Barkley was drafted by the Sixers same division as the Celtics….. so many infamous games between the two.. Barkley is another one to check out.. the way he could move up court with the ball as a big man!!!!! anyway!! When Magic and Bird arrived, it blew up the NBA’s popularity!!!! so from 79 till the early 2000 what’s the best years for the NBA!!!!!! NOW , NO THANKS ☮️❤️🙏🌏🌎🌍🇺🇸❤️☮️
Ok , I am going to explain lots about Bird here that you need to know and why Bird is the best all-around player of all time. First - even before Bird started his NBA career he broke the index finger and shattered the knuckle on his shooting hand and he said he never shot as well after that. You made fun of Bird sticking his finger up but did you look at it? He can't straighten it and the knuckle is hideous. Second - Birds affect on the Celtics was immediate. The year before Bird played for the Celtics, the Celtics were 29-53. With Bird being the only significant change to Boston's roster, the Celtics record in Bird's first year was 61-21. Third - Bird won Rookie of the Year and came in 4th in the MVP voting his rookie year. This is where Bird placed in the MVP voting the next 8 years - 2,2,2,1,1,1,3,2, becoming only the 3rd player in NBA history(Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell are the other 2) to win 3 straight MVPs Fourth- Bird founded the 50-40-90 club, which is 50% or more field goal percentage, 40% or more 3-pt field goal percentage and 90% or more free throw percentage. There are only 9 players in NBA history who have accomplished this and only 2 who have done it more than once. Bird did it in back to back seasons and Steve Nash did it 3 times in a row(4 times overall). Fifth - in games Bird played in, his team won 73.58% of the time, only 2nd to Magic at 73.95% Sixth - even after the Celtics got McHale, Parish, Ainge and Dennis Johnson, Bird still made a huge difference - how huge, the Celtics record in the 87-88 season was 57-25. In the 88-89 season Bird only played in 6 games and had surgery for bone spurs on both feet, the Celtics record that years was 42-40. Seventh - his overall statistics - He's not the best shooter ever He's not the best rebounder ever He's not the best scorer ever What he is is a complete player and is in the top 250 NBA players of all time in these 8 categories Field goal % Free Throw % Points per game Assists per game Rebounds per game Steals per game Blocks per game Minutes per game Lebron isn't, Jordan isn't, Steph isn't, Kobe isn't, Durant isn't Dirk isn't, Magic isn't, Kareem isn't, Wilt isn't, Bill Russell isn't, and the list goes on and on. Bird is in the top 60 players of all time in 6 of the 8 categories. And last there are the things he did that I don't so anyone else doing. He played most of a game shooting with his off-hand just because he wanted to. Time after time in big spots he would tell the other team what the play was and where he would shoot from , before the play even started and they could not stop him. Byron Scott who played for the Lakers tells it best th-cam.com/video/h2iyF5dgiIo/w-d-xo.html He knew where all players on the court were at all times. Additionally, Bird accomplished all this while playing hurt his entire career, the worst of it playing with a bad back after, get this, shoveling gravel while building a driveway at his mothers house. If Bird was breathing and could move he was playing.
Bear with me for a moment. Different era, much different players...but the court vision, the body control, the other-worldly decision making, the creativity, and the inner calm...Paige Bueckers.
Paige, Larry Bird can play in any era and with the best of them. That's because he can beat them with the muscle bet his ears! No one can be better than Bird in out thinking anyone on the court! Imo.
The amazing thing about Bird is that he was able to understand how ball movement forced player movement and vice versa; and that he did this on the fly during games. Just an amazing gift to watch.
It is also that the highlights dont show the full picture since not as athletic, that the highlights and stats don’t show the impact on the games played (even a block, one, can determjne a game and the stat would be pne block) , and that Bird due to issues and surgery and back issue played 3 seasons lower to his proper level, affected by injury, lost a season, and retired 2 seasons early, so 3 seasons lost, 3 seasons impacted to proper level, 6 seasons. But the 8 seasons from rookie up to surgery were really great, the best player. And the impacted seasons also showed brilliance although not every single game with those body issues People dont know but Larry wpuld require to go to doctor to align his back tombe aligned for some hours for the game and was in great pain before and after game.
Larry legend was the smartest player to ever play. He was 3 steps ahead of everyone. He is still to this day the greatest shooter I have ever seen. He was also the clutchest player to ever play. Larry bird is the GOAT.
can not forget Kurr he was the best shooter I seen he still hold the highest 3 point percentage and bird was good at getting under your skin and getting you out of your game
Lightning fast hand reflexes in the passing game. Eyes in the back of his head, and arguably best court vision, anticipation of any player in NBA history. Called Larry Legend for a reason.
I agree. Basketball is a team sport and Larry was the greatest team player. He lead his team with scoring, rebounding and passing!! No one else ever reached his overall level.
