LARRY BIRD BETTER THAN MICHAEL JORDAN! 😱 | The Best Larry Bird vs Michael Jordan Story Ever Told
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Bird > Bron. The only things lebron does better is dunk, flop, and sit out games due to a fake i jury.
And don't forget he is the king of stat padding. 🤣🤣🤣
@@silentios7336 And yet his stats are not better than Birds...while folks keep praising Lebron over player that are clearly superior. I say playerS in plural
Jordon has openly said bron is nothing compared to bird!
I don't understand why people always say "he's team was so bad" well birds team was worse when he joined and still won a title his second year, people need to get off the damn copium and see reality for what it is, Jordan could not win untill the 90's when all those great players had retired
His first year he had no parish McHale or Johnson. He took a 29 and 51 Boston team to a 61and 21 record
That's true, and if he didn't put his body on the line every game, he would play today. As i said there is not only one GOAT, you will always find somebody who's better. If you watch "Bird is the word-15 minutes of Larry Legend", you don't find more then 10 superstars in his league.❤️
Jordan's first year is remarkably less stellar@@waligerber9410
Larry Bird was the truth!
Bird took a 29 win team to a 61 win team his rookie season……
Remember though, Larry is clutch. So when LeBron is busy choking Larry is there to give him the Heimlich.
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MVP 3 years in a row. 3 Point shooter All-Start, 3 years in a row. Tougher, fighting BB then, played hurt. Like no other ever did. Birdman did it.
3 MVPs in a row probably will never happen again 💯
Excuses for Jordan in his first few years? Look at Bird's first two years in the league without his best team!
BIrd was fourth in MVP voting as a rookie..
with all respect of great MJ, Bird had to retire before MJ got to be the new sheriff in town. me personally, MJ is way better than Lebron. If MJ would of gotten his team to work together like Bird did, probably would of been a lot better. i think Bird is the only one that took team to championship 2nd year in nba.
@@dannyshaffer1851 Are we not counting magic johnson doing it his rookie year?
Again only the first 13 yrs of someone's playing years. Imagine Bird playing the same number of years as James. Wow you would never even know James's name lol
# 1 BIRD vs # 14 JAMES
Goat comment but I give Bron #20 max no matter what he does. Bein a mercenary flopping cry baby takes him out the conversation. And he's not skilled enough. No heart
LeBron is definitely Top 2
@@DBCOOP2009#20 is way too low
How can you say they set up horus grant when just a few minutes earlier you saw Jordan and pippin combined couldn't guard bird.
M J’s opinion?? Bird is the best small forward of all time.
Somebody put up a chart the other day of game winning shots Bird was down the list. Expressed as a ratio against games played??
Bird was number one .
It is the consensus opinion of sportswriters, players that faced him and anybody who knows anything about basketball that Bird is the clutchest player of all time.
Then there is you…
Between 1980-1989, Larry Bird Received 67 Percent Of MVP Votes. He never finished MVP race lower than 4th place. He was in the race in his rookie season and 3-received 66.97 % possible votes.
