There are so many “what would have been without the injuries” stories in professional sports. Bird achieved so much, it’s hard to imagine how much more he could have done without the back problems. He is my all time favorite player
Yep, and injuries is part of the game they play. Your point is well taken. You could say " if we scored more points, if such and such played like the year before", the game, the outcomes are a combination of a lot of things, in the end some went your way, some did not. Bird said he should have retired as early as '88. His very best years were in his first 8 seasons, he knew that.
Larry Bird: the player i admire and respect the most. I wish today's players had his passion for the game. As far as having his same b-ball iq? Impossible..there will never be another Larry Bird.
I love him too, but in relation to today's players, Larry Legend thinks they're better than ever and gets surly if people don't agree. Guys like Giannis, Jimmy Butler, and Fred VanVleet didn't have it easy and leave it out on the court.
@@juniorjohnson9509 players today are bigger stronger and faster. A few guys can really shoot. But most nba players today are awful. Lack of fundamentals
@@MaximusWolfe oh I'm a fan of basketball and therefore a fan of Larry Legend. But Lebron is just too strong, just too athletic, and just as smart on the court as Bird.
@@davicool4284 Nowhere near as smart. Athletically gifted, sure, but nowhere near as dynamic. Lebron can beat you two ways. Larry could beat you 100 different ways. He’s on a different level and only injuries, playing in the same era as the showtime Lakers and the Len Bias tragedy prevented him from winning 7 or 8 titles.
He didn’t respond but I guess he probably meant Bird was “a player for the ages.” I gather calling something or someone “the word” is a compliment, but I’m not sure. It strikes me as probably deriving from biblical passages referring to the opening of Genesis and the timeless presence of Jesus. “Word” is also a slang greeting and a way of expressing agreement. So if you say a person is “of all ages” and “the word” you’re at least extolling the person’s virtues and maybe even likening the person to God. Anyway, nine people gave this affirmation a thumbs-up, so it must have made sense to them. P.s. I think Bird was a talented player too.
Bird or Jordan GOAT...I still don't know but I do know they both had the most heart, drive and determination I ever saw on a court..But Bird is my all time favorite.
I'm gonna tell you all right now. Larry "Legend" Bird is the true goat. He could do everything! Name another player that could shoot, pass, rebound, block, steal, and just get into a player's head to take them out of their game like Bird. You can't. Period. Now add his toughness, and the tough, physical era he played in. And when you add the fact that he was also the smartest player in the league with a basketball IQ that was off the charts, there's just nothing more to say. Larry Joe Bird was without a doubt the true G.O.A.T.
@@klownyou1 The G.O.A.T forever.... I didn't realize when I was watching as a kid, that the level of basketball was the highest it has ever been, the golden age.....It's a tragedy what the NBA has become....
I know you know this but we have to mention his clutch gene. There isn’t a player in history I’d rather have at the end of the game taking the last shot. Jordan is right there... but I’d take Larry first. And that’s one of the biggest attributes he had over everyone else. And it’s also one of the most important.
As ex-teammates, Quinn Buckner was always able to get a little more out of Larry Bird, when he interviewed him, than other interviewers were able to do. You can see the trust factor between these two.
Quinn was also a very close friend of Larry from way back I think even during his college days so he probably felt more comfortable talking with him. By 91 Larry was a lot more at ease with the media in general too.
bird was so great to watch,,a will to win a basketball game at any cost,including his body and it was never about the money,,,,just old school toughness and the love for the game...mad respect
Yeah larry has a selection of friends around him .he considers quin Buckner his friend thats why he did the interview i remember a story where him and Kevin mchale helped ex teammate ray Williams get off the street just because he was celtic .ray played one year for the celtics in 1985 .he also helped Dennis Johnson open up a care center with ml carr when Dennis died good job Larry always legendary
True, but they never helped the chief to get a job in the league. Even when both were in two nba teams like gm, or coach. I don't know what's wrong with Parish, maybe today is all right and they are in good terms. But the facts are the facts. When he needed help, nobody cared.
@@aha3885 According to many, Robert is a major weed smoker and, according to Nancy Saad (his ex-wife), Parish abused her for years, beginning when they were dating in 1981 and culminating in a severe beating during the '87 NBA playoffs that left her hospitalized with head injuries for a week. So...