Larry Bird was simply awesome and unique. If one is attempting to select a GOAT in the NBA - considering such players as MJ and Lebron, remember that it is a team sport. A GOAT must enable his teammates to be their best as well. Bird was truly transformational as a team player. The Celtics had their worst team performance in their history the year prior to Larry's arrival to Boston - only 29 wins. With Bird as their only significant addition to their line-up, they won 61 games his first year (+32), and the following year with McHale & Parrish won the NBA Championship. Despite his "superlative" individual stats, MJ was not transformational, but only added to his team's performance by his singular action - and in fact his play often reduced the potential of his team mates. MJ arrived to a weak Bulls team to be sure, but it would be 4 yrs before the Bulls got to .500, and only after Pippen and Grant arrived did the Bulls make their move upward. Further proof comes later when MJ "retired" to play baseball, and the Bulls did not suffer a major downturn (55 wins to the previous year's 57), with Pippen having a better year than ever now without MJ. Larry B gets my nod for all he could do in all situations, plus his unbelievable positive impact on the team as a whole
Yeah and in 1988 he played with a Fractured left eye orbit/socket and was forced to wear goggles for quite a few games and he himself said he was seeing double for several games and still was hitting shots by the bagful.... th-cam.com/video/znidRI5RCfg/w-d-xo.html
Jordan played bird 28 times with bird coming out 17-11 in his favour. They met 6 times in the play offs with birds celtics sweeping jordans bulls aside all 6 times. Try birds best thrash talking video and making the case for bird being the goat video. He has many more the deeper you go the better it gets as it leads you to players like Magic Jordan , Kareem Worthy , Dominique , Moses , Drexler , Thomas , Hakeem , Erving , McHale , Barkley and many more. Bird and magics rivalry saved basketball in the 80s.
You stole my thunder. As rarely as Jordan beat Bird, it's fair to say that MJ's achievements would rise to Bird's level... not the other way around. As for comparison between players of Bird's era vs. today's players... it would depend on officiating tolerance. Under contemporary interpretation of the rules, it would be close. Under the 1980's interpretation of the rules, the Old School cats would destroy them. It wouldn't even be close.
Sport Cast does not know a lick about the "Hick from French Lick". He said it! He's a footballer or what we call soccer fan. He said he had "natural talents, like dribbling and shooting." We all know that basketball is sooooo much more than that! I'm not going to name the other stats in the game so he can't scheister anyone!!!! He KNOWS NOTHING about basketball. He wants more subscribers and views. Everybody, tell him to go pound sand!!!
Larry Bird is... UNCOMPARABLE! He compares to No One! It is almost universally accepted by the Sports writers association and the greatest NBA players ever: "By acclamation, Larry Bird is one of the greatest, most Complete basketball players of all time."
Great reaction video! Please research more on Larry Bird... He was doing stuff that Magic and Jordan did in their careers, but he did it with his own style and I.Q.... He was super smart and really set himself apart from the rest... No wonder he won MVP three years in a row! The Larry Legend continues to grow in 2022!!
@@why-even-try-brotendo Ii grew up watching them play....Bird and Magic are completely different styles....MJ had his own style too...MJ was on a completely different level than Bird and Magic... Not a bad take, just an opinion, like yours and everyone else ' s on TH-cam...✌️
Larry is 6-0 against Jordan in playoffs. In 28 head to head games, Larry won 17 to MJs 11. Larry beat every other HOFER in his era. EVERY ONE. He is the ONLY player to say that. I have Larry OVER MJ myself. You should react to his greatest passes or his greatest assists….also some buzzer beaters…..Larry is phenomenal. MY TRUE GOAT 🐐
You're right, Larry and Jordan are on the same level. Larry might have been the only player that Jordan couldn't beat in the playoffs. There was one game where Jordan scored 63 points against the Larry and the Celtics, the game went to double over time, and the Celtics won. That's unreal.
@@TheGattonmaster bird was a better passer, rebounder, and shooter. Jordan would have zero on the Celtics. However larry would have alot more rings with pippen if he was on the bulls in his prime.
Larry Bird had what could have been a career ending knuckle injury after he signed with the Celtics & didn’t tell them. He had a permanently bent finger & said he never had the same feel for the ball after that. So his entire professional career he didn’t play at the level he could have, and still he was that good.
The trhree-point shot didn't exist in the NBA until bird was entering the league and he managed to immediately use it to his advantage. I like to imagine what he would've been like, had he grew up with the three pointer being a known thing to practice.
5:10 I just subscribed!!!!!!!!!! Thank you, for being honest and truthful about prejudice in sports I seek the truth and those who believe and speak the same As far as Larry Legend goes, they called him “Legend “ While he was playing !!!!! ☮️❤️🙏🌎🌏🌍🇺🇸❤️☮️
I work security at TD Garden and I see a lot of young people with 33 jerseys coming through the detectors. I ask them how they know about Larry. I’m 45 and watched him in the 80s. They all say TH-cam and that he was the man. They don’t have to tell ME that haha 😂
When Larry hit his head on the floor and came back out to beat the Pacers, what you didn’t hear in the video is the entire Boston Garden crowd chanting “Larry” “Larry”. About 5-6 minutes of that, out Bird came from the locker room on a mission to win the game.
