Larry was a… 3x NBA champ 2x Finals MVP 12x All-Star 9x 1st team All-Star Rookie of the year (‘79) 3x 3 Point Champion Associated Press ‘Athlete of the Year’ (‘86) College Player of the Year (‘79) He was pretty good…😏 Oh, he played from ‘79-‘92

It’s always lebron fans who never want to acknowledge that anyone else is good

“Who was even guarding him?” Lol Dominique wilkins….one of the best defenders of all time😂

This young man has a lot to learn.

A fact that you may or may not know. There was no game played at his retirement ceremony. Everyone there came to see him. He filled the stadium.

Your son is hilarious with his knowing nothing, Todays game is so soft

“If I had to choose a player to take a shot to save a game, I’d choose Michael Jordan. If I had to choose a player to take a shot to save my life, I’d take Larry Bird.” Pat Riley

It's so hard to hear your son discredit Larry legend like this after all this time still. Kid's unreal

Bird was 6’10. No one, no one passed as well as he did, play with both hands and enabled his teammates to become HOFs. Top 5.

“His competition was so bad, he isn’t Jordan” but Jordan was his competition 😂 and Jordan never beat Larry in the playoffs actually

This might be the most frustrating thing I've ever watched. The amount of disrespect, not just to Larry, but to all players in Larry's era. He said Larry didn't play against anyone. And said he could beat all the players Larry played against. Isaiah Thomas, Julius Erving, Charles Barkley, Magic Johnson, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan, Clyde Drexler, Karl Malone, John Stockton, I could go on and on. Not to mention, they actually failed hard back then, and got called for traveling, two things that don't happen in today's game.

There would have been no Hall of Famers on that team without Bird. Love your videos brother!

He was the best player on their team. He was their leader, dude. It wasn't the men around him that made him, it was he who made the men around him.

Larry Bird played with injuries that would have put LeBron in the ICU.

Bird is a 6'9" small forward! He also had what LeBron never will; the willingness to play no matter what injury he suffered and a killer instinct.

Your son has a lot to learn.

"It shows the level of competition he was playing against" "name one player on any of the opposing teams". This was simply the golden age of basketball and there were Hall of Famers across all the teams. Just some you may have heard of: Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Isaiah Thomas, Reggie Miller, Hakeem Olajuwon, Karl Malone, Clyde Drexler, Dr J.....and the list goes on. Let's also mention that the league played way more physical than now.

It's good to see most people on here know Bird is better than LeBron. #LARRYLEGEND 🏀

The look on your boy’s face when Magic said “the best basketball player ever” was priceless! 🤣🤣

his team won 20 game the season before he got to Boston and then they won 60 the year he got there. He is a monster.

Love LFR! Junior needs time to grow up and appreciate greatness when he sees it. and over time he most likely will change his mind about Larry Legend.

Larry stayed with one team his whole career and built championships. Larry played against the greatest players of all time in the toughest and most physical era of basketball. LeBron ran from team to team chasing championships, he conspired with other players in the off-season, hey let’s all go sign with the Lakers. LeBron would never last in the physical 90s basketball era. Le Bron is a crybaby.

Ignorance is bliss my man . Your son didn’t see those battles live like us lucky ones . He’s only seeing highlights. But the determination to win in Larry is legendary. Anyone can put up stats in the game but only a few can instill fear in a opponent. Larry was money 💰.

Bird is the only player in NBA history to average at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists for his career.

Your son...."bless his heart..."

Ask your son to look up who played on the Lakers during this time. Maybe time to show him the "Making the Case for Larry Bird"

let me say this. Before Larry went pro...he suffered a hand injury which shattered all his knuckles in that hand playing baseball and still accomplished what he did in the NBA!! nobody was more tough and played injured that Larry.

Might be a good time to show your son the LeBron interview naming his top 3 ever.... Bird, Jordan and Irving... see what he says about that 😂

Son looks like a great kid. Probably the biggest misconception kids his age have is with the quality of competition between the 80's and today. The 80's was hands down the most talent rich era AND a WAY more physical brand of ball.