MVP voting 1980 Larry 's rookie year
1979-80 - 15 Points (MVP Race Finish: 4th) Season Statistics: 21.3 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 4.5 APG, 1.7 SPG, 0.6 BPG
1980-81: 423 Points (MVP Race Finish: 2nd) Season Statistics: 21.2 PPG, 10.9 RPG, 5.5 APG, 2.0 SPG, 0.8 BPG
1981-82: 406 Points (MVP Race Finish: 2nd) Season Statistics: 22.9 PPG, 10.9 RPG, 5.8 APG, 1.9 SPG, 0.9 BPG
1982-83: 364 Points (MVP Race Finish: 2nd) Season Statistics: 23.6 PPG, 11.0 RPG, 5.8 APG, 1.9 SPG, 0.9 BPG
1983-84: 652 Points (MVP Race Finish: 1st) Season Statistics: 24.2 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 6.6 APG, 1.8 SPG, 0.9 BPG
1984-85: 763 Points (MVP Race Finish: 1st)Season Statistics: 28.7 PPG, 10.5 RPG, 6.6 APG, 1.6 SPG, 1.2 BPG
1985-86: 765 Points (MVP Race Finish: 1st)Season Statistics: 25.8 PPG, 9.8 RPG, 6.8 APG, 2.0 SPG, 0.6 BPG
1986-87: 271 Points (MVP Race Finish: 3rd)Season Statistics: 28.1 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 7.6 APG, 1.8 SPG, 0.9 BPG
1987-88: 527 Points (MVP Race Finish: 2nd)Season Statistics: 29.9 PPG, 9.3 RPG, 6.1 APG, 1.6 SPG, 0.8 BPG
1988-89: (MVP Race Finish: N/A) Season Statistics: 19.3 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 4.8 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.8 BPG
1989-90: 5 Points (MVP Race Finish: 10th) Season Statistics: 24.3 PPG, 9.5 RPG, 7.5 APG, 1.4 SPG, 0.8 BPG
1990-91: 25 Points (MVP Race Finish: 9th)Season Statistics: 19.4 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 7.2 APG, 1.8 SPG, 1.0 BPG
1991-92: 3 Points (MVP Race Finish: 14th)Season Statistics: 20.2 PPG, 9.6 RPG, 6.8 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.7 BPG
1987-1989 only played 6 games with double achillies tendon surgery, and broke his back, In addition to a bad elbow, shattered knuckles on his dominate hand and half a dozen injuries that aren't as well known, "Larry body betrayed him" is what is repeated, what isn't as well known is just how busted up Larry was. Most of Larry's rivals knew he had some injuries, but they had no idea HOW BADLY until they shared a locker room on the Dream Team, they are all, "Damn" and every one of those players have Larry in their personal top 5, That says a awful lot.
LARRY LEGEND TIMELINE to look at the career of NBA’s greatest small forward:
1974 - Larry played high school basketball at Valley High School in French Lick, Indiana.
1975 - Enrolls at Indiana University to play for coach Bobby Knight but quits school after a few weeks and works as a garbage man.
1976 - Enrolls at Indiana State, sitting out the season as a transfer student.
1978 - ISU goes 23-9 and Bird named to All-America first team. Selected 6th overall by the Boston Celtics.
1979 - Bird wins AP player of the year, first-team All-America and led his team to NCAA Championship game.
1980 - Bird named NBA rookie of the year.
1981 - The Celtics wins the NBA championship.
1982 - The Celtics improves his record 63-19, lost Philly in East Finals.
1984 - Bird is MVP and the Finals MVP
1985 - Bird is the MVP again despite nagging elbow injury, leads his team to the NBA Finals.
1986 - Bird is the MVP again, three years in a row, Finals MVP and ’86 Celtics are the arguably the best team ever.
1987 - Celtics advanced to the Finals again but injuries set a blockade to win over Lakers.
1988 - Celtics fails to advance to the finals, losing Pistons in a 6 game series.
1989 & 1990 - Bird plays the first 6 games before deciding to undergo surgery to remove bone spurs in both heels.
1991 - Celtics ended season 56-23 and injured Bird shows some of the flashes of vintage himself.
1992 - Bird misses 37 games, most of them are the second half of the season, play for the Dream Team in the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics and retires from the game of basketball.
I once heard a statement, which may be wrong, Bird and MJ faced of 34 times, and Bird won 28 of those games.
You should watch Bird & Johnson Court of Rivals. It will help you understand that Michael Jordan and LeBron James are who they are because of Byrd and Magic. Right down to their shoe deals and game play. Also you will not find a more respected player to have ever played by both opponents AND teammates than Larry Bird. Which goes to a Mind Set that has never been matched. Close to Mind Set is Black Mamba Kobe. Love watching you take on the history of the Sport.
Larry Bird played every second of the game! He was always moving ...disrupt passing lanes...setting a pick...etc He affected the game with or without the ball! Larry Bird is The Greatest All Around Player ever!!! Bird is Mr. Clutch....you can't say that about Lebron! Watch any of Larry Birds games from 1979 on...he came into the league with a killer instinct, natural leader, sharpshooter, passing (Best hand /eye coordination ever seen), court vision & basketball IQ that was through the roof! I'm sorry but you are wrong to think that Lebron is on Larrry Birds level. A Great athlete will get you ooh & aaahs. A Great player wins the game! MJ is the greatest in the air .... Larry Bird is the greatest on the ground!
