I don't care Larry bird is the best player I've ever seen. and I've watched hours of mj footage. mj is absolutely spectacular. but Larry bird is like a basketball poet/basketball ballerina. the way he handled that bad pass? like I'm actually astonished at the way a guy caught the ball... only bird.
There are just a few people I would like to meet and thank them for what they have given me in my life. Larry Bird is one of them. He was not just a basketball player. He played the way we all wished we could and for a play or two we were Larry Bird. A shot, a pass, a steal for that one moment we knew what it was like to be Larry. Basketball perfection. To me the greatest player I have ever seen play. Never anyone like him and thank God he was born and played.
I'm lucky enough to live in Terre Haute and got to see some games while Larry played at ISU. I was 9 in 1979. Then watched him throughout his career at Boston. Greatest player of all time.
I was 9 too. I was born in 1969, October, point Pleasant beach NJ where Jersey Mike's came from. My step dad was a celtics fan and my dad was a Yankees fan. Notice that Larry made those points before they came out with the 3 point line. I guess they added the 3 point line in 1980 unless the pros were different. Dennis Rodman has the hustling skills of Larry, but Larry also had passing and shooting above Dennis.
I agree with you. But I would like to add that he was good at more than just shooting. Shooting was only a fraction of what he did on that court. In my opinion he's the most complete player of all time.
I can remember people saying during his college and pro career,that Larry was nothing but hype.I use to try and argue with these f..........morons,but then I came to my senses and realized that you can't and should not argue with people who don't have enough sense to come in from out the rain.
I think this was Bird's first nationally televised game;my old man and I had season tickets to the celtics;the same year we bought them the Celtics had two of their most miserable years ever;we were on the fence about renewing when word came out Aurbach had drafted this guy as a Junior Eligible-first shot I remember him hitting was that baseline shot after that incredible ball fake against that poor Wichita guy;we re-upped our tickets-for the next 11 years...Thank God...
+mrbriscoe2001 Actually this games not a nationally televised game. The game between Kentucky and South Carolina(non league then) went o the Southeast US but this game went to a majority of the country and due to the limited exposure of college basketball then it was the 1st time Bird was seen by most of the country.
I remember this game well. For most people, Larry Bird means Celtics. But, for some southern Indiana kids like me, this college version is the Larry Bird that first comes to mind. He was SOOOO astonishingly good during those late 70s ISU seasons it defied belief. Carried an undermanned low talent unathletic supporting cast ON HIS BACK to an undefeated regular season, No. 1 ranking and to the national championship game. His college career gets underrated because he was playing at a little MVC school and not many saw him play back then, but he's still BY FAR the best college player I've ever seen. If he'd been at a major power program like Kentucky or UNC he'd probably be remembered as the best college player ever today.
BigRedRIP problem with Pistol Pete was he was the only scorer on his team. His father recruited players for their ability to throw a screen rather than score. Although Pete was ahead of his time he was by no means Larry Bird, MJ, Magic, or even Isiah Thomas. Pistol Pete was a scorer, Larry Bird was a winner, Magic was a winner, MJ was a winner, Isiah a winner. All players won State titles, Everyone but Bird a National Title, and NBA titles.
Other greats had a combination of excellent skillset and tremendous athleticism. Bird succeeded at the highest level with only skill. His body paid the price though.
My buddy Derek Van Dyke played for Ray Meyer's De Paul teams. ESPN archive footage. .... "There I am." he says. "Where?" I ask. "See the top of my afro as he lights me up with a jumper over me?" .... oh yeah... 😂
olajuwon carried a middle of the pack rockets team (lots of former cba players) to two titles. I always think if these two guys were more valuable to their teams than any other in history. They affected the game in far more ways than pure scoring
The first shot I saw Bird take was in this 1979 NCAA run. Running towards the corner, he received a high bounce pass.He jumped with his back still to the basket, caught the ball while he was in the air, swiveled in mid-air and dropped a 20 footer. Still looking for the "next Bird".
Bird's body was more chiseled in college than it was in the pros. Most typically for other basketball players it's the other way around. Had he kept a better diet and less beer in the pros and had he never tried to pave his mother's drive way, there is no telling how much better he could have been. As it was, from 79-87, I've never seen a better player.........ever.
Yes, he looked smoother in college, because he didn't carry that beer weight around. He worked hard to stay in shape, but didn't give up the liquid diet. No telling how much healthier he'd have been if he had. A healthy Bird probably adds another title or two to his resume.
