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The ONLY player to average at least 24 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists for a career. That’s right the only one ever
Bird was the founding member of the 50-40-90 club
And held that average for 4 years
The Bird is the greatest all-around player of all time. That's just the way it is.
NBA WAS ACTUALLY STRUGGLING UNTIL THE BIRD VS MAGIC RIVALRY , TODAY'S MILLIONAIRES NEED TO THANK BIRD AND MAGIC
Larry Bird was a "team" player. Unselfish, passed the ball to a teammate even if he could have made the shot himself. He said giving his teammates the opportunity to handle the ball helped their stat numbers and helped the team to play together, play in sync. Obviously it worked, they were very intun with each other. Robert Parish said the 5,000 baskets he made in his career was due to Bird's unselfish play. Those full court passes were something. Birds accuracy was amazing!! Enjoyed yalls reaction!!
Lots of goats, only one legend!
He played baseball. He broke his shooting hand playing baseball right before signing with the Celtics, and kept it a secret from them. Imagine if he didn't mess up his shooting hand and didn't hurt his back, and played for 15+ years.
He did what he wanted 20:26 when he wanted any way he wanted. No one stopped Bird
"Jordan made you look slow....Bird made you look stupid"..... LOL
You know about his shooting (founder of the 50-40-90 club!) and his passing...and Bird averaged 10.0 rebounds for his career, too!
Bird was the OG of just about everything ❤️🔥
FYI, Bird's first season in the NBA was the first season with a three point line. It didn't yet exist during his college career.
Bird , Parish and Mckale all hall of famers . 6'10",6'11"and 7" . Best front line ever. The 6th man Walton, also a Hall of famer 7' . Point guard DJ Hall of famer
Bird averaged double digit rebounds and near 50/40/90 shooting for his career, and as you guys said, he made everybody better, not just with assists but by constantly positioning himself to keep executing the fundamentals. The Laker's Michael Cooper (whom Bird said defended him the best) said Bird was even more dangerous off the ball, always moving and doing whatever he could to give his team the best chance to score.
I’m from Kansas and we take the game seriously..the man who invented basketball, James Naismith was the first basketball coach at Kansas and is buried with his wife at the university cememtary in Lawrence, Kansas..1939..the original 10 Rules of Basketball..are behind glass in a building next to Allen Field House..and KU is the winningest men’s team passing Kentucky 3 years back..plus Wilt Chamberlain played at KU..the only player scoring 100 points ..against the Knicks..1962..Hershey, Pennsylvania..when you put up all the greats from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and today’s LeBrons and Harden and KD, and Kobe, and Curry, and Joker or anyone else..because Bird played with that permanently dislocated forefinger and a bad back doctors could never stabilize, Bird was the best all around player who ever suited up..when you were down 2 with 3 seconds on the clock..Bird would hit a 3..called a dagger three..winning and leaving no time on the clock..that was clutch, but that 50-40-90 thing..that’s another level..and whatever they’re doing now, Bird did it first in the 80’s..before these guys were even born…Bird did it first, and smoother..
Larry briefly dabbled in football & baseball but was injured each time. Still, you have to marvel at his range & accuracy IN TRAFFIC!
To answer a question, yes. Larry Bird played football. He also played baseball. He was a high school All American!
Bollix mate... I read this and had to google. Larry played in a double header in 1979 as a dare. As for the football BS 💩 that was a Canadian LB born in 1945 and played CFL for the Saskatchewan Roighriders from '67 to '78. Fact check yourself before spewing nonsense... You've obviously not watched "Magic and Bird a courtship" or anything else pertaing to him because if you had you'd know LB is nothing but the Ultimate hooper...
You're a numpty for that comment..
@@lochlanoloughlin1683 WTF does that mean?
Larry has been in my to three for forty years.
In HIGH SCHOOL, he was an all-american. He played high school football, high school baseball and High School basketball.
Not only have I seen the documentary, I watched the rivalry in real time.
I don't give a s*** if anybody ever responds to any of my comments. I'm 60 years old I don't need nobody's on the internet making me feel any kind of way.
If I want a good feel good about something I'll look at my family.
@@deannacrownover3 Well you obvs give a 💩 to reply and I too am old enough to have watched him in real time.
Did you mean top 3??
Mine too.
Even if your favorite team was winning against the Celtics, you had to wait until the buzzer went off at 0:00 to get excited they won. BUT loved watching Larry! He is the GOAT
Good review. You are going to find out Larry Bird easily top 10 all time. Arguably top 5.
fundamentals. bird was the master, the first thing you do when you get the rebound or take it in is to look up.
Hell yeah. Get some trash talking going for your boy. Him calling his shots and no one being able to stop it is nuts.
Larry did something every game. These insane passes was not unusual...
