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
Correct.
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!
Remember though, Larry is clutch. So when LeBron is busy choking Larry is there to give him the Heimlich.
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When Bird was hurt, he didn't get a shot from the Doc. He drank a beer, belched,and went back on the court.
Bird took a 29 win team to a 61 win team his rookie season……
Bird wasn't being rude for no reason. He wanted to get into Jordan's head. He did, and there he stayed.
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!
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
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.
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 💯
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.
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…
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'....
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?
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
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.
Bird's back injury happened in 1985.
MJ said that's all he needed, for what. He didn't beat him.
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
Bird, Johnson, Jordan didn't follow the talent to win championships, they won championships with the team that drafted them
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.
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.
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.
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
Larry everyday all day over MJ. The greatest season ever not winning the championship. What would you rather have?.
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.
# 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
@@JayHemmsSports In no way ...
LeBron better than Bird? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! HEHEHEHE!!!!!!!! Sorry, for a minute I thought you were serious!
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.
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.
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!
You do know Jordan put Larry over LeBron.
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 .. !
1986 Boston Celtics only lost one game the whole season including 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.
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
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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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
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. 😂
Oh yeah that was blood it ain't soft ass basketball like it is today
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 😂😂😂
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
I once heard a statement, which may be wrong, Bird and MJ faced of 34 times, and Bird won 28 of those games.
Bird and Jordan top 2. You can take your choice. I will take Bird
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.
Bird, Jordan, and Johnson were the best players to ever lace up basketball shoes
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
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
Horrible commentary. Excuse after excuse if Bird does something better
# 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
Lebron was a better defender than Bird? In your dreams.
Bird played hurt....your boy LeBron didnt.didn't. I can't watch this.
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. 💯
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
Bron better than Bird? In your weet dreams homeboy
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...
At around the 2:25 mark of the video, you can also add that Lebron is better than Bird in these two categories.....Lebron is better at whinning,,,,Lebron is better at flopping.
You have no basis to say that Larry Bird's teammates were better.
With all due respect to Kevin McHale and Robert Parrish they were just average players that were lucky to play with Larry Bird.
Larry elevated their game.
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.
Chicago never beat the Boston Celtics in the playoffs offs ever ……
Lefraud James is the most overrated player in basketball history...ever. He carries, double dribbles, travels, fouls relentlessly...no calls. Almost 1200 free throw attempts for LA. The next highest team got less than 400. The plus/minus in reality (not what the idiots like Nick Wright say) is way better when Lefraud is on the bench. Also, he can't shoot. Absolutely NOT clutch in the slightest. He is TERRIBLE on defense. Atrocious. I can go on. Bottom line: James is NOT the GOAT. In fact, he isn't even in the all time starting five of the Lakers, nor the sixth man. He is not in the Top 50 NBA, all time...not the Top 100. I'll take 'Nique all day over Lefraud. Dominique is so unappreciated, it makes me ill. Not good on D, but one hell of an offensive force. Finally, those were better athletes than we have now. I say that because endurance and skill are not considered athletic, for some reason...even though they, along with toughness are the most important athletic traits to have in the game of basketball.
Yes. Bird is easily in the all-time NBA starting five. But Jordan is absolutely the greatest to ever play the game. James is not in the conversation...not if you actually watch game film, especially fourth quarters.
Forgot to mention the horrible flopping and whining for which modern NBA rules mandate technicals...but of course James never gets called for. Tatum gets called constantly for way less. James almost single-handedly ruined the NBA.
Bird vs lebron? Birds a better shooter, better passer, better free throw percentage, better rebounder and more clutch. Bron just played for so long and put up a ton of points. Way better athlete. But bird always tried to get his teammates involved. This guy says it’s a team sport but his goat played on multiple super teams and still less rings than Jordan.
Bird = G.O.A.T. They didn't even have the 3-point shot when Bird started playing and the game was twice as physical. In today's game, Bird averages as many points per game as he feels like. Completely different game so it's impossible for me to compare Bird to LJ & Kobe but against your other 3 players it's not even all that close a contest and that's everyone's opinion who played against all of them.
Bron in early years ok after 10 years … jumping teams , flopping no loyalty to any team. Leon doesn’t make my top 10.
Dude.... HE WAS CLEARLY THE CLUTCHEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In his prime Bird was as good or better than anyone who ever played the game. 😎
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 . . .
How do you explain bird beating MJ every time they met? How do you explain bird sweeping MJ in the finals,not just beating him but sweeping.
Him? When you get right down to it, the only thing MJ or Lebron do better than bird is that they are faster and can jump higher. But bird is better in every other way. So if you think being the fastest and jumping the highest, Is all it's about, then I can understand your point, but if all the other intangibles. and skills are more important then there's no question. Bird is the greatest of all time.
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..
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.
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??
Larry Bird was a better pastor than LeBron a better shooter of course there's no debate Larry Bird average more blocks a game for a career than LeBron Larry Bird is better at rebounds he was the greatest clutch player of time he hustles more than LeBron he is better at steals so the only thing LeBron was better at was flops because Larry Bird never flop not once and he was faster and jump higher and Larry had a higher basketball IQ so I'm trying to figure out what was he better than Bird I know you LeBron fans are going to be like longevity and overall points that's just longevity that don't make you a better player oh another thing Larry Bird never took a play off and he fought through some tremendous pain to play he was a man not a whiny little baby if he stubbed his toe he wasn't sitting out for a game he had heart another thing LeBron is lacking
So, if you had to pick someone to take a shot to save your life, who to you choose, LeBron or Larry?
Easiest question ever.
Larry Bird is everything LeBum could never be!
Basketball is a team sport. Bird was the best team player.
In 92 retired bird passed the torch to MJ .
Your takes are whack. Bird is infinitely better than leflop
I love the respect you show for Larry Legend but La is a better all around player than LeBron. He way more clutch.
Defense was real back then.
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E.Baylor
Dr.J
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B. King
D.Wilkins
R.Barry
Durant
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LeBron's not even in the top five Jordan's number one Larry Bird's 2 Kobe's 3 I have Hakeem olajuwon 4 number 5 I have jerry west
Bron is not clutch at all. The athletic and D I'll not argue that but Bird is better than Bron. Bron don't have the clutch gene , hustle, sacrifice all championship mentality. Bron had to jump from great team to great team. Bird made his team better
"A Courtship of rivals Basketball" watch this video for an education.
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.
I'm not sure what you're seeing because Larry Bird is known throughout the league by Hall of Fame players as being better than Michael Jordan.
I won't hold it against you though.
You're just a young fella so you don't know any better. 👍
Great video.
Bird was a better defender . B-ball is a team sport. TEAM
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!
Larry is better than Michael Jordan ..
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MJ is better than LeBron and Larry Legend is better than LeBron 😂😂😂
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.
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.
your opinion is incorrect. lebron not in top 20, bird over mj by a hair
So I'm starting to get it you like selfish players players that play not with the Team they're just Shooters and they're just all about themselves they Don't have a Team to work with because they're the ones Larry Bird was very unselfish he gave the ball to his other teammates and made him involved in The Game and made sure that they kept their jobs he fed them so that's WHY you think that Larry Bird is in a good player Larry Bird could play that game and WIN by himself he chose To involve his teammates that's a good leader so you don't want a good leader you just want someone who does it all by themselves
Your mad because Larry legend is white and better than leflop😂😂😂😂😂
Bird beat MJ
I grew up watching Larry and if you study his game, he never stopped moving in the game. Always finding ways to get a good look or get his teammate a good look.
Your lack of basketball knowledge is amazing
You make to many excuses
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.
watch larry bird alpha male
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