Bird himself also says he was a better shooter in college...it was after his college career and right before his pro career that he broke his ring finger on his shooting hand playing softball...despite a couple surgeries it could never be straightened out...just jutted out there at a 45 degree angle. Lol.
Bird's catch & shot at the 1:47 mark is an incredible play. Amazing hand to eye coordination. One of the best college scorers ever and without the 3 point line. He was probably as better shooter in college than the pros. After graduating he almost tore the pinky finger of his left hand off playing softball. He said "I never had the same feel for the ball after that injury. Could you imagine him being even better as a Celtic than he was! One of the smartest, toughest, scrappiest NBA players ever.
Correction, It was his index finger. I don’t know how his pinky got mangled but various sources have all detailed that softball injury prior to signing with the Celtics…
-Remember when they actually used to televise the ANNOUNCEMENT of the starting lineups?! It added drama and excitement to the game. Now, they play commercials while the players are being announced. Boooo!!!
There is about 6 shots that (would have) been 3 pointers had there been a line. And I am sure he had some brilliant assists in this game also. Just a phenominal shooting display by the BIRD man.
When I was young I didn’t care to watch the NBA. I was too busy with other interests. I am now very sorry that I missed watching the greatest player ever when he was in his prime. So thankful for TH-cam videos now, or I would never have known how great Bird really was.
Amazing cause he was able to have ball 15 20 feet from basket. Fake drive with jab step keep pivot foot down. Pull ballup to shoot then if guy bites takes half step to shoot but then passes to guy coming from weakside. The guy could not take a step and passed up 2 shots then drives left a half step to hit a wide open cutter. Like gretzgey. Magic could run the break and dish from low post or the urinal. Bird was scary just 20ft from basket. I cant recall if the celtics ever used the dou le high post with walton. He was a great passer. Then again so was Tom Boerwinkle with bulls in 70s. Bird didnt have to leave feet or dribble to score assist.
I grew up 45 miles from Larry Bird and was just two years behind him in school and yet few of us in the area thought he was any great player in high school. Ever heard of Steve Collier? He was picked as Mr. Basketball in Indiana in 1974. His school in Hanover was about 90 miles from Springs Valley high, Bird's school, so it wasn't a matter of Larry being hidden away from the media who vote for Mr. Basketball. Somehow, I think Larry Bird got over being passed over for Mr. Basketball!
it was freezing cold that day and most everyone was snowed in and missed school or work the days before. So, naturally most everyone in the Mid-west tuned in on a Saturday afternoon to see what the big deal was. Larry did not disappoint on the Sycamores first National TV appearance.
Listen, Bird had over 60pts because those deep shots that were only 2s, would have been 3s today. I counted about 10 of them. Maybe the best i ever saw, Incredible!!!
-Yes BUT....if they had the 3-point rule when Maravich was playing college basketball, teams would have had to have 2 or 3 men on him at all times. It would have left his teammates wide open. As a result, Maravich's scoring would have been lower if there was a three-point basket, but LSU would have been a Final Four caliber team. Just my opinions. :)
Maybe but whatever level of talent he ever played against he ripped them a new assh*le. NBA included. This is the same sort of bullshit criticism he received his whole life until he made the NBA.
vdogg43 Don't get it twisted. Wichita State University is the name. Where is ISU now. Still in the Valley and well we're ranked #7/8 and in the AAC. BTW nice victory over Indiana.
I grew up one state away, in Ohio, and was as much of a college basketball junkie as one could be then, and this, I think, was one of the two TV games I got to see of Bird before his senior year NCAA tournament. Different world then.
If Bobby Knight was such a great coach why did he let Larry Bird leave his campus without so much as a conversation!? Arrogant Knight. Cost him 2-3 national championships.
He had a game vs Bradley where he scored 4 points. Bradley double teamed all night so Bird went to the corner and watched his team play 4-on-3 and destroy Bradley.
Is there no 3 point line? Was that added in 1980 in the pros? In other words he would have had more points if there was one. I'm a Bird watcher too. He's green and white and has a shamrock shape on him. Mostly found in Boston at times, also French Lick Indiana. He's number 33 if that helps. He's not the state bird but he's more popular. He's also a goat. Any guesses yet??? He's number 33, LARRY THE LEGEND BIRD!
