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Absolutely!!!

Yeah, imagine if those two had been on the same team even for a season.....

Magic enabling revenge, Larry taking revenge. Meanwhile, Rodney Rogers gets torched, shrinks in size, and crawls away to hide under the bench.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Agreed. Magic was right. There will never ever EVER be another Larry Bird ☘️

Nah that was way past his prime!!!! Didnt matter tho

@@williamvecchiolli3235 Read it again, man. You've got it wrong.

@@Gerclun yep, re read dude, not referring to Legends prime

Bird the best shooter to ever do it in his prime. 6'10 with the sweet release.

I see what you did there! “Had Larry’s back” 😊

By the time of the Dream Team they were friends

​@@snikles3134 True

Pity Larry's back didn't have Larry's back.

@@snikles3134they were rivals from the beginning, but became friends when Magic came to French Lick to shoot a Converse commercial on Bird's court. Bird took Magic to his mom's house so she could fix them lunch. Mrs. Bird took an immediate liking to the gregarious Earvin Johnson. Once Larry realized his mom liked Magic, it thawed the ice between them and they became close friends. When Magic was diagnosed with HIV (which at that time was a death sentence), Bird was one of the first people who called to check on him. They became lifelong friends.

So true. The guy was a fucking beast. Played balls out no matter if it was a meaningless blowout in November or Game 7 of the NBA Finals. No nights off.

I only started following basketball since around 2008, but Larry Bird was the first basketball I knew about after MJ in space Jam. Thankfully for me, I have a great appreciation for legends of the past, and am very comfortable saying that Larry Bird might have been the coldest competitor ever in the game of basketball.

Facts!

I LOVE that story 😃

That’s a great story thanks for sharing

That’s awesome 😎

That's Gangsta

I feel so old for knowing who Brad Lohaus is

He is the TRUE GOAT 🐐

@@irishgrl i think so too, no doubt

the rivalry between the lakera & the celtics was one of the greatest sports rivalries of all time; too many legendary moments in every damn game.

@@beep6641 she's irish & he played for the celtics; he's HER goat lol

@@beep6641 in your mind... No one in Bird's prime can beat him... Bird find the way to beat them. Look at Larry's team. They were mediocre and he made them all stars. Look at Johnson's team, or Jordan's. They were all stars from the beginning.

A broke back

spinal

Top 2 in MVP voting 7 out of 8 straight years, the 8th one a 3rd place finish.

Larry is that guy

By Bad-Back Larry Bird at that.

For a f u c k i n g driveway

If he doesn't try to pave his mama's driveway with a fucking wheel barrow in the summer of 1986, and Len Bias doesn't OD, we win at least 2 more titles between 87 and 90. Period. I still cannot believe Larry did THAT bullshit. Lol

@@teddavis6093- I don't believe the C's stop the Pistons reign at the top, it was just their time. What that would've done was allowed the C's to take a few years retooling as a good squad and pick-up a few more titles in the '90's.

Imagine being considered top ten and having those types of injuries for 2/3 of career 😳

Dumb azz cheapskate Bird hurt his back putting in a driveway for his parents instead of paying someone to do it.

Larry is his friend. There is shit you can do, and shit you CANT do. Disrespecting Magics friends, without him reacting to it pretty much fits the second category is my guess.

Love it! And calling every shot! Savage!

💯 💯 💯 👍

Yeah, and after Bird retired, the Celtics went back to the basement just like they were the year before Bird arrived.

You already knew what was up. Especially when Magic heard it too.

@@klicknkreate7077 And that college team he was on hasn't done anything since he was there. Before or after. He took them to the championship haha

special relationship they had...I can imagine Magic being ashamed of the disrespect a young brother just showed a Legend...set about helping make things right...

@@desiolle2874 im glad magic is doing great, when he announced having aids l thought he would be gone soon

@@jmc7504 I think even he thought it J mc...but there's magic in that man outside of the game itself...I don't wanna meet Jordan but I reckon it'd be special if you got to meet Magic or Larry...

Agreed 100% his pause for affect is spot on. He played for us in Miami. Seems like a great dude and his shooting stance is one of the coolest ever

💯

Me too!

Somehow new larry bird stories keep popping up on the tube, I'm going to check the latest one now told by Danny Ainge.

Mine too 🥰

@@irishgrl one heart to you too from me ❤

I was thinking the same thing!

One 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯

Larry was already at it with Mashburn and CWebb in the corridor. You love to see it and you come to expect it.

