"That's a brother we painted white!" Love it :-) Larry Bird said himself said he didn't see race and didn't understand racism, so it doesn't matter what color he was- the SKILL mattered. Purple, orange, green, black, white- doesn't matter. He was a monster!
I'm a 45yr old white guy from rural west virginia and I would love to hug this guy and say he is my best friend. We think the same way as far as not judging due to skin color. Keep up good work.
Having grown just outside Chicago and cheering MJ on all through the 90's, I have to admit MJ didn't win until the year after Bird retired...and there is a reason for that. If Bird would have had 20 healthy seasons...he would have buried ANYONE else's claim as the G.O.A.T.
😂😂😂you have to admit that Jordan didn't win until the year after Bird retired?????????....You do know Jordan won championships in 91'& 92' while Bird was still playin for the Celtics don't you???🤔
@@Tyler-hk4wo chief you have that same ABC angle everybody else try to use but unfortunately that don't work on me. Y'all get on here and talk like Bird was on that team by himself as if he didn't have 4 other HOF'ers on that team with a long with a HOF Coach in KC Jones. while not to mention when Bird and the Celtics was beating Jordan it was in Jordan 2nd & 3rd season before the Bulls organization even started building around Jordan. I guess when you look at it now it doesn't sound so impressive Bird beating Jordan then. Not to mention I'm also a owner of Larry Bird's Books and in his book Bird said this 👇 about Jordan in the 80's. " It's not that Jordan couldn't win in the 80's, he just didn't have the ROSTER TALENT and the COACHING that all the other teams had who were winning during that time and thank God he didn't. The difference between Jordan in the 80's vs Jordan in the 90's is that Jordan in the 90's had everything in 90's that Jordan in the 80's DIDN'T HAVE. he had the ROSTER TALENT, The right Coach, and the right SYSTEM. You seen the results when he had everything he needed, he won 6 championships " Let's not stop there.....Magic said this about Jordan in 87' 👉...." Jordan is the best player in the world, he just don't have the CHAMPIONSHIP ROSTERS that Larry and I myself have " THAT THERE 👆 IS WHAT YOU CALL PERSPECTIVE AND UNDERSTANDING, MEANING WHAT?🤔 BIRD & MAGIC HAD A TOTAL UNDERSTANDING THAT JORDAN HAD AWFUL TEAMS IN THE 80'S. Let's not stop there... Mark Aguirre said this on the " Bad Boys " documentary " Jordan is the best player in the world, he just needed a lil help " You might want to try somebody else cause that Bird being 6-0 vs Jordan in the playoffs angle don't work on me.
@@traslenpatterson3478 regardless, it still invalidates your first point. I never said Jordan was a bad player. He is one of the greatest of all time. Even without the roster he had in the 90s he was still able to stomp almost every other great team besides the Celtics. I think you took my comment way too personally. I don't even like GOAT discussions because basketball is a team sport. There are many greats that never shine all that much in team sports because they don't have the right organization behind them. I usually prefer greatest teams of all times discussions to be honest and yes Jordan's bulls in the 90s are definitely in that discussion same with the 86 and 87 Celtics.
@@Tyler-hk4wo no chief I didn't take your comment personal, it's just everybody who's on a Bird channel try to use that same 6-0 vs Jordan angle and it doesn't work on those who know better. I have to ask you, where did you get the idea Jordan was beating every other great team except the Celtics????????? That there alone let me know you wasn't watching the NBA then cause Jordan and the Bulls didn't start to make progress until the 87-88 season when the Bulls won 50 games and were finally able to make it out of the first round when the beat the Cavs with Jordan averaging 45.2 PPG.
Bird once shocked the Pacers at practice by coming down from the office. A ball rolled his way, he picked it up and drained it. He proceeded to hit at least 15 in a row (according to Paul George) and walked off the floor like nothing happened.
I wasn't a particular fan of the sport growing up, i'm 35 this February. I grew up with NFL Blitz and NBA Jam in my childhood. Larry Bird from the 3 and John Elway from Denver's 50 Yard Line. I never really chose to follow the sport, but I did understand to recognize talent.
I'm from Jasper, Indiana which is 12 miles up the road from Frenchlick and one of Larry's best friends and drinking buddy is suppose to introduce me. I'm 57 and still ball and rarely ever lose but I never played in my life until watching Bird for the first time in the college championship and I get a kick out of these reaction video from the young bloods who never watched Larry play. I must say of all that I have watched I enjoy yours the most so I hate to break your Jordan as G.O.A.T bubble but Jordan never won a championship until after Bird retired, they meet in the playoff 3 times which Bird and the Celtic's swept them every time, Jordan NEVER won a single playoff game against Bird!
Ooh lucky!! You get to meet him. I'm now able to watch Larry. I didn't watch basketball that much. when Larry was playing. Football (NFL) was what i was raised on. But my uncles & cousins were die hard Lakers fans. So the games were always on at family gatherings. I remember they hated the Celtics. Because of Larry. But yet in awe of him. The vibe during Celtics games were like that. Anger and awe. Larry reminded me of J.R. Ewing.😂 Remember him? 😂 Jordan never beat Larry in reg season too. 11 - 17.
