Larry Bird: His first practice with the Celtics... Kevin McHale blocked my shots 1st two times...
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1:35 Larry Bird ALWAYS spoke his mind. If he felt that Kevin was the best, that's enough for me. Hard to dispute.
McHale was the automatic 2 when he had the ball in the low post. One of the great power forwards with unique moves and great touch. I loved watching McHale play.
Lifelong Lakers fan here..................mad respect for Kevin McHale. Perhaps the most underrated PF of all time. Great player, great competitor, but I gotta admit, I never once cheered for him as a player!! He helped make the 80's the best era of NBA basketball ever!
Well said sir. As a life-long Celtic, I'd like to mention a Laker that might be the most underrated SF of all time, James Worthy. Same thing- great player, great competitor, usually overshadowed on his own team. Mad respect from a fan he gave a lot of heartburn over the years.
Lots of great players in the 80's.
Kevin McHale: MR. BROAD SHOULDERS. Up and under. Fake out!
@@jcjcviews McHale was a beast in the post.
@@michaeldavidfigures9842 Yeah, baby. That's what I'm talking 'bout. You couldn't get around his broad, bony, sharp shoulders, man. Parish says in the video that you weren't getting back when you gave the ball to McHale. Unstoppable. The buckets rained down. It was a blood bath under that bucket.
Most underrated power forward of all time. His footwork around the block takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to master.
Hakeem said he learned all his moves from Kevin, who invented all those low-post moves
What a great power forward, part of the greatest frontcourt in nba history! Loved those teams.
Lebron would be a power forward, Magic would be a Power Forward, though he played every position on the team at some point in his career. Kevin was a post up player. But combining 2 of the most prolific scorers as Forwards regardless of the adjective these guy had some great fun and won a few titles along the way. Just what a Dream Career should look like. Walton would have been the equivalent in NASCAR as "The Lucky Dawg" cause he happened to be around for some of it. His career was plagued by injuries and he was the 6th man for the Celtics spelling both McHale and Parrish. The "others" Ainge, Archibald, Maxwell, and Johnson who Bird considered one of the most cerebral Guards (player) he ever played with. It really was almost like having a Twin that thought and acted like him. In my day I clearly remember the huge DIVIDE racially when it came to the Lakers and Celtics. All my differented pigmented friends hated Boston While me and most of my light skinned friends LOVED EM. The dividing line was like a "Clear and Present Danger" cause one had to watch your words closely in a mixed crowd of there would DEFINITELY be a fight, as often did happen. But in them days we just threw fists, not bullets. And the next day apologizing for our dumbazzedness and shaking hands. Boy what a time in history to Love basketball. And I was a white boy from Indiana that LOVED B-BALL.
I was lucky enough to be at the game when he scored 56.
Robert Parish, Kevin McHale, Larry Bird; greatest front three of all time
Have to agree with you there .....greatest front court of all time
Champions of the Working Class!
And as a Laker fan, and it disgusts me to say, but those three and how they became Celtics is why Red Auerbach was a genius.
I totally agree. They were absolutely lethal. 🏀
@@scoonman You mean a genius like the guy that smoked the pipe with the grey hair and mustache, most famous for E=MC2? Was he the one who also contributed to the making of THE BOMB of BOMBS? Well, I agree. It doesn't matter. Whether it's from smoking cigars or pipes, smoking helps with the thinking process.
Frankenstein McHale. His square head, pale skin, dark sunken eyes, gangly frame, Mo Howard haircut and ghoulish smile entertained Boston fans for years. Truly an all time great.
Damn. Had to go all the way to the end of your long winded "admiration" of Kevin's looks to find a compliment. I was expecting Bela Lugosi to pop up at the end.
The monster mash
Bird is always modest when talking about teammates. McHale on any other team is a good player, WITH BIRD, he's an ALL STAR. Bird made everyone better...Robert Parrish was a nice player that nobody cared about on Golden State... once paired w/ Bird, HALL of FAMER. No coincidence.