It's a great tale, and the best because it's well told by the "young" buck. Great because they were mostly all kinda old, probably not in 100% ready for the season shape, and DID'N' give half a shit about 8 college kids "lighting them up" . Daly did. But they didn't. Cuz they knew that when they shifted into serious mode, they'd snuff any kind of pre-rookie collection of young hot shots. "old age and trickery will always overcome youth and strength ". (trickery, skill and attitude)

I don't think this discussion is that old. Maybe a yr ago on Q and Darius's show

Bro He was a legend in the Bronx when he played ball in high school .. never heard anyone say anything bad about that man

Because Zack Randolph was always high so he was laid back

Dude was a straight baller!! The kids dont know. He'd be destroying the league right now

@@lndnskggs "I Love Walter !" Constant refrain by our late great Tommy Heinsohn. I Love Walter!

Thx for visiting my channel!

Told it incredibly well! Not everyone can tell a story good

I actually like Mashburn's story.

Mashburn didn't exactly have a bad career himself and saying all this. He tells a good story, would like to hear more from him on his career. Larry is the legend but I remember Mashburn was a guy that could just flat out score and put up buckets.

I bet he told this story about 100 times before. When you have got such a story in your life to tell, everybody listens!

I think he was awesome as a basketball player and probably as a teammate, but it's difficult to understand what happened with him and his daughter Corey Bird.

You are still young to the game there have been many great players do some research

Just remember that Kareem even stated that Larry Bird was the best player he ever played against.

​@@kanajingly8957 I love what Kareem said: "That Larry beat you with this" as he tapped his head, (meaning his brain). Kareem respected court IQ more than brawn.

@@bonnieplasha4684and Kareem was a very smart player too. Probably one of the top 10 or so most intelligent people ever to play the game. So to get his respect means a lot.

​@@charlestonbrown148nah man, Larry was special

Basically Larry Legend's day at the story office

Yeah, ... I really loved the "hot dog" story, that Kevin McHale told.

@@ericmcdowell5762 100%. that hot dog story and this Mashburn story (1st time heard it here) are awesome

He got an invite to the bbq

Ever hear the true story of when Bird first set foot in Boston to see the city? Unaware that Bird wanted to walk around and see the city on his own--this was pre-internet and pre-cable, so there was very little knowledge of this tall white guy about to stroll around Boston--and Larry just so happens to enter a VERY notorious bar known for 2 things: catering to mainly locals, and fights. Anyway, in walks this 6'9 white guy dressed in a flannel shirt and one of those Mack Truck caps, DEFINITELY didn't look like a city dude from Boston. So Larry orders a beer. Most in the bar didn't know who Bird was, but soon some rumblings about Larry being the much-heralded player the Celtics just drafted recently. Worried that Larry might end up in a brawl, someone evidently called the Celtics' brass, and one of the Cs PR guys panicked and rushed over to "save" Larry before it was too late. At this point the patrons pretty much all knew who this 6'9 hick from Indiana was, so when the Cs PR guy arrived, Bird was yucking it up with the locals and having a good 'ole time drinking beer and just at home with the locals. The Cs PR guy said he was amazed that not only did Bird not into a fight, but that the locals in the bar loved hanging out with Larry, and Bird with them. And the reason the patrons and Larry got along so well is they soon realized Bird was essentially one of them--just a regular guy who likes to hang out, put down a few beers, talk shit, and have a good time.

@@mikes3827 what’s even more wild is he was like the locals too when it came to fights lol. Larry would literally go out of his way to get into fights when he was younger or get his brother into Em. I’m sure you know that already but it’s cool as hell that Larry was just *that guy*

That is fact. There is a video of Larry saying that.

If he had delayed announcing his retirement by a week then his upcoming year's salary would've been paid.....and the Celtics President, Dave Gavitt advised him to delay and take the money which Gavitt believed was "well earned". The Legend said no, if I don't play, I don't want to get paid. Truth.

@@spike02176 all truth

@Gregory Holden From what i remember, Bird came in a few days before the deadline, then the owner told him to come back in a week so he can think about it, w/c would have been after the deadline thereby the Celtics would already be obliged to pay him whether he retires or not, Bird told them that he’s not stupid and that he knows what date it was, so if he wasnt playing he didnt wanna get paid. Which is why i believed they were trying to trick him. Besides that how many organizations would go out of their way to relieve themselves of that money. Bird was a class act himself.

It’s a great move from Larry, but let’s also talk about the owner of the Celtics. How many owners now would just give unearned money to a player? That was a classy attempt on his part too.

Me too.