As many times as I’ve seen this vid, and as many times as I’ve watched the reactions to it….it never fails. By the time you get to the end, EVERYONE is speechless. Clayton really does a good job with Larry’s GOAT claim. And to ME, to be a GOAT means to be the best at the most things, to have all the intangibles, plus the accolades plus the stats and the impact on your team. When the Celtics didn’t have Larry (like when he smashed his face into the floor during that one Pacers game) the team was lost. Just lost! When he came back, it galvanized that whole building! Reggie Miller said he knew at that moment they were done for… I could go on & on with examples but you get the idea.
Bird's final season was 1992, so he's been retired now for 29 years. You were right on with that bruh. By the way, great reaction. I also believe Larry "Legend" was the greatest ever. Thanks man...
I agree with you about longevity. LeBron took awhile to show any potential. Larry’s impact was IMMEDIATE. He turned a last place Celtics team around from 29 to 61, and that’s WITHOUT McHale or Parish! His senior year at college he spearheaded a Cinderella season of 33-0! I cant think of any other player that had that big of an impact !! If anything longevity works AGAINST a GOAT claim! By the way, you said “oooo nice!” after one of Larry’s layups. I want to point that out Bcuz that one reaction you did to that video that picked on Larry’s layups……Larry had TONS of pretty layups. I’m jus sayin.
The key to the Magic vs Bird debate is that, for his first 7 seasons in the league, it could be argued that Magic wasn't even the best player on his team. Bird was the best player on the Celtics as soon as he put on the uniform.
Larry fended off 255lb. Charles Barkley in the post with one arm and hit game winner on him. Larry today would be a better athlete. He would easily be 15 pounds heavier with most of it being muscle. It wouldn't be necessary, but he would be.
Larry would tell the opposition players what he was going to do and from where on the floor and they STILL couldn't stop him. When Larry was healthy and in his prime he was virtually unguardable. Certainly one of the best players ever. The "GOAT" question is of course subjective. But Pat Riley said if he needed 1 guy to hit a shot to win a game, he'd take MJ. But if he needed 1 guy to hit a shot to save his life, he'd take Larry Bird. That speaks volumes to me.
Dude, the forceful point you made at 10:16 just got you my sub. It ain't black or white, it's several shades of colorful passion. I'm not going to call anybody the GOAT, but Larry Bird is clearly on the tip of my tongue if you put a gun to my head. Great reaction, my friend...keep it up and keep it real.
Just a little side note about Larry Bird. At Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana....they have a Statue of Larry in bronze in front of the Hulman Center where they play. A street named for Larry Bird and soon to open, A Larry Bird museum that will highlight his entire career. How many colleges and Universities do that much for a player? That should say something about the Legend that is Larry Bird.
I’ve been binging your videos since I found you yesterday 1/20/2023 and THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE & your comments and AWESOME reactions. I am a 1st Responder and it’s been nuts so haven’t been able to comment EXCEPT a quick few seconds. I do watch all to the VERY END and just THANK YOU FOR BEING AN AMAZING HUMAN!!!!!!!! It comes through the screen and not sure yet where you are from but you have a fan and cheerleader and backup with this girl here from basically Jackson, MS. I GREW UP there and live right outside of it now about 10 minutes from the airport BUT where I work ESPECIALLY our strip on I-20 is CRAZY and just PERIOD the times we live in and ALL AND I MEAN ALL THE CRAZINESS OF THE LAST FEW YEARS and what it’s truly upsetting me and hurts to see people treat each other the way they do now. BUT HAS BEEN THAT WAY UNFORTUNATELY SINCE ADAM &EVE. I JUST TRY TO BE A GOOD EXAMPLE AND HELP BEST WAY I KNOW HOW. I have more to say and sorry this is long but after like 10-15 videos I HAD to say something. I just love people no matter how they are!!!!!! But you have cheered me up so much just all you have said and everything and I like longer reactions so wish I had found you sooner. Stupid algorithms lol
I was lucky enough to watch these games live. Lived in LA as a Clipper fan. That’s another story. Loved to watch Bird, anytime he was playing. The heart he had, doesn’t really exist in the new NBA.
They didn't have the videos they have now, the stuff in this video isn't 10% of his every game greatness plays. He was unbelievable and I know, I was there since his college days and all through his pro career. He was amazingly superior, patient and talented against other professional players who appeared at awe when playing against him like high school players watching the GOAT. Bird was tough, smart and talented in every category. He didn't need the media to hype him, he was so great - his game and only his game spoke for him. He was a first in so many things. Remember, it's only a game for entertainment and he was the best at it - making you hold your breath when he took the last shot to win. He made you look forward to the next game, when you knew the Celtics would win. There hasn't been and will never be a player like Bird, one of kind. It was so much fun to watch him play all those years, but haven't seen anyone since. NBA is nothing like it was, it has lost it soul. The players now are created and not born.