Robert let the news out to the media and Larry is a private person. who would never sellout and the media know business like that as far as Kevin I don't know why he didn't help chief probably a liability with his spouse abuse and drug problems
@@iennws I did always notice that while bird could shoot one handed of course that his normal shot did involve his guide hand more than is usually considered perfect.
@@RemoWilliams1227 yea I think his left hand pushes the ball abit and his right hand also kinda flicks the ball but only abit I think the main part of his shot his is guide hand after looking at many videos but who knows
I’ve had the same back problems and nerve issues that Larry has/ had for 20 years. How he played through the pain that comes along with it is incredible. Unless you actually have this problem and have the excruciating pain that comes with the nerve pain you can’t fathom that he kept playing at all much less at the level he did. One of the toughest athletes with an incredibly high pain tolerance. He’s my GOAT on so many levels for so many reasons.
@Greg Ostertag there is nothing wrong about talking trash on the b- ball court bud. The difference between him and others that talk trash is that most cant back it up and shouldn't talk. Also, he was my favorite player and I watched his whole career live if that gives you an idea of how old I am bud..
Yep, impact has a lot to do with "greatest" talk. Bird and Magic were the most impactful players to ever play. Everyone who played in the NBA owes them a debt of gratitude. NBA was not on the professional sports map before them, people watched college games in much greater numbers, that is why their predecessors owe them. They turned the game into a great fan sport, their successors owe them for that. Bird and Magic, Magic and Bird. The greatest to ever play.
I respect the fact that Bird decided to grind out the 92’ season even when his back was basically destroyed….. just to play for the Olympic Dream team and win Gold for USA….. Bird was just on a different lvl mentally than the rest lol….
That S.O.B teammate at the time turned Laker Brian Shaw was the one who undercut Larry in practice going up for a rebond and Bird came down back and tailbone first on the court . That's when the back issues came into affect
When I hear about a flu game it makes me laugh how about 6 years of ebilitating back pain. A healthy Bird is the undisputed GOAT but it's disputed he maybe does 3 peat in that era.
from standpoint of injuries slowing him, maybe. but look up his stats 86-91: Still played at a high level. In 89-90 played 75 games and averaged 39 minutes per game, FG% .473, FT% .930, 9.5 rebounds per game, 7.5 assists, and 24.3 points per game.
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There are so many “what would have been without the injuries” stories in professional sports. Bird achieved so much, it’s hard to imagine how much more he could have done without the back problems. He is my all time favorite player
Think how many titles bird would have had Len bias not died. Or had they drafted someone else
@@crambo765
Len Bias died because he was stupid.
Yep, and injuries is part of the game they play. Your point is well taken. You could say " if we scored more points, if such and such played like the year before", the game, the outcomes are a combination of a lot of things, in the end some went your way, some did not. Bird said he should have retired as early as '88. His very best years were in his first 8 seasons, he knew that.
@@crambo765 what if Len Bias ended up another Sam Bowie? What was Len going to do that the Chief and McHale weren't already doing?
Larry Bird: the player i admire and respect the most. I wish today's players had his passion for the game. As far as having his same b-ball iq? Impossible..there will never be another Larry Bird.
I love him too, but in relation to today's players, Larry Legend thinks they're better than ever and gets surly if people don't agree. Guys like Giannis, Jimmy Butler, and Fred VanVleet didn't have it easy and leave it out on the court.
Or a rivalry like Larry and Earving
@@MrBaltch Yes, physically more talented, but no where near as smart as Larry played.
@@juniorjohnson9509 players today are bigger stronger and faster. A few guys can really shoot. But most nba players today are awful. Lack of fundamentals
@@crambo765where were you? Very few players are bigger than the eighties. Many centers were 7 footers.
The personification of athletic tenacity. In his prime he was the best all around player in the history of the sport.
Wilt Chamberlain
Lebron James
@@davicool4284
Lebron James couldn’t hold his jock.
@@MaximusWolfe oh I'm a fan of basketball and therefore a fan of Larry Legend. But Lebron is just too strong, just too athletic, and just as smart on the court as Bird.
@@davicool4284
Nowhere near as smart. Athletically gifted, sure, but nowhere near as dynamic. Lebron can beat you two ways. Larry could beat you 100 different ways. He’s on a different level and only injuries, playing in the same era as the showtime Lakers and the Len Bias tragedy prevented him from winning 7 or 8 titles.
@@davicool4284 is this Jeopardy? I got it "Who are two players always coming in last in conversations about impact players?"
Scored 27 points in 3 quarters playing & shooting left handed. Larry had most love of the game than anybody.