Larry the Legend is arguably the best to have laced up a tennis shoe/bball sneaker.Him, Wilt and Russell would be my all time favorite front line.

Nice 👍

Yep! Dissing on Larry was like dissing on Magic too cuz that was Magic’s most feared rival.

You are a lucky dog!

Im from Indy too

He’s the TRUE GOAT in my eyes.

His final response was so great and fitting too. He took the best course.

@@irishgrl now they say that lebron is best sf😆

@@ziginaigra only the stupid ones say that

Lol

@@Mike1122.What you laughing about, sparky. Pre back/feet injury Bird was the best all around player, ever. He isn’t in GOAT discussions because he didn’t play long enough and wasn’t healthy long enough to put up the numbers.

He’s EARNED it!

Larry. Trash talker extraordinaire 👍

That’s wonderful 🥰

Good in college only means something if you pull off an NBA Hall of fame career. Jamal was garbage in the nba, as was rodney rogers. Bird could have beat both of those guys with a blindfold on!

It is a great story (as most of Bird stories are lol), but I think the low(ish) view count is simply because it’s been posted a ton of times already so most already know this story. Obviously a bunch here never did by the comments so it’s always good to hear reactions but this story is old and this actual interview posted here has been posted prior

I remember Rodney Rogers at Wake Forest and as a pro, dude was a physical specimen and a great defender. Bird jacking him up is saying a lot about Larry Legend at the end of his career.

all those reactors used MY clip 🤷‍♀️

@@matthewbingham8824 Did you just call someone who for 11/13 seasons had a positive VORP (best season of 3.0) and ended with a career positive box plus minus while averaging 19 ppg in the NBA garbage lol? People are ridiculous.

THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH & NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH!!!!

Im 57 you were a lil younger but you were. I just said Magic Bird Doc Kareem Neek Nig Moses and Zeke coulda bust anybody's ass from any era they were all game changers in one way or another…

A 23 year old boy?🤣🤣 By far most of that team was still reaching its prime!

@@joebillings7164 Bird - 80s Magic - 80s Stockton 84 Malone 85 Jordan 84 Ewing 85 Pippen 87 Clyde Drexler 83 Mullin 85 Sir Charles 84 I turned 18 in 1988.

Also the saddest 😞

Larry didn't want to be on the dream team but magic talked him into it since neither got to do it in college.

Absolutely. Nobody better in my eyes. NOBODY.

Larry Bird was 6'10" and had some long-ass arms, too.

By the end of his career he was probably 6'9" because of his back issues...it happens...

@@billyboblillybob344, you may be right; it would make sense; but Jamal Mashburn is talking about running into Larry at the very end of his career. Larry had just finished his last NBA season and was finishing up by joining The Dream Team for the Olympics.

All hail the Birdman!

You watched him play in the eighties and you only thought he was "good"? Where you hanging around those two fools named Dennis Rodman and Isiah Thomas? The three of you must have made up the worst judges of talent on the planet!!!!!

@@steverenom.299 OMG!! finally someone said it. awesome comment and dead right

I watched him in the 80's against my Lakers. He was great! Only player I've ever feared them playing against.

I watched almost every pro game he played. There never was or is a single player that I had rather watch play than Larry Bird. He was serious as a heart attack, but more fun to watch than the Globe Trotters. His skill at the whole, all around game and court awareness were unmatched.

​@@wmden1 My father wasn't a Celtics fan per se, but he never missed an opportunity to watch Larry Bird play. He just appreciated the skill that "the hick from French Lick" brought to every game... and my Dad was HARD to impress.

All they did was save the NBA.

😂

KD who? Lol

Larry bird and mike Tyson had the same injury, spinal

Well damn. 😳

Crazy part is I just saw another interview he said he didn't practice shooting threes lol. Goes to shoot 40% lol

Damn Larry

Same here. I mean you can't think that every single Bird story is always 100% legit, but Mashburn was a big time player in his own right so I'd think there's no reason he be lying about this one.

It’s actually not different in its facts. The difference is the perspective. They are BOTH true. And Coach Daly DID rig it. Jordan sat out a good portion of that game & Coach Daly made weird substitutions….

@@irishgrl He probably targeted the players that weren't putting what they needed to into the game. He needed to show them that there were dudes out there with the hunger and drive he wanted to see out of them.

Poor dumb Rodney had to learn the hard way, Larry was the original white chocolate

Every time I hear the word “practice”, I think of AI.

Mashburn played for the Hornets, one of the few times the Hornets made the playoffs.