Loved your reaction and love your open mindedness. Michael Jordan was great, but Larry Bird is my GOAT not by a little, by a lot. He was the best all-around basketball player that ever lived. As I have said before, he is a once in a lifetime gift from the basketball gods… He was born to play basketball and he did it better than anyone else. As others have mentioned, he would come down the court and tell the opponents where he was going to shoot from and he would do it. I was blessed to have been able to watch him in real time during the 80s. I was a Knicks fan, but when Larry came to town and any chance I had to watch a Celtics game I was glued to the TV. Anytime Larry played it was an event and you knew you were watching greatness. 🍀🐐
All of the Making the Case videos are really good. I'm with you on that Michaels the goat, but there are other players with a legitimate case, and all of them deserve to have their cases heard fairly, and Clayton does a great job at giving 8 players legitimate cases.
I thought it was in as a 19 yr old basketball And Bird fan I would’ve swore it was going in. I was in complete shocked he missed it. I couldn’t believe he missed it.
I don't know that you'll see this, as the video is almost a year old, but the story I've heard it that in high school, Bird worked at a hotel and balled after work with the older black guys he worked with. Its where he learned his high release jump shot and to talk trash the way he did.
Love this video, and great reaction man! The one thing this video doesn't talk much about was how LB played hurt for a lot of his career.onw of my favorite LB moments was the playoff game against the Pacers where LB takes a spill and slams his face on the floor, fracturing his cheekbone. He left the game and the Pacers came back and started to run away with the game. LB reentered the game with a broken face, black eye and all. The Boston Garden crowd went nuts and it electrified the whole team and the C's roared back behind the injured Bird to win the game. Classic!
Larry getting 1 steal away from a quadruple double after 3 quarters, but sitting out because “I already did enough damage”, is kinda way more badass than him going back out to “get the record”. Larry didn’t give a shit about records.
LT great segment! But as far as MJ, yes he had a lot of championships. Yes he was clutch and had amazing athletic abilities. However MJ’s success occurred in the final years of Bird’s and many other greats careers. For this reason as well as all the reasons you have already documented, Larry Bird is the GOAT of NBA basketball!
You know Larry, and Magic were amazing players. I never seen them play. I grew up when Reggie Miller, John Stockton, Patrick Eweing were playing. Jordan is still my goat, but even as Jordan said long before LeBron was out of middle school, it's hard to say who the greatest is, we play in different eras, and different positions. That's what made Jordan my goat. Jordan has the humility to except he may not be greater than those before him. Without those before you, what do you have to build on?
Jordan probably the best ever, but Larry more skilled in the complete overall game... had to rely purely on skills without having the freak athleticism of some others. Magic was very similar, but they were the best ever when they retired
Ayeee that drip of a drifting racer let me find it out my man🔥🔥🔥 PD: an injury doesn't care about if u have longevity, cases: Tracy Mcgrady, Vince Carter, kobe, Dwight, D Rose, Chris Bosh, Grant hill, Yao Ming and the list goes on
I recall when we stayed with my maternal grandmother down in the Ozarks. We literally drank from a bucket and dipper. ...now that you explain it, I guess I know where I get my love if soul food.
I hope have or will check out the bird videos "Larry Birds 50 most amazing assists" OR "86 Celtics tribute THE BEAUTIFUL. GAME" - both of these videos are pure amazing gold on both Larry and the Celtics with the second video showing some of the most amazing teamwork passing ever seen, almost globetrotter stuff.
No one can be sure who's the goat. Saying that, people can say who is their goat, and that's fine by me. I'm happy to see someone passionate about their goat. Larry is, and probably always be, my goat. I loved watching him play. It was exciting. You never knew what he would pull off. He was fun to watch. Larry Bird and John Elway were my favorite sports guys to watch. I miss them still.
A white guy from the country have more in common than me and a black guy and the suburbs. I've been feeling like shit lately, and that was the first thing that made me smile this week. Thank you for this. -- Watching the rest of your shit today.
Oh yeah….speaking of buzzer beaters, there’s a video that lists Larry’s buzzer beaters & wins…out of 21 buzzer beaters, he had 18 game winners. Pretty darn impressive. Link to video: th-cam.com/video/s-Hf-3XvAyk/w-d-xo.html
Another great video Southside L.T. except that LARRY LEGEND BIRD is the greatest of ALL-TIME besides his game play he saved basketball and you're right longevity doesn't mean shitt if you didn't produce major accomplishments so keep up the great work you killing it
You might like to look up "Pistol Pete" Maravich. He once scored 68 points in a game back before there was a 3pt line. It's been calculated that if he had played after the 3pt line he would have had a career average of 52 pts a game.