The only thing I'll say about Larry is the man won wherever he was and his teams won big also...ISU was nothing before or after LJB (Larry Joe Bird)..., w/ LJB the go 33-0 and to the NCAA Finals where they met a much better team loaded with NBA talent, ISU hasn't been seen since...Go look at BST Celtics record before LJB, he comes there, instant winners/contenders, set NBA record for turn around, then BST is essentially the king of the Eastern Conference loaded with great teams and amazing talent, they win multiple championships, he wins 3 str8 MVP(s)....Look at him as a coach then, takes Pacers and makes them a legit contender and really shoulda beat Mj's Bulls, he's coach of the year....Then they stick him in management and he becomes General manager of the year..This man won at an elite level no matter what he did and all his teams are instantly better with him being part of it....So yes , if I'm starting a team, gimme LJB cuz he is simply gonna do whatever it takes to win and all his teammates are gonna be better..No disrespect to any of the great players who have played and there are many but gimme LJB and surround him with NBA talent and its off to the races winning rings/banners...
49 and no three pointers!
whatthehellimbored he would've scored 100 or so points if they had the 3 point line.......in this game.
Yup... that is him
Inside outside Ambidextrous 6’9” 220lb EXTREMELY Quick hands Amazing passer Total confidence TOUGH both emotionally n physically Genius b-ball mind Clutch shooter Saw whole court..reasons BIRD BEST EVER
I don't care Larry bird is the best player I've ever seen. and I've watched hours of mj footage.
mj is absolutely spectacular. but Larry bird is like a basketball poet/basketball ballerina.
the way he handled that bad pass? like I'm actually astonished at the way a guy caught the ball... only bird.
There are just a few people I would like to meet and thank them for what they have given me in my life. Larry Bird is one of them. He was not just a basketball player. He played the way we all wished we could and for a play or two we were Larry Bird. A shot, a pass, a steal for that one moment we knew what it was like to be Larry. Basketball perfection. To me the greatest player I have ever seen play. Never anyone like him and thank God he was born and played.
I'm lucky enough to live in Terre Haute and got to see some games while Larry played at ISU. I was 9 in 1979. Then watched him throughout his career at Boston. Greatest player of all time.
I was 9 too.
I was born in 1969, October, point Pleasant beach NJ where Jersey Mike's came from.
My step dad was a celtics fan and my dad was a Yankees fan.
Notice that Larry made those points before they came out with the 3 point line.
I guess they added the 3 point line in 1980 unless the pros were different.
Dennis Rodman has the hustling skills of Larry, but Larry also had passing and shooting above Dennis.
@@ericmol2614 NBA added 3 pt line beginning in the 1979-1980 season. College a few years later, I believe. And high school a few years after that.
He'd have been an even scarier shooter in the NBA if he hadn't mangled his finger the summer before his first season.
I agree with you. But I would like to add that he was good at more than just shooting. Shooting was only a fraction of what he did on that court. In my opinion he's the most complete player of all time.
I can remember people saying during his college and pro career,that Larry was nothing but hype.I use to try and argue with these f..........morons,but then I came to my senses and realized that you can't and should not argue with people who don't have enough sense to come in from out the rain.
You are right, my friend!
I think this was Bird's first nationally televised game;my old man and I had season tickets to the celtics;the same year we bought them the Celtics had two of their most miserable years ever;we were on the fence about renewing when word came out Aurbach had drafted this guy as a Junior Eligible-first shot I remember him hitting was that baseline shot after that incredible ball fake against that poor Wichita guy;we re-upped our tickets-for the next 11 years...Thank God...
+mrbriscoe2001 Actually this games not a nationally televised game. The game between Kentucky and South Carolina(non league then) went o the Southeast US but this game went to a majority of the country and due to the limited exposure of college basketball then it was the 1st time Bird was seen by most of the country.
Hahaha you know what time it is baby!!!!! Larry the greatest Eva!!!! Period!!!!!!!!🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🐘🐼🐬🐳🐕🐻🐅🐄🐖
Never forget how good Larry was in his college hoop days.
I remember this game well. For most people, Larry Bird means Celtics. But, for some southern Indiana kids like me, this college version is the Larry Bird that first comes to mind. He was SOOOO astonishingly good during those late 70s ISU seasons it defied belief. Carried an undermanned low talent unathletic supporting cast ON HIS BACK to an undefeated regular season, No. 1 ranking and to the national championship game. His college career gets underrated because he was playing at a little MVC school and not many saw him play back then, but he's still BY FAR the best college player I've ever seen. If he'd been at a major power program like Kentucky or UNC he'd probably be remembered as the best college player ever today.