When Bird was hurt, he didn't get a shot from the Doc. He drank a beer, belched,and went back on the court.
Both Lebron & MJ have Larry Bird in there top 3! He wasn't Larry Legend for no reason! Bird took a team in his rookie year from 29 wins to 61 wins! Before they had McHale, Parish & DJ! His 2nd year they won the Championship! Neither MJ nor Lebron could do that! Bird stayed with his team & through his leadership they became Champions!
Bird wasn't being rude for no reason. He wanted to get into Jordan's head. He did, and there he stayed.
LeBron better than Bird? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! HEHEHEHE!!!!!!!! Sorry, for a minute I thought you were serious!
MJ is the most explosive offensive player I've ever seen. Larry Bird is the best all around player I've ever seen. If there was an all time draft and every player was 20 I'd have to take Bird because I know I'd get instant and sustained success.
Not having a team in MJ`s or LeBron's early in their careers is an excuse. Bird turned at 28 win team to a 61 win team his rookie year. No Robert Parish or Kevin McHale.
The problem with your argument that Jordon didn’t have his team… is weak? Why? Bird in 81 won a championship with the same players that went 23-62. Two years earlier and the first year bird had same team they won 40 more games. MJ was a nine factor until bird retired
Larry Bird is everything LeBum could never be!
1986 Boston Celtics only lost one game the whole season including the playoffs
You can say what you want to about him. This guy was the toughest player that the league has ever seen and probably ever will. If he were playing today in his prime when he wipes off his shoes the rest of the league comes off the soles.
Larry was a believer in Jordan and those sentiments were in turn reciprocated.
If Michael Jordan can't convince you I don't know what I can tell you that will.
You do know Jordan put Larry over LeBron.
Larry everyday all day over MJ. The greatest season ever not winning the championship. What would you rather have?.
One thing we can agree about, it looks like poor Horace was set up. Share the embarrassment, don't lay it all off on Horace, Coach!
Dude.... HE WAS CLEARLY THE CLUTCHEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One key point I wanna make: So many basketball FANS that watched basketball, say Jordan was better than Bird.... But, so many basketball PLAYERS that played both of them, say Bird was better than Jordan. Just sayin'....
# 1 BIRD vs # 2 JORDAN
JORDAN being young is
a weak excuse ! LARRY
BIRD took the worst
team in the League to
the EASTERN conference
Finals in just his ROOKIE
year ! Without MCHALE ,
PARRISH , AINGE or DJ !
The biggest turn around
in NBA history ! And , Bird
took his first TITLE in just
his 2nd Year ! MICHAEL
JORDAN was just a non -
factor while LARRY BIRD
was in the league !
Stupidity took the best of you
And Grant was on Bird because it would have been even worse for everyone else. DUDE, Bird was really 6'10 and KILLED everyone... Like Luka today. The greatest. They score, rebound, assist and win. Well, Bird wins way more than Luka does. LOL
In 92 retired bird passed the torch to MJ .
If you think that ANY Chicago Bulls team, could beat the 84,85, or 86, Celtics, you don’t know basketball. Just watch one of their games, and you’ll see. Those teams went 99-4 at home including playoffs. No team will ever do it again, to be fair though, they play more home games than they did then.
Bird's back injury happened in 1985.
MJ said that's all he needed, for what. He didn't beat him.
