The Day Larry Bird Showed Michael Jordan Who Is The Boss REACTION
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- The Day Larry Bird Showed Michael Jordan Who Is The Boss REACTION
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Youve been watching a few Bird videos and still asking if he had flaws in his game? Ok here's a quote from Jordan. Does his opinion count? Cause I guess Worthy's didn't.
"You can't increase your jumping ability or your quickness. He makes up for it by using his head, analyzing the opponent. It makes him better than the competition. Consequently, he doesn't have a weakness."
-Michael Jordan on Larry Bird.
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It’s a fairpoint about them having different primes. But remember that Jordan was in his prime as you said in 1991, and was teammates with Scottie Pippen. During that time, Bird was way past his own prime after having a broken back and surgery on both heels. Regardless, Bird faced Jordan and Pippen in their primes and consistently beat them. True, Bird and Jordan never faced each other simultaneously in their primes. But Bird beat Jordan in Larry's prime, and Bird beat Jordan in Jordan's prime.
When worthy saying that, he’s saying that he knew what Jordan was going to do every time, beat him 1v1. Not saying he wasn’t a good passer or didn’t look for passing at some point but when MJ had the ball he wanted to embarrass you by himself. So your only job was to try and be a better athlete and defend him as hard as you could. With Larry, you never knew what he was thinking when he approached you holding that ball. He might take you to the hole, he might pass fake you 3 times and hit a jumper in your face. He might pump fake you and make a no look pass. He might pump fake you, pass fake you and then hit a fade away. There’s many more scenarios I could list. You never know what he was going to do. The second you thought you knew what he was thinking he changed up the script. You had to play Larry as a chess player because there’s a million different scenarios that he’s already seen in his mind and is willing to make any one of those million moves. Thinker vs great athlete mindset. For the record, I have Bird and MJ tied at #1. I can’t pick. And talking about bird and his team, the Celtics came into birds rookie year after a season winning 29 which followed a year the Celtics only 32 wins. So 61 wins the two years combined before bird. Bird led the Celtics to 61 wins his rookie year. Bird was the only major change and turned a losing team into almost a 75% winning average team. Goats turn losers into winners. That’s his rookie year. MJ didn’t do that. He had to wait for bird to be beaten and broken before he became the true Jordan. But I still won’t pick between the two of them in a draft of them in their prime. They were both unstoppable and true winners that played the game the right way.
Edit: sorry for the essay. Didn’t realize I typed so much but Jordan had to learn from bird about the mental game which led to Jordan’s greatness. Same with Kobe even though he didn’t play against him so there is a lot of nuance to how these others became so great that ties to Larry bird directly.
Larry Bird - Top tier jump shooter. Top tier hustle. Top tier outlet passer. Top tier rebounder. Top tier free throw shooter. Top tier IQ. Top tier no-look passer. Top tier clutch. Top tier 3 pt shooter. Top tier playmaker. Top tier team leader. Top tier tap-passer. Top tier toughness. Great defender and the player with the least amount of weaknesses to his game in NBA history. His opponents feared him, and they have gone on the record in multiple instances to share that.
Because you were asking, Larry Bird was three times MVP in the 80s, five more times at second place in the 80s, and one time third place in the 80s.
Damn!
And he was fourth place in his rookie year in 1980.
Larry Bird didn’t play almost all of the 1989 season. So for the entire decade of the 1980s with the exception of 1989, Larry Bird was at least top four in MVP voting. Larry Bird owned the 1980s.
For the entire decade of the 80s, Larry Legend received 67% of the MVP votes. Let that sink in.
Jordan is the 🐐 but Bird is the greatest all around player ever…he will always be my favorite player
As a 70 year old white guy, I saw Magic and Bird bring class and color blindness to the NBA. I was a full time musician in '81 and been colorblind for a long time. But like Bird, I can PLAY, so I got respect from black musicians and even just playing top40 dance clubs in the 70's and 80's, almost all our cover dance tunes were by black musical groups and we would pack the dance floor, fill the clubs, bring in the women which brings in the guys and f*ck em if they didn't like us attracting a "dark" crowd wherever we played. Money is green. The Isley Bros are black. I'm white. We can all party together. Bird and Magic are best friends and even Bird's mom would welcome Earvin to the table just like family. Just like my mom would have, God rest her soul. And me, too and my son and grandkids. So, it was 50 years ago. I know things are different in the NBA now, but it was not high class until Bird showed up and showed the other white guys how to be colorblind and it surprised and made most of the black players take notice cause the boy could PLAY. He spent HOURS shooting that ball. And any skill he lacked, he made up for by knowing where every player on both teams was at every second. Takes a lot of concentration, but he WILLED himself to do it.