MJ never beat Larry Bird in the Playoffs. 0-6 against Larry Legend. Got to give him his respect.

Your son kept talking about how all the other players on his team were all-stars. What he doesn't seem to know is that the year before Bird came, the Celtics were horrible. In 1978-79 they were 29-53, second worst in the NBA. Add Larry Bird, and in 1979-80 and the Celtics were 61-21, the best record in the NBA, a one year move from 21st place out of 22 teams to 1st place out of 22 teams. Can you name any other player who has had that much impact on a team? The other players became all-stars because Bird made them better. He also missed that Bird is the only non-center to ever win 3 MVP awards in a row, but more amazing, he finished in the top 3 in MVP voting 8 years in a row. Oh, and Bird is not a point guard, he's a forward.

What your son doesn't realize is that the NBA would be dead if it wasn't for Bird at the time. The NBA's ratings were so low that often games would get pushed off the air for gameshows and sitcoms. Bird changed all that.

I gotta double dip this thread, tell your son Larry wasn't a 6'7" point guard, he was an unguardable 6'10" forward.

“When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you.” Walter Peyton. The greats of the game are telling you how great Larry was.

I gotta agree with dad on this one! Larry is an absolute Beast!

Bird is legend. The young man will change his perspective one day when he get's more life experience.

The young man has no idea what he is saying. Bird is the best all-around player of all time. I looked at 8 different categories and where each of these players places in the top 250 NBA players of all time The categories are Field goal % Points per game Assists per game Steals per game Rebounds per game Blocks per game Free throw % Minutes per game I could only find 1 player that was in the top 250 of all time - Larry Bird. Magic isn't, Jordan isn't, Kareem isn't, Lebron isn't, Kobe isn't, Barkley isn't Chamberlain isn't, Russell isn't, Stockton isn't, Nash isn't, Duncan isn't, Nowitzki isn't , etc. and the list goes on and on As a matter of fact Bird is in the top 60 of all time in 6 of the 8 categories. Bird won 73.58% of the games he played in Lebron has won 66.34% of the games he has played in Bird did not go trying to make super teams to win - he did it all with 1 team Bird is only the 3rd player to win 3 straight MVP's (Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain are the others) Bird started the 50-40-90 club and is only 1 of 2 players to do it in back to back years (Steve Nash is the other) , Lebron has never done it. When Lebron was asked who he thought the 3 greatest players of all time were his response was Larry Bird, Dr. J and Michael Jordan. Stop with the nonsense that Lebron is even close to Bird. Lebron is not even in the top 10 all-time.

This is the old adage about young people "Hire a teenager while they still know everything " lol

One of best defenders fell for that step more than once! Rodman! Who I love!

Bird played at a time when the physical contact was much rougher than today.

Dude, Bird was legendary enough that his retirement sold out Boston Gardens. There wasn't even a game that night. That's mad respect for a GOAT. FYI, Bird was 6'9", not 6'6" or 6'8". And that was Dominique Wilkins guarding him when he sat him on his ass.

Larry Bird is FAR better than Lebron James. Lebron does not have the heart, or the mentality Larry Bird.

bless that child’s heart, he bumped Bird up to his top 7 - he learned something today ❤️

Love that vid!!!! Thanks!!! When you compare the old greats to the new, remember these are the people that paved the way for the new greats. Love the Channel! Thanks!!!

Two Pat Riley quotes about Bird: 1) "If I had to choose a player to take a shot to save a game I'd choose Michael Jordan; If I had to choose a player to take a shot to save my life...I'd take Larry Bird." 2) "He's the greatest clutch player I've ever seen. The hell with Jerry West!"

Larry wasn't a 6'7" point guard, he was a 6'9" small forward. Now you NEED to show him the Making the Case episode for Larry Bird.

Bird and Johnson were rivals on the court but friends off the court. 2 of the greatest to ever play and they both had something you don’t see much of anymore. Character and reputation

Bird is definitely a top-10 player of all time, and if it came down to who you wanted to play to win the game, he was in the top 3. Maybe even number 2 behind Jordan himself.

Your son had a smirk every time Bird made a sick play lmfao. I guess he likes Diva basketball over badass basketball.

