I'm old school. I forgot all about that quote. 😂😂😂 Yes that was a great quote. Pacers fan here from Indiana. God I miss the Pacers of the 90s and early 2000s.

Big Game James

Lol 😂

Larry Bird was from Indiana if I'm not wrong.@@marvinhunt8276

@@joseortega-us6rn Yes. French Lick Indiana is where Bird is from.

And the players wore shorts, rather than split skirts. The game really went to hell when the guys switched to culottes.

@@abaxteria thank you ! Glad it’s not just my opinion !

Yes and you never saw those players taking a few games off because they're so tired throughout the season. They played every game and they played it with passion.

How about that Rambis charge on McHale?

Great Observation! lol

Not underrated by Bird..

Tremendo jugador. Un base casi perfecto.

thats because the Birdman was playing Chess and the others were playing Checkers''

Absolutely 100% correct in your statement, you just knew after Larry called his teammates out after that game 3 loss, an embarrassing loss, that the Celts were gonna come out for blood in game 4 and when Mchale knocked Rambis to the floor, it swayed the momentum right over to the Celts…..The Lakers tried to outmuscle the Celts from that point on and that wasn’t their type of game, honestly just a mastermind play by Bird to fire up his guys and to take the Lakers out of they’re rythym

Agree

@@eddieespinoza6904You think Birdie plays better chess than Kareem?

Actually, yes.@@richardn6768

Why Jordan? He was not a great shooter.

@@rman52 Exactly! Truth!

@@rman52 Jordan was clutch how old are you?

@@jeffquickle3793 but he was clutch

I would pick kobe

So very true. Today's game is unwatchable.

Agree

Absolutely right about that. This was great basketball, look at the plays, ball movement, team ball. It’s amazing to watch.

I agree

Agreed. To those of us who have played and watched over the past 60+ years, today’s NBA is a joke. Rarely see a travel call, even after 3 or 4 steps, never 3 seconds, superstars can hack and shove while rookies get foul calls for breathing too hard on a star player. I grew up loving Bill Russell, Tommy Heinsohn, Bob Cousy, KC Jones, Sam Jones, John Havlicek, etc. back when they played real basketball. After the Bird & Magic era, my watching declined sharply to the point that I rarely watch any more. College, however, has still maintained more of the purity of the game and that’s where I still watch.

I watched a game not long ago, and it was like watching English soccer players faking injuries. It was nothing but 3-point shots, and players throwing themselves on the floor after the slightest contact.

lol . this game looks like shit . the game evolves for a reason . this type of basketball will never beat todays nba

​@sarnjitsingh2504 exactly..not one of these 80s players would make a roster today..players today are all bigger stronger faster and more athletic. The 84 Celtics and lakers would be lucky to beat a college team today

Funny. These players from the '80's hold most of the NBA records. And yes, I could beat my dad up today. 40 yrs ago that thought wouldn't enter my mind.

@@collin355 Joker and Luka are super athletic players compared to 80s players like Dominique, Dr J, etc? That nonsense is an overstated myth. The game “Evolved” into a soft watered down version of the 80s. So it’s subjective (similar to NFL)…does a person like the tough physical rules, or the soft higher offensive output rules? There’s no right answer really. Matter of fact Joker and Luka are the decisive death blow to that myth. And Steph ain’t doing what he does today under 80s rules, although he’d still be awesome

lol same. I was really into it for a minute. 😅

That's cause they don't play man2man defense anymore. Just that safety Susie zone defense bullcrap

😂😂😂😂

The money messed it up, as it always does.

I have not watch a game in years as they are boring.

As well as baseball

NBA on CBS was the best.

You had to fight for points. These men were worn out after games.

u aint lyin

I like that everyone played defense.

I'll second that!!! They played with heart

Exactly 💯

Oh, is the NBA still around?

@@marcopolo1134 I fear democrats and republicans more than I fear the CCP.

@mvp019 not as it was with Bird, Magic, and Jordan.

🤣😂

Mchale throws Rambis to floor, stays in game. Bird butt checks Cooper into the second row, and nobody notices

@@johngalt9737 Cooper deserved an Oscar for that act.

@@vicariousjohnson9823 maybe, but it was still probably a foult

it s just like the new generations

Top 1

And Magic Johnson the most overrated player in NBA history!!!

