"If I had to choose a player to take a shot to save a game I'd choose Michael Jordan; If I had to choose a player to take a shot to save my life...I'd take Larry Bird."
Dos Necklace it was truly a privilege to see his entire career. His ankles and back couldn’t hold up for his style of play, but watching him in his prime was unbelievable.
I consider it training for being a Patriots fan since 2001. Every season Larry was on the Celtics, a Championship was possible. Very few fans have had that. We've had it twice.
MANCHESTER UNITED F.C LOL you could be NO further from the truth. Soccer is for UNTALENTED pussies that can’t play REAL football.the reason it’s the most popular is bc it’s the cheapest sport and the oldest. Soccer players can’t play ANY other professional sport. the majority of basketball,football and baseball players could easily play pro soccer...
My favorite thing about Larry: The man didn't see color. Players like Isaiah Thomas said that if he was black, he'd be just another average player. Larry's response: "So?" He didn't care. All he wanted to do was play basketball and embarrass whoever tried to stop him. And that's exactly what he did.
Larry was 9 time consecutive 1st all nbas his 1st nine years. 3 consecutive mvp's(84-86), and 3/5 world championships. All this before his back crapped out.
@Stephen Forfer so you just gon diminish bird's greatness? What bout the clutch plays he has made to win them games, what bout the hustling which sacrificed his body? Wanna mention bird has a broken knuckle before even entering the NBA? There's no telling Pete would have won as much or more than Larry bird. Pete was known to be a ball hog as good as he could pass the ball, Larry was great at the game not just skillfully but he could read and play the game better. Larry bird bailed his team out so many times its not something numbers can record. Ok I get it Pete maravich's best game performance is better than bird's best game ever. But you know what Larry bird is the better player
It's a shame I started watching ball exactly the year that his back went out on him.....I wtch the old games now and realize how GROSSLY underrated this man is. His name should pop up out of at least one persons mouth whenever anyone mentions top 5 all time players.
Best shooter I ever seen. He did it with pressure and people hanging on him. People know Jordan would average 50 today with no handcheck. I'll tell you. This dude would do the same easily today.
@@jaaymurray3608 ah, a young brainwashed Jordanite. Just keep buying more shoes and keep trying to "fly" like Mike lmao. The biggest marketing ploy of alltime in full effect 😂
@@showofhands8214 lmaooooo or I can still recall them actually throwing this man out of the air on layup attempts. I think Jordan would absolutely dominate the league today and if that makes me a “Jordanite” then ok 😂😂 that also makes you quite one sided
@@showofhands8214 Jordan wasn’t good just for his Scoring… if you’ve ever watched or played basketball you’d know this. Jordan was great because of his sheer athleticism and ability to rally the team around him. Larry was great because he was an amazing passer and one of the most physical players you’d ever see. Lebron is great because he creates opportunities for his teammates due to his extreme strength and explosiveness. You can’t blame someone’s ENTIRE career on hand checking. That’s just being uneducated.
@@showofhands8214 No, YOU are brainwashed, you Gatorade swilling Jordan jock sniffer. Michael Jordan was HYPE. He was a LOUSY teammate, and an even WORSE “leader”!! His teammates did NOT like him! And the rules were changed to accommodate him! Spoiled, selfish and insufferable! Larry was a FAR BETTER leader, & player!
Bird still is my hero and were the same age! My only other 3 heros in all of Sports were Montana-49ers, Ronnie Lott-49ers 80's w/ Joe (Lott=Hardest hitter ever, so hard he's knocked himself out a few times! Haha! And I loved ol Will "The Thrill" Clark on Giants then St Louis then TX He was as close to Redford in The Natural as I've ever seen play! Best big game clutch hitter ever! And like all these others Will was 1 tough SOB!
Mexican larry bird Larry is pretty under-appreciated by today’s fans, but Hakeem might be the most underrated superstar, at least out of the consensus top 12 all-time players.