@@aarondigby5054 Do you remember that game against Duke. I thought Kentucky had the game wrapped up til….

Yes. And he earned it on his own terms.

and feared to...

​@@dentedilupo81Yes! Definitely!! I've seen interviews with eventual HOF'ers admitting that they had nightmares as much as 2 weeks before having to play/cover Bird. Kind of surprised that they admitted it.

Mashburn delivered a great story. He added onto the starting greatness of a Larry Legend's hilarious and fantastic story by default.

Rodney Rogers was 6'7" or 6'8" so Bird would have had no trouble shooting over him.

I love it too!

Bucket.

I'm a Duke fan and have been my entire life but I say with certainty that if Mash doesn't foul out of that game in 92, there are no Laettner heroics.

Eh you think? Didn’t he foul out with like a few seconds left in overtime? Christain was perfect from the field the whole game inc overtime

Didn’t he retire after the Dream Team? But yeah, that guy deserved it 😂

@@irishgrl He didnt play any other seasons ..but yeah, technically he retired after. My mistake 😊

yeah i cant believe all these players that dont learn from history: DON'T POKE THE BEAR! .Gonna be nothing but hurt after that.

the man couldn't pay someone to take care of the driveway?

@Dani G80 and Grant Hill

For a good 6-7 years he was injury free and it was spectacular.

no, he was notoriously tight with money. why pay someone when he could do it himself? nobody knew his back was that vulnerable

​@@mjf8897Yes, he could well afford it but to hire it done wasn't part of his work ethic. You can't understand the player without understanding the man.

It was never hype. Larry is as solid as steel. You couldn’t ask for a better friend. He was one of the few that supported Magic when he made his HIV announcement….

@@irishgrl I am from Indiana. We love him here.

@Rissamlu even this 55 year Laker fan loves Larry!

@@robbyrob0723 I'm 49 and it's the same. For how much I hated him when he played in green, the instant he retired it's been nothing but love. thnak you for the memories Legend

They really hated each other at first but then bonded over a Converse commercial shoot. Remained close friends since, even if they don't talk to each other often. Read "Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals" the book or watch the documentary based on the book for the full story. By 1992, Bird's body was wrecked and he was ready to retire. It was Magic who convinced a reluctant Bird to play on the Dream Team.

Savvy New Yorker

@@Salvatore1268 Absolutely , Monster Mash

@@imagissonent9183 according to Pitino he wasn’t much of a defender though

Once Mash got in the paint it was over for real, too bad Kidd and Jackson was so immature though. That team would have possibly won a championship if it wasn't for Tony Braxton...allegedly of course lol.

One of my all time favorite Mavericks. I’ll never forget the night he dropped 50 points on Jordan and Pippin.

Yep! Some folks can’t believe that Coach Daly threw” that game but it makes perfect sense to me!

@@kevinkohoutek995 Facts are facts. Daly kept Jordan out of the game & made unusual pairings between the teams on purpose to hamstring his own players. He did this on PURPOSE to humble them!

@@kevinkohoutek995 Look. You don’t know me or you’d know I’m the LAST-AND I MEAN *LAST* person to praise MJ. I’m a LARRY LEGEND FAN! PURE & SIMPLE. I have NO DOUBT the Dream Team (with or without MJ) could hold their own, come back and win. The score was only 11 points difference. That’s NOTHING. LARRY LEGEND could handle that with just the Celtics! What I stated above was just the bald facts. Daly didn’t play MJ, and his substitutions were odd to onlookers. Could the Dream Team have won? I’m sure of it. So GET OFF MY BACK.

@@kevinkohoutek995 You go back & look at the post history. You replied right after ME! Then you act like I’m spewing “Jordan fanboi stuff” when I’m actually repeating what LARRY Bird & Chuck Daly’s Assistant Coach said, STRAIGHT FROM THE DREAM TEAM DOCUMENTARY YOU EEJIT!!! I defy you to find ANYWHERE where I promote MJ! What a MORON! HERE is where I’m getting my info you PUKE kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r6l6eaxn3smlY58.html Btw, the fact that you’re born in the 80s says it all. I watched LARRY Legend his entire Celtics career & knew about him in College too. So take a long walk off a short pier.

Chuck Daly had a great mind, master motivator. See Dennis Rodman stories.

Heart of a Lion!

He was driven: Grew up poor, Mom took care of the family. A hard life taught him hard lessons that stuck. EFFORT is ALL.

Forever. It seems like everyone has a Larry Legend story 😂

Yes. It may even have been part of a Dream Team documentary. Coach Daly had his work cut out for him 👍