Pistol Pete was a great scorer and passer, and a good rebounding guard. But his defense? Well, most of the time, The Pistol couldn't guard a two-toed sloth in or near the paint. And this is probably why nobody tosses Pistol's name around when talking about the GOAT's.
Jordan was already called the GOAT at his first retirement after 8 full Bulls seasons played. And he still will be considered the GOAT had he stayed retired in 94.
Jordan the wannbe goat that never joined the 50 40 90 club or beat Larry in the playoffs but was only good at scoring and defense while Bird was great at everything including saving the NBA and Jordan couldn't play hurt either and he's suppose to be the goat yea right
I would say that Michael and Bill Russel had the best careers in NBA history but I have Larry as the greatest skilled player to ever play the game in my book. That's with no disrespect towards Michael at all because he was a incredibly skilled player but the 90's was a downgrade from the previous era in terms of super teams and talent in my opinion. If you took Michael's 96 Bulls team and put them in the 80's Michael doesn't win 6 rings.
Jordan had a mix of athleticism and skill that few have ever came close to. There have been super athletic players.... super skilled... but he was high on both. I do think Larry Bird's skill level was one of the highest ever. That with the untangible trait of being clutch and his competitiveness being so high is what separated him from the pack.
Your description of being the GOAT in five or seven years is basically a description of Gale Sayers' NFL career. If you mess with US football you should check it out. ;-)
I've been an NBA fan since the mid 1970's and coached youth basketball for years. My personal top 5 are: 1. Michael Jordan, 2. Larry Bird, 3. Magic Johnson, 4. Kobe Brant, 5. Julius Irving. I’ve seen everyone over the last 45+ years. IMO, these players had the best BALANCE of FG%, FT%, clutch play, great offense, great defense, makes teammates better, great team play, shares the ball, passing ability, finishing, coachable, high basketball IQ, finds a way to win, has all areas of the basic fundamentals down pat, seeks high % shots first, knows where teammates are on the court at all times, able to score while being fouled, played against tougher competition, played against great defenses. No one today (not even Lebron, and that he flops brings down his value) has ALL of these attributes. To me, only Michael Jordan and Larry Bird have ALL of these attributes. Though today's players have a lot of talent, most players lack most of these attributes and no one has all of them. Defense and team play aren’t nearly as good today as in the 80’s/90’s. Great video. You did a good job.
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"That's a brother we painted white!" Love it :-) Larry Bird said himself said he didn't see race and didn't understand racism, so it doesn't matter what color he was- the SKILL mattered. Purple, orange, green, black, white- doesn't matter. He was a monster!
A brother that we painted white, dude your hysterical 😂😊😂
That was a brilliant compliment from a brilliant young man I loved it
Larry isn't white. He's clear.
-Bill Murray
For some reason I read "historical" hahah
@@Erroll21Oscar25 😂
@@JET1970 I did too!
You are a very wise young man. God Bless
I'm a 45yr old white guy from rural west virginia and I would love to hug this guy and say he is my best friend. We think the same way as far as not judging due to skin color. Keep up good work.
Having grown just outside Chicago and cheering MJ on all through the 90's, I have to admit MJ didn't win until the year after Bird retired...and there is a reason for that. If Bird would have had 20 healthy seasons...he would have buried ANYONE else's claim as the G.O.A.T.
😂😂😂you have to admit that Jordan didn't win until the year after Bird retired?????????....You do know Jordan won championships in 91'& 92' while Bird was still playin for the Celtics don't you???🤔
@@traslenpatterson3478 Jordan is 0-6 against Bird's Celtics in the playoffs. Jordan never knocked out Bird's Celtics.
@@Tyler-hk4wo chief you have that same ABC angle everybody else try to use but unfortunately that don't work on me. Y'all get on here and talk like Bird was on that team by himself as if he didn't have 4 other HOF'ers on that team with a long with a HOF Coach in KC Jones. while not to mention when Bird and the Celtics was beating Jordan it was in Jordan 2nd & 3rd season before the Bulls organization even started building around Jordan. I guess when you look at it now it doesn't sound so impressive Bird beating Jordan then.
Not to mention I'm also a owner of Larry Bird's Books and in his book Bird said this 👇 about Jordan in the 80's.
" It's not that Jordan couldn't win in the 80's, he just didn't have the ROSTER TALENT and the COACHING that all the other teams had who were winning during that time and thank God he didn't. The difference between Jordan in the 80's vs Jordan in the 90's is that Jordan in the 90's had everything in 90's that Jordan in the 80's DIDN'T HAVE. he had the ROSTER TALENT, The right Coach, and the right SYSTEM. You seen the results when he had everything he needed, he won 6 championships "
Let's not stop there.....Magic said this about Jordan in 87' 👉...." Jordan is the best player in the world, he just don't have the CHAMPIONSHIP ROSTERS that Larry and I myself have "
THAT THERE 👆 IS WHAT YOU CALL PERSPECTIVE AND UNDERSTANDING, MEANING WHAT?🤔 BIRD & MAGIC HAD A TOTAL UNDERSTANDING THAT JORDAN HAD AWFUL TEAMS IN THE 80'S.
