Can Larry Beat Lebron? Rap Videographer REACTS to Larry Bird VS Lebron James Convo
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I love BASKETBALL and I want to talk about it...so I may start adding basketball reactions and reviews to the list. If u enjoy basketball, don't be shy and leave a comment to let me know!
I'm a new basketball fan. I'm in Canada and basketball was never really big here until the Raptors came into the league around 1995. In 1995 I was 42 years old and I don't recall ever seeing a basketball game on television. Our biggest sport was NHL hockey, followed by football (CFL and NFL) then baseball. Basketball and soccer were not important here. All I know about basketball I learned from UA-cam watching the older generations play. This is how I became aware of Magic and Larry. I know a few of the big names of players playing today, but not many. To watch basketball in Canada today, you must pay monthly to a sports network a minimum of $20/month which I can't afford to do. If you start doing more basketball videos, I'd be interested in it.
As a true Bostonian I may be a Celtics fan but the top five are 1mj 2magic 3bird 4kobe 5shaq but technically bird and magic can easily switch places with Jordan but fun fact mj never beat bird
Larry Bird was the only reason I ever watched basketball! Lol. I can't watch the way they play these days to me it's not basketball. Sadly, over 90% of the players these days... don't even know the fundamentals of the game! I also think that these players should not start off with such a high salary. It doesn't give them any incentive to work to get better as a player! Imo
Larry Bird was a team player through and through!!! You can see it in the way he plays.... how he wasn't a ball hog ....he was the leader of that team! They followed for a damn good reason!
If I was creating a dream team, Larry is my first pick.
I read a comment the other day that said the only problem with not picking Larry first was that you would most likely have to beat him on the other team. It can be done but Bird would make it hard to do.
you gonna lose
@@kabelomoeli I got to watch his whole career growing up. He made other players look stupid on the court. He outplayed everyone and was a great team captain.
Larry Legend would wreck Bronbon.
Larry is easily top 5 all time. No holes in his game. Even made all-defensive teams. he could pass like an elite PG, averaged double digit rebounds for his career, and hit more clutch shots and buzzer beaters than anyone. A team leader, stayed with one team. React to Larry Bird Ultimate Mix Tape, then his Greatest Passer re-edit version video. SUBBED!!!
Im saying!!!! No one brings him up....Shooting 3pt and Midrange, Passing better than most today, boards for days, defense and that trash talk! eberyone always ignores my man when discussing the greats.....not ignore but dont give enough credit...glad your here, cuz im just starting basket ball vids and i need folks like yourself here!
If you haven't watched the "Ultimate Larry Bird Mixtape", it's really well done. Even from an editing/narrative point of view, beyond the sick basketball highlights.
Oh snap, Thank u Jason...I'm bout to check it out for sure👌🏽💯 thanks for telling me🙏🏽
Who’s better ,
BIRD Or JAMES ?
Let’s compare …
PASSING - BIRD
SHOOTING - BIRD
REBOUNDING - BIRD
FREE THROW - BIRD
THREE POINT - BIRD
FLOPPING - JAMES
Larry Bird used his mind and body while playing!
Larry nowadays is the most underrated NBA player of all-time. His Basketball IQ and court awareness is literally off the charts. All you have to do is literally watch the man and you can see how great he is. Please react to some more Larry Bird videos like greatest passer of all-time (re-edit), Larry Bird ultimate mixtape and the channel Prime Larry Bird has some great videos. We all enjoy them on behalf of the #Birdgang
Larry is a legend. You should check out making the case Larry Bird.
Larry had more will to win than everyone else. That alone will give him an advantage.
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Smart commentary!
Yes! Lets do some Larry Bird. Have you ever watched Larry Bird - Bird is the word - 15 minutes of Larry Legend. It is really fascinating to just watch him hustle and bulldoze.. The first song is crazy, but don't miss the last. Its great.
Larry Bird doesn't need any space. He used to shoot over Manute Bol at 7'7"
He learned to pass at Indiana State. Teams even tried triangle zone with 2 defenders on Bird. That is how they went 33-0. Larry would dump off the ball to team mates and score 20 instead of 40.