Yes, the 60 point game is worth a watch. There's also a great video of the players who were there that day telling stories about it. This is where you'll understand his level of trash talk.
"Hilarious Story told by NBA Legends 'He Dropped 60 on us' ". That one.
MJ was swept by Bird in the playoffs both times the Bulls and Celts met.
Same age as,Larry. Today's NBA looks nothing like the league use to.
The Converse they had at that time was called "Converse Weapons" and from what I can recall, they where basically the Air 1's of the 80s.
Larry, Magic, Kareem, Olijawon, Worthy, McHale, Moncrief, Dr. J, Iceman…..That’s my era.
This was the video that made my jaw drop. Bird was one of a kind.
Possibly the most all around player in hoops history. No holes in his game. Averaged double digit rebounds for his career and even made all-defensive teams.
14:00 well oiled machine. There. You nailed it. As amazing as the passes were, his teammates were ready and caught them. You can see a player right now, that passes but the teammates aren't catching them, which is turn over city. The thing about Boston though, after the starting 5... they had no bench.
Larry played baseball. That's how he permanently damaged his finger playing baseball...took his brother's place, if memory serves.
His ENTIRE NBA career...Larry played with a diminished feel of the basketball....
Meaning..he was better. 😉
I saw an interview in which it was said that Larry's brother was on the other team, and it was he who hit the ball that busted Larry's finder as he tried to field it.
@Alice-xy3fi I remembered it differently...but it's been a long time. I was thinking he took his brother's spot on the team...but maybe it was another guy's spot he took. 😊
Larry Bird knew it was important to get ALL of his teammates involved in the game. That is why he gave up a lot of buckets to his teammates.
Best all around player ever no doubt about it.
A couple thoughts...
* First, Bird was just fun to watch!
* Second, he got away with a lot of stuff because he was so versatile, opponents had to honor every little twitch or move he made as a threat, which made them overcommit. He dumped a lot of guys onto the floor with a simple step-fake.
Bird said he'd love to have played against Jokic. He only wanted to play against the best, and many times he demanded a double team. But white guarding him, he hated that because he thought they were beneath him. He only wanted to be guarded by the most athletic black players.
Dominique Wilkins said, "In a half court scenario Larry was evil. You couldn't beat him."
Bird is also in Jordan's top five all time.
Bird was just built different.
Larry Bird was a Legend before his NBA days. He led Indiana State Sycamores to a 30-0 season in 1979 to nail their spot in the NCAA final against Michigan Spartans w/ Magic Johnson.
I have watched videoes of the 79 Sycamores games. He had the passing, shooting, rebounding & court vision skills you see in his NBA career.He put Indiana basketball on the map.
I heard you say that Bird made flashy passes. I always think of the Lakers & Magic as flashy.
IMO- Bird wanted the win not the show. And his team was rewarded for their efforts, especially Robert Parrish & Kevin McHale.
Correction- the Sycamores were 33-0 in the 1979 season
i dont even know much about basketball but im 55 and any time i hear anybody debating the bball goat i know they arent serious if they arent discussing bird. thank you
LARRY BIRD always looked for the outlet pass. He knew his teammates and he could send a pass to anyone at anytime and also score when he wanted to. He was an interesting individual.
Love to video. LB is my favorite player just because he is fun to watch, so much so that I've gone on YT and watched a ton of those old Celtic games. Magic, Kareem, Dr J, Wilkins, IT, Hakeem - so many great, great players left to explore.
Larry broke that all time leading Celtics scorer you saw the following week, McHale score 56 then Larry scored 60 pts. about nine days later
Larry Legend is fun to watch! Guessing the amount of his assists....6. Look it up and it's 6. 😃 👍
His touch passes are deserving of the moniker legend alone.
Geeez his mo look passing is unreal
Larry and the Celtics were doing all this back in the 80's/early 90's
Would love to see your friend watch the trash talking with you!
LARRY BIRD was the best player that I ever seen, he was on par with Jordan.
Here's the crazy about Larry: 1/2 the time he was bored and just entertaining himself. Played a little baseball, no foot ball, something like 30+ full court passes in this edit. This joker is also tough on the rewind key: with longer clips you can see him draw the double or triple while setting up the no look pass.
Check out Larry Bird Welcoming Rookies to the NBA and his Greatest Trashtalking Stories both great videos the trashtalking 1 is a 4 part series. You should check out some Wilt too imo gotta be the most athletic player in NBA history
Here’s a hint to why Larry was hard to guard. Watch a video of Larry signing a contract or autograph, he is left handed. Baseball was his first love and his older brothers were right handed. When your family is poor, you learn to throw tight handed if you want to wear your brother’s glove. He taught himself to throw and shoot right handed. Watch how often he passes and shoots left handed every game. How do you stop a player who shoots right handed but switches to left when you try and block his shot? He switches and it is so natural it is easy to miss. I am a lefty and watched Bird play for years and never realized he was a lefty until I saw him sign a jersey. At first I thought the image was reversed but it wasn’t. Phiil
Larry Bird and magic Johnson learned from pistol pete. He was the originator of today's style of play. You should check his college highlights out. There isn't much good footage of Pete from the NBA unfortunately.
