3 Hours of MAGIC and BIRD Greatness
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- A massive compilation of my Magic Johnson and Larry Bird videos, featuring BRAND NEW content.
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**TIMESTAMPS BELOW** A massive compilation video of my Magic and Bird content, including brand NEW content. Will there EVER be another rivalry as great as this one?
What Made Magic and Bird so Special 0:16 (BRAND NEW)
The GOAT Case for Larry Bird 4:19
The GOAT Case for Magic Johnson 12:27
When A Series Determined Their Legacies 21:00
Did Bird Actually Dominate a Game with ONLY his LEFT? 26:09
Bird’s Angry Hot Dog Game 33:49
Magic Johnson Vs Steph Curry 40:37
A Magical Farewell 50:07
Are the 1987 Lakers the GOAT Team 59:11
The End of the Showtime Era 1:07:13
Magic’s Underrated Scoring 1:15:38
How Strong was Magic’s Era 1:17:09
When Larry Bird Taught Dr. J a Lesson… 1:26:11
When Larry Bird RUINED Sidney Moncrief 1:35:20
Why Larry Bird is Underrated 1:39:46
How Nikola Jokic VALIDATES Larry Bird 1:46:30
Who is Better: Magic or Bird? 1:54:34
The Case for the 1986 Celtics as the GOAT Team 2:04:49
What if Larry Bird Played the 4th?… 2:11:28
The Ultimate Bird Fan… 2:12:22
Larry Bird’s FIRST Game 2:13:18
Larry Bird’s LAST Game 2:13:55
The Greatest Game 7s Bird was In… 2:14:51
The Ultimate Celtics 2:18:11
The Greatest All-Around Player: Larry Bird 2:29:49
Top 10 Player Vs Player Rivalries 2:38:10
The Ultimate Lakers 2:48:14
I wish I could like this video twice. You the man.
They made the league a money maker and the NBA, the media, and the fans, should never forget it!
This is such an awesome video idea 😊. I am not old enough to have watched them live. But, I have seen clips of them and read about them. I've come to admire them, and I really wish I got to see them play. The first video in your compilation is wonderful and did a great job in concisely discussing their rivalry, skill, differences, and greatness. What I also admire about them is their friendship. They could've had an antagonistic rivalry, particularly how they faced each other in the finals several times, but they have a close friendship.
Their rivalry was awesome and the 80s is definitely one of the NBA's best decades.
I am excited to watch more of the videos in this compilation :)
Have a great day and week, Jonny 😊
You taught me things I never knew, I learned a lot from this. Woooow
This rivalry is embedded in the DNA of the NBA.
Love your videos. The Magic and Larry stuff is always my fav. Thanks for your awesome work.
THE BEST ERA OF NBA 🏀 IS DEFINITELY THE 80S .. LED BY MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE PLAYER MAGIC JOHNSON .. AND LARRY LEGEND .. 2 OF THE 🐐 OF THE LEAGUE ..
Miss these days. Basketball has never been better then it was then
Hi. I’m 17, amazing basketball
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. I grew up in the 2000s and I think basketball never was better than then. It’s all about the years you were in high school that lay the foundation of your formative years of fandom
@@maxpennacchini3261 I was in HS in the late 00's early 2010's and I think that is the best but unlike these glazing oldheads as the kids say I try and respect all eras.
@@maxpennacchini3261 Incorrect.
I am 32 years old and without a doubt I believe Bird and Magic’s era was the best basketball of all time.
It’s the best rivalry (yes, no doubt), but not the best state of the nba (most teams were dogshit/irrelevant). 2010s basketball is my personal nba peak (the west was always stacked and the east had a bunch of up and coming teams plus LeBron 😅)
Thank you for posting this. 😊
These 2 really defined the 80s in basketball
For those that do not know Bird as a passer in his era vs all other forwards ( PF and SF) Bird was #1 in assists per game for 8 seasons!! Bird was #2 in assists per game for 3 seasons and was once 4th. Bird only played 12 seasons and actually dominated his position more so than Magic did = Magic led the league in assists per game 4 times and was #2 in assists per game 6 times and was 4th once and 7th once. Now I still give Magic the edge in passing but Bird was and still is the best passing Forward I have ever seen. Bird was not ball dominant like Lebron and in the Bird and Magic era = if there was 1 dribble = there was no assist! In today's NBA the assist is given out much more easily!!
Magic won finals MVP as a rookie did bird do that? N he beat bird in the finals 3-2 my boy
@@ATM.FR.5900 Kareem was voted the 1980 FMVP AFTER Magic's great game 6 but because Kareem was not present the voters were asked to change their votes so Magic would win the award. This is covered in the book "Kareem" on pages 140-141. Magic in the 1980 Finals also set an NBA record for turn overs with 30 in 6 games. Magic went to a 47 win team = a playoff team and helped LA win 60 games = a 13 game improvement. Bird went to a 29 win team and helped Boston win 61 games = a 32 game turn around!!!