MJ was just getting started in the league when Larry was finishing up. They played against each other many times, but Larry always came out ahead. In their only playoff meeting, Bird and team swept MJ and team, 3-0. MJ said he learned a lot from that.
@@justjordy5053 Nah...MJ hated Bird on court. Bird trash talked MJ all day long BUT at the end of the day they had a mutual respect for each others game which grew into a friendship later on in life once Bird retired.
Jordan came in about the middle of Larry's career, so they played against each other. Larry won most of the time. Good question about playing against todays players. His IQ would lead the way for sure. Here is a story of him at the end of his career, playing with the 1992 Dream Team and how great he was to control the game. th-cam.com/video/q3SV7I19wW4/w-d-xo.html His trash talking was, "I'm going to do this to you, and you can't stop me". Supreme confidence and skill!
I agree with you. And you need to consider another point. Today basket is different. why? because athletic prep is better and thus the players are stronger and faster. if Larry could train today...he should be considered an illegal weapon. End of the story.
Bird, Magic, and Maravich were the best passers who made opponents look like fools. There's a Magic mixtape where he fast braked and threw the ball between the defenders legs, just to catch it again all while running straight the goal. These old dogs were something out of a nightmare who made the opponents restless at night.
Lots of people say that Larry is the GOAT. Lots of people say otherwise too. Larry was a badass. He screwed with the minds of the best. I loved it when he told people to come guard me.
You need to find and watch a making the case for Bird being the GOAT. Even after his on court days were over, he won accolades for being a coach of the year and then for being an executive of the years. Bird was basketball in the 1980s.
If you want to find out how truly great a player is all you have to do is ask his enemies. Larry Bird knew how to win and he made people around him winners
Bird's retirement ceremony was filled to compactly but it wasn't a game night. Also when Magic came out to give him a signed jersey Magic was wearing a Celtics jersey under his warm-up.
Thanks for the reaction. Glad you liked the video. One thing, to a Bird fan saying Bird was at MJ's level is an insult. Watch Birds 50 greatest assists and Bird is no Choir Boy.
larry was the john wick of basketball. the era he played, the 80s-mid 90, was the most talent rich of any era of basketball, before or since. and all those legends from that era, the best to ever play the game, have horror stories of how scary good larry bird was and what a utter nightmare it was to play against him.
I watched Bird as a young kid. All of my coaches from little league to high school told us to ONLY watch Bird. He plays hurt, plays full on 💯, has his team mates backs, no excuses. He IS MR. Clutch.
Bird is the greatest all around player ever. He saved the NBA and dominated the greatest players during the golden age of basketball. No one could stop him.
Your view of what people think of stereotypical is spot on. When you look at Bird one has to think of Brady. Obviously different sports but the same work ethic and thought process.
Larry Legend ! I still go back & rewatch Celtics games from the Bird era. He gave his best every game & his unselfishness with the ball made his team mates better.
Well when you look at it when Bird won his 2nd straight League MVP in 84-85 Jordan was a rookie and when Bird won his 3rd in 85-86 that was in Jordan's 2nd season and not to mention Jordan broke his foot and missed 65 games.
Apart from the other vids I've seen mentioned, there's a video all about his passing game. Larry Bird - The Greatest Passer Ever (re-edit with new footage)
I get that about Bird's looks, but the man is 6'10"! He should def be playing bball :P Jokes aside, yeah, Bird doesn't look like your typical basketballplayer, yet he kicked all them typical's asses ten ways to sunday! :D
If you want to see a great documentary I highly recommend Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals. You will see how both grew up and what shaped their lives and their rivaly from college into the NBA.
Your point is well taken Jordongk. I'm a Chicago boy and I always liked to say Michael was the GOAT but I could never say it with conviction because he never beat Larry Legend.
Great reaction, man! Keep 'em coming. You should dive into the "Making the Case"-clips. Arguments are made for the best players and teams of all times 👊
You're right about the physical stereotypes. A lot of times, coaches figure if they can find that physical specimen, they can *teach* some of the skill. But sometimes you find a guy who's got *all* of the skill, it doesn't really matter whether he's the whole package physically.
Birds basketball IQ was off the charts. Loved your reaction. Please go down the Larry Bird rabbit hole. ❤️ James Worthy said he'd rather play Michael Jordan than Larry Bird bc you had to be a thinker when playing Bird.
Bird was scoring like 10 straight shots in a row, then in the last shot he did it with left handed, and then asked his opponent " Is your mother watching this? "
Jordan came in while Bird was playing. They played against each other and Larry's Celtics beat Jordan's Bull's 6-0. When Larry retired in 92 Jordan congratulated him on his career but also said he was glad, Larry caused him many sad moments for his career. Larry was a menace to society.
When Jordan's Bulls played Bird's Celtics in the playoffs, the Celtics won every time. One of the Lakers greats (James Worthy, I think) who played against both of them said that he'd rather guard Jordan than Bird. Jordan was scarily physical, but Bird's game was so mental that you constantly had to think and try to get into his head. Jordan was smart on the court, but Bird was like the basketball Albert Einstein.