Byrd was Great ! One of the best shooters of all time ! Clutch in late game situations. Helped rebuild the NBA in the 80’s with Magic One the Greatest of all time ! So fun to watch
@Stephen Forfer ok calm down...like jesus this vid nor that comment you are replying to have nothing to do with pistol pete alright so calm down and no one cares as much as you apperently
At least@Stephen Forfer is not hailing LeBron, it's okay for me xD But Larry played with Pete and didn't get a championship He won when Pete retired from the Celtics
The Slim Shady of basketball. White dude killing everyone in a predominantly black arena, with his play and his words. Man I wish I could've seen the nba in the 80's.
You would of been blown away at how physical the game was. A good documentary to watch is the ESPN 30 for 30 on the Pistons Bad Boys team. Being a kid in the late 80's it was Lakers Celtics Magic and Bird. They brought the NBA back from extinction. Jordan made it go global.
I was at the Celtics/Hawks game where Bird scored 60 along with Atlanta Wilkins. The whole game, my mouth was dropped. I was rivited.Unreal , and probably one of the best games in the sport. No better game ever, I also got to play with Bostons Larry Siegfried, when in high school. One practice round only.
Ya know the dunk contest with Vince Carter where he did the through the legs dunks and was like at the camera saying"its over, itsover" waving his arms. When Bird made that perfect shot from BEHIND THE BACKBOARD, he shoulda done that lol everyone shoulda gone home automatic win that was ridiculous
Lack of athleticism was an accusation always leveled against Larry Bird, and yet he dominated. For all the supposed athleticism of today's NBA, no one has yet explained to me how and the hell Marc Gasol won Defensive Player of the Year four years ago, and a 36 year old Tim Duncan was all NBA first team just five years ago. Yes height and athleticism are prerequisite in basketball, but basketball is and always will be a skill and mental game for those that truly excel, and Larry Bird was on another level in both aspects. If the 2017 NBA playoffs (Warriors and Cavs excluded) is any indicator of the present level of skill of the above average NBA player, I suggest they get out of the training room and get their asses in the gym, because that's where Larry Bird would be, and yes he would dominate in today's NBA. It would be a clinic.
What you say is true, Bird and his generation value FUNDAMENTALS and SKILL in one's game. Thats why they had longevity and able to stay in the game to become great. Most young players today often rely on athleticism and tend to forget about developing skills. That's why after around their 7th season they'd fall to obscurity because they can't compete anymore because they not as athletic anymore
Blake Hentrup not even close, 37% 3 shot and i BELIEVE 42 from the field, now he is great and has,many skills beyond shooting that are great but hes not the greatest shooter of all time
Nah, that’s Steph Curry. And I don’t mean any disrespect to Bird with that statement, he could also rebound, pass, and defend. Larry Bird is still easily a top 10 player all time, he’s actually in my top 5.
Brings back sad and good memories seeing video clips of LEGEND LARRY and his team mates. Celtics, Pistons, Lakers gave basketball fans something that had been missing before these teams played on the court during our era in the 80s. LARRY not only made his teammates better players, but also his opponents. We miss y'all, but are thankful for the excitement y'all gave us that has yet been repeated.
+Greysen Gagné yeah Jordan GOAT, but Bird… Damn he was good. without Bird and Magic MJ wouldn't be half the player. You could even argue that Jordan was better, only because the 80's era dynasty teams were coming to an end and Jordan was a transitional superstar, transitioning the old and new NBA. He couldn't beat those guys at their best. Fact. When he did win, there was no one to compare to him, but there was no one in the league near him at that time. Jordan was a dead set freak.