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lebron isn't a all around player he gives up if he's losing larry bird never had to be traded to diffrent teams to win a championship todays players are to soft watch how the game is played today v the 800s and 90s in the 80s and 90s the players played hurt now players get a hang nail their crying and wont play
Also, I keep hearing you say Jordan didn’t have a good all-around team with the Bulls in his first 7 years. That’s why he and his Bulls lost to Larry Legend and the Celtics. Hmmmm…yeah, but NO. Do you know what the Celtics record was in 1979, the year before Bird arrived? 29-53. And the next year with adding ONLY Larry Bird as a rookie to their roster? 61-21! It’s still the greatest 1-year turnaround in NBA history. And the next year? 62-20 and an NBA Championship. THAT’S the kind of impact a GOAT player has on a team. He/she instantly makes the whole team better. You weren’t around then, so you’re forgiven for not knowing what you’re talking about, bless your heart! I was. Jordan was a better athlete, and a superb individual player. But Bird was better all-around, and ESPECIALLY in the clutch. And he willed the rest of his team to play better. Nothing like him since. Never will be. Had you been alive then and seen what I saw, you would agree.
Bron better than Bird? In your weet dreams homeboy
Bird just top 5 clutch ?
….. that’s nonsense !
Who’s these four other
players you have more
clutch than Larry Bird ?
This should be good .. !
They forgot to mention that college game was a set up.
To get.
The NBA team to play together.
They played them again and killed them.
You sound like you just don't want to believe how good he was. 😂
Bird and Jordan top 2. You can take your choice. I will take Bird
First, the narrator of the original video was mistaken when he said that Larry broke his back in the "88(?) season. It happened in between the '85 and '86 season. In the last several years Larry was spending part of his day in traction and had to wear a brace under his uniform. He was unable to sit on the bench or even in an airplane seat. He had to lay on the floor in both. Add to that the bone spurs on both feet and the double Achilles tendon surgery and you will make no excuse for Larry being in constant significant pain. Yet you make excuses for a healthy Jordan saying his team was not as good as Larry's and that is why he didn't win. You can't have it both ways. It is unjust to make excuses for one and not the other.
"I have to address the idea that he had no help from his team. Jordan, one of the greatest players of all time needed seven years to reach GOAT status while Larry was a goat from day one. Let us compare each player's "help" with their success.
CELTICS: 78/79 season win/loss was 29/53 second worse in the league
BIRD rookie year(no help): 79/80 season win/loss 61/21, best in the league Rookie of the year 4th place for MVP
BULLS: 83/84 season win/loss 27/55
JORDAN rookie year (no help): 84/85 season win/loss 38/44 Rookie of the Year
BIRD: 80/81(2nd year) win/loss 62/20 McHale added to roster was rookie on the bench, Parish added to roster after four years with Warriors (last season 79/80 with a win/loss of 24/58) Struggled a bit at first with Celtics Celtics won NBA Championship in Bird's second year
JORDAN 90/91 win/loss 61/21 (took him 7 years to do what Bird did his first year) Scottie Pippin in starting line-up since 1987 Won NBA Championship after seven years of trying
Win/loss against Bird 11/23, Eastern conference Finals win/loss against Bird 0/3 x 2 or 0/6
Jordan was a great shooter/scorer from day one, but it took him longer to hone the other skills that made him a GOAT. Bird was the whole package from day one and according to his teammates was a great leader and made them all better players. Bird learned that one man can not win championships in his last year in college when after a 33-0 season he lost to Magic's team.
One last thing. Don't pick on Horace; earlier in the video it showed that Jordan and Pippin double teaming Bird could not stop him.
Bird, Johnson, Jordan didn't follow the talent to win championships, they won championships with the team that drafted them
Bird played through a broken back, bone spurs in both feet, & a broken face (to name a few injuries)… meanwhile Lebron had to be carried off the court by his teammates bc he had cramps… cramps. They should’ve given Lebron some midol & got him back on the court lol 😂😂😂
THat 86 playoff game where MJ scored 63? He only scored 9 on Bird whereas Bird Scored 16 on MJ. You Americans Love stats, well thats one that gets ignored
That’s the biggest difference between larry and mike. Mike was full of ego. Bird was full of confidence. If mike couldn’t get the credit, he’d pass the ball and quit even trying. If larry couldn’t get his own shot, he didn’t care. He never quit. So he was goiing to do something for his team to win. He didn’t care about the personal credit. He played for the boston celtic team. Mike played for his own personal gain. I think he would have been unstoppable if he played for the same reason as larry.