The game has changed too much .. LeBron would be in tears if they played the same a as they did back then.

JoJo is a cool kid. And acts like my boy. Always eager to give me a hard time, especially with him reminding me of the width of the generation gap. 😅 But Bird played against , Dr J, Magic, Jordan, Dennis Rodman, Kareem, Dominique Wilkins. Some of the best to ever play the game. And still managed to win. And he was a 6’9””small forward

See what we have here is a dad hyping things up. As a child, anytime my parents hyped things up so much, it just made me want to not be impressed more lol. Didn’t know y’all were dad and son. Loved yalls banter

Your son says what Larry won 3 championships Lebron has already done that. If im not mistaken it took Lebron 17 years to get his 3rd while cherry picking his teammates. Larry only played 13 years and it was really 12 because he basically missed an entire year. Never mind the fact the Larry played in the dominant conference while Lebron played most of his career in the weak conference.

"I'd lock him up" LOL. They used to double team Bird routinely, and he would just score over both of them.

What I admired the most about Larry Bird was his loyalty to his team. Lebron could never say that. He got better when his teammates were better. Whereas, Larry made his teammates better.

I used to watch basketball back in the day. Dr. J and The Bird were rockstars.

Unfortunatelly your son has absolutely no idea how tough the NBA in the 80s and 90s was and how much tougher and often times better the players were back then! He is obviously a LowBron fan with no clue and frame of reference and, what is really unfortunate, that he doesn't even pay attention! That is pretty ignorant... but maybe someday he will understand what was going on back then and how legendary this Larry Joe Dude and the opposing players were! Keep it up! ;) Larry btw. is not even a Point Guard he is a Power Forward and he is 6 ft 9 in... just sayin! ^^

LeBron cries when fans talk mean. The 80's pistons would have put him in the hospital.

Such a sweet kid, LFR JR. Do not be disheartened LFR SR, the young minded always love what is new, keep teaching with love.

I love to see your son go against Larry Bird as age just to show him just how good he is

Larry was a savage, a Top 5 or 6 all time player for any position, and either the best small forward of all time, or 2nd best all time. A true legend. Larry was the founding member of the 5/40/90 club, first ever to do it, and he did it twice. He's also the guy that made the "dagger 3" popular, he also averaged 10 rebounds a game which is more than some centers. He's also the biggest trash talker of all time. He also won 3 MVP's...consecutively.

Basketball was incredibly PHYSICAL in the 80s and 90s - LeBron wouldn’t survive the punishment from the defense if he played then. And Bird would get a triple double EVERY GAME and lead his team to the title every year if he played now with the zero defense they play today. And Bird is custom-made for today’s game: big man who could shoot threes all day.

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Young man, the greatness of Bird is not even debatable. Bird was a small forward that was basically unstoppable. The man is considered one of the greatest of all time.

LeBron crying when he takes a charge🤣 He needs to see the Larry vs Jordan compilations

The level of competition that he played against, does your son not realize what he just said, Larry played against some of the best that there ever has been and ever will be, and owned all of them.

The man is 1 of 3 NBA players ever to get the MVP 3 times consecutively. Only shared by Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain. He was also the founder of the 50-40-90 club in the NBA

I'm coming to this late. Larry was taller than 6'9" that was his Stat, he was in reality 6'10". He was not a guard, he was a small forward. He could obviously shoot. He didn't need the ball in his his hands to effect the game. And he was always moving. Knew where everyone was on the court at all times.

Larry Bird was not drafted into a perfect situation. The year before he was drafted the Celtics record was 29 wins 53 losses. His rookie season he led them to one of the biggest turn arounds in NBA history and they had 61 wins and 21 losses.

Van, i love Jojo. His defense of LeBron is, well, sweet. However, Jojo cannot unsee or unhear what Larry could do. He's right, though. Larry is no LeBron. Larry is soooo much better! Show Jojo the Larry passing highlights. Vicious. #larryreigns

you two are awesome loving ur actions!!! love ur expo cap very nice!!!

