Bob Ryan Tells a Larry Bird and Kevin McHale Story 🧩
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In many ways, Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe, and @CLNSMEDIA’s Bob Ryan & Jeff Goodman Podcast, was considered as much of a member of the 1970’s and 80’s #bostonceltics as he was a beat writer Tor the Globe.
In this short segment, we took new, original content from Ryan’s podcast and applied it to a short form documentary about the relationship of Larry Bird and Kevin McHale.
Ryan confirms facts and dispelled rumors about the greatest front line in #nbahistory.
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00:01 - Did Larry Bird & Kevin McHale Get Along?
00:55 - Bird Pushes McHale to be MVP through the media
01:20 - #LarryBird loved the ‘grinders,’ the roll players
01:35 - What about Robert Parish?
02:15 - Bob Ryan in 1979 Pre Game
02:50 - Bob Ryan Interviews Bill Russell and Red Auerbach
04:30 - Ryan and Bird in 1987
05:30 - Bob’s conclusion - กีฬา
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I lived in the Boston area during Bird's career . . . and I was a huge Knicks fan living in NYC as a kid, and the Knicks were a great passing and shooting team, but I have never seen passing before or since the way Bird's Celtics did it. I miss the passing and those low post moves in today's era of jacking up three after three. Ugh.
Couldn't have said it better myself bro, only difference was that I grew up in Boston watching the Celtics opposed to you watching your Knickerbockers
The trade Red Auerbach that brought Parish and McChale to the Celts were genious. Those additions let Bird shine and took them to world champions.
His last statement about when Walton and Bird were on the floor, at the same time, was so right on. I'm surprised the NBA didn't change some rules to try to slow them down. They were so good it even rubbed off on Parish, and McHale, and they started making a few good passes, themselves.
I think the league knew it was finite and fans would be furious if they lost out on seeing that Magic, even if just one season. What i love about this segment is the Russell/Red stuff in the middle. Such vintage, rare stuff. Just seeing/hearing Russ praise anything Boston is special. Just a great segment. Bob is a gift to Cetics fans. Stand by for the full segment of Red, Russ and Bob. We got that on release schedule.
So true, thank you. It was sad that the Lakers didn't make it to the finals to play against Walton and Bird the first year that Walton was with the Celtics. Boston would have blown the Lakers away that year and Bird could have at least been 2 and 2 against Magic in the finals.
@@gregoryphillips3969 agree. Walton was such a difference maker. On both ends.
"Cruel and Unusual Punishment"
Golden States "Death Lineup?" No. Pffft. The REAL DL was Chief, Kev, Bill, Larry, & DJ.
Bird & Walton playing together was the highest level of basketball ever seen 🏀
Really one of many great NBA combinations
"There ain't a white guy in the league who can hang with me and Kevin" - Larry Bird
Russell and Bird are the 2 greatest team basketball players who ever lived. Each of them were coaches on the court and truly made their teammates better.
Nůff sáīd, jűs sāyīn !😎✌️😎!
Chief Robert Parish ran the fast break. He had a quiet personality. Don’t forget why they were the best front line.
I remember.
No one ran the fast break as a big man like parish.
@@NBAHistoryCLNS Parrish ran the floor the best but no center ORIGINATED or launched more fast breaks than Bill Russell, whose rebounding and first passes had the Celts off and running.
@@4orrcountry totally agree
PepperRidge Farms remembers
I'm still amazed at some of the long passes Bird would make (even putting the ball into play from out of bounds) to Chief that would just clear a couple of defenders and Parish would seemingly catch it with his fingernails right under the basket for a slam. Bird would hit someone with a pass right where they could go up with one motion to quickly, and accurately get the shot off. Those are the passes that Kevin was talking about, and Bird did it all the time.
Teammates on the other end of Larry's passes were just as awesome as the pass!
Bob Ryan wrote Birds biography “Drive” with Larry. Bob and Jackie MacMullan are the experts on the Bird era.
That's called "TEAM WORK".
This footage took me back to a much better time, both in a basketball sense as well as a worldly one.