Yeah, Jordan came after Bird and started winning rings once Bird retired :P About the GOAT: I personally think that once we get into top 5 or top 7 it gets too close to single any one player out, it's just too tight, with too many legit claims: Bird, Jordan, Wilt, Bill Russell, Magic, Kareem, Dr. J... You could make a case for any one of them. :D
hey felix, glad you mentioned wilt and russell...saw them when i was a kid. you are right, they could be goat's, just as well. one more name from that era....oscar robertson....the big "O" was the best shooter i ever saw when he was guarded. he didn't have much help from his team, so he was constantly double and triple-teamed and still poured in 30-50 a game. no three point arc in those days, either.
3 Straight League MVP's, 3 Straight 3 Point Contest Winner, 3 time NBA Champion. All as the leader of the Celtics. Leader of the 1986 NBA Champion Celtics which is widely considered the greatest team of all time. Went to the Finals 5 times with the greatest degree of difficulty in NBA history. In the '80's, many thought Bird the greatest player ever. Certainly the toughest NBA player ever. One of the greatest shooters in league history. One of the best rebounders in history. One of the best passers ever. Without any doubt, the most Clutch player in NBA history. Any questions?
Bird is Top 10 of All Time. He has to be. My dad was a huge fan of the Lakers in the 80's and 90's and would tell me how much he hated Bird because Bird could and would prove to be that one man standing in the way of the Lakers winning a game or a championship. He was too good.
"Larry being unathletic is gods' way of making it fair".. - Charles Barkley.
Jheeze ❤️🔥
Barkley was drafted by the Sixers same division as the Celtics….. so many infamous games between the two..
Barkley is another one to check out.. the way he could move up court with the ball as a big man!!!!! anyway!! When Magic and Bird arrived, it blew up the NBA’s popularity!!!! so from 79 till the early 2000 what’s the best years for the NBA!!!!!!
NOW , NO THANKS
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Ok , I am going to explain lots about Bird here that you need to know and why Bird is the best all-around player of all time.
First - even before Bird started his NBA career he broke the index finger and shattered the knuckle on his shooting hand and he said he never shot as well after that. You made fun of Bird sticking his finger up but did you look at it? He can't straighten it and the knuckle is hideous.
Second - Birds affect on the Celtics was immediate. The year before Bird played for the Celtics, the Celtics were 29-53. With Bird being the only significant change to Boston's roster, the Celtics record in Bird's first year was 61-21.
Third - Bird won Rookie of the Year and came in 4th in the MVP voting his rookie year. This is where Bird placed in the MVP voting the next 8 years - 2,2,2,1,1,1,3,2, becoming only the 3rd player in NBA history(Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell are the other 2) to win 3 straight MVPs
Fourth- Bird founded the 50-40-90 club, which is 50% or more field goal percentage, 40% or more 3-pt field goal percentage and 90% or more free throw percentage. There are only 9 players in NBA history who have accomplished this and only 2 who have done it more than once. Bird did it in back to back seasons and Steve Nash did it 3 times in a row(4 times overall).
Fifth - in games Bird played in, his team won 73.58% of the time, only 2nd to Magic at 73.95%
Sixth - even after the Celtics got McHale, Parish, Ainge and Dennis Johnson, Bird still made a huge difference - how huge, the Celtics record in the 87-88 season was 57-25. In the 88-89 season Bird only played in 6 games and had surgery for bone spurs on both feet, the Celtics record that years was 42-40.
Seventh - his overall statistics -
He's not the best shooter ever
He's not the best rebounder ever
He's not the best scorer ever
What he is is a complete player and is in the top 250 NBA players of all time in these 8 categories
Field goal %
Free Throw %
Points per game
Assists per game
Rebounds per game
Steals per game
Blocks per game
Minutes per game
Lebron isn't, Jordan isn't, Steph isn't, Kobe isn't, Durant isn't Dirk isn't, Magic isn't, Kareem isn't, Wilt isn't, Bill Russell isn't, and the list goes on and on. Bird is in the top 60 players of all time in 6 of the 8 categories.
And last there are the things he did that I don't so anyone else doing.
He played most of a game shooting with his off-hand just because he wanted to.
Time after time in big spots he would tell the other team what the play was and where he would shoot from , before the play even started and they could not stop him. Byron Scott who played for the Lakers tells it best
th-cam.com/video/h2iyF5dgiIo/w-d-xo.html
He knew where all players on the court were at all times.
Additionally, Bird accomplished all this while playing hurt his entire career, the worst of it playing with a bad back after, get this, shoveling gravel while building a driveway at his mothers house.
If Bird was breathing and could move he was playing.
One of the best recap of Bird's greatness I've ever read. From a Bird fan, thank you.
Jheeze man massive insight thank you ❤️🔥
Great summation. I watched him when he was active. He is the GOAT.
Bear with me for a moment. Different era, much different players...but the court vision, the body control, the other-worldly decision making, the creativity, and the inner calm...Paige Bueckers.
Paige, Larry Bird can play in any era and with the best of them. That's because he can beat them with the muscle bet his ears! No one can be better than Bird in out thinking anyone on the court! Imo.