Apart from him and Magic only Kevin durant has dominated like that in college
Ever heard of Pistol Pete Maravich?
BigRedRIP problem with Pistol Pete was he was the only scorer on his team. His father recruited players for their ability to throw a screen rather than score. Although Pete was ahead of his time he was by no means Larry Bird, MJ, Magic, or even Isiah Thomas. Pistol Pete was a scorer, Larry Bird was a winner, Magic was a winner, MJ was a winner, Isiah a winner. All players won State titles, Everyone but Bird a National Title, and NBA titles.
Walton at UCLA
Mac Lew Walton was great though he had talent around him
I consider him to be the greatest basketball player in history.
Greenwolfe Green I’m black and I agree after binge watching Bird highlights he was unstoppable
Other greats had a combination of excellent skillset and tremendous athleticism. Bird succeeded at the highest level with only skill. His body paid the price though.
He was indeed one of the greatest!
@@mikeshack4964 your not black who the fuck asked
@@mikeshack4964 “I’m black and I agree”🧔🏻
Good grief what an absolute nightmare he must have been to cover
My buddy Derek Van Dyke played for Ray Meyer's De Paul teams.
ESPN archive footage. .... "There I am." he says. "Where?" I ask. "See the top of my afro as he lights me up with a jumper over me?"
.... oh yeah... 😂
Larry took INDIANA STATE to a national title game -let that sink in.
olajuwon carried a middle of the pack rockets team (lots of former cba players) to two titles. I always think if these two guys were more valuable to their teams than any other in history. They affected the game in far more ways than pure scoring
Trivia: Bird wasnt highest scorer of tourney: Tony Price, Penn. Ofcourse they were obliterated by Magic + MSU by 34
And, they were undefeated...33-0
Best Player ever!
The first shot I saw Bird take was in this 1979 NCAA run. Running towards the corner, he received a high bounce pass.He jumped with his back still to the basket, caught the ball while he was in the air, swiveled in mid-air and dropped a 20 footer. Still looking for the "next Bird".
Larry Bird: A one-off of basketball brilliance
Bird's body was more chiseled in college than it was in the pros. Most typically for other basketball players it's the other way around. Had he kept a better diet and less beer in the pros and had he never tried to pave his mother's drive way, there is no telling how much better he could have been. As it was, from 79-87, I've never seen a better player.........ever.
Larry was special for sure..
And he was white
@@jmadratz he still is
Yes, he looked smoother in college, because he didn't
carry that beer weight around. He worked hard to stay
in shape, but didn't give up the liquid diet. No telling how
much healthier he'd have been if he had. A healthy Bird probably
adds another title or two to his resume.
Bird himself also says he was a better shooter in college...it was after his college career and right before his pro career that he broke his ring finger on his shooting hand playing softball...despite a couple surgeries it could never be straightened out...just jutted out there at a 45 degree angle. Lol.
I think deep down...we all want to be larry bird for just one game.
But not all of us capitize names.
@@flyingdutchman913 We aint got time to press the shift bar lol
They’ll never be another one like him!!!
That breakaway at 4:33 shows Bird dribbling with his LEFT hand all the way. For a big man to do that is incredible.
+newerafrican I believe he wrote with his left also. Not sure if he was exactly ambidextrous or not. Either way, extremely coordinated for a big man.
He writes and eats left handed.
They had their training table meals in Rhoads Hall at ISU.
Bird's catch & shot at the 1:47 mark is an incredible play. Amazing hand to eye coordination. One of the best college scorers ever and without the 3 point line. He was probably as better shooter in college than the pros. After graduating he almost tore the pinky finger of his left hand off playing softball. He said "I never had the same feel for the ball after that injury. Could you imagine him being even better as a Celtic than he was! One of the smartest, toughest, scrappiest NBA players ever.
Correction, It was his index finger. I don’t know how his pinky got mangled but various sources have all detailed that softball injury prior to signing with the Celtics…
-Remember when they actually used to televise the ANNOUNCEMENT of the starting lineups?! It added drama and excitement to the game. Now, they play commercials while the players are being announced. Boooo!!!
RIP Al McGuire & Jim Simpson.
1:46 please tell me Bird had no athletic skill.
lots of 3pt'ers for Bird in this game...but there was no 3 pt line back then. So this was a 55 pt game at least.