Let's not stop there... Mark Aguirre said this on the " Bad Boys " documentary " Jordan is the best player in the world, he just needed a lil help "
You might want to try somebody else cause that Bird being 6-0 vs Jordan in the playoffs angle don't work on me.
@@traslenpatterson3478 regardless, it still invalidates your first point. I never said Jordan was a bad player. He is one of the greatest of all time. Even without the roster he had in the 90s he was still able to stomp almost every other great team besides the Celtics. I think you took my comment way too personally. I don't even like GOAT discussions because basketball is a team sport. There are many greats that never shine all that much in team sports because they don't have the right organization behind them. I usually prefer greatest teams of all times discussions to be honest and yes Jordan's bulls in the 90s are definitely in that discussion same with the 86 and 87 Celtics.
@@Tyler-hk4wo no chief I didn't take your comment personal, it's just everybody who's on a Bird channel try to use that same 6-0 vs Jordan angle and it doesn't work on those who know better. I have to ask you, where did you get the idea Jordan was beating every other great team except the Celtics????????? That there alone let me know you wasn't watching the NBA then cause Jordan and the Bulls didn't start to make progress until the 87-88 season when the Bulls won 50 games and were finally able to make it out of the first round when the beat the Cavs with Jordan averaging 45.2 PPG.
Bird once shocked the Pacers at practice by coming down from the office. A ball rolled his way, he picked it up and drained it. He proceeded to hit at least 15 in a row (according to Paul George) and walked off the floor like nothing happened.
I’ve always loved that story! I heard the team razzed him to shoot it! It was dead silent when he left 😂
Typical Larry 😍
Yup. Like most of his story it shouldn't be true but....
I wasn't a particular fan of the sport growing up, i'm 35 this February. I grew up with NFL Blitz and NBA Jam in my childhood. Larry Bird from the 3 and John Elway from Denver's 50 Yard Line. I never really chose to follow the sport, but I did understand to recognize talent.
Bird definitely in the GOAT conversation. No doubt.
Gret vid bro.
I truly enjoyed listening to your amazing Larry Bird breakdown video good buddy.
You the man, L.T.
I'm from Jasper, Indiana which is 12 miles up the road from Frenchlick and one of Larry's best friends and drinking buddy is suppose to introduce me. I'm 57 and still ball and rarely ever lose but I never played in my life until watching Bird for the first time in the college championship and I get a kick out of these reaction video from the young bloods who never watched Larry play. I must say of all that I have watched I enjoy yours the most so I hate to break your Jordan as G.O.A.T bubble but Jordan never won a championship until after Bird retired, they meet in the playoff 3 times which Bird and the Celtic's swept them every time, Jordan NEVER won a single playoff game against Bird!
Much love
I'm from Mitchell
Thank you!!!
Go Alices
Ooh lucky!! You get to meet him. I'm now able to watch Larry. I didn't watch basketball that much. when Larry was playing. Football (NFL) was what i was raised on. But my uncles & cousins were die hard Lakers fans. So the games were always on at family gatherings. I remember they hated the Celtics. Because of Larry. But yet in awe of him. The vibe during Celtics games were like that. Anger and awe. Larry reminded me of J.R. Ewing.😂 Remember him? 😂
Jordan never beat Larry in reg season too. 11 - 17.
Much love for what you have tooo lary
As many times as I’ve seen this vid, and as many times as I’ve watched the reactions to it….it never fails. By the time you get to the end, EVERYONE is speechless. Clayton really does a good job with Larry’s GOAT claim.
And to ME, to be a GOAT means to be the best at the most things, to have all the intangibles, plus the accolades plus the stats and the impact on your team. When the Celtics didn’t have Larry (like when he smashed his face into the floor during that one Pacers game) the team was lost. Just lost! When he came back, it galvanized that whole building! Reggie Miller said he knew at that moment they were done for…
I could go on & on with examples but you get the idea.
@Ken D
You might like a video by Zon3 tv Larry better than LeBron 👍
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You know this Irish girl agrees with you 100%! Larry Bird is always my GOAT!!
Bird's final season was 1992, so he's been retired now for 29 years. You were right on with that bruh. By the way, great reaction. I also believe Larry "Legend" was the greatest ever.
Thanks man...
I agree with you about longevity. LeBron took awhile to show any potential. Larry’s impact was IMMEDIATE. He turned a last place Celtics team around from 29 to 61, and that’s WITHOUT McHale or Parish! His senior year at college he spearheaded a Cinderella season of 33-0!
I cant think of any other player that had that big of an impact !! If anything longevity works AGAINST a GOAT claim!
By the way, you said “oooo nice!” after one of Larry’s layups. I want to point that out Bcuz that one reaction you did to that video that picked on Larry’s layups……Larry had TONS of pretty layups. I’m jus sayin.