The amazing thing about Bird is that he was able to understand how ball movement forced player movement and vice versa; and that he did this on the fly during games. Just an amazing gift to watch.
Jordan referred to Bird as an equal. The only reason people can't see Bird's ability objectively is his race and appearance.
Stereotypes ❤️🔥
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He's just a stereotype
He drinks his age in pints
He has girls every night
He doesn't really exist
It is also that the highlights dont show the full picture since not as athletic, that the highlights and stats don’t show the impact on the games played (even a block, one, can determjne a game and the stat would be pne block) , and that Bird due to issues and surgery and back issue played 3 seasons lower to his proper level, affected by injury, lost a season, and retired 2 seasons early, so 3 seasons lost, 3 seasons impacted to proper level, 6 seasons. But the 8 seasons from rookie up to surgery were really great, the best player. And the impacted seasons also showed brilliance although not every single game with those body issues
People dont know but Larry wpuld require to go to doctor to align his back tombe aligned for some hours for the game and was in great pain before and after game.
Larry legend was the smartest player to ever play. He was 3 steps ahead of everyone. He is still to this day the greatest shooter I have ever seen. He was also the clutchest player to ever play. Larry bird is the GOAT.
Love it Mike ❤️🔥
can not forget Kurr he was the best shooter I seen he still hold the highest 3 point percentage and bird was good at getting under your skin and getting you out of your game
100% agree!!
Lightning fast hand reflexes in the passing game. Eyes in the back of his head, and arguably best court vision, anticipation of any player in NBA history. Called Larry Legend for a reason.
He is not on jordans level, because he is on a higher level than jordan.
Ayyy you said it bro ❤️🔥
@@justjordy5053 He's lying to you
@@rfmmike6096 ... no, no he's not
I agree. Basketball is a team sport and Larry was the greatest team player. He lead his team with scoring, rebounding and passing!! No one else ever reached his overall level.
He swept Jordan In The playoffs three times lol infact I don’t think Jordan ever beat Larry in playoff games
Nobody played like Larry Bird, his basketball IQ as you say was unmatched
For real ❤️🔥
Bird was the greatest small forward ever. I watched him all through his career and no one even came close. ☘️
Larry Bird was simply awesome and unique. If one is attempting to select a GOAT in the NBA - considering such players as MJ and Lebron, remember that it is a team sport. A GOAT must enable his teammates to be their best as well. Bird was truly transformational as a team player. The Celtics had their worst team performance in their history the year prior to Larry's arrival to Boston - only 29 wins. With Bird as their only significant addition to their line-up, they won 61 games his first year (+32), and the following year with McHale & Parrish won the NBA Championship. Despite his "superlative" individual stats, MJ was not transformational, but only added to his team's performance by his singular action - and in fact his play often reduced the potential of his team mates. MJ arrived to a weak Bulls team to be sure, but it would be 4 yrs before the Bulls got to .500, and only after Pippen and Grant arrived did the Bulls make their move upward. Further proof comes later when MJ "retired" to play baseball, and the Bulls did not suffer a major downturn (55 wins to the previous year's 57), with Pippen having a better year than ever now without MJ.
Larry B gets my nod for all he could do in all situations, plus his unbelievable positive impact on the team as a whole
Great insight ❤️🔥
Excellent comment 👌! He made the team great, not just being great himself!...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇲🤠
@@justjordy5053 What do you know about basketball dude??? NADA! You're not fooling anyone!
He was an unbelievable player. I can’t imagine coming back the same game and playing with a fractured right cheek.
Yh that 1 video made me realise how good he was 🔥
Every bounce running down court must have been excruciating!...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 🤠
@@justjordy5053 Fractured cheek, concussion and double vision. No sweat. Legend!
10:08 Dominique Wilkin: “Looking into Larry Bird’s eyes is like looking into the eyes of an assassin.”
Yeah and in 1988 he played with a Fractured left eye orbit/socket and was forced to wear goggles for quite a few games and he himself said he was seeing double for several games and still was hitting shots by the bagful.... th-cam.com/video/znidRI5RCfg/w-d-xo.html
Jordan played bird 28 times with bird coming out 17-11 in his favour. They met 6 times in the play offs with birds celtics sweeping jordans bulls aside all 6 times. Try birds best thrash talking video and making the case for bird being the goat video. He has many more the deeper you go the better it gets as it leads you to players like Magic Jordan , Kareem Worthy , Dominique , Moses , Drexler , Thomas , Hakeem , Erving , McHale , Barkley and many more. Bird and magics rivalry saved basketball in the 80s.
Counting playoffs Bird is ahead 23-11. And before his back injury, Bird was ahead 21-4
Yes let’s go ❤️🔥
You stole my thunder. As rarely as Jordan beat Bird, it's fair to say that MJ's achievements would rise to Bird's level... not the other way around.
As for comparison between players of Bird's era vs. today's players... it would depend on officiating tolerance. Under contemporary interpretation of the rules, it would be close. Under the 1980's interpretation of the rules, the Old School cats would destroy them. It wouldn't even be close.
'92 Olympic dream team.