Bird 》Lechoke every day.
Did you just turn 5 years old or something? The sad thing is that you're probably a grown ass adult smh!
@@realhurrikaneisaac and you probably never play basketball to see more than just numbers.
Larry Bird was a great help, team defender. Bird made three 2nd-team All-Defensive teams in his career.
A MJ LOVER. AND A LARRY BIRD HATER.
Good job on commenting that stupid ass shit. I would never continually react to someone I hated. You must be new to the channel, so welcome aboard nonetheless. I don't kiss anyone's ass no matter how much I like them or not. I am always going to be honest, regardless of whoever feels offended. Maybe you should find a reactor who says all of the right things that you are looking for, I'm probably not that guy.
I would never disrespect Michael Jordan.. not ever happening.. but Bird was great in his hay day... can't take that away either.
That's all I'm saying.
Right off the bat, you want to disregard what Larry’s opponents said! James Worthy AND Michael Cooper (and others) have said that Larry was more dangerous WITHOUT the ball. Cooper said that when MJ passed the ball he “hung on his shorts” but Larry was setting a pick, getting into position elsewhere, running interference, just *anything* he could do to be in the right place at the right time to help his team (that was from Kareem)
MJ DIDNT DO THAT. He needed the ball. He wasn’t the playmaker Larry was. That’s just the truth. The more you listen to Larry’s opponents the more you hear these things over & over. THERES A *REASON* why all his opponents SAY these things!!!
You also have to look at Larry's entire career, player, coach, manager CEO etc
Kane! I come here to hear your thoughts... To say you don't care about what your subscribers think is a disappointment. You can't get mad at OGs who played with him and all the other greats for speaking their truths!! I hated Bird. I was a bad boys eternal fan until I saw a clip of the different pistons talking about Bird. So I went on this journey and I'm hooked. 85-86 to me was his best years. His broken back hadn't crippled him yet. Don't be hatin'... There's room for everyone's opinions.
I'm very grateful for anybody who watches my videos and subscribes because alot of hardwork and time goes into these videos. I never said that I didn't care about what my subscribers think, I said I didn't care if they were upset about my takes on Larry Bird, which might not always be so favorable for him. It's always all love and respect with me. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I have never gotten mad at anyone for feeling however they feel.
@@realhurrikaneisaac 0:58 and 1:44 is where I got that feeling. I sure appreciate your reply and you're right that when the video is about a certain player, of course it's going to highlight the best things said about that person! Lol
People can try to argue against Larry not having any weaknesses. Cool. Let's say this then. There is no other player who had fewer meaningful weaknesses than Larry Bird.
What does that even mean to have fewer meaningful weaknesses? Every basketball legend has weaknesses. There is no player past or present with no weaknesses. Whether they were more meaningful or less meaningful is really irrelevant. We are human and we can never be flawless!
@@realhurrikaneisaac It means, even with flaws, as you point out, Larry has fewer flaws across the board.
I am a lifelong Knicks fan, and had season tickets in the 1980's. I saw Bird play his entire career and saw him many times in Madison Square Garden. In my opinion he was the greatest player in the league from 1982-1988. His greatest statistical year was in the 1987-88 season. He averaged 30, 9+ rebounds, 6+ assists, 2 steals and a block. After that year he had double achilles surgery, and coupled with his debilitating back, he was never the same. However, I think his greatest year was in the 1985-86 season. He won league MVP, finals MVP, and was just toying with teams. Perhaps you can react to "Making The Case for the 1985-86 Celtics as The Greatest Team of All Time."
Mid 80s. I know it is hard for you black guys to admit a white player was that good, but it was true.
Man, shut the fuck up. I've never had a problem with giving Larry any credit. You clearly didn't watch the video, you hear one thing that isn't favorable about Larry and then you get your panties in a bunch!