They were both liabilities on defense. Both too slow to defend the perimeter and both too weak to stop a decently physical post threat. If they had a bad offensive game, they were basically useless other than rebounding.
Im from Compton California The Legend Larry Bird is The reason why I'm a Celtics fan today been a Celtics fan since 1983 i was probably the only Celtics fan in my neighborhood amongst my friends thanks Larry Bird
What you described about Bird playing through a major back injury for much of his career, is why thiae of us who watched the NBA back then cannot understand what has happened in today's NBA, with thrse supposedly better athletes. Everytime I turnaround star players are sitting out of games for one reason or another. The passion for the game, the competitive spirit and the pride in putting in the work to be a champion is all gone. I don't think it will ever come back because you can't teach that the gift of sacrifice is in itself a reward.
This is great content. That is all.
just gotta get in the comments to say keeep going! you are so good at explaining critical IQ
Have a great Monday afternoon!
Hey Johnny, have you considered doing a what if video about the 1996 return of magic Johnson? My question would be, what if magic Johnson had continued to play? Or maybe you can do one about his attempted return in 93. Just a thought.
Hearing about Bird's back issues is really heartbreaking, but it is even rougher knowing that they came because he was doing something great, outside the four borders of the court.
If Magic could play after 1991 until 1998 or something (longevity of Stockton), he would have the most assists of all time. As he was arguably in his prime in the mid-to-late 80s and 1991, he would IMO get around this assists each season, let's say:
1991-92: 971 assists
1992-93: 935 assists
1993-94: 856 assists
1994-95: 893 assists
1995-96: 744 assists
1996-97: 715 assists
1997-98: 560 assists
(YES I TYPED RANDOMLY)
15.815 passes leading to baskets, just 9 more than John.
TOTAL HYPOTHETICAL BTW
no he wouldnt...
1. John Stockton* 1164 ASSISTS - 1991
2. John Stockton* 1134 ASSISTS - 1980
3. John Stockton* 1128 ASSISTS - 1988
4. John Stockton* 1126 ASSISTS - 1992
5. Isiah Thomas* 1123 ASSITS - 1985
6. John Stockton* 1118 ASSISTS - 1989
7. Kevin Porter 1099 ASSISTS - 1979
8. John Stockton* 1031 ASSISTS - 1999
9. John Stockton* 1011ASSISTS - 1995
10. Kevin Johnson 991 ASSISTS - 1989
This are real stats...
MAGIC isnt even in the TOP 10 for a season..
CAREER averages dont mean he was making more every single year...
STOCKTON lead the league 9 straight times...
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Stockton had some really low lows, if the numbers I put there were the ones that would happen, Earvin Magic Johnson would have more, just do the math, add his 10.141 to the hypothetical stats, he has more, at least according to StatMuse, I'm not talking about best single seasons.
Also I never typed the word "average" one single time in my comment
TH-cam love showing you these videos late at night
I'm not disagreeing that Larry is an all-time 3 point shooter, but a fun fact that seems impossible is Larry never made 100 3s in a season. His career high made triples was 98. I think a lot of folks believe that he was far more prolific of a three-point shooter than he actually was.
They didn’t shoot the 3 nearly as much back then, wasn’t like it is now, his best season he shot 42.3% which still holds up as elite today. Curry’s record season was 45% and Hardens #2 most made 3s all time season was 35%, stats get skewed by playstyle. He is not a top 10 3 point shooter all time but he was still an elite 3 shooter especially for the time being
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How many greats won finals MVP as a rookie???🤔🤔
I think what many people overlook when comparing Magic vs Bird is the 1985 Finals MVP being Kareem!! In the 85 Finals Magic and Bird kind of cancelled each other out and Kareem was the best player by far of the series. After a very poor game 1 ( the memorial day massacre) Kareem in the next 5 games put up a per game of 28.4 points and 10.2 rebounds and 6.0 assists while shooting 61%.
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I don't know that magic is unequivocally a better passer than bird. Magic was a point guard and brought the ball up most of the time. But I think that they both had the ability to make unbelievable passes that other players just couldn't make. Ball fake reverse no look passes, bounce passes, One Touch passes. They were two of the best of all time at manipulating defenses with their passing ability. Magic was probably a little better of a pastor, but his position also created more opportunities and called for him to pass the ball more. But watching the two of them play I feel like they were both on another level when it came to their passing. And no one else compares
Caitlin Clark = Larry Bird of our era
Somebody could make the argument that Steph Curry is a better player than Magic Johnson but he'll never be a better point guard
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Peace to The 1992 Dream Team.
Ps Rodman had heavy back issues as well.