Top #3

​@@davidmr1510C'mon Man! Magic was great.

Mj 1 Kareem 2 Bird 3 Magic 4 Wilt 5 Shaq 6 Lebron 7 Russell 8 Kobe 9 Curry 10 just my opinion

What about when Parrish chopped down Laimbeer? No foul there either, which is insane.

The 80's and 90's were incredible. So many legends from those two decades.

Yup. The NBA was in trouble at the end of the 70`s. These guys really got the ship floating again. I am a Hockey guy . When I was a kid, I watched every sport. But it just is not the same NFL or MLB. I even liked tennis. But after Pete Sampris and Ivan Lendil acing every serve it got boring. Every play is a shotgun pass in Football and baseball used to take an hour and a half to play a game, now it is a damn four hour game of stepping out of the box to adjust your damn batting gloves and shin guards. I miss it too.

Yeah, it wasn't a single player. It was team basketball. There was no Magic, no Kareem, no Worthy, no Bird or McHale. It was just the Lakers and Celtics. They didn't care who scored, how they scores, who grabbed boards, nothing. It was all about winning.

TOO MUCH $ INVOLVED THESE DAYS THEY'VE REMOVED THE HEART FOR CAPITAL GAIN DOG GONE IT!! LEROY HAND ME A BEER OVER DARE.

Yes Lakers had so many Carolina players McAdoo. Worthy. Perkins, Fox are the ones I remember

Too much speed and athleticism today. Bigs can dribble and shoot 3's

@@nathane2243 to many divas!

Players can’t even look at each other today without one of them falling out and a foul getting called.

@@mrspaulb3889 it blows my mind

@@mrspaulb3889you ever notice, the only players that Jabar ever scuffled with on the court were always white guys. Parrish played physical ball but Jabar walked away from him. He clearly tried to elbow Bird in the face, unprovoked. He also initiated the fight where Rudy Tomjonovich had his face fractured. Jabar held Kevin Kunnert from behind as his teammate pummeled Kunnert. Rudy ran down the court to protect Kunnert and got sucker punched running past Kermit Washington. Then Jabar also gave Kent Benson a terrible blow that knocked him out.

Word

125-129 in regulation....not a lot of defense

@marktarmannpiano you're right, the original stats I looked up didn't have an OT, still though it goes against the "every player was a lock down defender" narrative people like to throw out

Parish fighting for that rebound in the paint and getting the and 1 was tough game!

I'd like to throw J.J. Redick in a time machine and see how how many seconds he could stay out there before being placed on the injured list.

@@davidkramer333 did you not see all the bodies flying? lol

So true, REAL east vs west pride on the line

I miss real men's basketball.

For sure and everyone played defense. The best player guarded the other teams best player regardless of position most of the time.

The 76ers, Lakers and Celtics were the 3 dominant teams and the only ones who beat the each other on a consistent basis, with the home team winning 90% of the time

Michael and Bryant was a good one

Now you're just lying....

Nah this one was the game that he let Bird and the Celtics get in his head. Fouling him out and costing them the game due to him missing in OT. He was so pissed over that

Kareem is the greatest to play the game the franchise

Yet he bested Larry 2-1 in championship runs.

That's B's Kareem is greater than them all highschool college and professional levels

for reals!

The NBA in the 60s and 70s was the most physical

@@allaboutthemurzic Great, great basketball. Larry was a top player in his prime. Kareem was past his prime when Larry started. I rabidly admire both of them. Larry was stronger than magic in nearly any circumstance. Kareem won for the lakers early in the showtime years.

@@patbrooksher7514 Today it's just plain thugball.

Many years of the NHL was well above and beyond today as well. It all changed....

you should know flagrant fouls weren't invented yet

The league is soft as cat shit now.🙂

@@superyou918 they used to be called technical fouls

I miss this rivalry and the old NBA

Basketball is boring now days. 4x's as many Commercials. 20x's as many 3 Point shots, and no Defense until the last 5 minutes of the game. I'm just glad I've been a Laker fan since the mid-60's and got to see decades of awesome Basketball.

It was beautiful

Bird & Majic are the co GOATS of BB Ball. nobody else comes close.

@@petergambino2129 I hear you bro

In the 80’s the rivalries between Boston and LA was great ti watch!!! But living in Indiana the rivalry I loved to watch was the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons !

I agree! But to me the original Dream Team was the G.O.A.T. Of Teams !!

Larry Legend is the GOAT.

Definitely one of the best clutch shooters ever.

I'm not like a huge "sports guy" but I was born in 1983 so I remember the heyday of early-mid 1990s basketball and hockey and such. And recently I watched videos about Larry Bird, so yes I agree he was OVERALL the greatest because he was like a grandmaster chess player of basketball. I watched a video of what other NBA stars said about Larry Bird, and they said he was always in the right place at the right time, he looked at the overall picture, he knew where the ball was going to go.

The greatest could find a way to score over any D, and Bird is up there with the greatest of the great ones in this respect, peopl like Jabbar, Michael, Wilt.

I think hes amazing but hes the prime example of early adopters, clearly he was revolutionary but at a time when the game wasnt so technical imo. The barr has been raised by every generation so much so that its harder to excel imo. Not taking anything away from Bird at all, he was an absolute pioneer and revolutionary player

Especially against a 37 year old Kareem!

@@NotGordAgainst everybody. Now SIDDOWN

@@Lucille69caddy I'm not a Larry Bird hater bro calm down.

@@NotGord 😆😆😆..

@@NotGord youd think he was a relative..😆😆😆..after all these years..😆😆..hes still emotional abt bird.😆😆

agree. players now run from the basket to score, instead of powering in to score. the power game is largely gone

Yes, a little bit. But more so the gangsta, tattoo having, stoic, unfriendly, unhappy with my contract, get my coach fired athletes. Who are admittedly great. I won't talk to you with my head phones on but my affect reflects anger. They leave a team or a fan base and it means nothing to them.

Why would you be scared?

Bird is the greatest player of all time. Kareem is second. He had an unstoppable shot that was very high percentage. Both were undeniably all-time greats!!

Celtic fan here, same for me but it was Magic & the Lakers. Them were the days J.

If I had $ on that game I'd ask Kareem to cover me because he single handidly poked the blond bear! Absolutely nothing will EVER compare to what we enjoyed in the 80's!!! As a lifelong Laker fan growing up on the west coast in the 80's, it was tough to truly understand how good Bird really was. Laker fans HATED the C's but had a TON of respect knowing they could take a game over in an instant and it ALWAYS started with Bird. I wish we had the chance to see him/them play more then 2x a year, home & away, that was it, no games on the tube besides your local team if you were lucky enough. The finals were literally syndicated in the early 80's before the Celtics rivalry. At least on the west coast we knew what Larty and the Celtics did the next day (always won and he always had around 30/12/8). Celtics fans didn't even know the Lakers won by 30 (& that Magic had 20/10/22) until 2 days later. It's crazy to think that Houston was the only other team to represent the west (2x) in the 80's. Kicked LA's asses too; well, one series was best of 3 garbage, but ultimately they got absolutely demolished by the C's both times! Makes you wonder who was better from '82-'84 (Philly)!? LA was better on paper but the east was exponentially tougher (especially when Stern moved Milwaukee to the east to balance out the conferences). Early on the 76ers were as scary as the C's frankly. Great debates, no one right answer (Lakers). I will say this; 1.) Magic was 3 years younger than Bird and was in his prime '85-'87, and the C's run was starting to fade (officially over June of '87). Totals; Magic (8 finals / 5 ships) dominating the early years & the later years against LB (who ended with 5/3. 2.) Magic choked on more than one occasion, but his h2h playoff numbers were better overall. He even outscored LB in '87 and his ast/rebs were better. Once the common thread being this; Once Magic turned 30 he never won again, the same with Larry. The league was just too good (Pistons, Bulls, Jazz, Blazers). 2b). Andrew Toney still gives me nightmares to this day. Did he do this to Celtic fans too? We could only see the box score the next day unfortunately (of course; Bird 34/14/8). I sure miss the good old days and will always cherish the NBA in the 80's as the best of my life as a sports fan!!!

He was deadly, period. I watched Bird kill my Knicks o er and over and over....LOL, but I was always a fan. I'm today's game, he would have had about 5 extra seasons of great playing since athletes are better taken care of.

They saved the NBA - Magic and Larry and teams.

Don't forget those Jordan years.

@@1099670 NBA was already back when Michael and Scotty and team won three in a row.

this is all manufactured drama. it's part of the game when the ring is up for grabs. These two guys are both class acts and respected one another, clickbait video.