There is also a larry bird greatest passer of all time video that shows a lot more of his passing skills than the 50 assists video.
Much respect given for the respect for LJB … he was even better than videos can show
The key to the Magic vs Bird debate is that, for his first 7 seasons in the league, it could be argued that Magic wasn't even the best player on his team. Bird was the best player on the Celtics as soon as he put on the uniform.
Him and Magic saved the NBA
Should see his college highlights video when he was completely healthy. Love your videos.
I grew up in 80's and 90's. My number 1 is Michael Jordan and close second is Larry legend.
"That is a brother that we painted White!" Love it!
Great reaction man,stay safe and God bless always, watching from the Phillipines
Larry fended off 255lb. Charles Barkley in the post with one arm and hit game winner on him. Larry today would be a better athlete. He would easily be 15 pounds heavier with most of it being muscle. It wouldn't be necessary, but he would be.
"That's a brotha we painted white"😂 I'm dying.
Larry would tell the opposition players what he was going to do and from where on the floor and they STILL couldn't stop him. When Larry was healthy and in his prime he was virtually unguardable. Certainly one of the best players ever. The "GOAT" question is of course subjective. But Pat Riley said if he needed 1 guy to hit a shot to win a game, he'd take MJ. But if he needed 1 guy to hit a shot to save his life, he'd take Larry Bird. That speaks volumes to me.
" a brother we painted white!"
Thank you for the best laugh of the week!
I love your reactions. 😁
Thank you
Dude, the forceful point you made at 10:16 just got you my sub. It ain't black or white, it's several shades of colorful passion. I'm not going to call anybody the GOAT, but Larry Bird is clearly on the tip of my tongue if you put a gun to my head. Great reaction, my friend...keep it up and keep it real.
Great reaction lots of respect
“We painted him white!”
Best laugh in a while. Thanks
No problem hope you join the family
Loved the reaction :)
Larry's clear.😂 Goooood video!! You crack me up!😂😂
Can't like this vid enough. Much love for your respect of Larry.
Larry bird was Americas first real glimpse at a European style player
11:50 I subbed for funny laugh and shit, you dropping knowledge all of sudden ! Love it
Just a little side note about Larry Bird. At Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana....they have a Statue of Larry in bronze in front of the Hulman Center where they play. A street named for Larry Bird and soon to open, A Larry Bird museum that will highlight his entire career.
How many colleges and Universities do that much for a player?
That should say something about the Legend that is Larry Bird.
Larry Bird would Captain my starting 5 of GOATs.
Bron, takes games off. The Great never took games off. Waiting for their moms to bring a sandwich.
I’ve been binging your videos since I found you yesterday 1/20/2023 and THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE & your comments and AWESOME reactions. I am a 1st Responder and it’s been nuts so haven’t been able to comment EXCEPT a quick few seconds. I do watch all to the VERY END and just THANK YOU FOR BEING AN AMAZING HUMAN!!!!!!!! It comes through the screen and not sure yet where you are from but you have a fan and cheerleader and backup with this girl here from basically Jackson, MS. I GREW UP there and live right outside of it now about 10 minutes from the airport BUT where I work ESPECIALLY our strip on I-20 is CRAZY and just PERIOD the times we live in and ALL AND I MEAN ALL THE CRAZINESS OF THE LAST FEW YEARS and what it’s truly upsetting me and hurts to see people treat each other the way they do now. BUT HAS BEEN THAT WAY UNFORTUNATELY SINCE ADAM &EVE. I JUST TRY TO BE A GOOD EXAMPLE AND HELP BEST WAY I KNOW HOW. I have more to say and sorry this is long but after like 10-15 videos I HAD to say something. I just love people no matter how they are!!!!!! But you have cheered me up so much just all you have said and everything and I like longer reactions so wish I had found you sooner. Stupid algorithms lol
I was lucky enough to watch these games live. Lived in LA as a Clipper fan. That’s another story. Loved to watch Bird, anytime he was playing. The heart he had, doesn’t really exist in the new NBA.
They didn't have the videos they have now, the stuff in this video isn't 10% of his every game greatness plays. He was unbelievable and I know, I was there since his college days and all through his pro career. He was amazingly superior, patient and talented against other professional players who appeared at awe when playing against him like high school players watching the GOAT. Bird was tough, smart and talented in every category. He didn't need the media to hype him, he was so great - his game and only his game spoke for him. He was a first in so many things. Remember, it's only a game for entertainment and he was the best at it - making you hold your breath when he took the last shot to win. He made you look forward to the next game, when you knew the Celtics would win. There hasn't been and will never be a player like Bird, one of kind. It was so much fun to watch him play all those years, but haven't seen anyone since. NBA is nothing like it was, it has lost it soul. The players now are created and not born.
like your prospective on basketball agree with a lot of same things look up the larry bird growing up crazy
Loyalty to team with championships also makes you a GOAT
Thank you!