Jordan 1, Bird 2a
I dont know about one on one, tho NEITHER could guard each other BUT Bird played HARDER and had MORE of an offensive repertoire.. Bird is the ultimate TEAM player..
Curious who 2b is? Yeah Bird makes his whole team better!
@@joeesparks7 my bad I meant Bird is 1a. I cant pick between the two. Jordan is the ultimate 2 way iso player and winner and bird can do that too PLUS is the ultimate TEAM player.. GOTTA have them BOTH on my team.. then Magic, then Kareem, then Lebron i guess.. Or scottie pippen. I think Pippen brings more intangibles than Lebron from a team perspective.
Larry doesn't look it. He doesn't fly through the air and do 360 windmill dunks. He was strong but he wasn't a muscular beast. He wasn't slow but he wasn't fast either. He didn't jump from the free throw line to the basket with "hang time". Nope none of that, cause he didn't need it. What he did have was complete mastery of the fundamentals of basketball. He could not only put the ball in the basket, he could see it in the basket before the ball was even in motion. He could tell you why it went in. He had every fundamental tool in the tool box and he mastered them all - and again he could tell you why they worked. Court geometry.
"I am not sure about Bird's ability to get space." That is the funniest thing I have ever heard. ROFL Dude.
# 1 BIRD
# 2 JORDAN
# 3 MAGIC
# 16 JAMES
🤣🤣🤣🤣I can't even be mad u got my Jordan in 2nd ...that's probably the most accurate Leflop ranking I've ever scene🤣🤣🤣
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LeBron is the most
overrated Player in
NBA history !!!!!
# 1 BIRD - greatest all around
# 2 MJ - couldn’t beat bird
# 3 MAGIC - everyone’s top 5
# 4 WILT - 100 points , man
# 5 RUSSELL - eleven rings
# 6 KAREEM - of course top 10
# 7 HAKEEM - deserves top 10
# 8 DR J - MJ before MJ
# 9 KOBE - least competition
# 10 DUNCAN - solid as hell
# 11 CURRY - could still rise
# 12 ISIAH - somewhere here
# 13 KD - had his chance
# 14 DOMINIQUE- best athlete
# 15 WORTHY - overlooked
# 16 JAMES - overhyped
Larry was a lot tougher than you think. There wouldn't be any bulldozer to the basket. At 6 ft. 9 inches, Bird had the timing and strength to grab the ball and take it away on those drives, or break his ankles with the fakes.
I go back & forth with the goat as far as overall or generation. Only because the game is different with each generation. When I played defense was my best attribute and I played Varsity. Outside shots weren’t a go to in the 80’s. So you needed strong defenders, rebounders, shot blockers who could dig in & go to work. I stopped watching in the Kobe era. I tried watching it this year & I watched one maybe two games and that was it.
I’d say Bird over Leflop. Bird would wear him out mentally.
In his prime Larry could beat anyone provided he had the opportunity to get in their heads and psychologically dismantle them first..
the psychological advantage he would have would be uncanny!
Had to have that in his bag, he was hardly athletic.@@joeesparks7
@@joeesparks7Ask Rodney Rogers ...big, strong,a college star forward....against a repaired feet, broke back, can barely function Larry.
Larry TOLD Rodney every move...and there was nothing he could do to stop Larry. At all. Zip. Zero.
Imagine Larry at his prime. 😉
Larry usually MADE the opportunity. I mean calling a bank shot while falling into a ref (or the sidelines.. can't quite remember) and then doing just that.... I mean how disheartening. Then again, it was so amazing the other team fell out of their seats and cheered (and garnered fines from their coach for doing so )
Bird was the most complete player ever ..ask Jordan
I highly recommend Magic Johnson and Larry Bird: A Courtship Of Rivals. It’s an HBO documentary that is an hour and a half so most reactors break the reactions 3-5 parts. The best sports documentary I’ve ever seen.
I’d also recommend the two videos that go in-depth about what injuries Bird played with. “5 times Larry Bird was injured but refused to quit” and. 4 times Larry Bird showed he’s the toughest person in the NBA.