+Chris Giddens Jordan and Pippen? You really just said they had better teams. Maybe when Kareem got traded to the Lakers, Kevin McKale wasn't even that good of a player. Jordan and Pippen are amongst the best ever for dynamic duos. Then they got Horace Grant and Dennis Rodman. They had an amazing team every year that he was there
@@chefcurry6204Kevin McHale is one of the greatest PFs of all-time. What are you talking about? Robert Parish, Dennis Johnson, and Danny Ainge were also HOFers in their prime. Even Bill Walton was a 6th man at that point. The Lakers had Kareem, James Worthy, Byron Scott, and Kurt Rambis. Before Pippen became an All-Star in 90 and Phil Jackson became the head coach in 89, Jordan had cocaine addicts like Orlando Woolridge and Dan Carzine as his best help against the stacked Celtics and Pistons teams with All-Stars such Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, Joe Dumars, Dennis Rodman, and John Salley. Pippen was his only teammate who was an All-Star. Rodman was an All-Star on the Pistons, not the Bulls. Horace Grant was a 1x All-Star. Toni Kukoc and Steve Kerr never made an All-Star team. Magic and Bird both played with multiple All-Star teammates in their career, so they definitely had better teams.
Steph can shoot but defenders are not allowed within 3 feet of shooters in today's NBA. Watch at what people like Bird and Reggie Miller had to do just to get a shot off.
I hate Steph with a fiery, burning passion, but for anyone to suggest he's not far and beyond the best shooter to ever pick up a basketball is beyond me.
Max Jacob Ishimwe I’m a Thunder fan, nuff said. I watched him make contested 40 ft three after contested 40 ft three to come back from down 3-1, then to add insult to injury, he turned around and took KD off of the only team that could have beaten the Warriors these last 5 years to join him. We were the only team that were keeping the Warriors from having a monopoly on the championship. I also hate that he gets so much love, when he has about as much defensive skill as a wet piece of toilet paper. He couldn’t defend my grandmother 2 hours after she’s had a stroke, but because he played on a stacked team that could hide him on defense, he got to sit in the corner, guarding the worst player on the other team every single night.
Curry is in the top 10 of the most PPG in the history of NBA final more than bird,hakeem,Jabar. He have one of the highest PPG average of all time in playoff history for a players with 6 or more playoff apparence. Curry never have one playoff series where he scored less than 20 PPG. But for some reason just because he lose in 2016. He is a choker now.
Bird and Jordan are my favorite players. They both have that win at all costs mentality and played their best when it mattered most. Also, talked trash, the backed it up.
All those memories. Like many, I grew up watching Bird vs Magic, Magic vs Bird, and I thought it would always be like this. How wrong I was. Sometimes the "good ol' days" really were good/great.
I watched every Celtic game with Bird . You have to have seen him play night in and night out to understand how good he was. Bird could score 10 pts for the entire game and still have been the best player on the floor and the difference maker in getting the win. Bird could easily have scored 40 pts a game if he wanted to, or more importantly if he needed to. The competition in the Eastern conference in the 80s was intense, the sixers teams only won one tittle with a team of all stars and some hall of famers. The 80s sixers would destroy today's teams, never mind the has with Wilkins , the bucks, oh, and of course the lakers, who lost to the rockets twice in the west finals..The physical play of the 80s would have these little babies playing today running to their mommies looking for a safe place. Bird is without doubt top 3 of all time.
High_on_ Blitz Larry is #5 or 6 on my list, I’d put him above Magic. The GOAT is MJ IMO, then Kareem, LeBron, Wilt, and then probably Bird for me. Bill Russell, Magic, Hakeem, Duncan, and Shaq are also in my top 10.
I've a memory for this game that dates back to the 1980. If i could build a dream team, Magic woud be my PG with zero internal debate. Magic said "Bird was so good it's frightnening". I consider that a strong endorsement haha.