Yes, Bird often passed up a shot in favour of giving a teammate a shot. You have to keep all your teammates involved and Larry was very good at that!
RIP Bill Walton
Look up his highlights just inbounding the damn ball. It goes way longer than inbound highlights should. Unbelievable!
Wes Unseld of the Baltimore Bullets. 1970s, was also known for his full court passes. He would launch them with a double chest push pass.
Joker definitely has a Larry game
You guys are so good with this clip. I think that the "pass first" game is so much more fun to watch. And basketball kind of lost that at some point. It just isn't as much fun.
I read that Larry Bird would sometimes pass to players whose numbers needed a boost. Like, that's what you're seeing when you go "why didn't he just shoot it?" Because he wanted to pass and boost the other player's numbers. That's how he played. But what's funny is that I think that's kind of what kept the other team off balance a bit.
Keep um coming
I noticed a comment in at least one of your previous basketball videos suggesting/requesting that, at least for sports vids, you fill the screen with the game, and put yourself (and guest/s) in the inset, so as to make the games' action easier to follow-- esp. on these older, less clear videos.
I'd just like to second that request...or at least, because I'm just a curious person, would like to know why you prefer not to do that.
It seems to me an especially good idea with Bird vids, because the man's so slippery and does so much that's unexpected, it'd be great to have that larger view to make it a bit easier to avoid missing some of his coolest move.
Meanwhile, I've been loving your reactions, and your and your friends' love of the game, which it's great fun to see...and share, through these vids!
The reason Bird passed so much even the ones you felt were unnecessary was to keep his teammates involved. He could have easily scored 35+ a game but to what end in a team game. He carried them when needed and IS the most clutch shooter in NBA history. He was so good no one could guard him and he would tell a player no matter how good they were what he was going to do and there was nothing they could do about it
There are other trash talking videos on bird too. He was such a team player. We loved it.Joker and Luka both studied bird. He didn't play football but he did play baseball. That's how he injured his finger before he even got signed by the Celtics. You should watch 5 time Larry bird was injured and 4 crazy stories that prove that Larry bird is the toughest nba player. Coach knight said Bird had the best eye hand coordination that he saw. At some point you guys need to watch courtship of rivals too it's about bird and magic . Yes wear the shoes and video . Would be fun to see! Love watching you guys reaction to bird. Bird never disappoints ❤
A lot of young people who see his highlight videos don’t seem to understand why his fakes were so effective. This video encapsulates why his fakes were so effective…the man was a god tier passer and everyone knew that…so when he faked they had a very real worry that he was about to make them look foolish with yet another amazing pass that they cant stop.
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Since you're reacting to "Larry Legend" react to
"The Beautiful Game"
The 1986 Celtics might have been the best NBA team.
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Larrys specs list him as being 6' 9"
So Jokic plays like a good player from the 80's and he's dominating the modern NBA. That's what the old heads been saying the whole time. This modern NBA is not advanced at all.
You mentioned Le Bron's similarity to Larry, so I wanted to mention having seen an interview in which LeBron talked about how Bird was no way just a shooter, but had an all-around complete game, being a great passer, etc. He also credited his having studied Bird with his own widened view of the possibilities of his position.
Last, I also saw an interview with LeBron in which he was asked to name his top 3 GOATs and he not only named Bird, but mentioned him first. I don't know if that meant Bird was his #1 GOAT, but it was, at the very least, Bird's name that came first to his mind.
And YES!! Would LOVE to see you e-watch the trash talk vid(s) with your friend (I can't recall now which you chose, but it would be great if you chose the one(s) in which the players themselves related their Bird stories (rather than one of the vids in which the narrator re-tells it rather than letting the players, including the greats, tell us what Bird did/said, and what it was like for them).
Thanks for another great reaction, and for the fun of letting us watch your friends get their first real experience of Bird.
p.s. Another video to react to, that will give you a whole new appreciation of another side of Bird:
5 Times Larry Bird was injured but REFUSED to quit
ua-cam.com/video/QRHZToVAEFA/v-deo.html&ab_channel=UncutHoops
I'd be willinlg to bet big bucks (if I had 'em) this wil completely blow your mind, and up your respect for Bird a ton, as a person as well as a player).
He actually played some center in college, in the playoffs he out jumped Hakeem on a jump ball
they did get injured back then, but they played through it
In 76 we couldn't wait, every year for the basketball team to get new converses. They were so good.