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Jordan may have taken it personally, but he still got beat when playing the Bird and his Celtics. If LeBron played Bird in 84, 85, or 86 LeBron would have been humbled just like all the rest, period, end. Jordan never faced Bird in his prime by 88 Larry was already struggling with injuries including a broken back and STILL managed to man handle Jordan. If Jordan or LeBron had had the injuries Bird did, they would be on the bench or in the hospital. Say what you will but it's my opinion that Larry Bird is the BEST all-round player the league ever knew. He was by far the most dangerous player from anywhere on the court.
Chicago never beat the Boston Celtics in the playoffs offs ever ……
Oh yeah that was blood it ain't soft ass basketball like it is today
When Lebron can shoot a free throw better then these two you might be able to have him ranked higher as the better basketball player. 50-40-90
So, if you had to pick someone to take a shot to save your life, who to you choose, LeBron or Larry?
Two things I like Bird for over everyone. First, he played hurt. That man's body was giving up on him and he just kept pushing. Secondly, He was loyal to the team that drafted him.
The biggest problem with Jordan was that he didn't lift the play of his other teammates like Larry did. Jordan was more selfish with the ball and his teammates didn't depend on him being a team player. He hogged the ball and his teammates just kept feeding him. Larry brought his teammates' playing up a level. If they were consistently unprepared for his passing, they were off the team. He made his team better, not just his stats.
Pat Riley..Laker coach , and you have probably heard the interview, said if he had to pick a player to win a,game, he would pick Jordan, but if he had to pick a player to save his life, he would pick Larry Bird..take that for what it is, just words, but that’s a message, who do you trust with your life on the line?Larry Bird..
Bird, Jordan, and Johnson were the best players to ever lace up basketball shoes
I am from Kansas..KU..Wilt played there..Wilt Chamberlain. The only man to score 100 points in a game..against the Knicks in 1962..in Hershey, Pennsylvania..he had 98 points with 34 seconds left..and was trying to hard..he finally had a put back..as a suck free throw shooter..that night he was 28 of 32 at the line..the man who invented basketball James Naismith, was the first coach at Kansas..he is buried there in Lawrence, Kansas with his wife(1939)..and the Ten Rules of Basketball are behind glass in a building beside Allen Field House..where KU plays their games..and Kansas passed Kentucky a few years ago as the winningest men’s team..
And yes, Jordan took over the league
James played for Cleveland twice, played for a stacked team in Miami and went to a stacked team in LA, Bird only played for one team, like Jordan did and Ervin Johnson all played for the team that drafted them. Labron ran around from team to team following the talent
I hear a lot of people say the Celtics (w Bird) were much a better team than the Bulls (w Jordan). I don't dispute that, but it means nothing, as both MJ and Larry elevated their teams immensely.
So the real datapoint is the Celtis w/o Bird vs the Bulls w/o Jordan. And we have that number, as both teams had to play nearly a whole season w/o thier best player.
They didn't really perform differently, both barely making it to the playoffs, in '86 and '89. So the Celtics w/o Bird weren't performing significantly better than the Bulls w/Jordan.
Imagine an AI generated game with Bird against Lebron. Years ago, I'm talking early 1970s, someone made a computer boxing film with Cassius Clay (Ali) vs Rocky Marciano. Rocky Marciano tore him up.
Horrible commentary. Excuse after excuse if Bird does something better
Defense was real back then.
Bird Still beat Jordan when Jordan DID have his Championship Bulls team and the Celtics were old, gone or rubbish. he STILL couldnt get the better of Larry. MJ was more spectacular for sure but Larry was just all around better . He also played in an era with more GOAT claimants than any other era. He had MJ, Magic, Kareem, Dr J, Hakeem and himself . Thats 6 of the 8 GOAT claimants . No other era is even close
I think Bird made the rest of his team better than any of the big stars. In his rookie season where he was the only significant change in the roster, he took a team with a horrible losing record the previous year to the playoffs.
I'll take Larry Legend as my teammate over MJ every day. and you know why. MJ was about MJ Larry did not care about stats. He just wanted to WIN.
Bird played hurt....your boy LeBron didnt.didn't. I can't watch this.