I grew up a Boston Fan. Because my Dad's Idol was Larry Bird. Also my 2nd fave team is Lakers because of Magic Johnson. 80's is one of the best decade of NBA!
bird and magic made the nba I grew up in boston in the 80s what a great time to be a fan bird was crazy he had eyes in the back of his head and could shoot over double teams like it was a joke
I don't know how people can say he's not in the discussion for top 5 players of all time or even in the discussion of being the best because if you took away lebron or MJs athleticism and physical gifts they were born with and put them in Larry Bird's body there is no way they would or could have done the things he did. For Bird to be so great while being slow and unathletic just shows his heart, toughness, determination and his basketball IQ is probably the best ever. What more can be said and for him to accomplish everything he did in only 13 seasons is unbelievable and truly amazing. His body just wasn't built to do what he did and in the end his body betrayed him
I am very happy to see Bird receive so much love and respect from all his peers and most players that are knowledgable today like LBJ know Larry Legend was for real.
I'm old as hell and grew up 4 miles from the old Boston Garden. (The new one, too) Let me tell you one thing, I've seen all the greats play live and up close. Jordan was the best I ever saw, but Larry Bird was right there with him. There will never be a player who had better basketball IQ and toughness than the great Larry Joe Bird.
Larry bird is like the Tom Brady of the NFL. Not the most athletic or even flashy, but gets the job done, wins games, and both easily one of each sports all time greats.
Let me illustrate Larry Bird's greatness. I'll put it in comic book analogy it goes like this. Jordan is Superman i.e. athleticism and he has his offshoots Kobe, Lebron etc. Magic is the Joker due to the theatricality and showmanship but...... Larry is the fucking Batman cuz he's a genius. Someone make that shirt.
Legit insane how good he was - favorite Larry Legend was when the Hawks bench was going berserk after every shot that went in when he had a 50+ point game in Atlanta.
He's no doubt the best all around shooter. I mean, all Curry can do is shoot crazy 3's... His mid range shot is shit. And idk about Allen.. Bird was Magical man. Guy could shoot from anywhere, in any situation, at any time..
Yungdadmolestor Have you not seen him attempt mid range jump shots...? He misses them all the fucking time. So yes, I said his mid range is shit.. Thompson, Bradley, Reddic etc.. Those guys have nice mid range shots. Curry's probably to use to shooting 3's and only 3's.
"If I had to choose a player to take a shot to save a game I'd choose Michael Jordan; If I had to choose a player to take a shot to save my life...I'd take Larry Bird."
bird would kick own queen lebron. larry freaking ledgend is un beatable.
I believe Pat Riley said that
Larry Bird was one of the best trash talkers in the NBA. He would always back it up.
yo who asked about your past. You just came out of no were and found a way to make a random ass post about yourself.
Haha. Nice I like that one
Larry was the best ugliest shooting small forward in NBA history, stats prove it. ,,, oh and love you Larry,,, Mom
Uhh, Rodman?
Samuel Robert I don't think Rodman ever made a player consider the thought of committing suicide from trash talking, as Larry Bird DID.
I wish I was alive to watch this man play
Dos Necklace it was truly a privilege to see his entire career. His ankles and back couldn’t hold up for his style of play, but watching him in his prime was unbelievable.
I consider it training for being a Patriots fan since 2001. Every season Larry was on the Celtics, a Championship was possible. Very few fans have had that. We've had it twice.
Are you dead?
Dos Necklace yo same here i was born in 91
Peter Parker his not dead
Larry Legend took everyone to school. How they got home was their problem.
DoubleVisionandco couldn’t have said it better myself
Lol....good one
Stephen Forfer haha guess what... I don’t remember asking.
MANCHESTER UNITED F.C again... I don’t remember asking
MANCHESTER UNITED F.C LOL you could be NO further from the truth. Soccer is for UNTALENTED pussies that can’t play REAL football.the reason it’s the most popular is bc it’s the cheapest sport and the oldest. Soccer players can’t play ANY other professional sport. the majority of basketball,football and baseball players could easily play pro soccer...
My favorite thing about Larry: The man didn't see color. Players like Isaiah Thomas said that if he was black, he'd be just another average player. Larry's response: "So?" He didn't care. All he wanted to do was play basketball and embarrass whoever tried to stop him. And that's exactly what he did.