Kevin Mchale drafted the greatest power forward of all time! i’m pretty sure Mchale knows he’s not better than KG 😂😂
New Lakers coach Reddick disrespecting legends like Bird and Magic. "Plumbers and firemen." What pure absurdity and ignorance. Enjoy him as your coach, Lakers fans! I'll take Bird over that fake goat James every single time
I'd take at least 20 current players over L4-6RON
Bron>magic
Who under estimates his rebounding?
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Here's a hot take for you: did Steph Curry change the game or did the NBA change the game?
The NBA changed the game. Steph was not the '1st of his kind'. Mitch Richmond is just one of many who shot and made a lot 3s. Steph plays off the ball and uses screens like Reggie Miller. Magic, Pistol Pete and White Chocolate were all flashy ball handlers and passers. I prefer Steph over Kyrie but Kyrie is a better finisher in the paint than Steph and he's more clutch in big games. Steph can't be given a single foot of space once he crosses half court though. Dude can knock it down from the locker room.
Good video but, and I'm aware that this is a massive nitpick, the left side of the body is actually controlled by the right hemisphere of your brain.
Magic won a chip & finals MVP as a rookie w a hurt Kareem no Worthy yet n he literally played every position n beat a very great sixers team Doc Moses etc Steph could never
Magic didn't play every position any more than anyone else had. Magic was forced to guard forwards and centers because he couldn't guard a single point guard and few shooting guards because he was a horrible perimeter defender due to him having terrible lateral quickness. By the way, he wasn't guarding the best forwards or centers either. He was 'guarding' the guy who he could leave open so he could get rebounds and start the break. LeBron didn't invent that strategy.
Plz. Someone tag A Edwards here
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So we forgot ab steph and bron?
L4-6ron isn't even the best forward (he isn't a forward btw ... he has been a point guard his entire career which he's also not the best in his era) in his own era. Durant is the best small forward, Duncan has that honor at power forward and Steph at point. L4-6ron has a fundamentally horrific 'jumper'(he still leans left after 20 years), sketchy ball handling, pathetic post game, pitiful FT% for a 'star player', trash footwork on both ends of the court, he becomes a statue on offense if he doesn't have the ball, and he quits and complains like a toddler. Did I leave anything out?
I have a saying...
Michael Jordan is the best basketball player who ever lived.
Larry Bird is the best player of basketball who ever lived.
What's the difference exactly?
@@philip5454 the names at the beginning and the order of the words after the names.
You have to have bird, magic in your top 10 greatest.
However I understand if bird is 11,12 in your top 10 best ever, cause the sports has grown so much
If you dont put Bird the greatest SF ever on your TOP 10 that means you only start watching basketball yesterday and your IQ is low (probably thinking acumulative stats mean quality)
That nigga Bird breaking the laws of math? Muhfuh is 11,12 and still top 10?! Gahdayum, Son!
BS: bird & Magic rarely played aganist each other!
(WNC faced WFR 142 times!)
That laker team would be a disaster. No floor spacing whatsoever and not enough shooting. Horrible
I belive larry bird waz better then magic coming from a so called black man, magic of course waz beast. But I believe both of them benefited from having other Hall of Famers and pretty good players around them too that's why tim duncan is above them
Bird is a better passer than Magic.
If lequeen had larry's back injury, he probably have died. Self proclaimed King. 🤮🤮
Still waiting for that unbiased vid on mj and how having scottie rodman Phil Jackson triangle and 40 percent shooters consistently and the value of having this consistently. Thanks man great vids just seems bias sometimes really wish ppl would talk more in depth about this and not throw the stereotypical mj did it all😮
Jordan was the best player in the league before any of those 3 got lucky enough to be on his team. Phil schemed and lied his way into the head coaching job, Pip was a bum from Central Arkansas and Rodman got there after MJ already had 3 rings. Looks to me like you're the biased dimwit who doesn't know history.
what happened decades ago in sports isnt important today. doesnt matter what happened in the 70s 80s 90s
The players in the 70s, 80s, and 90s may not be as good as today. But to say that don't matter is ignorant, honestly. That's a take from people that have no argument because they're too lazy to do research and understand.
So what happened today is irrelevant either then lets just stop watching
Such an idiot, the NBA was in the same position the WNBA was in. Bird and Magic saved it from tape delay, The 90's (The Jordan Era) created sneaker culture, made it emphasize wing players, and with the original Dream Team made the game global this period bought us Drauzen Petrovitch, Arvidas Sabonas, Toni Kuckoch, Dirk Nowvitski and this era of ball is the era the modern players are still eating from this very day.
The invention of the wheel isn't important because we have Lambos now, right? People just say anything before putting a single thought into it.
Smart lineup of Celtic players 1-3 teams!!
Your not to bright are you
*YOU'RE not TOO bright, are you?
Lol, Ironic.
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