Sport Cast does not know a lick about the "Hick from French Lick". He said it! He's a footballer or what we call soccer fan. He said he had "natural talents, like dribbling and shooting." We all know that basketball is sooooo much more than that! I'm not going to name the other stats in the game so he can't scheister anyone!!!! He KNOWS NOTHING about basketball. He wants more subscribers and views. Everybody, tell him to go pound sand!!!
Bird is definitely top 5 all time and probably the best small forward ever
Yh he made it look easy ❤️🔥
Larry had eyes in the back of his head. He always knew where his teammates were.
Larry Bird is... UNCOMPARABLE! He compares to No One! It is almost universally accepted by the Sports writers association and the greatest NBA players ever: "By acclamation, Larry Bird is one of the greatest, most Complete basketball players of all time."
Great reaction video! Please research more on Larry Bird... He was doing stuff that Magic and Jordan did in their careers, but he did it with his own style and I.Q.... He was super smart and really set himself apart from the rest... No wonder he won MVP three years in a row! The Larry Legend continues to grow in 2022!!
Thank you Steven let’s go 🔥😅
@@justjordy5053 WEAK!!!
Bad take, completely different players and styles.
@@why-even-try-brotendo Ii grew up watching them play....Bird and Magic are completely different styles....MJ had his own style too...MJ was on a completely different level than Bird and Magic... Not a bad take, just an opinion, like yours and everyone else ' s on TH-cam...✌️
he won 3 MVP and was second for 6 years.
he won rookie of the year against magic too...
Larry is 6-0 against Jordan in playoffs. In 28 head to head games, Larry won 17 to MJs 11.
Larry beat every other HOFER in his era. EVERY ONE. He is the ONLY player to say that.
I have Larry OVER MJ myself.
You should react to his greatest passes or his greatest assists….also some buzzer beaters…..Larry is phenomenal.
MY TRUE GOAT 🐐
Wow great insight 🔥🔥
Plus when Bird played Jordan, he had already destroyed his back and wasn't the same player as he was the previous 6 years or so.
Preach! ❤️🍀33🏀🐐
You're right, Larry and Jordan are on the same level. Larry might have been the only player that Jordan couldn't beat in the playoffs. There was one game where Jordan scored 63 points against the Larry and the Celtics, the game went to double over time, and the Celtics won. That's unreal.
Mj considers larry and magic as his equals.
Yh Larry bird just made the game look so easy ❤️🔥
If Jordan on the Celtics how many rings 8 , 9 ???
@@TheGattonmaster bird was a better passer, rebounder, and shooter. Jordan would have zero on the Celtics. However larry would have alot more rings with pippen if he was on the bulls in his prime.
Simply put, when he was healthy- he was what every organization wanted:a competitor and clutch to the end of his career 👏
Yes Michael ❤️🔥
Larry Bird had what could have been a career ending knuckle injury after he signed with the Celtics & didn’t tell them. He had a permanently bent finger & said he never had the same feel for the ball after that. So his entire professional career he didn’t play at the level he could have, and still he was that good.
He did tell them. What'shisname who recruited him took Larry out on the court and had him shoot, and Larry made the shot, so he said, "You're fine."
@@anonygent, that would be Red Auerbach.
When he fell and hit his face and come back he played with a fracture of the right check and was seeing double but still hit every shot he threw.
You were watching the greatest basketball player to ever lace up a pair of sneakers.❤️🍀🏀🐐
Love that Muddy ❤️🔥
The trhree-point shot didn't exist in the NBA until bird was entering the league and he managed to immediately use it to his advantage. I like to imagine what he would've been like, had he grew up with the three pointer being a known thing to practice.
Even worse, Bill Fitch didn’t encourage the three point shot!
I absolutely LOVE watching You Young Bloods watching THEE GOAT for first time ever!
Smartest player of all time
For real made it look easy ❤️🔥
Yes
5:10 I just subscribed!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, for being honest and truthful about prejudice in sports
I seek the truth and those who believe and speak the same
As far as Larry Legend goes, they called him “Legend “
While he was playing !!!!!
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I work security at TD Garden and I see a lot of young people with 33 jerseys coming through the detectors. I ask them how they know about Larry. I’m 45 and watched him in the 80s. They all say TH-cam and that he was the man. They don’t have to tell ME that haha 😂
😅😅😅 Love it
Having been able to follow Bird throughout the 80s I can assure you it was as amazing as you can imagine. Larry Legend. Great review.
I like Larry Bird always have because he makes the game beautiful. He does everything with quiet finesse. That's what makes him the goat for me!
Nobody was at Birds level, and no one is at MJ's level.
Check out Larry Bird Making the case , 5 times Larry Bird refuse to quit and Larry Heartbreaking story u didn't know
Oka Ronald will do ❤️🔥
Rookie of the year and 3 consecutive MVPs tells you how special Larry was.
Larry is still the only player to rebound his own missed shot.
Yh that’s crazy ❤️🔥
Bird was a real team player, passing, allowing others to score.
Today, players are for themselves. They try to score the most
He was playing chess while the rest was playing checkers! GOAT!!!!!!!!