@Artur Belo agreed
22 Bill Walton exaggerated a tad
What a player of all ages! Bird is and always will be the word!
A Player of all ages? What does that mean?
@@thernly I was wondering what "he will always be the word" means
I like where you took that the bird is the word
He didn’t respond but I guess he probably meant Bird was “a player for the ages.”
I gather calling something or someone “the word” is a compliment, but I’m not sure. It strikes me as probably deriving from biblical passages referring to the opening of Genesis and the timeless presence of Jesus. “Word” is also a slang greeting and a way of expressing agreement. So if you say a person is “of all ages” and “the word” you’re at least extolling the person’s virtues and maybe even likening the person to God.
Anyway, nine people gave this affirmation a thumbs-up, so it must have made sense to them.
P.s. I think Bird was a talented player too.
@@thernly 'Bird is the word' started with this song in 1963 th-cam.com/video/6GizTr6QLfc/w-d-xo.html
Bird or Jordan GOAT...I still don't know but I do know they both had the most heart, drive and determination I ever saw on a court..But Bird is my all time favorite.
MJ never beat Bird the 🐐 in playoffs Bird 6 wins MJ against Bird =ZERO
I'm gonna tell you all right now.
Larry "Legend" Bird is the true goat. He could do everything!
Name another player that could shoot, pass, rebound, block, steal, and just get into a player's head to take them out of their game like Bird. You can't. Period. Now add his toughness, and the tough, physical era he played in. And when you add the fact that he was also the smartest player in the league with a basketball IQ that was off the charts, there's just nothing more to say. Larry Joe Bird was without a doubt the true G.O.A.T.
Paul, you crazy! 😒
@@markparrish6283 Oh really?
You don't know basketball my friend!
Paul Sullivan I got him over Jordan any day.
@@klownyou1 The G.O.A.T forever....
I didn't realize when I was watching as a kid, that the level of basketball was the highest it has ever been, the golden age.....It's a tragedy what the NBA has become....
I know you know this but we have to mention his clutch gene. There isn’t a player in history I’d rather have at the end of the game taking the last shot. Jordan is right there... but I’d take Larry first. And that’s one of the biggest attributes he had over everyone else. And it’s also one of the most important.
As ex-teammates, Quinn Buckner was always able to get a little more out of Larry Bird, when he interviewed him, than other interviewers were able to do. You can see the trust factor between these two.
Yeah, my take is that Quinn is really an intelligent guy, class act and, as such, someone Bird learned to trust. Larry suffers no fools.
Quinn was also a very close friend of Larry from way back I think even during his college days so he probably felt more comfortable talking with him. By 91 Larry was a lot more at ease with the media in general too.
@carlhaug chick hearn, late la lakers announcer guy, seemed to do well with earning bird's trust interviews also.
Excellent observation
Yeah they are/were good friends, used to workout together in the close season
bird was so great to watch,,a will to win a basketball game at any cost,including his body and it was never about the money,,,,just old school toughness and the love for the game...mad respect
Yeah larry has a selection of friends around him .he considers quin Buckner his friend thats why he did the interview i remember a story where him and Kevin mchale helped ex teammate ray Williams get off the street just because he was celtic .ray played one year for the celtics in 1985 .he also helped Dennis Johnson open up a care center with ml carr when Dennis died good job Larry always legendary
True, but they never helped the chief to get a job in the league. Even when both were in two nba teams like gm, or coach. I don't know what's wrong with Parish, maybe today is all right and they are in good terms. But the facts are the facts. When he needed help, nobody cared.
@@aha3885 According to many, Robert is a major weed smoker and, according
to Nancy Saad (his ex-wife), Parish abused her for years, beginning when they
were dating in 1981 and culminating in a severe beating during
the '87 NBA playoffs that left her hospitalized with head
injuries for a week. So...
Robert let the news out to the media and Larry is a private person. who would never sellout and the media know business like that as far as Kevin I don't know why he didn't help chief probably a liability with his spouse abuse and drug problems
My favorite player.
can I ask sth,does Larry bird thumb flick?or does he push his left hand/guide hand to shoot?
@@iennws I did always notice that while bird could shoot one handed of course that his normal shot did involve his guide hand more than is usually considered perfect.
@@RemoWilliams1227 yea I think his left hand pushes the ball abit and his right hand also kinda flicks the ball but only abit I think the main part of his shot his is guide hand after looking at many videos but who knows
Me too. Watching him play at age 9 was like watching a mythological deity on the field of battle. He was basketball as far as I was concerned.