Here for it !
There can only be 1 GOAT THANK FOR LAYING THAT DOWN MY G
If I could choose a player for my team, my first selection would be between Magic and Larry( they are both team players and don't care about individual stats) and I'd pick Larry because of his ability to make baskets past the 3-point line. My second choice would be Dominique Wilkins. Players 3-5 I don't know yet.
Now Im a DIE HARD Bulls/Jordan fan but it doesnt blind my ability to discuss objectively. Magic is in my Top 5 for being that anomaly for that position, but Bird imo would be better player for todays game...the 3pt is there but Bird had Boards, Def, Passing, and more HEART than most...he would be a GREAT asset to anyone putting together a team! I really appreciate you comment today Art, see ya around!
Duo is op and needs a David Stern Paul nerf
I got MJ, Bird, Kobe
Larry Bird was more than just Physical play. He was a Master of the Head game too. He controlled the game when he played.
Larry would cook LeBron,
I hate this young generation labeling everyone who was great a GOAT. The actual title of GOAT is ONE PLAYER! There can only be 1 GOAT
bird would wear lebron out, lebron power to the basket bird would knock him on his a$$ instead of get out of the way
lots of people making GOAT claims but only 1 players all the GOATS call Legend, Larry Legend!
It would be a close battle, however, how would Larry prevent LeBron from driving through the paint towards the basket? He's just too strong. I still have the Top 5 as:
#5 Magic
#4 Larry
#3 LeBron
#2 Kobe
#1 MJ
The only player I would pick over Larry Legend if I had the first pick in the all time draft would be Michael Jeffrey Jordan (that is based on the time since I started watching basketball- 1978). Never saw Wilt, Russell or The Big O play.
Me too! Jordan than Bird
Theres two main differences watching Larry highlights, versus EVERYONE elses highlights .
ONE: The clock in lower right that reads 3, 2, 1.
TWO: Larry is escaping both a double team AND/OR a literal headlock to shoot.
Never saw Larry CRYING and begging for a foul.
I love these videos! Especially because I came from the Jordan times. The problem with the "All Time" is that the game itself has changed over time. These videos are trying to show what might happen if a player from another era were to jump into the era from the other player.
PS, anyone who claims GOAThood for himself, has lost that GOAThood IMHO.
So, this wasn't the video I thought it was (still liked it) but I love those videos that show highlights and stats to make the case for certain players GOATedness. There is a Bird one of those. Really, it's just amazing to see the talent that has come through the NBA.
I Love Watching Larry, To Me He Had & Still Holds The Best IQ Basketball Mixed With His Skills To Ever Watch. The Only Reason People Lap Up LeBron Is Because Of How Many Years He Has Played. You Put LeBron's First 12 Years Up Against Larry's & There Is Your Answer Of Who Really Played REAL Basketball.
I think only West beats him in IQ
Larry Legend is the greatest in my eyes.
I already liked you for thinking so much of Ren, now i find you're a LB fan as well? If I didn't have a favorite reactor before, I may have one now.
there simply is no one best of all time- its all conjecture
Prime Bird was unstoppable; ask ANYONE from that Era; Magic, MJ, Dr J, Isaih, ANYONE... James Worthy said it best. "MJ made you look slow, Bird made you look Stupid"
All time team, Magic, Jordan, Larry, Duncan, Shaq
I don't see why people were up in arms about this, everything he said is pretty much facts.
Larry got into peoples heads too. Remember the video highlight the person they were interviewing said, Larry Bird will tell his opponent what he was going to do.. and even after telling them, he still pulled off the exact shot he called he was going to do. I like the one clip where the other teams players fell off their chairs from laughing. I forget who that was.. but they were laughing at Larry.
Great insight! I don't even have LaBron on my 8 GOAT player team: Larry, Magic, MJ, Kobe, Russell, Wilt, Kareem and Duncan! Dr. J is in the background as a possible.