Bird not a secret any more after this nationally televised game.
Never grew up with a 3-point line
Highlights were so good I had to pause the video....
2:15 that’s my step dad Eric Kuhn guarding Larry Bird. He’s 63 and he still has not lived this moment down to this day.
😄
He's in good company tho. Bird did the same thing to many NBA players too.
The fighting Sycamores are running up the scores, Indiana has a new state Bird!
I agree...the 3 point line, he would have had 60.
Larry's a blue collar worker,he chases,dives,crashes loose balls for a living.and as the same time he shoots those long toms with deadly accuracy.
There is about 6 shots that (would have) been 3 pointers had there been a line. And I am sure he had some brilliant assists in this game also. Just a phenominal shooting display by the BIRD man.
A guy named Pete in college wasn't too bad either
It was actually the index finger on his right hand which was shattered playing softball.
When I was young I didn’t care to watch the NBA. I was too busy with other interests. I am now very sorry that I missed watching the greatest player ever when he was in his prime. So thankful for TH-cam videos now, or I would never have known how great Bird really was.
Wow! Bird killing it
I'm a 48 year old life long celtics fan and I'd give anything to back and watch Bird's career all over again!
A basketball savant
At 4:36 Bird leads the fast break LEFT HANDED. How many of these baskets would have been 3 pointers?
Larry Legend is the best player I ever saw. 💪🔥
Great! I’ve never seen highlights from this game before. Thanks!
Bird was beyond amazing...
Amazing cause he was able to have ball 15 20 feet from basket. Fake drive with jab step keep pivot foot down. Pull ballup to shoot then if guy bites takes half step to shoot but then passes to guy coming from weakside. The guy could not take a step and passed up 2 shots then drives left a half step to hit a wide open cutter. Like gretzgey. Magic could run the break and dish from low post or the urinal. Bird was scary just 20ft from basket. I cant recall if the celtics ever used the dou le high post with walton. He was a great passer. Then again so was Tom Boerwinkle with bulls in 70s. Bird didnt have to leave feet or dribble to score assist.
The best
I grew up 45 miles from Larry Bird and was just two years behind him in school and yet few of us in the area thought he was any great player in high school. Ever heard of Steve Collier? He was picked as Mr. Basketball in Indiana in 1974. His school in Hanover was about 90 miles from Springs Valley high, Bird's school, so it wasn't a matter of Larry being hidden away from the media who vote for Mr. Basketball. Somehow, I think Larry Bird got over being passed over for Mr. Basketball!
Never heard of him .When I think of Indiana Bird first thing comes to mind then Bob Glidden
Watching this in 2020 this is crazy especially when he faked the pass over dudes head and hit a would be threee pointer
Never get tired of watching the GOAT.
That’s fucking amazing.
Bird took a 3rd-tier division one school to the NCAA finals. He had NOBODY.
I’d still take Bird at his peak vs. Lebron.
Larry Bird's life matters.
it was freezing cold that day and most everyone was snowed in and missed school or work the days before. So, naturally most everyone in the Mid-west tuned in on a Saturday afternoon to see what the big deal was. Larry did not disappoint on the Sycamores first National TV appearance.
Listen, Bird had over 60pts because those deep shots that were only 2s, would have been 3s today. I counted about 10 of them. Maybe the best i ever saw, Incredible!!!
I wonder what his lifetime free throw percentage was..I never seen him miss one.
How many points would he have scored if they had a 3 point shot then.
I was at this game. Glad to see it again 42 years later.
I bet that was such a fun game.
1:45 is the most impressive missed layup I’ve ever seen. I rewound it like 5 times. For a missed layup! CRAZY, oh yeah .......not athletic my ass
Exactly
here's a scary thought:
Bird's college stats WITH the 3-pnt line they installed in later years
the 3point shot was introduced in the NBA in 1979,but in 1984 the FIBA soon followed.
BIRD WOULD HAVE SCORE MUCH MORE POINTS IF THERE'S A 3 POINT LINE BACK THEN
Pete Maravich's stats with inverted 3-pt rule:
57ppg and 13 3-pt shots made per game.
