Amen!

Oh no, you see a rivalry - but not HATRED. The two don't always go together.

A rivalry that UNITED us, rather than divide us.

When the NBA had some class. The class has been diluted.

Fr bro this is the dopest friendship that I know of celeb or otherwise.Watch a courtship of rivals its amazing

It's almost like they practiced this conversation. Their responses are golden and the amount of respect for each other as men and human beings is amazing.

This is a beautiful relationship, we all could learn a great lesson from these two if we would listen!

@@bmd1825 Right? When you get past the color of one's skin, you can learn a lot about their character. These two are self-confident enough to NOT buy into the racial thing and judge people by their actions and character instead. I try to do that every day.

@@sujonkhan4364 lll

That fact that all was also during the whole prime rascist era was cool

She actually did!

Yep. That was what I called in my 20s hate...it was not until my 40s I reflected back and said "Bird was Baddass (Celtic team basketball too)"...and Thank You - You Tube. Larry brought the Shit (Best).

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Google should ban spam accounts like this one above. No one here is interested in crap sports like soccer (I'm Spanish and know what I'm talking about). That's why we love classic NBA games.

I'm a die-hard Celtics fan, and I'm from Indiana, but I never even disliked Magic, let alone "hated his guts." But I think I know what you mean.

Good stuff

Yeah, also be banned Isiah Thomas from that team, because he hated him, until a few years ago that they reconciled on TV, and Isaiah Thomas cried all over it.

@@alfredodistefanolaulhe2212 Jordan was the one that hated Isiah.... Magic and Isiah are longtime friends!

@@thorgardhaugen2193 So why the reconciliation? And why Isiah crying?

Because Isiah was stabbing everybody in the back bad mouthing Magic at his lowest point. Some friend he was.

Yes, and unfortunately, you don't see that anymore. Now, instead of competing, they just join each other on a "super team". It really is a reflection on our society. It's no longer about individuality, all that matters now is "rings". Championships were a byproduct of competition, now they are the only measure of a team, of players, and of fans. You're not great unless you have a ring. Sorry Dan Marino, Trent Dilfer is the better QB. Sorry Charles Barkley, your career was a failure.

When everyone gets rewarded for participation, no one gets THIS.

Obvious lie because of what Larry said about beating the Lakers, Larry was mad for the rest of the interview because Magic wouldn't tolerate the same thing from him

@@hugh1297 I believe Georgia Bird could said that, but as a courtesy statement. Magic was among her favorite players, but actually #1 and #2 were Isiah Thomas and... believe it or not... Bill Laimbeer (!).

@M Clearly, you don't get out often. But for a basketball interview, your post shows an incredible fear that what you're saying isn't true at all. For why bother to make such a post if its as true as you say. For sure, soccer is in the decline the world over and for many good reasons starting with the organizing body, FIFA, which is all about getting a nice payoff from whichever country holds the next world cup. I mean, who holds the cup in Qatar in the middle of Summer? That's the beginning of the end.

HELLO DOG MEAT HEARD YOU RIPPED OFF KELSO AND THAT FUCKED ME UP BECAUSE HE OWED ME $300.00 AND A GRAM OF HARD

86 Celtics top 5 all time team no question

I'm actually jealous of you being around and living the era :)

great people and they're both best friends

Yeah Magic too but Larry is def quick witted

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I agree totally always said those two were the two who brought the NBA back to life. I don't care what anybody say the best basketball era of all-time way better than this garbage that we watch today.

Marco Ramirez you do realize what you just said is an oxymoron.....?

@@degbry no it's not cause without these two there is no nba for the 90s and maybe none for the late 80s

@@JET1970 GOAT = greatest of all time. This term can’t be pluralized.

@@degbry when two people are tied together as Magic and Bird are for everything they did for the NBA that's what makes them the GOATS and Jordan do nearly as much shitt for the NBA as they did

Yeah I cannot see LeBron and Curry sitting down to a late night program and joking around

By far👌

Very similar to Peyton Manning in that way. Dry, deadpan, to the point humor

You used the perfect word: Megastar. Larry is my favorite player ever. And Magic is my all-time 'hated him, respected him' player. He's the only player in any sport that made me, literally, cry. When he hit that swooping hook shot coming across the lane to ice the Finals against the Celtics, I freeking just broke down and cried. That was no gut-punch, it was soul shattering.

Make that top 2. Michael Jordan started winning championships when Magic and Bird got old and weren't in their prime anymore

landmansid it's so hard to rank Bill Russell Michael Jordan Larry Bird Magic Wilt Chamberlain

landmansid duh

@@seamusgallagher6860 so tough to rank ...how about Jabbar,Jerry West,Oscar,Baylor,Walton,Erving,Havlecek,Maravich,MMalone,Karl Malone,Stockton...

Top 10? Wow that's bold.

And what the NBA actually needs NOW!