I subscribed as soon as you said that it don't matter how many years you played. If you dominate while you can play you gotta case as G.O.A.T
Loved your reaction and love your open mindedness. Michael Jordan was great, but Larry Bird is my GOAT not by a little, by a lot. He was the best all-around basketball player that ever lived. As I have said before, he is a once in a lifetime gift from the basketball gods… He was born to play basketball and he did it better than anyone else. As others have mentioned, he would come down the court and tell the opponents where he was going to shoot from and he would do it. I was blessed to have been able to watch him in real time during the 80s. I was a Knicks fan, but when Larry came to town and any chance I had to watch a Celtics game I was glued to the TV. Anytime Larry played it was an event and you knew you were watching greatness. 🍀🐐
All of the Making the Case videos are really good. I'm with you on that Michaels the goat, but there are other players with a legitimate case, and all of them deserve to have their cases heard fairly, and Clayton does a great job at giving 8 players legitimate cases.
Larry Legend
Great reaction! I really enjoyed your other reaction to his ultimate mix tape. See you soon!
Hahahaha “a brother we painted white!” 😂😂😂😂😂
A painted white brother? I FUCKING LOVE THAT!!!!!
I agree with you 100% with your longevity and you never seen Larry cry to the refs. He took care of it himself
Facts
One player of all time, I like Pete Maravich check him out came out of LSU late 60s
On a note later I loved your description of "taking the skin off" or some such. According to historical record we all came outta Africa!
Great insight on longevity..
I thought it was in as a 19 yr old basketball And Bird fan I would’ve swore it was going in. I was in complete shocked he missed it. I couldn’t believe he missed it.
I don't know that you'll see this, as the video is almost a year old, but the story I've heard it that in high school, Bird worked at a hotel and balled after work with the older black guys he worked with. Its where he learned his high release jump shot and to talk trash the way he did.
Brah your reaction video so good subbed
He's my goat. My top 5 all 4 different reasons so not rated in order. Bird,Dominique, MJ, KOBE AND RUSSELL
LMAO. Loved this.
Keep up the great work bro. Really enjoy your takes on things. Keep grinding. You right. Larry was painted white, HAHAH
Bird is goat. The General has spoken.
The Dream Team picture with Larry, Magic and MJ is symbolic. You notice MJ is resting on their shoulders, that was an intent of the photographer.
Love this video, and great reaction man! The one thing this video doesn't talk much about was how LB played hurt for a lot of his career.onw of my favorite LB moments was the playoff game against the Pacers where LB takes a spill and slams his face on the floor, fracturing his cheekbone. He left the game and the Pacers came back and started to run away with the game. LB reentered the game with a broken face, black eye and all. The Boston Garden crowd went nuts and it electrified the whole team and the C's roared back behind the injured Bird to win the game. Classic!
Larry getting 1 steal away from a quadruple double after 3 quarters, but sitting out because “I already did enough damage”, is kinda way more badass than him going back out to “get the record”. Larry didn’t give a shit about records.
LT great segment! But as far as MJ, yes he had a lot of championships. Yes he was clutch and had amazing athletic abilities. However MJ’s success occurred in the final years of Bird’s and many other greats careers. For this reason as well as all the reasons you have already documented, Larry Bird is the GOAT of NBA basketball!
L.t is funny
You know Larry, and Magic were amazing players. I never seen them play. I grew up when Reggie Miller, John Stockton, Patrick Eweing were playing. Jordan is still my goat, but even as Jordan said long before LeBron was out of middle school, it's hard to say who the greatest is, we play in different eras, and different positions. That's what made Jordan my goat. Jordan has the humility to except he may not be greater than those before him. Without those before you, what do you have to build on?
Jordan probably the best ever, but Larry more skilled in the complete overall game... had to rely purely on skills without having the freak athleticism of some others. Magic was very similar, but they were the best ever when they retired
Ayeee that drip of a drifting racer let me find it out my man🔥🔥🔥
PD: an injury doesn't care about if u have longevity, cases: Tracy Mcgrady, Vince Carter, kobe, Dwight, D Rose, Chris Bosh, Grant hill, Yao Ming and the list goes on
"Longevity means nothing if you did not use that time the right way."
Facts.
I recall when we stayed with my maternal grandmother down in the Ozarks. We literally drank from a bucket and dipper.
...now that you explain it, I guess I know where I get my love if soul food.
Both Larry & Magic saved the nba.
Oh my god, I busted up laghing my ass off when he said Larry Bird was painted!
I hope have or will check out the bird videos "Larry Birds 50 most amazing assists" OR "86 Celtics tribute THE BEAUTIFUL. GAME" - both of these videos are pure amazing gold on both Larry and the Celtics with the second video showing some of the most amazing teamwork passing ever seen, almost globetrotter stuff.
You were right, it WAS Dennis Rodman on the Pistons
I couldn’t see the numbers I was unsure
No one can be sure who's the goat. Saying that, people can say who is their goat, and that's fine by me. I'm happy to see someone passionate about their goat. Larry is, and probably always be, my goat. I loved watching him play. It was exciting. You never knew what he would pull off. He was fun to watch. Larry Bird and John Elway were my favorite sports guys to watch. I miss them still.