Larry just worked harder on his game. I wish Gordon Hayward would be a little more consistent and Terry Rozier.They both have a good work ethic.
Man I think I could listen to Larry read the phone book.
TOTALLY AGREE
the beast was playing with pain since 87....unreal...
Agonizing pain. He hated to lose. Simple as that.
Bird was no beast he was of Gods warriors ✝️
I’ve had the same back problems and nerve issues that Larry has/ had for 20 years. How he played through the pain that comes along with it is incredible. Unless you actually have this problem and have the excruciating pain that comes with the nerve pain you can’t fathom that he kept playing at all much less at the level he did. One of the toughest athletes with an incredibly high pain tolerance. He’s my GOAT on so many levels for so many reasons.
Total class act
@Greg Ostertag there is nothing wrong about talking trash on the b- ball court bud. The difference between him and others that talk trash is that most cant back it up and shouldn't talk. Also, he was my favorite player and I watched his whole career live if that gives you an idea of how old I am bud..
@Greg Ostertag You Greg Ostertag, shouldn't talk trash, because you were a trash player!Lmao! 🤣
Quinn Buckner adds a lot of insight as a commentator during Pacers games.
He does a excellent job and is not homer
The best to ever play the game ** LARRY LEGEND! Like magic said their will never * never ever be another larry bird !
Yep, impact has a lot to do with "greatest" talk. Bird and Magic were the most impactful players to ever play. Everyone who played in the NBA owes them a debt of gratitude. NBA was not on the professional sports map before them, people watched college games in much greater numbers, that is why their predecessors owe them. They turned the game into a great fan sport, their successors owe them for that. Bird and Magic, Magic and Bird. The greatest to ever play.
My left ear loved this
happy 64th birthday larry joe bird !!!!
Excellent interview
7:27. Vhs taped over the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert. :)
If Larry Bird was an actual bird, he'd be a bald eagle!!!
Hahaha
Bis young years he would be a eagle. Nowadays he is a vulture
@@angrymobsters1599 😂😂😂
I respect the fact that Bird decided to grind out the 92’ season even when his back was basically destroyed….. just to play for the Olympic Dream team and win Gold for USA….. Bird was just on a different lvl mentally than the rest lol….
and played great that summer
what separates Bird from a lot of today’s best is pride
Yeah, but some have too much pride. Look at Westbrick not wanting to come off the bench.
If he only had the health treatment back then that they have nowadays
For real man can you imagine
Exactly
Larry is friends with qinn Buckner that's why he did this interview once a celtic always a Celtic right on dino radja
I remember back when, people actually compared Dino Radja with Larry Bird, which is completely ridiculous!
Quinn. His name is in the title and you still got it wrong
That S.O.B teammate at the time turned Laker Brian Shaw was the one who undercut Larry in practice going up for a rebond and Bird came down back and tailbone first on the court . That's when the back issues came into affect
He also injured it badly putting in a concrete driveway at his house during the off season.
Rebound
Larry said he would play for free he loved the game so much
LARRY BIRD WAS THE BEST ALL-AROUND PLAYER IN NBA HISTORY.
(7:27) RHCP in 1991 😄
ugh it got cut short!
1/2 thumbs up for you!
I have a bad back. It is the worst.
It’s debilitating
It’s not about you
Totally outta place, but love that band glitch at the very end. lol
Chili Peppers I think.
0:25 that’s where Jordan got that from
Basketball’s Einstein.
He deliberately shot and made a left handed banker in a playoff game. Hot is Hot
HBO did you DIRTY
When I hear about a flu game it makes me laugh how about 6 years of ebilitating back pain. A healthy Bird is the undisputed GOAT but it's disputed he maybe does 3 peat in that era.
Bird was finished in 1988
from standpoint of injuries slowing him, maybe. but look up his stats 86-91:
Still played at a high level. In 89-90 played 75 games and averaged 39 minutes per game, FG% .473, FT% .930, 9.5 rebounds per game, 7.5 assists, and 24.3 points per game.
Nope. He was still a top 10 player after 88. Before 88 he was the best player who ever did it.
@@MaximusWolfe You must be 20 years old. Bird wanted to retire in 88. Didn't have one healthy season after 88.
Effectively yeah
It's a shame tho just like Magic
He was a poopy human.