Golden stuff, being 61 now I grew up on bird and magic. That is cool you sharing it with ur kid. Carry on

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson saved the nba..I'd take Bird over Lebron allll day. Lebron wishes he was as good as Larry Legend

He was a forward. 6'9". And the absolute best defender on the floor guarded him every game.

I try to teach my step kids "good music," they never listen🤣! I appreciate your attempt!!

Van…….😊….we can’t help what our kids do…..😂😅 bless that boy..listen to your daddy, young man.

Two of the men whose ankle's were broken were Dennis Rodman, and Dominique Wilkins ( the 2nd and 3rd to fall at the start of the video ), who were not shabby defensive players. Just so you know, young man!

I was a Lakers fan and a huge fan of Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Magic Johnson--so of course I dreaded playing against Larry Bird. I've watched basketball for over six decades and have seen giants in each one, including right now. Believe me, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird (to name just a few) are in no way inferior to the stars of today.

Even LaBron ranks Larry Legend as one of the best basketball players ever. Also I really enjoyed watching you both.

Bird didn't just do 3 mvp in a row, he was also 3x runner up (2nd place) and 2x runner up in a row PRIOR to and AFTER those 3 straight mvp wins. So he ALMOST won MVP 8 years in a row...

Seriously Dude! The Celtics were 29-53 the year before they got Bird. Then went 61-21 with him as a rookie the greatest turnaround in NBA history. Taking the Celtics to Eastern Conference Finals as a rookie. The Celtics with Bird went 17-11 vs Jordan in regular season and 6-0 during the playoffs.

You might want to have him look up Lebron’s top three. Larry Bird was the first name out of his mouth.

The 80s and 90s were vicious boy.

Hes teamates are legends because larry made them legends

Van, I'm not sure if it's your fault, but Jojo is broken. His disrespect of the entire 1980's NBA is heart-wrenching. It was such a different game back then. They used to throw more elbows than a lot of UFC fighters. Keep schooling Jojo, and maybe something will click for him. Happy New Year!

"The level of competition" is so wrong...people got physically beat up back then. Larry would average 40 in today's game where you can't touch anybody.

Bird had a 17-11 record against Jordan during his career. The Celtics star averaged 26.9 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 6.4 assists versus Black Jesus and swept him twice in the playoffs.

Check out the story of when Larry was V.P. of the Pacers he walked into their practice wearing a business suit and wingtips proceeded to drain like a dozen 3 pointers in a row! No warm up just grabbed a ball and started splashing em'! Lol

What your son means is "Lebron James is the best player I KNOW!" Thank you for introducing him to some of the greats he doesn't know.

Larry Bird played in an era where the physicality of the game was unmatched, they actually played defense. His opponents were Clyde Drexler, Ralph Sampson, Bill Laimbeer, Michael Ray Richardson, Bernard King, Sydney Moncrief, Jack Sikma, Charles Barkley, George Gervin, Adrian Dantley, Hakeem Olajuwon, James Worthy, Dominique Wilkins, Julius Erving, Isiah Thomas, Michael Jordan, Moses Malone, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson. Bird vs. LeBron = Bird winner.

Humility is learned... and that young man is learning it

Its all good, you guys rock. Thanks for the vid.

In order to compare Larry to Lebron, you also have to compare who their opponents were. Larry played against some of the greatest of all time, including the entire 1992 Dream team

Breaking ankles?. That was Dominique Wilkins in there. He also put Pippin, Dumars, and Jordan on the floor.

lol love son’s face like, “ole man trippin’.” heheh

It's funny watching the youngins who have NO IDEA how rough and tumble late 80's/early 90's basketball truly was.

A couple of things. One of the plumbers falling from the jab step was Denis Rodman (one of the all time great defenders). Also, they didn't run a triangle offense. That was first used in the NBA by the Bulls in 1991.

Remind your son that Larry Bird was a 6'9 small forward that once out jumped Hakeem for a jump ball. Hakeem is a 7-footer.

They played so rough back then man, it was faster paced and tough....the game now is very tame compared to how it used to be.

Starting a team prime Bird would be my first pick of all players. Coming from someone who hated him when he was playing.