BIRD TOOK THE SYCAMORES 33-0 TO THE FINALS VS MAGIC & THE SPARTANS, SYCAMORES ONLY TIME EVER TO THE NCAA FINALS.
BIRD's ROOKIE YEAR HE TURNED THE CELTICS LOSING STREAK AROUND 1977-78 = 32-50,
1978-79 = 29-53
1979-80 LB's ROOKIE YEAR = 61-21 WITHOUT MCHALE, PARISH, AINGE, DJ & WALTON.
MJ SAID: BIRD IS THE BEST FORWARD EVER TO PLAY THE GAME. BIRD MADE A ROOKIE THINK ABOUT SUICIDE, LB GOT DEATH THREATS NOT TO SET FOOT ON THE COURT BUT PLAYED ANYWAYS, PLAYED WITH SEVERE INJURIES, AS A ROOKIE ON THE 1st ROAD TRIP TOLD THE VETS ON THE CELTICS: IM NOT GONNA GET YOU ANY WATER OR CARRY ONE BAG EVER.
THE GUY THAT MADE THIS VIDEO HAS ONE COMPARING LEBRON WITH BIRD.
YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT . . .
Lebron was a better defender than Bird? In your dreams.
Don't want to hear bad teams. Bird as a rookie took a 29 win team to a 62 win team as a rookie and lost the Eastern conference championship
That's a really impressive rookie year. Other than Larry Bird, 7 players on that Celtics team averaged over 10 PPG. That was a good team. I'm not taking anything away from Larry Bird, but to win in the NBA, you need to have a great team. 💯
If you watch the full game Bird blocked Jordan shots stole the ball. Bird always gives his props to other players as you see . You have to watch more. Jordan is one of my favorite players. But Bird was such a well rounded player. He will always be my favorite. I think my again and Larry were the best of the 80s but Jordan took from there.
Lebron is not a better defender than Bird. Bird averaged more rebounds in total and more defensive rebounds per game than LJ. Bird lead the league in defensive win shares 4 times - LJ - ZERO
Larry beat Jordan in his best year and Larry's worst. Larry took the Celtic's the last place team the year before and took team to the playoffs his first year. Then won the title his second. Without any help like McHale or the chief. Jordan took years. Also Jordan had to have the ball. Larry made his team better. All ofSo if he was selfish l noike Jordan. He'd of kicked every 12:48 bodie
Do you think maybe you could be a little racist? As defined as today's standards are concerned? Lastly your inability to credit Larry's first two years in a team arguably worse than Michaels teams! As far as LJ goes, he's the biggest woat (whiner), a horrible teammate and shouldn't be an idol to anybody especially kids.
Malone got a thirteen year old girl pregnant while he was a sophomore in college.
That team was the best team ever assembled!
Stop jordan is a rookie! Magic won in his rookie year, Bird in his second year, after celtics were loosing bad the year before Larry. It's a fuc..ing team sport. And there is not 1 and only! There are some who can make the claim!❤ but forget the rookie bs.
JayHemmsSports and any other Millennial, Gen Y or Gen Z please dont take this as an insult. After re-reading it, I would take it as an insult if it was directed at me, but it's meant to be just some friendly ball busting. Nothing serious!
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Here is a perfect example of an almost unanimous split between "old heads" and all you young cats when talking about basketball and whos the GOAT.
I feel like at some point in time there was a generational split which created a difference in how people understand and see the game of basketball.
At 5:55 in this video, we see the clip of Bird on defense picking up MJ. I (as a 45 y/o "old head") see MJ wanting to beat Bird off the dribble, drive the baseline and dunk. MJ (who is MUCH faster, quicker, younger and more athletic) gives Bird a couple jukes, tries to freeze Larry and drive the baseline. But Bird wasn't fooled and he shut down MJ from driving baseline.
So MJ pulls back, gives Larry 3 crossovers but it did nothing to freeze Bird. Larry reaches to MJ's right trying to knock the ball away after the 2nd crossover, at which point MJ crosses over again as he quickly goes to his left. Surprisingly the unathletic and slow Bird somehow moves with MJ to the left.