-Yes BUT....if they had the 3-point rule when Maravich was playing college basketball, teams would have had to have 2 or 3 men on him at all times. It would have left his teammates wide open. As a result, Maravich's scoring would have been lower if there was a three-point basket, but LSU would have been a Final Four caliber team. Just my opinions. :)
@@friendlyvideoadvice8305 he made a single high of 69 in a game w/out a 3pt shot
This is so cool to see one of his Indiana State games! Best ball player ever
Now imagine if there'd have been a 3-pt line.
So this was 49 points and no three point line… correct?
Not the most athletic, but one of the greatest basketball I.Q's so far.
Wow Hulman Center with and actual crowd and no stupid buffet line under the basket.
2:13 amazing fake out!
Is he playing against Wichita Elementary School?
Maybe but whatever level of talent he ever played against he ripped them a new assh*le. NBA included. This is the same sort of bullshit criticism he received his whole life until he made the NBA.
vdogg43 Don't get it twisted. Wichita State University is the name. Where is ISU now. Still in the Valley and well we're ranked #7/8 and in the AAC. BTW nice victory over Indiana.
That's the way he made it look. WSU has had some great teams but they didn't have to play against Larry Bird.
I grew up one state away, in Ohio, and was as much of a college basketball junkie as one could be then, and this, I think, was one of the two TV games I got to see of Bird before his senior year NCAA tournament. Different world then.
Notice no three point line back then....
Best College shooter EVER. Before he broke his middle shooting finger.
WOW Larry Joe Bird.
If Bobby Knight was such a great coach why did he let Larry Bird leave his campus without so much as a conversation!? Arrogant Knight. Cost him 2-3 national championships.
2:14
Unwatchable...such a poor-quality video.
With all of the advances in AI, how much longer before we can see this in high definition?
Wow! The Legend in college! “You are watching what greatness is all about”.
Bird Bird Bird Bird is a word
There was a game earlier that season when Bird was double-teamed for the entire game. He maybe scored 10 points even though ISU won.
He had a game vs Bradley where he scored 4 points. Bradley double teamed all night so Bird went to the corner and watched his team play 4-on-3 and destroy Bradley.
They called him a "center" back then. Wow.
Bird was great couzy great pistol pete was Goat.
Larry was doing 3pointers before there was a 3 point line!
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Is there no 3 point line?
Was that added in 1980 in the pros?
In other words he would have had more points if there was one.
I'm a Bird watcher too. He's green and white and has a shamrock shape on him. Mostly found in Boston at times, also French Lick Indiana. He's number 33 if that helps. He's not the state bird but he's more popular.
He's also a goat.
Any guesses yet???
He's number 33, LARRY THE LEGEND BIRD!
1979-1980 in the pros, 1986 in college.
Back when a 3 pointer required 2 shots
wait - they announced Bird at center here.
He was the Center in the Sycamore lineup and half court offense
Wear da 3 pt line
Had the college 3 pt been there he’d had 65.
Gene smithson randy?
Larry played center...lol.
Thanks Jeff kelley
Aaaaaaaaaand 18 rebounds.
Unathletic and slow? People need to watch the years before his body started giving up on him from his 100% effort style of play!
Guy was a beast.
Too blurry.
it was not introduced NCAA-wide until the 86-87 season, the ACC used a shorter version the early 80's but that obviously doesn't apply here.
BIRD just took care of business.
The best thing about this video is that there is no 3 point line.
How do a make Verizon headphones work
The only thing I'll say about Larry is the man won wherever he was and his teams won big also...ISU was nothing before or after LJB (Larry Joe Bird)..., w/ LJB the go 33-0 and to the NCAA Finals where they met a much better team loaded with NBA talent, ISU hasn't been seen since...Go look at BST Celtics record before LJB, he comes there, instant winners/contenders, set NBA record for turn around, then BST is essentially the king of the Eastern Conference loaded with great teams and amazing talent, they win multiple championships, he wins 3 str8 MVP(s)....Look at him as a coach then, takes Pacers and makes them a legit contender and really shoulda beat Mj's Bulls, he's coach of the year....Then they stick him in management and he becomes General manager of the year..This man won at an elite level no matter what he did and all his teams are instantly better with him being part of it....So yes , if I'm starting a team, gimme LJB cuz he is simply gonna do whatever it takes to win and all his teammates are gonna be better..No disrespect to any of the great players who have played and there are many but gimme LJB and surround him with NBA talent and its off to the races winning rings/banners...
IF WE HAD SWAPPED TEAMS THEN WHAT HAPPENED
The start of the MTXE Movement
Larry Legend
2:20 GOT EEEMM