The words basketball and gladiator being used in the same sentence is hilarious. A club level lightweight fighter would demolish the entire court one after another.

Yeah, that’s why Magic has 5 rings and bird has only 3.

so true i cant stomach the game now so much fun the good ol days

You guys don’t know anything about basketball lol

@@daledilbeck9621 You aren't wrong. I quit watching basketball a looooong time ago. When March Madness gets down to the Final Four I'll watch those games. The atmosphere is great and the games are reasonable in length at 40 minutes with 20 minute halves and last 120 minutes on average. The NBA...I don't know how people can stand it, and I'm not just saying that to be a jerk, I really mean it. 48 fouls per game on average. 1 per minute. Maddening. In addition, each team is allowed 7 timeouts per game of varying length. SEVEN. The game is 48 minutes long, broken into four quarters, and it takes 150 minutes to play. 8 minutes more game time than the NCAA has translates into 30 more minutes real time. This year, teams are averaging 103 possessions per game, and are scoring 114 points on average per game. Teams score about 80% of the time at the free throw line, so, based on 25 free throws per game, roughly 20 points of the 114 per game are scored that way, leaving roughly 95 points scored during play per team, per game, on 103 possessions. Plus there's a 24 second shot clock. So if a team has a notable lead in the fourth quarter, you better get a pillow out, because one team is going to be burning .4 of a minute every time they touch the ball, which could be about 4.5 minutes worth of keep-away out of the 12 minutes, right up until the losing team has to start fouling to preserve time and unnecessarily stretch the game. Unwatchable. Completely unwatchable.

Back when white people were allowed to play and watch.

if i recall, Byrd also held the record for assists.

It seems that these teams and players measured their success and even their careers on this rivalry. Every one of them is immesley proud of what this was.

And as much as I detest espn , their three part series featuring this rivalry was so epic. But it’s kinda hard to mess up such a great story that these two teams provided

Unless it's Johnny Most doing commentary!!

The NEXT game was IMO even better… if you’re a Lakers fan. Bird was amazing, certainly top 5. He did it all.

With a piss poor title. Click bait.

@@robertjason6885 I'm actually a celtics fan! But I bet this Trajan guy is a Lakers fan

Tommy Heinsen and Dick Stockton are CBS legends. Their commentary painted the picture for most NBA fans in the 80s.

🎯

2nd that

Back Then, Coach I Think I Broke My Hand. Coach: Walk It OFF!! Now coach i think i broke a nail. LAY DOWN!!! THE LIFE FLIGHT IS 2 MIN, OUT!!! THEY ARE TAKING OFF THE ROOF, TO LAND NEXT TOO YOU, SO AS NOT TO CAUSE ANY UNDUE STRESS!!!! YOU 'R NOT GOING TO SUE US ARE YOU? THE P.O.T.U.S. IS ON HIS WAY!! THE ARMY, AIR FORCE THE NAVY, THE RANGERS, ALL THE SEALS!!! ALL THE OTHERS ARE HERE, WHAT DO YOU NEED??? MY MOMMY, MOMMY!!! Coach: THE MARINES ARE PICKING HER UP!!! WE ARE AT (DEATH- CON)-500 AND FLAGS ARE AT HALF STAFF!! THE WORLD IS THINKING GOOD THOUGHTS FOR YOU!! AND THE WHOLE WORLD HOPES YOU MAKE IT! AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO YOU WANT TO WIN THE INDY-500, AND ALL OTHER GAMES!! YOU ARE A ROOKIE AND WE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!! WE JUST PUT 500 TRILLION IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT TO HELP, YOU FEEL BETTER! AND 10 YRS OFF SO YOU CAN HEAL! Back then: player shows coach his hand 5 x the size it should be. coach o.k. Take a salt pill. And if it gets any worse, we will cut it! WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF GAME TO PLAY!! NOW GET OUT THERE!! AND NO ICE. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT COST? NOW GO,GO,GO!!! (And that's a fact jack)

And they were all good players including the reserves…

Those were the days when men had penises and women had vaginas.

Larry....one of the greatest..

No he's not, he's one of the very best

True. One thing that impresses me about him is that he owned Dennis Rodman, and Rodman was one of the best defenders in NBA history.