On most other teams, McHale would have been the star. The guy was crazy good. A terrific scorer that played great defense. Even became a good 3 pt shooter later in his career. Never seen anyone with the offensive moves down low that he had. He set the Celtics record scoring 56 before Bird broke it with 60. Unfortunately, injuries shortened McHale's career. He was a rookie in '81 and never really was the same after the foot injuries in '87.
He’d be more than just a good player. He deserved those All Star teams. He was a heck of a player, underrated by many IMO.
Here is a lesson for young players of all games, playing as a team makes winners. Something todays "stars" could take into consideration.
Bird did make everyone better, no question, but I agree with Stickman; on another team McHale is the featured offensive player and not sharing the floor with Bird and Parish. On almost any other team McHale is also a starter in his first or second year and not a 6th man for his first 5 seasons. Those three guys were incredibly unselfish when they played together and because of that, their numbers suffered some. On top of that, it wouldn’t have mattered where McHale played, the lower key and post were going to be a torcher chamber for offensive players playing against him.
Parish
My favorite quote about McHale was from Danny Ainge who nicknamed Kevin "The Black Hole" because when you passed the basketball in to him it disappeared and never came back out.
That's funny. I also found the same thing about McHale from Parish as the source. It must be true.
McHale so underrated. Barkley knows how good he was.
Amazing watching this team in the 80s as a teen. McHale is quite underrated. I just about got to see it all back then. Other than Jordan’s run and a few greats since I have not cared for the NBA since the mid 90s. I’m good.
The pride of Hibbing, MN and the University of Minnesota (where he played with Mychal Thompson and Flip Saunders).
But Bob Dylan would like a word.
I am a 1970s kid & lived on the Range my whole life. I remember Kevin would come to the St Louis County Fair with his family. He always signed autographs for the 4-H kids working in the 4-H food stand & he spent the rest of the time focused on his family. It was always fun to see him at the fair after watching him on tv all season. Great memories of watching the Celtics games with my family.
@@Brian-ew9bn And the guy who started the Greyhound Bus company....another Hibbinger
@@joemarshall4226 Ah, I never knew…
50 year old Pistons fan here, didnt like him but tons of respect, heck of a player.
My fave team of all time. That Celtics era was a joy to watch.
I admit it - my greatest memory of Keven McHale will always be when he guest-starred on Cheers and delivered the best line in the history of the show:
Woody (looking at an X-ray supposedly of Kevin): "So you mean this isn't you, Kevin?"
Keven McHale (also looking at the X-ray): "Hmmm. It says ''800-lb African gorilla. Maybe it's Laimbeer?'"
I loved his appearances on Cheers!
AN ALL WORLD PLAYER! HAD AN 1,000 MOVES. I LOVE HIS 13yrs. 😁
McHale is the most underrated power forward and post up player of all-time. I saw him play in person over 50 games and he was the top scorer in 80% of them #Unstoppable #irishpower
Actually Tom Chambers is by far the most underrated PF of all time....
Kevin McHale - one of the few Celtic greats that was actually Irish.
@craigkdillon
Well, half Irish and half Croat.
What's funny about McHale (one of the greatest players ever) being identified as Irish is that people object when the "blacks" want to be called African American. Dual passports are not allowed for some, I guess. I'm not trying to start up anything, but I'm just saying that the Irish are like white people's mascots. I find it funny because being called Irish could be considered an insult when you think about it. The fighting Irish. Geez. It's like the drunken Irishman.
My all time favorite player .. Post game technician!! Great defender … Tenacious rebounder ☘️☘️☘️☘️
The man played through an injury that sidelined Embiid for TWO SEASONS! BEAST!!!
Kevin was an outstanding player and a good guy.
He was one of the most fun players ever to watch with the super long arms and crazy spin moves.
Kevin seems like such a cool down to earth dude...Very engaging and hilarious with all his stories and insights..An all around great guy.. So miss those eras and miss players like him..
A typical sober Irishman
Robert Parish very underrated. Often overlooked when discussing the Celtics during Bird/McHale Era.
the MCHALE CLOTHESLINE!!!!! Kurt got his Ram-bust
He was the only player in the NBA that really didn’t look like he could play. He was deceptive. He was smart, but he really could outplay a lot of people. He didn’t turn the ball over, either. The kind of guy that showed up to win.