Ditto
Bird gave up a part of his salary or deferred payment to create salary cap room to pay the bench players like Robey and Greg Kite.
😲 How do you know that?
I mean, I've not heard anything like that before. Sounds like him.
Wow. Yet ANOTHER thing to admire about Larry!
Players today get over $10 million a year , Larry was lucky to get $2 million. Sad .
@@kenbeebug5211 Larry was getting paid pretty well at the end. Remember, they enacted the “Larry Bird Rule” to allow teams to exceed the salary cap to sign their own free agents. He made $7 million his last season, which was huge money in the early ‘90s. He was getting paid for past performance. One of my favorite things I remember about him was from the ‘92 Olympics, after he had played his last NBA game, he talked about going to a bar in Barcelona. He left, because he said there was no way he’d ever pay $7 for a beer. There will never be another quite like him.
@@johncassani6780Bird walked away from $ at the end of his career. He walked away from a payout by retiring when he did instead of waiting a week.
Bird earned every penny that he was paid.
The practice video is priceless! As a kid those practice sessions looked like the coolest place to be. Off topic, I think Bird's nickname for Lohaus was "Toy R Us" because of his love for model airplanes. Classic.
And Lohaus was welcome at Bird's house. That's a cool little insight into Bird. Bird didn't do things like that for show.
Beautiful. Enjoyed it immensely. Ty.
not even talking about Walton and Larry, cause that wasn't fair 😂😂
Definitely won't see that kind of passing and teamwork anymore in the NBA
Has anyone ever successfully copied McHale's moves? It seems like a technique any big man should be able to use, but either they're not using it, or they are and I'm just not seeing the resemblance because nobody looks as awkward as McHale.
Some of what came with the awkward look was something near double-jointedness from his hips to his elbows. Amazing contortions and a nose for the hoop.
He put a heck of a lot of work in also. There's a video somewhere that Kevin explains how he practices. Starting on the baseline he would shoot jump hooks until he made ten in a row, then move to the low block, go until ten in a row, high block-ten in a row, corner of the key-ten in a row until he made it to the other base line. Then probably switch to the jump shot and do it all over again.
Bob Ryan is GOLD….
BOB RYAN KNOWS THE CELTICS ..GREAT AS THEY WERE.
Quite likely the best basketball writer of all time. He knew the entire league. But esp the Celts.
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What fun I had watching the greatest team ever
1986 Boston Celtics. Oh my.
Fantastic.
Lohaus was nicknamed Fifi.
great!!!
Bird should get a life? Lol. I’d say he’s lived a pretty full life. He was just reserved from his celebrity status.
I believe he meant Kevin felt Larry was perhaps too obsessed with basketball.
@@Amick44 And Larry was obsessed. The "game" wasn't his until he made it his.
Don't forget dennis Johnson
I laugh when i hear people saying this team wouldn't do well today. The celtics could put up 68% as a team. Today, because of all the long range obsessed players, they average 43% at best 47% as a team.
Parish made the most of his limited ability. Bird and McHale made Robert better. Robert quietly ran the fast break and kept his eyes open
In his book, "Drive," I believe he mentions Parish was very vocal on the court, calling out picks and other general communication on the defensive end. I imagine he didn't do much trash talking.
not sure what would compel you to say Parish had limited abilities. He is one of the top ten centers of all time Far more skilled than Shaq.
Smh Bob Ryan didn't even mention Tom Brady in his great Boston athletes list just because he was 10 years old and in San Mateo
Great '86 team, but I still hate Boston Celtics. LAKERS for life.
Bird, McHale, Parrish had the most unathletic looking bodies.
im sure you're an expert
All gangly.
Dj
Great Team. They all needed each other to win those championships. But I will say it the best 2 passers in the NBA history is Magic & Bird or Bird & Magic ? They both made their teams great and changed the NBA forever. Bird was a great shooter and passer very smart. A Big Dog
I have enjoyed listening to Bob Ryan through the years. Good guy. Straight shooter. Sportswriters HoF. 👍🍻
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😭just missed it
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