Going left, Its possible that Bird SLIGHTLY misjudged MJ's angle which created maybe 2 feet of separation. But to me it looks more like Bird was trying to shut down the possibility of a pass to the big goofy white guy who was being defended by DJ which was an obvious mismatch. So anyhow, MJ see his opening and takes a jump shot. But once again Bird stopped on a dime and somehow closed the gap and was right there to contest the shot. In slow motion you can see that Bird was probably less than an inch away from blocking/altering that shot. And to top everything off, when Bird went up to contest MJ's shot, Larry had just stepped on the goofy white guys foot. So Larry 's left foot was on top of the goofy white guys foot. And that was the foot Larry stopped and jumped off of to contest Jordans shot. In the end, MJ got the shot off and scored so he won that battle. But watching Jay's reaction to that play made me realize that these youngsters dont appear to be watching the same game as some of us older guys. Seems like they either dont see, understand or care about whats going on. They see MJ dance around with a few crossovers then pull up and hit a jump shot. So this somehow means that he just cooked Bird? Its as if the young cats are just distracted and caught up in the flash of it all. You'd probably be able to distract them with a shiny nickel and steal their wallet.😛😉🙃
But I just saw a much slower Larry Bird shut down MJ's first option and stick with him enough to come an inch away from blocking his shot. And you can hear the announcers mention it as well. Birds defense on MJ was really good. After all MJ's shakes, crossovers and dancing around......he ended up taking a contested jump shot in the same spot he started in. He could've taken that same shot (virtually uncontested) if he just let it go right before bird closed in to defend him.
But seeing Jay's reaction to this play, you'd think that MJ just broke Larry's ankles and dunked over him. I've seen MJ crossover and beat hundreds of players off the dribble, break ankles and dunk over/embarrass some of the biggest and best defenders in the league. But in this clip with Bird......I didn't see any of that happen. I just dont understand what you think you saw in that MJ/Bird clip?? Did we watch different videos??
😂and I'm counting Jordan was on the court and never beat Jordan.
Only 3 players in history have won back to back to back MVP’s..Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Larry Joe Bird..only 3,and he usually played hurt..permanently dislocated forefinger on his shooting hand that doctors could never straighten(permantly bent at a 90 degree angle toward his thumb)(since a baseball game the summer before he signed his rookie contract)..then..1985 permanently injured his back shoveling gravel for his mother’s driveway..and..again..doctors were never able to stabilize his back after he tore those muscles in his back..and he was 6-0 against Jordan’s Bulls in 6 playoff runs..not 6 games…6 playoff years and 2 straight years…Jordan’s Bulls were swept 4-0..He won the first three 3 point shooting contests all star weekend..later voted Coach of the Year ..1998..then in 2012..voted Executive of the Year as President of the Pacers..Rookie of the Year in 1980 over Magic and is founder of the 50-40-90 club..no one did it before Bird..50% from the floor..40% from 3 point line..and 90% shooting free throws..and 10 assists average for his career..and his passing was beyond belief..according to all the videos..and his retirement ceremony was on a non game night with Boston Garden sold out..and Ervin Magic Johnson wearing a Celtic jersey under his Laker uniform..giving Bird his Jersey..with these words written on it…to the best basketball player ever, but more important, a friend..
In his prime Bird was as good or better than anyone who ever played the game. 😎
You know your basketball but it seems you are dead wrong choosing between bird and lebron...analyze more...flopping,teamhop,last shot..all lebrons edge over larry is longevity...
Lebron plays in a weak, can’t touch anyone, everybody is friends league.……..he would just be another great in birds era. Lebron lacks the killer instinct and had to form a super team to win. Sorry, lebron doesn’t hit the top three
Bron in early years ok after 10 years … jumping teams , flopping no loyalty to any team. Leon doesn’t make my top 10.