One of the best, if not the best, footworks the game has ever seen.
One of the greatest power forwards the game has ever seen. Tremendous player with great mov3s.
Ainge joked at a banquet that Kevin thought he'd get 4 points if he scored against a double team. McHale had great moves to split double teams. He didn't need to pass it back out.
When Ainge complained to Kevin, he never passed the ball out when he was doubled. He told Danny, what do you shoot when wide open? Maybe 50%? When I’m doubled I shoot better than 60% when I’m doubled.
He WAS a black hole, so to speak
That’s a funny line 😅
I was lucky enough to watching the Celtics at their greatest, 76ers, the Lakers, Knicks, Pistons, Jazz, Sonics, Rockets, Bulls…
Those were the days.
That twenty-year period from the late sixties to the late eighties are my best memories of the NBA. Mostly watched on Sunday afternoons on tv. And mostly the teams that you mentioned were the ones that got the tv time. The Bucks were in there too.
McHale was a heck of a player! McHale, Chief, Bird & DJ were a force to be reckoned with on the court! Each great players in their own way. 🍀❤😁
Back when they played by the rules (not Rucker Park Rules). Refs called turnovers for palming/carrying the ball, extra steps and moving the pivot foot. Unknown terms today.
The biggest joke is they way NBA players CARRY the goddamn ball and then brag about their "crossover dribble move". That's unguardable. . . as if defense matters in the NBA anyway.
Such a great player. Very humble!
Today's post players should memorize McHale's moves, and NEVER BRING THE BALL DOWN WHERE THE DEFENDER CAN SLAP AT IT.
13 of the best years of MY life, too..... Thanks Kev
Lifelong Celtics fan that lived in LA. Long before the internet I used to get the Boston Globe delivered to LA on sundays. Kevin was always my favorite. His shots had zero arc on them but they went into the basket like it was a vacuum cleaner
He’s probably underrated as a player. He was very very good.
Awesome
Wait a minute, I thought Chief was 100 years older, why he still in uniform? 😳. Kevin Mchale is probably the most underrated player ever, unstoppable in the post.
This was in '94. The Chief played til late 90s. Won a ring with the Bulls too. Lol. He took great care of his body. Amazing
Mr. Automatic!
Bird, McHale and Ainge were and are so quick witted and funny, they must’ve had a blast riffing off of each other during the glory days.
Greatest basketball player to come out of Minnesota
The gift of GAB. Kevin has it, and others don't understand it, except his fellow Celts. Some people thought he was the most valuable Celtic, because he was so good on defense AND offense, and he was the ultimate team player, on a team full of team-first players.
The best post up player ever
The Court was the Canvas. Kevin was the Artist. The best.
I have a buddy who played against McHale in college. Said he was just talking trash the whole game while he kicked my buddy's team's rear.
I have said it for years, but Kevin McHale and Andrew Toney were the only two players that my Showtime Lakers NEVER had an answer for.
Boston Globe had a great photo of Kevin - last game - leaving.
His back - head hung kinda low - a fan with a sad face - extending his hand.
& McCHALE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO BLOCK THE GREATEST'S SHOT,.. & THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY,.. HE'S THE REAL TRUE GREATEST POWER FORWARD EEEVVVEEERRR!!!
Kareem, MJ, who is "the greatest"?
@@NuGnuNewKnew LARRY LEGEND JOE BIRD,.. IS THE GREATEST ALL-AROUND PLAYER OF ALL-TIME IN NBA'S HISTORY,.. FOR VARIOUS REASONINGS!!!
& I WILL SCHOOL UUU,.. A LITTLE LATER,.. IF UUU DON'T KNOW WHY!!!
Earned and deserved. His step back in the key, unmatched ever.
When I was watching the Lakers and Celtics play in the finals during college, I didn't realize I was watching the best basketball in the NBA history.
In 1987, this dude played 21 of the Celtics 23 playoff games on a broken foot. Puts today's players to shame
Greatest low post player in basketball history
Love some lurch.