A white guy from the country have more in common than me and a black guy and the suburbs.
I've been feeling like shit lately, and that was the first thing that made me smile this week. Thank you for this. -- Watching the rest of your shit today.
Oh yeah….speaking of buzzer beaters, there’s a video that lists Larry’s buzzer beaters & wins…out of 21 buzzer beaters, he had 18 game winners. Pretty darn impressive.
Link to video:
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To me, Michael Jordan may have been the most athletically gifted but Larry was in almost every category the singular player in NBA history.
Another great video Southside L.T. except that LARRY LEGEND BIRD is the greatest of ALL-TIME besides his game play he saved basketball and you're right longevity doesn't mean shitt if you didn't produce major accomplishments so keep up the great work you killing it
Thank you for nailing it right on the head privileged versus non-privileged. It's a big club and we ain't in it.
You might like to look up "Pistol Pete" Maravich. He once scored 68 points in a game back before there was a 3pt line. It's been calculated that if he had played after the 3pt line he would have had a career average of 52 pts a game.
Bet
Pistol Pete was a great scorer and passer, and a good rebounding guard. But his defense? Well, most of the time, The Pistol couldn't guard a two-toed sloth in or near the paint. And this is probably why nobody tosses Pistol's name around when talking about the GOAT's.
@@JosephLupoli Except me, I guess... Agree to disagree.
Wilt didn’t have a three point line but he averaged 50 points a game. Granted Wilt would not have take too many 3 pointers.
In the clutch, LBJ has hit 19%, MJ hit 50%, and Idk, but I'd say Bird is even higher!!
Like what you said about Jordan and I agree, he was an artist on the court
"A couple of cigarettes from Indonesian" lmao!
Check out 5 times Larry Bird was hurt and refused to quit
Don't apologise when you are right. All I was thinking was, "Damn! Preach the wisdom of the ages, son"
Jordan was already called the GOAT at his first retirement after 8 full Bulls seasons played. And he still will be considered the GOAT had he stayed retired in 94.
Jordan the wannbe goat that never joined the 50 40 90 club or beat Larry in the playoffs but was only good at scoring and defense while Bird was great at everything including saving the NBA and Jordan couldn't play hurt either and he's suppose to be the goat yea right
Bird was as good as anybody who ever played the game.
I am with you on longevity means crap. I will stand by Barry Sanders is the best running back of all time even if he retired in his prime.
I always like your comments . Peace !
LMAO GREAT VIDEO
PS BIRD THE MFKN TRUTH
You would enjoy all the "Making the Case" videos. The whole series is phenomenally well made
Absolutely LOVE your take on this video brother! Keep up the great work, you got a sub from me 😎👍
I would say that Michael and Bill Russel had the best careers in NBA history but I have Larry as the greatest skilled player to ever play the game in my book. That's with no disrespect towards Michael at all because he was a incredibly skilled player but the 90's was a downgrade from the previous era in terms of super teams and talent in my opinion. If you took Michael's 96 Bulls team and put them in the 80's Michael doesn't win 6 rings.
Jordan had a mix of athleticism and skill that few have ever came close to. There have been super athletic players.... super skilled... but he was high on both. I do think Larry Bird's skill level was one of the highest ever. That with the untangible trait of being clutch and his competitiveness being so high is what separated him from the pack.
@Ken D I wouldn't say that as much as Russell's Celtics were the most stacked ever. Their bench could've started for any NBA team.
No Kareem in there for most successful career?
Birds work ethic is what brought him his career ending injury - he was installing a driveway for his mother....
Your description of being the GOAT in five or seven years is basically a description of Gale Sayers' NFL career. If you mess with US football you should check it out. ;-)
Bird owned MJ while when they played!
I've been an NBA fan since the mid 1970's and coached youth basketball for years. My personal top 5 are: 1. Michael Jordan, 2. Larry Bird, 3. Magic Johnson, 4. Kobe Brant, 5. Julius Irving. I’ve seen everyone over the last 45+ years. IMO, these players had the best BALANCE of FG%, FT%, clutch play, great offense, great defense, makes teammates better, great team play, shares the ball, passing ability, finishing, coachable, high basketball IQ, finds a way to win, has all areas of the basic fundamentals down pat, seeks high % shots first, knows where teammates are on the court at all times, able to score while being fouled, played against tougher competition, played against great defenses. No one today (not even Lebron, and that he flops brings down his value) has ALL of these attributes. To me, only Michael Jordan and Larry Bird have ALL of these attributes. Though today's players have a lot of talent, most players lack most of these attributes and no one has all of them. Defense and team play aren’t nearly as good today as in the 80’s/90’s. Great video. You did a good job.
Pistol Pete?
"A couple of cigarettes from an Indonesian"
Lol
That was funny 😄