I agree with @aragorn1ring 100%. Another video mentioned Bird passing to get teammates innvolved. He was definitely not selfish.
I heard somewhere that In the 80's if you pass to a player that bounces the ball before going for the bucket it would not count as an assist. If that is true it would mean that Magic's and Larry's assist count by modern rules is higher than we see in their stat sheets.
The comparison to Joker is more than fair. I think I would personally give Larry Bird an edge over Jokic, particularly if we were going to make it where they're both playing in the other's era, like if we imagine both playing in the 80s or both playing now, but it's definitely not an easy call. Both are phenomenal players.
Do the Converse video!
I don't think Bird played football, at least not organized ball.
He played softball. I heard somewhere that he pitched but I know when he hurt his finger before signing with Celtics he was playing in the field.
When he played in that one baseball doubleheader his senior year of college he played first base at one point.
He volunteered as an assistant baseball coach while he did his student teaching for his degree.
During the Dream Team in Barcelona, Bird snuck out the side door of the hotel to go to watch baseball games.
Another great video! You don't have to rewatch the trash talking video. There are better ones available. Seriously. There are a lot.
I saw the thumbnail and thought your boy was Diddy.
he loved to get his team mates involved especially if they were not getting enough touches, he would make sure to get them the ball
That would be funny seeing ya’ll play in Converse!! lol I had high top ADIDAS. Not much better 😂
Good call on Bird's assists average!
I want to see the converse video no doubt!
Think what Bird’s scoring average could’ve been if he’d taken some of those layups vs passing. However Larry knew it’s a team game and get a struggling teammate a wide open look to get them going.
Actually watching games you’d see his Iq at work. 1st quarter see if any other players had a hot hand and see what defensive rotations are. Bird would take over in the 4th.
No doubt he's gotta see the trash talking.
I used to rock the magic johnson converse back in the day. I love those Shoes.
I think Larry could have averaged 20 assists. Unlike guys like Westbrook or even Kidd or Stockton or Magic, he could also score from anywhere on the court. That was what made him so lethal, his defenders never knew what he was going to do, I don’t think he even knew until he did it. And yes Converse needs to make a comeback.
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European basketball is mostly fundamentals because they don’t have the physicality and the verticals (in other words, "white basketball"), all Europeans are like that.. its not only Joker, Luka etc, even the first ones came in the league like Sabonis father (the original unicorn), Drazen Petrovic, Kukoc, Divac etc, all of them did those things. But Larry was the best fundamental player ever, he was so good anything simple he did, it looked flashy
How good was Bird as a passer vs his competition = PF and SF?? Bird in assists per game led the NBA forwards in assists per game 8 seasons!! Bird was 2nd in assists per game in 3 seasons and was once 4th in assists per game. Bird only played 12 seasons!! Also remember Bird averaged 10 rebounds a game for hi career. Bird has a case as the best and most complete player ever!!!
he didnt win the league mvp 3 times in a row for nothing!
Before you hoop in old school Converse, break' em in first.
You better walk in them converses for a few weeks before you wanna wear em for playing hoops, you might get injured badly otherwise
Luka reminds me a lot of James Harden. Unfortunately, that means no defense but I ain't hating on em. Thx fellas 🙏
hey my channel, now we have a line tnks from brazil u welcome, larry=chip one in my land
If Luka is destroying the league and Bird is better than Luka at every single aspect of the entire game AND is a BIG 6'9", how badly would a 24+ year old Bird dominate this era? 40/15/10 with 50/40/90 shooting seems like a minimum starting point. Especially if Bird had started as a child with the 3pt line. He might shoot 50% from downtown.
The shorter shorts look stupid, but they were so much more comfortable. You didn't constantly have that extra drag along your knees/legs constantly.
Love your reaction and Larry won three consecutive MVPs one of only 3 players to do it. Jokic came close to getting three in a row. Not only was he the greatest passer and trash talker he was the toughest player to ever play the game. Here is a great video “4 Crazy stories that prove Larry Bird is the toughest player in NBA history!”
ua-cam.com/video/L4vsB2Hskv4/v-deo.html
It was comfortable for the day, still like wearing bricks! I dare you too!
Really LOVE THE REACTION!!! My Uncle was Dick Albert from Channel 5 BOSTON for 31 years!! ♥ ♥ ♥ Maybe check out NEIL PEART Buddy Rich HONOR????? Surprises awaits!! :) ♥ or... Victor Wooten bass music????????? :) “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” ~ Romans 15:13
Mj never beat larry
Not in the playoffs anyways. Think the regular season record is 27-13 or something like that.
Mj verse 5 hall of famers
Rewatch the videos, but watch Nick Smith NBA's "He dropped 60 on us!" Dominque was a subject of his exploits. MJ got it from him too! But white defenders got it the most.
Larry Bird with a team player not a ball hog like LeBron James and most of them