I'm a big Celtics and Larry fan . But Larry himself said that Magic was the best he's ever seen in 85 playoffs I believe. Both are legends though

I think it's an indicator of the nature of their relationship. There's no bullshit. Whatever they say can be said without fear of contradicting something in the past because of the honesty between them.

Especially the part where he was married and contracted aid for having all kinds of unprotected sex with random woman.

larry was better and more clutch even when he told you what he was going to do he did it.

As a born LA Laker fan, I used to take Magic and the team for granted. But years later I watched some highlights of Magic, and realized just how much 'magic' there was in his talent. As for Bird, ever since I was a kid there was something important about a Lakers/Celtics game. Maybe because the Celts were always a threat. So same for Bird....I admit I was in serious denial of his talent for years.

Mullie was it too guys

True but Jordan& his Bulls never won a game against Bird in the playoffs-0-6😉

@@pablogarcia4902 You got that right friend!👍

What was funny to me was when 'Magic' SAID that Larry's Mom told him that 'Magic' was her favorite player-!!! LoL. Then, Larry talked about how they got cheated in the Playoffs-!!! LMAO-!!!!!!! Ya know, people talked about how Larry would 'talk trash' on the Court (sometimes), But- he could DEFINITELY 'Back it up' and being as PHENOMINAL as he was during his 'Hey-Day'; I think he is a very modest and humble person... Larry, will ALWAYS be my favorite Basketball Player of ALL TIMES-!!! J/S 🙂😁👍✌

Totally agree, Bird simply has got to be one of the most truly respected and well liked NBA PLAYERS among his peers ever!

Ken Hasibar well said Ken.

You are saying Magic can't shoot as great as Bird? If you really new anything about the two, their shooting stats were about the same. There is no way in hell Bird could guard Magic. Wouldn't be able to stop him not once. Magic chose not to take to many shots because, he had a better offensive team. Bird had to do a lot more because, he had lesser offense than Lakers. Best center of all times and the best point guard of all times, Celtics got lucky to win 3 titles. Should have only been two. Lakers beat themselves and it really looked liked the Lakers lost that game on purpose. Since when did Magic start fumbling a basketball? It was rigged. The following year the Lakers beat the Celtics easily in 5 games. What changed? That time it wasn't rigged. The Celtics were great. But if anyone thinks they were as good as the Lakers, you're crazy. They had no answer for Magic, Kareem or Worthy. Magic is the greatest player ever and not Jordan. Every expert knows it.

Does ISU even still have a basketball team? Never heard a THING from them since Bird left.

Mine too‼️🙏🏼🏀

That's subjective..... look at where the NBA was in 1976..... then look what Julius Erving did to revitalize the Association when he entered. Bird and Magic were great for the game because of their rivalry and who they played for....but DOC single handedly saved the NBA when it was at an all time low for TV ratings and attendance when he went from the Nets in the ABA, to the 76ers in the NBA.

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Your last sentence is SO TRUE. People who grew up watching Kobe, LeBron, etc. have no idea. Without Magic and Bird, Jordan would not have had the success he did. As great as Magic and Bird were individually, it was the RIVALRY - and what a rivalry - that saved the NBA.

I think the Michael Jordan era was the most exciting !!!

80s thru the late 90s

The NBA stopped when these two stopped. Long live Pete Maravich!

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DL and LB both are indiana natives, so they go back a long ways.

That and they don't get enough credit for SAVING pro basketball and growing college basketball. The second they got to their teams they made everyone else on the(ir) team better.

One of the most beautiful sports rivals

@@805fillmore that has grown into the love of two brothers....i agree, one of the best and most beautiful sports rivals ever....

Real talk guys, bird was more supportive of Magic than isiah was during this period of time.

speaking of virus... why didn't they shut down the economy over that one?

@@retiredmusiceducator3612 or air pollution, it goes straight to the lungs

What is less widely known was that Portland had beaten the Celtics in the Boston Garden in their last meeting. The left-handed stunt was so he wouldn't have to answer questions regarding their only home loss at that point in the season and to show the Blazers he still considered his team to be the better of the two.

27 pts on 3 quarters. Left handed.

Watch the HBO documentary which Letterman refers. Keep the kleenex handy.

They're too busy getting together for super teams

DEFINITELY....today's players are all about themselves....not like back in the 80's when teamwork was the name of the game!

They were together on the gold medal-winning 1992 USA Olympic basketball team, which included Michael Jordan, the GOAT. It doesn't get much greater than the original "The Dream Team".

Bill Russel & Wilt Chamberlain

@@lancelabauve8636 Were Wilt & Bill friends?

@Matt Beeman Glad to hear that. Thank You.

Lance LaBauve.... it’s not the same, because these two started in college.... in the ncaa finals.... both the same age coming in together. Co-rookies of the year. It was a perfect storm of greatness! They got the league popular... a few years later Jordan took over and took it to outer space in popularity. The 80’s especially had SOOO MANY great players! The league got really competitive!

Truth

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It seems like someone feels obligated to put this same quote under every Larry Bird video. It’s getting weird.

I cant find where he said that

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