In fact his two retirements after two threepeats only enlarged his mythos.

he took a pounding under the boards. ended up on his back many times. when he was young he would just pop up. all those falls took years off his overall career

@@normanashworth6024Actually he hurt his back doing yard work for his mom himself instead of hiring someone to do it for him.

Andrew Toney did a decent job for the 76ers early on

That’s not possible since Craig Ehlo never played for the 76ers.

Bobby Jones

Jordan has a lot of stories, against Pistons, Knicks, Pacers, against guys like Mutombo, Olajuwon, a lot of their stories are even more famous than Bird's. Magic never had any rivalries or beefs other than Bird, they were natural champions, and Magic only saw the game as fun, he didn't provoke or pick fights like the rest of his generation, except for Jordan when he joined. Lebron, on the other hand, can't ask for many things, the league doesn't have a lot of Trash Talk or very big rivalries, at most some ugly faces

@@kurtdonaldcobain4870 I asked where the stories are...you haven't provided any. And to the extent someone like Jordan talked trash, it was wrapped around his ugly persona...he was a bully who knew he could embarrass guys due to his physical play...that is not the same thing as Bird...

@@julianmarsh1378 Do you want me to get you links for each one? You can literally search that same huge platform called KZfaq, and you'll see lots of interviews, or documentaries, or player articles and stories similar to these, I can't do all the work for you. And literally everyone in the 80s and 90s was bully, many still in the 2000s, do you think Gary Payton, Kevin Garnett, Barkley, Bird, Isiah, Reggie Miller were good guys? Most just wanted to provoke so they could get into their opponent's head and dictate the rules, Jordan did the basics of the 90's

@@kurtdonaldcobain4870 You forgot to mention when THE LAKERS PLAYED THE PISTONS Magic was extremely rough with Isiah they were childhood friends.

@@julianmarsh1378 Jordan took his bully persona from Detroit.

and yet Bird didn't even respect him, so why should we

@@Fearseblack Because he was voted DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR a honor Bird never even sniffed in his career that is why.

Bird had over 1500 steals in his career in addition to 3 time 2nd place defender in the league. Not too shabby.

@@tomcrouch7001 Yes he has 1500 career steals but when it comes to MAN TO MAN DEFENSE he was a liability due to a lack of athletic ability.He mainly played defense as a NFL FREE SAFETY

A liability? Never heard that description of Bird before either offensively or defensively. I'd have loved to see Bird and Jones on the same team. Unbeatable.

Larry “I ain’t white…I’m clear…”

It was definitely during Charles time in Philly.

Byron Scott has a story of Larry Bird saying the same thing to a white guy that played for the Lakers

​@@dougbones7095 he said it to Isiah Thomas too. Hes said it more than once.

Michael didn't have as much fun as Bird