Jordan couldn't just dish out 7 assists without scoring is because he never played with 4 valid scorers on his team..he needed to score 4 them to have a chance
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Best career year Larry Bird 86-87 v Lebron James 14-15 Larry's has better stats with overall being close but Bird has better %'s and when it comes to clutch there is only one Larry Bird. Larry was cried with major injuries from starting 85-92 7 of his 13 seasons and should never have played beyond 87 from his deterioration in his spine he was crippled. There is a documentary with him and Magic with also Larry's surgeon being interviewed giving details many have no idea about. As far as the teams Bird joined Celtics rabble and Larry's teammates were not the best going all credit due but not the best.
The mid '80's Celtics are as good as you can get.. Parish, McHale, Bird, DJ, and insert whoever else for the other guard.. you just need those 4 guys as starters and you can beat anyone. Bird and McHale alone would both score 25-30+ a game easy today, probably more..and Parish would obviously get his too, he was a beast! As for Bird VS Jordan... well, Bird is the better overall player I would say.. I watched them both.. Bird was a lot like Magic, as he made the whole team better and could beat you in many different ways... scoring, passing, etc... Jordan was mostly into scoring but also had great defense, so it's really close.. but Bird overall is the better player in my opinion. I like the more all-around great players from that era.. Bird, Magic, Isiah... they could do a lot of everything really well and take over the game in more ways than just scoring. Once the Bulls were built up more and got Scottie and Phil, they took over the league as now they had a guy that could do it all well (Scottie) while having the crazy scoring of Jordan too.
lol.....90s Bulls team after the new rules on hand checking......vs 80s Celtics during the most physical era ever. Yea...no. No hand checking and pushing off Bird? No push blocking and shoving out down low on McHale? yea......bulls wouldn't have a chance.
your opinion is incorrect. lebron not in top 20, bird over mj by a hair
Bird was a TEAM player, princess james only cared for his own stats and numbers. Jordan and Kobe are are way better than the princess too.
During that time the Celtics,Lakers and piston are already a established team they already got all the component to be a champion while Jordans team is still building..a playoff team but not a championship caliber yet...and if Jordans teammate converts most of his assist he would have a much higher stats in assist...stop comparing lebron to the old guys..those era are built toughed not flopper😂😂😂
Basketball is a team sport. Bird was the best team player.
Most clutch player ever hands down. Jordan number 2. Kobe. 3. The Lakers had another player can't remember his name right now but he looked like Wil Smith. Not a great player but clutch as hell
LeBron highest in points…while playing over 20 years..straight out oh high school..Larry Bird…because of the back doctors could not repair..played only 13 years, and one of those years, sat out exactly 12 months following double Achilles surgery..6 games into the 1990 season, maybe, he went down,,and had surgery, came back a year later and played 75 of 82 games..Bird in his first season took a team to 61 wins..after that same team won 29 games the year before..he improved the team 32 games..in his first year..1991 playoffs against the Indiana Pacers..went down hard going for a loose ball..went in and saw the trainer, came back out with a broken right cheek bone, double vision, and a concussion, and scored 17 points..to go with the 15 points he already scored..
Bron has bone spurs he sits out the season. Stop it. If you play you aren’t hurt? I couldn’t finish this video. All this from a bron fan. Bird would whoop bron.
Just ask Jordan? James played in twice as many games as Bird so of course he has more points than Bird !
You are saying basketball is a team sport..but who votes for MVP…that is for the one who best helps the team..and usually a championship caliber team..probably the one considered the best player in the league."and for Bird to win the award 3 straight..??After Bird retired ..Jordan started getting rings..but for 3 straight years bird was the best impact player on the planet..and to be the founder of the 50-40-90 club when it had never been done before..about half his shots went in..from anywhere..and shooting free throws,, almost automatic..Bird would throw the inbounds ball the length of the court for assists..they said he should have been a quarterback..
You seen them scratches on Larry Bird back that was from your Man Michael Jordan and his Girly Fingernails trying anything to get Larry Bird out of the Game. Larry Bird told the Trainer just put Tape on it and we'll deal with it at the end of the Game. Michael Jordan was a Sore looser and he tried everything he could think of but hated it when Larry Bird would tell him were he's going to shoot the Ball and there's nothing you can do to stop him. Fact Larry Bird G.O.A.T.
Bird beat MJ