Also, I do believe Jokic will be up there in the future, but right now he's still writing his story. I feel he may be better than LaBron at the end of this. LaBron threaded the needle for popularity in the NBA...being on the right teams at the right time. He never taken the players around him and made them better. He has not Heart, as you said.
Good reaction!
Honestly all Bird would have to do is step on leflop's toe and he'd have to sit out 3 games. Bird was built differently and played with all heart.
If I can add this if ANYONE KNOWS WHAT 50-40-90 CLUB. HE CREATED IT. THAT IS THAT HE AVERAGED 50 rebounds a year 40points A YEAR AND 90% from the FIELD. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WILD FAMALAM!!!
Joe E, how do you think Bird would do in today's game? I think he would be even greater. He has the shooting but the thing he has over many now is his mindset/ trash talking. I would love to listen to him get under Durant's skin. You couldn't throw Bird off mentally.
Bird is one of the few players from the past that would slide easily in todays game! Shooting, def, passing...HEART! And no one could out trash talk Larry!!!
He'd put up easier numbers playing unskilled 4s instead of 3s
I’d be up for some schooling on basketball. Last time I followed a team was the Kings with Peja Stojakovic, Mike Bibby and Doug Christie. Been a bit.
dang my man has been seriously mia from the nba! Its all good, i wish i left but ive been watching my bum a$$ Bulls every losing season since then LOL!
@@joeesparks7go be a cavs fan or something
How can you say the goat. I don’t think you can judge a player as best when they didn’t play against each other..
More basketball reactions! Definitely do the Larry Bird Mixtape. I'm from the Boston area and both my parents are huge Celtics fans but I was too young during the Bird years to remember much about him. It was definitely a fun watch.
Larry played against Moses Malone, Bill Laimbeer, Kareem, Anthony Mason (muscles!), Rick Mahorn...etc.
Lebron isnt significantly stronger than those guys..those faster....but...
Larry played against Dominque, MJ, Bernard King, Dr. J, James Worthy ...
And Lebron isnt faster than those guys.
But, Lebron is a package deal...strength and speed. Tough stuff.
Larry is 10 times smarter and a vastly better shooter...and that step back, ball fake, fade away with Steph Curry range...plus post move arsenal?
Yeah. Larry is winning that. In fact, if the 1 on 1 was opposing player takes the ball out when the other scores...even MJ would have huge troubles stopping Larry 1 on 1. Of course, Larry couldn't do anything to stop MJ...but...
Let MJ miss once.
Oh. Lebron is #16 on my all time list. I think that's more than fair. 🙂
Muscles 🥃 🥅
Larry's bag of tricks/moves/techniques is WAY deeper than Lebron's. You only had to give Larry one second to own you with a shot, and his shot with deadly. I'd give the one on one nod to Larry.
Look at age 30 stats. Lebron and The Legend in their prime.
I get what they're saying with GOAT of different times in basketball... no one exists in a vacuum, we all stand on the shoulders of the people who came before us.
I get what they saying...it's just grammatically wrong🤷🏾 they should say GOTE Greatest Of That(This) Era. But an Era is piece of ALL TIME. So GOAT eliminates any Greatest of an Era🤷🏾
@@joeesparks7 That's a good point, they need new terminology!
Lebron is an athletic freak, no doubt. But Bird in his prime was arguably the all around best player in the world. Not as fast as Jordan or Kobe or Lebron, but all around, I wouldn't bet against Bird. He's by far the better shooter compared to Lebron so if he can't stop Larry from shooting or posting up, forget it, Larry will outscore him.
Also, I subscribed. I like honest knowledgeable baasketball talk.
Larry Legend would kill him
There’s no way to pick ONE GOAT for ALL TIME. Regardless of what your criteria is, no one person can dominate in all categories.
Jordan doesn’t have the most rings. He isn’t the best 3pt shooter. He doesn’t have the best passing, or rebounds.
Jordan never beat Larry.
Larry and magic SAVED THE NBA. LARRY IS THE GOAT AND THE BIGGEST POINT IS LEBRON MODEL HIS WHOLE GAME FROM LARRY LEGAND AND SAID IT WHEN JORDAN DURING THE JORDAN DOCUMENTARY
Bird beats everyone prime, especially Jordan, since the proof is already there on him.