@@realhurrikaneisaac Wow, take it easy buddy. It was a good video. I WAS going to subscribe to your channel but not after seeing what a dick you are.
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I love Bird but wouldn't call him a phenomenal defender but he was very good. He was 2nd team all defence several times.
He was 1st Team All Defense 3-Times.
When Larry Bird was drafted the Celtic team sucked. They had only won 24 games the year before Bird arrived. The first year Bird the Celtics won 62 games. The next year they won the championship. McCale won six man of the year coming off the bench. Bird led a mediocre team to the championship. Jordon needed a whole team around him before he could win championships. Pippin naming one. Until there were better players around Jordan he didn’t start winning championships. If they didn’t bring in the players we would be looking at Jordan and putting him in the same category as Iverson. Great scorer but didn’t win a championship.
Pippen being one…. Name another star on the team during his first 3.🤦♂️
For me, dont exist a one single GOAT.... but a four incredible players make de diference: Jordan, Bird, Magic and Kobe. Others come close, Lebron, O'Neal, Thomas... but more than data, they are personal tastes.
Jordan became unstoppable after the Piston’s roughed him up for a couple years and he went to the weight room after that
In 1987 Bird and the Celtics beat Jordan's Bulls in the playoffs by sweeping them 3-0. This was when the Bulls and Jordan were very good.
No it wasn't. Bird never met Jordan in the playoffs when he was in his prime and had the best team around him. Bird was coming out of his prime when Jordan was entering his.
@@realhurrikaneisaac Agreed. And Bird regularly beat Jordan when Jordan was in his prime... after Bird broke his back, and had surgery on both heels.
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You contradict yourself so bad. You say Jordan wasn't in his prime when he was scoring 37ppg because there is more to winning than scoring, Then you say people are slighting Jordan for saying scoring isn't everything... Make up your mind already...
I feel like you think they're giving Larry more credit than MJ.. no.. I don't get that from the video... They were both amazing talents in different eras.. Larry in the 80's Michael in the 90's..
This is the last of your reactions I’ll be watching. I think your mind was closed right off the bat. You’re entitled to your opinion but I’m entitled to disagree.
Don't let the door hit you where the good Lord Split ya!✌🏿
I think it takes a lot of hubris to say a Hall of Fame player, who guarded both Jordan and Bird, doesnt know what hes talking about. Really?
Here is the thing, I never said Big Game James didn't know what he was talking about. I was more shocked than anything. You misunderstood my comments due to your extreme fandom over a player you put above God himself. It's more of a you problem than a me problem.
I'll take Bird #1 every time, not just saying that cuz I've lived here in Boston my entire 60 years but because I got to see it all live. The Greatest ALL-AROUND Player... Larry Bird. If you get a chance check this video out - ua-cam.com/video/dTLvhfkHqCc/v-deo.html
Back then they went by stats
Larry was prime till he blew his back out!
lol, that mj was young and didn't have help argument doesn't work against the bird. the celtics were the 2nd worst team in the league when bird arrived, he took them from a 20+ win season to a 60+ win season and to the playoffs his rookie year. the following year he took them to the championship and won. mj didn't / couldn't dominate until after bird retired, where bird dominated the entire league from day 1.
Bird has BETTER CAREER defensive stats (1.7 steals and .8 blocks per game) than:
Lebron James, Kawhai Lenard, Kobe Bryant, Jimmy Butler. Bird also has a higher career defensive rating than ANY of these players as well and outside of King James, Larry Bird is higher on the career Defensive Winshares list (Lebron is number 10, Bird is number 33 all time, but Lebron has played 20 years to Birds 13 years)..
bottome line, Larry Bird was a GOOD DEFENDER. if not GREAT.
His last season, Larry beat Jordan AND Pippen. How much more prime can you get? Lol
Did Larry Bird beat Michael Jordan in his prime in the playoffs? Not the regular season, but the playoffs, where it counts the most!
@@realhurrikaneisaac I didn't realize it was conditional, does it have to have been a specific temperature also?
As a rookie Larry bird made a mediocre team to a contender. Celtics have no losing season with him.
That’s true, you make shit up! You make a video of your goat, and we’ll rip you too! When you look at all categories combined, including hustle, find me a better player!