Frankenstein McHale
They guys were such characters ‼️
Kevin was a bad man when he got in the blocks he was unstoppable 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
Incredible watching Big Kev back in the day
🔥🔥🔥
Doing Kevin's everywhere proud.
What a class act
❤LAKERS vs CELTICS ... best fun times rivalry ever ... when I cared about sports I was at Laker ticket holder but I also love the Celtics... it was the best of times ... THE BEST OF TIMES ... anticipation what is the same as a world heavyweight championship fight ... BUT 7 games
I snuck into the Boston garden when I was 13 years old. They had the doors open. No a.c. the security guy made us do a push up contest on the fire escape while Larry Bird did his thing.
Greatest most unselfish player ever in the NBA
Wouldn't even pull a "Kawhi" and played with the broken foot through the '87 season through the end after '93.
One of them. 👍
wasnt expecting all that , but it was good though
McHale versus Jokic, in their primes, would've been fun to watch.
Way to go Kevin
There’s plenty of great basketball players in the NBA, but not as many great men like McHale.
The Pistons used to use a broomstick to practice shooting over McHale and Parish.
Those were the days.
The black hole once the ball got to Kevin it went in the hoop!
As a Lakers fan I hated Kevin McHale because he was that good on both ends of the floor. He was the Human Coat Hanger with those squared shoulders and just did whatever he wanted to do on the floor, a totally irritating opponent and a great one at that.
mchale was just the guy you wanted on your team if you wanted to win.
Called him "the black hole" threw the ball in and it never came back out.
that fade away
Real knows Real.
He wasn't called the Black Hole for nothing!!!!
U think bird would ever do a documentary about mchale or his other teammates and highlight the 5 or so worst moments, decisions of their career?
Barkley has said that McHale was the toughest player he played against.
McHale was a good Player at Kentucky. He was a TEAM PLAYER LOT ALL THREE ON BOSTON FRONTLINE
KEVIN McHale played at Minnesota. Maybe some other dude named McHale was a Ky Wildcat you're thinking of. At least you got the Boston part right.
Having Kevin guard you must have been like throwing the ball over a wall.
Pretty soon the Celtics are going to run out of numbers.
My All Time Favorite NBA Player = Kevin McHale !
Wow he looks just like his mom!
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Is Robert parish not in their ring of honor??
Gotta be!
He was still playing.
The video was about Kevin McHale.
Didn’t they hate each other when they both played?
Wow does he look like his mama
It doesn't look like it but when Boston came to Indianapolis and then had a night or 2 off Larry would bring Kevin to Terre Haute to a nice little hole in the wall watering hole called The Rafters, and they both would have 2 tall boys in each hand and those tall boys would look like regular cans in their hands. 😂😂 Good times.
If I was to comprise an all time team of rotation not just a starting five but of rotation also I would have The dream Akeem , Tim Duncan , Bird , Stockton , Kobe , then rotating in Mutumbo-McHale- Ray Allen….
I say all this in respect to the unequivocal , unselfish team play you get with those Boston players , actually the chemistry & unselfish play ….not just the Boston players but also the rest of that lineup ….
McHale could be either put at power forward or center position & the consummate unselfish , team player …
In my opinion this team could demolish any team ever put together ….
Most of that has nothing to do with McHale but it is what it is …
God bless all & praise the lord … Jesus is coming back soon !!!!
After Timoteo
@ammeraglio...WHO....???
@@lar7905 Timothy Theodore Duncan
@ammiraglio50 ie.Tim Duncan
Whatever, McKale ~ LA Lakers
Mchale wasnt even on the Celtic team Birds first practice. Unless Bird didnt start practicing until his second year. We're talkin about practice?
Yeah. Must be talking about McHale' first practice with Celtics.
@@nedames3328
According to the title of the vid, definitely about practice.
Bird said, "I can remember HIS first practice with the Celtics..." He was talking about McHale's first practice, not his own. The music is kind of loud.
"The Larry Birds".....my guy there is ONLY 1 Larry Legend!
IM glad he was on my team'
Thank you Kevin…