Underrated ? Us boomers know he was and is always going to be considered one of the best, like Jerry West, a “clutch” player

Underrated? Didn't he win 3 league MVP's in a row? How old are you? In the 80's everyone rooting for another team thought he was overrated! I know I did then. I no longer do, though. I respect the game of basketball in general too much to be a mindless partisan anymore. Larry was *always* known as one of the best clutch shooters... ever. And not just a clutch shooter, an incredible *force* on the court at moments in the game. I think his first season the Celtics added more wins in one season that any other team, and it was basically the same team with a year's experience and a new Larry Bird. Look at his NCAA semifinal game before playing Magic's Michigan State. He went something like 14 for 16, and one miss he rebounded and put back right back in, and they won by 2 points! Name one other game in NCAA tournament history that has a similar performance with a similar win... ever. And you think the other team's defense wasn't 100% geared toward stopping Larry Bird in that game? I was a Laker fan and absolutely hated on Larry and MJ... precisely because I wasn't stupid and I know who the threats were to my team winning. Dude has *always* been clutch, so you must be quite the youngin'. BTW, I hate on Andrew Toney, too, because the one year he was truly healthy, the 76ers lost a single game in their Championship run, and it was Toney who broke the camel's back. He either popped jumpers all day in your face or forced you to leave the middle open for Doc, Moses and everyone else... picking your poison was the only chance you had. Few people know that if Andrew Toney wasn't riddled with injuries during the playoffs, the 1980's championship roster might look a fair amount different than it does today.

Greatest match-up period. Any league any sport...

GOSPEL TRUTH! ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️

Agreed Adam, and I have 69 seasons to select from.....

76 years here. Bird Celts, Russell Celts, Red and Johnny Most. Carr steals the ball, Havlicek steals the ball. It was rarely easy for them, but it was always glorious. Can't watch BB anymore.

@@saturnosiris1221 Inflation has gotten that bad? Sheesh.

@@saturnosiris1221 Damn straight, I guess that is why I'm committing on youtube commit section because I'm to broke to go out and spend money to do anything because i'm such a peasant Lol, I do go out to eat at restaurants cause it lot cheaper than going to the grocery store depending on where you eat.

it was a great era.. followed by the pistons vs bulls rivalry.

hardly no dui,s LOL'

Same here. I'd watch that NBA over the current one anyday

I loved the contrast between the teams. The Lakers spent most of the 80s just cruising to the Finals, because they were so much better than everyone else in the West. The East was a warzone, with the Celtics, 76ers, Bucks, Hawks, Pistons, and Bulls all battling it out. Two completely different environments, producing completely different styles of play.

Yes, Kareem melted down. And while nobody can prove it, if you argue too much with the officials, they'll intentionally make more calls against you.

@@timothymiller1783 human nature, nobody likes the same person repeatedly yelling and spitting in their face

@@corwinsmith1502, you got it! 👍

It wasnt Kareem it was Magic Johnson who melted down. That was a deciding moment of the series in a sense. Kareem had a fantastic series including this game. It was more a matter of the Celtics being better that year, more seasoned as a team. If you can point the finger at anyone it would be Magic Johnson who made critical mistakes in several games including this one. Missed free throws, turnovers, forgetting the time on the clock. Bird hit the game winner right in Magic's face.

He was great. Larry Bird called Dennis Johnson the smartest player he ever played with.

I loved Dennis Johnson with the Sonics, and I continued to root for him after the Sonics stupidly traded him. May he Rest in Peace.

@@Jim-lu9pw Bird always mentions DJ when talking about the past

"Big Game" James Worthy, Kareem, and Magic took two out of three from that team thank you very much.

@@Silence_Duder_Gooder That's only one more. lol. That being said, IMO, there is no question that the Lakers had more total talent. Not a Celtic fan, but that is another example of how great Bird was. McHale was great, DJ was a gamer, and Parish was stubborn.

Why are haters always illiterate?

No defense I just watched a clothesline that is not defense lmao

@@imdrift170 Are you daft?

@@imdrift170 Did he make the shot?

Johnny's 16 packs of unfiltered camels voice was legendary!

i did'nt get to watch many games on TV, so i would spin through the radio dial, listening to hear Johnny Most's crackly voice calling the game.....and you knew you had the right station......unmistakable.

@@wheelie63 Awesome! I did the same while working back in those days... They used to have a tribute of Johnny in the garden, wonder if they do in the fleet center now?