When Larry hit his head on the floor and came back out to beat the Pacers, what you didn’t hear in the video is the entire Boston Garden crowd chanting “Larry” “Larry”. About 5-6 minutes of that, out Bird came from the locker room on a mission to win the game.
He won 3 mvp in a row. Against those great players.
MJ was just getting started in the league when Larry was finishing up. They played against each other many times, but Larry always came out ahead. In their only playoff meeting, Bird and team swept MJ and team, 3-0. MJ said he learned a lot from that.
They met twice in the playoffs, 1986-87. Jordan vs 0-6 vs Bird in playoffs.
Okay so Jordan basically looked up to Bird? ❤️🔥
@@justjordy5053 Nah...MJ hated Bird on court. Bird trash talked MJ all day long BUT at the end of the day they had a mutual respect for each others game which grew into a friendship later on in life once Bird retired.
Bird is the Goat... excited to go down this journey with ya
Jordan came in about the middle of Larry's career, so they played against each other. Larry won most of the time. Good question about playing against todays players. His IQ would lead the way for sure. Here is a story of him at the end of his career, playing with the 1992 Dream Team and how great he was to control the game. th-cam.com/video/q3SV7I19wW4/w-d-xo.html His trash talking was, "I'm going to do this to you, and you can't stop me". Supreme confidence and skill!
Yh man his IQ must have been crazy ❤️🔥
larry could play in todays game
I agree with you.
And you need to consider another point.
Today basket is different. why? because athletic prep is better and thus the players are stronger and faster.
if Larry could train today...he should be considered an illegal weapon.
End of the story.
Even the great players said Larry Bird was like bad weather. He could not be stopped
Larry was a competitor cared about is the W so he got everyone involved
Bird, Magic, and Maravich were the best passers who made opponents look like fools. There's a Magic mixtape where he fast braked and threw the ball between the defenders legs, just to catch it again all while running straight the goal. These old dogs were something out of a nightmare who made the opponents restless at night.
Subbed, just because I know more good times are coming with Bird videos, lol.
"Making The Case: Larry Bird" video.
Love that ❤️🔥
Lots of people say that Larry is the GOAT. Lots of people say otherwise too. Larry was a badass. He screwed with the minds of the best. I loved it when he told people to come guard me.
That's the biggest difference with Larry Bird from any other players, his I.Q,that's what Kareem Abdul Jabbar said of the legend
Yh it shows in the video ❤️🔥
The GOAT
You need to find and watch a making the case for Bird being the GOAT. Even after his on court days were over, he won accolades for being a coach of the year and then for being an executive of the years. Bird was basketball in the 1980s.
If you want to find out how truly great a player is all you have to do is ask his enemies. Larry Bird knew how to win and he made people around him winners
Bird's retirement ceremony was filled to compactly but it wasn't a game night. Also when Magic came out to give him a signed jersey Magic was wearing a Celtics jersey under his warm-up.
Thanks for the reaction. Glad you liked the video. One thing, to a Bird fan saying Bird was at MJ's level is an insult.
Watch Birds 50 greatest assists and Bird is no Choir Boy.
Let’s go Jay ❤️🔥
Larry Legend. 🏀
larry was the john wick of basketball. the era he played, the 80s-mid 90, was the most talent rich of any era of basketball, before or since. and all those legends from that era, the best to ever play the game, have horror stories of how scary good larry bird was and what a utter nightmare it was to play against him.
I watched Bird as a young kid. All of my coaches from little league to high school told us to ONLY watch Bird. He plays hurt, plays full on 💯, has his team mates backs, no excuses. He IS MR. Clutch.
Larry legend 🐐
I agree too, Larry definitely don't look like some one that plays basketball 😂 but he proved us wrong
Bird is the greatest all around player ever. He saved the NBA and dominated the greatest players during the golden age of basketball. No one could stop him.
You nailed it, it was his drive to win and his IQ that set him apart
Larry IS GOAT, the most complete player at the highest level ever!
His retirement was not on a game night...they filled the garden... :)
❤️🔥 nice one
Your view of what people think of stereotypical is spot on. When you look at Bird one has to think of Brady. Obviously different sports but the same work ethic and thought process.
Larry Legend ! I still go back & rewatch Celtics games from the Bird era. He gave his best every game & his unselfishness with the ball made his team mates better.
HE WAS AND IS THE GOAT
Larry Bird was league MVP 3 years in a row, even when Michael Jordan was in the league.
Wow nice stat Mick ❤️🔥
Well when you look at it when Bird won his 2nd straight League MVP in 84-85 Jordan was a rookie and when Bird won his 3rd in 85-86 that was in Jordan's 2nd season and not to mention Jordan broke his foot and missed 65 games.
Now you have to follow this video up with the Magic Johnson video, from the same makers.
Yes let’s go ❤️🔥
@@justjordy5053 Magic made easy passes look spectacular & Bird made spectacular passes look easy!
Apart from the other vids I've seen mentioned, there's a video all about his passing game.