EXACTLY. There’s ONE GOAT otherwise you don’t understand the term lol
Larry Bird is better than LeBron James ..
1 more point. JORDAN NEVER GOT HIS HET BACK ON 1 player. Larry
Bro they can have g.o.a.t. there's only one LEGEND, Bird
Everyone wants to compare the 2 but man I think it would of been nasty to see both on the same team or is that just me that would like to see that
Lots of goats, only one legend!
Joe E, I’ve always appreciated your reactions. I respect your points of view and tastes. But I now know that you and I are indeed kindred spirits. Lebron is an all time great but he’s in the 6-7 range for me. And people call me crazy for it. If D-Rose doesn’t get hurt Lebron has probably 2 less rings if not more.
Bulls21 we are now officially family👊🏽 had Rose not went down Miami was toast. Lebum was getting super lucky and bailed out by bosh a lot....we were this close to beating them. That's when I really looked at lebrons game and came to the realization that he was more hype than skill(athletic physical prowess yes but skill no). And his "cry baby" face started irritating the f out of me🤦🏾♂️ man up and play def! So yeah for me he around that 6 or 7😆 so yeah with those similar thoughts Bulls21 I think we kin👊🏽❤️💯
There is no such as GOAT. ❤ because people will come in the future so what logic is that
Larry would tell Larry what he’s gonna do and do it. Just sayin and that Larry’s 3. STOP IT
10:30 your younger brother is a real lakers fan. None of us wanted him here. We don't care for bubble year. We've always been called out for big market money but when we had all that young talent and said we didn't want bron and wanted our core they said we're haters. Lol
We like real winning. Not gs dirty dynasty or injury rings. They always hate who's on top. I miss zo ingram and everyone but randle
I miss Zo too🫢😆🤣 tasteless Bulls fan joke🤷🏾 ...I do wish he was healthy
My bro is going to love reading ur comment🙏🏽❤️💯
@@joeesparks7 well we miss him more. He was actually healthy over here LMAO. I guess we know which city is more dangerous now
Now I'm curious. Why are you a LeBron hater?
Bunny I would need a whole video to explain...but ultimately, I more hate the generation of Lebron fans trying to compare him to the greatest to ever pick up a basketball...got the nerve to ignore Kobe too smh. And second to that 1st reason, his cry baby face when he doesnt get a call...play defense 🤷🏽! So thats the light version of my answer...but i love basketball so i can deal with it, i guess lol
@joeesparks7 I understand. I was an avid hater his first 10 years in thinking he was so arrogant going by the chosen one and king james. Then I just had to come to terms with his talents and freakish genetics and respect his story, like Barkley says, is the greatest sports story of all time. Going from homeless/couch surfing to being the chosen one and never been in trouble or had controversy and is essentially the reason this era is getting these huge contracts. Bird and Magic saved the league. Jordan made it global. Lebron gave the power to the players at the same time as getting them all paid. So I can't knock him anymore and just show him the respect.
@@joeesparks7 When one says he is the GOAT, one is probably NOT the GOAT. There are about 15 others (on my list) in front of him.
You Have To Give This To King LeBron,,, Greatest Flop/Actor Of All Time, Yep KingFlopper.
Mj #1, larry joe #2 🎯
Larry would school LaBron. Im a hater too
I’m listening!!!!!!
Larry played hurt most of his career lebon has to sit out if he has a hang nail I will take Larry over the queen all day long.
Yo you kno Jordan NEVER BEAT LARRY RIGHT???? Larry is the creator of the 50-40-90 club my guy. CAREER. LEBRON MODELED HIS WHOLE GAME AROUND LARRY. BUT LARRY WILL TELL HIS ASS WERE HES GOING WHAT HES GONE DO AMD HE GONNA BURN HIM AMD JORDAN. AND LARRY AMD MAGIC SAVED THE NBA FAM. JUST SAYING MY OPINION MY BIG DOG