@@JerryNordstrom ......"Havlicek stole the ball !!! ".......lol

Johnny was something else. He wouldn't tolerate any attacks on his boys. I almost drove off the road one night as he was describing Pistons Laimbeer and Mahorn during warms ups "here's Laimbeer and Mahorn, they don't warm up with a ball, they don't need a ball, that's not what they are out there for. They look like they are on set for a Roman gladiator movie!!!!" 😂😂😂😂😂

Dont forget Big Bill Walton, a major cog in that team

@@davidmilton4862 Absolutely ! Incredible court vision and those passes were golden !

Man I hated the Celtics so much back then. Mainly because they always beat whoever I was pulling for (mostly the Sixers). They were so good.

The Knicks-Celtics rivalry of this era was equally intense

Amen such a shame😢

Seven foot bugged eyed monkey

Hugs and kisses after the game

It's a sporting event, it was a game or series, not a war. If you had ever been in war you would not make such as stupid comment.

Reminds me of the old NFL days of Washington vs Dallas and Pittsburgh vs Oakland. They took no prisoners back then.

@@billr3724 I remember those days very well !

There was no announcer better than Chick Hearn.

@@robertriver786 Hearn can be heard on the Pink Floyd album The Wall (at the 4:07 mark of the song "Don't Leave Me Now" That's pretty cool.

I'm not a huge basketball fan either but boy you can tell both teams were playing like they meant it.

Best all around player to ever play the game.

Larry could guard Magic, but Magic couldn’t guard Larry. Larry Bird was unironically one of the 5-8 best players to ever touch a basketball

@@steviechampagne Larry Legend was the best...period.

@@LT1HILLINGHOE No. Larry Bird is Legend. But MJ was from another planet.

​@@steverenom.299 Best joke of the year

One of the wildest things I've ever seen was Ainge throwing the ball in and he nailed a player for the other team right in the head and almost knocked him down!!! I'll bet anything that was on purpose! Ainge was a great player!!!

Luca Doncic is going to be just as good IMO. VERY VERY hard to beat/compare anybody to Larry Legend, but DONCIC IS THAT GOOD, check his stats as im sure you have.

Me too brother, growing up in the 80s and being from Boston, I would get to go to at least 5-6 games a year at the Garden, and I even was there for Game 1 of the 85 series, when Bos blew them out by like 35 pts or so, that was a tough series to lose. Can you imagine if Len Bias hadn’t died, he would have joined the team for the 86-87 season after the Celts won it in 86..I guarantee the Celts would’ve went back to back and possibly even won like 4-5 in a row !!!!! What could have been

We done with the 20's LOL

too much flopping now smh

I’m a huge hockey fan and its all sports now. Everyone is buddy buddy and the passion and hate that came with winning is all gone. I understand having less head injuries in general but…they get paid millions to entertain us. I am not entertained by most sport outings anymore

Now they loaf for 3+ quarters and then play to determine the winner, boring

Rambis returned the favor at 2:18

Yeah, Larry was like "You alright? That was a shit foul". Rambis says "Yeah, I'm good, thanks."

Yeh, that foul by McHale would get you thrown out of the game now. That was extremely dirty lol

That was Coop of the "Coop a-loop".

Bird had eyes in the back of his head. Knew where Cooper was and gave him the business

Cooper was one of the best defenders in those timw

took him out, insta 5 on 4 advantage!

A lovely cartwheel into the crowd!

What... _"underappreciated"?_ What planet do you live on? He's not in the _MJ vs Bron_ g.o.a.t. conversation, but every current NBA player both knows & appreciates Larry Legend. So do the critics. So do most fans ... pretty much everyone. *Underappreciated?*

@@donarthiazi2443 Ask kids these days their top 3 or 5 and then come back to me. Bird should be in the top 3 or 5 yet fewer and fewer people have him there. Not saying they don't know about him, but because of recency bias, he is not as respected as he should be in the GOAT conversation. I'm not even an old-head but Bird would dominate in this era and I'd argue he'd be better in this era.

@@GALuigi Russell, Chamberlain, Kareem, MJ, Hakeem, LeBron, whose top 3 or 5?

@@charlesdonahue3667 😂

​@@charlesdonahue3667 Hakeem? Better than Bird? Really? Not even close, frankly.