Larry Bird - The Greatest Passer Ever (re-edit with new footage)
Nice one Richard ❤️🔥
I get that about Bird's looks, but the man is 6'10"! He should def be playing bball :P
Jokes aside, yeah, Bird doesn't look like your typical basketballplayer, yet he kicked all them typical's asses ten ways to sunday! :D
Bird had all those qualities
I got Larry #3 all time. The dude was absolutely sick. 🔥🔥🔥
Yh he was hard ❤️🔥
Story is he went in at halftime and chugged a beer and then came back out that was his treatment
If you want to see a great documentary I highly recommend Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals. You will see how both grew up and what shaped their lives and their rivaly from college into the NBA.
Your point is well taken Jordongk. I'm a Chicago boy and I always liked to say Michael was the GOAT but I could never say it with conviction because he never beat Larry Legend.
This was totally a high quality compilation! It’s one of my favorite highlight videos
Larry Bird was MVP 3 yrs in a row...Jordan never did that
Oh wow that’s crazy ❤️🔥
Michael Jordan never had a winning record against Bird, so I have to dispute that Bird was on the level of Jordan.
Everyone is saying this ❤️🔥
MVP 3 times in a row. Check out his passing video 😜
Making the case: Larry Bird being the GOAT. It’s another great compilation.
Bird needs consideration for my starting five.
Let’s go ❤️🔥
In that game with the Pacers, he came out and finished the game with an orbital fracture.
Great reaction, man! Keep 'em coming. You should dive into the "Making the Case"-clips. Arguments are made for the best players and teams of all times 👊
Nice one Fredrick 🔥❤️
You're right about the physical stereotypes. A lot of times, coaches figure if they can find that physical specimen, they can *teach* some of the skill. But sometimes you find a guy who's got *all* of the skill, it doesn't really matter whether he's the whole package physically.
Birds basketball IQ was off the charts. Loved your reaction. Please go down the Larry Bird rabbit hole. ❤️ James Worthy said he'd rather play Michael Jordan than Larry Bird bc you had to be a thinker when playing Bird.
Love that Kathy ❤️🔥
Beautiful reaction bro, RESPECT!
Great commentary from a football fan, ahem, soccer fan. Thanks, I enjoined it.
🤣🤣 football thanks ❤️🔥
Bird made his team mates better. That is what the great do.
Bird is playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers
Larry was great
React to Larry Bird - Making the case
GOAT
Bird was scoring like 10 straight shots in a row, then in the last shot he did it with left handed, and then asked his opponent " Is your mother watching this? "
RRRrrrraaaaiiiiddderrssss!!! Good take on this video
Jordan came in while Bird was playing. They played against each other and Larry's Celtics beat Jordan's Bull's 6-0. When Larry retired in 92 Jordan congratulated him on his career but also said he was glad, Larry caused him many sad moments for his career. Larry was a menace to society.
When Jordan's Bulls played Bird's Celtics in the playoffs, the Celtics won every time. One of the Lakers greats (James Worthy, I think) who played against both of them said that he'd rather guard Jordan than Bird. Jordan was scarily physical, but Bird's game was so mental that you constantly had to think and try to get into his head. Jordan was smart on the court, but Bird was like the basketball Albert Einstein.
Jordan was a big fish in a little pond, bird was a big fish in a big pond.
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Love it 🔥
"Making the Case - Larry Bird" by Clayton Crowley
Yes let’s go ❤️🔥
Yeah, Jordan came after Bird and started winning rings once Bird retired :P
About the GOAT: I personally think that once we get into top 5 or top 7 it gets too close to single any one player out, it's just too tight, with too many legit claims: Bird, Jordan, Wilt, Bill Russell, Magic, Kareem, Dr. J... You could make a case for any one of them. :D
Yeah Love the insight Felix ❤️🔥
hey felix, glad you mentioned wilt and russell...saw them when i was a kid. you are right, they could be goat's, just as well.
one more name from that era....oscar robertson....the big "O" was the best shooter i ever saw when he was guarded. he didn't have much help from his team, so he was constantly double and triple-teamed and still poured in 30-50 a game. no three point arc in those days, either.
Your right
And you could add a few names to that list
3 Straight League MVP's, 3 Straight 3 Point Contest Winner, 3 time NBA Champion. All as the leader of the Celtics. Leader of the 1986 NBA Champion Celtics which is widely considered the greatest team of all time. Went to the Finals 5 times with the greatest degree of difficulty in NBA history.
In the '80's, many thought Bird the greatest player ever. Certainly the toughest NBA player ever. One of the greatest shooters in league history. One of the best rebounders in history. One of the best passers ever. Without any doubt, the most Clutch player in NBA history. Any questions?
Almost choked on my beer! You have an Oakland Raiders hat on but a non American accent. ✌🏻
He was top 3 all time. That's where I have em!
Nice one ❤️🔥
Bird was MVP 3 seasons in a row
Bird is Top 10 of All Time. He has to be. My dad was a huge fan of the Lakers in the 80's and 90's and would tell me how much he hated Bird because Bird could and would prove to be that one man standing in the way of the Lakers winning a game or a championship. He was too good.