Joe Moline Dennis Rodman Said that not Isaiah. But Isaiah did back him up
Joe Moline he was clear
@@catherinelynnfraser2001 Exactly. Larry Bird wasn't white. He was clear.
Don v Yeah, and they were both ignorant for saying something like that.
@Stephen Forfer I'm so tired of you, just be quiet for once when it's a Larry Bird highlight video.
Larry was 9 time consecutive 1st all nbas his 1st nine years. 3 consecutive mvp's(84-86), and 3/5 world championships. All this before his back crapped out.
Matthew Jimenez Yo I thought his back was actually fucked up all throughout his career
@@SebsBeenHere It was his fingers. They broke before he started playing in the NBA. The back happened later when he was fixing his mom's driveway.
Stephen Forfer where are Pete’s chips and MVPs?
@Stephen Forfer so you just gon diminish bird's greatness? What bout the clutch plays he has made to win them games, what bout the hustling which sacrificed his body? Wanna mention bird has a broken knuckle before even entering the NBA? There's no telling Pete would have won as much or more than Larry bird. Pete was known to be a ball hog as good as he could pass the ball, Larry was great at the game not just skillfully but he could read and play the game better. Larry bird bailed his team out so many times its not something numbers can record. Ok I get it Pete maravich's best game performance is better than bird's best game ever. But you know what Larry bird is the better player
It's a shame I started watching ball exactly the year that his back went out on him.....I wtch the old games now and realize how GROSSLY underrated this man is. His name should pop up out of at least one persons mouth whenever anyone mentions top 5 all time players.
"Larry Bird is so good... it's frightening" - Erving Magic Johnson
it’s earvin
the greatest clutch shooter and buzzer beater. good rebounder with a lot of mind boggling assist. a true leader on the court. real legend.
BASKETBALL. BIRD. ONE AND THE SAME.
If Larry bird took a shot from the moon to earth .... don t walk away, it just may go in.
"Rainbow Trainer's Lap." That's a whole nother level. lol
♥️
He made the Hawks bench lose their minds. That's why he's one of the top ten greatest players of all time. Awesome video.
I went to one of the games in that series.
He is top 5 to me
1 MJ 2 Magic 3 Larry 4 Lebron 5 Karrem 6 Bill 7 Kobe 8 Shaq 9 Wilt
trha2222 Lebron is definently top 10.. 1. Kareem 2. MJ 3. Bird 4. Magic 5. Bill Russell 6 Wilt 7 Lebron 8. Kobe 9. Shaq 10. Oscar Robertson
James Newbern No Allen Iverson?
Larry Legend saved the game of basketball and is the greatest all-around player of all-time.
Lebron is the greatest all around player of all time.
@@brianscalabrine198 hmmmm you sure??
He didn’t save basketball he alongside magic saved the NBA. There’s a difference
@@brianscalabrine198 no defense , cant really shoot that great from the field. Name one skillset he has that is the greatest ever
@@brianscalabrine198 lebron sucks
Best shooter I ever seen. He did it with pressure and people hanging on him. People know Jordan would average 50 today with no handcheck. I'll tell you. This dude would do the same easily today.
@@showofhands8214 you’re wildin for even thinking that 😐
@@jaaymurray3608 ah, a young brainwashed Jordanite. Just keep buying more shoes and keep trying to "fly" like Mike lmao. The biggest marketing ploy of alltime in full effect 😂
@@showofhands8214 lmaooooo or I can still recall them actually throwing this man out of the air on layup attempts. I think Jordan would absolutely dominate the league today and if that makes me a “Jordanite” then ok 😂😂 that also makes you quite one sided
@@showofhands8214 Jordan wasn’t good just for his Scoring… if you’ve ever watched or played basketball you’d know this. Jordan was great because of his sheer athleticism and ability to rally the team around him. Larry was great because he was an amazing passer and one of the most physical players you’d ever see. Lebron is great because he creates opportunities for his teammates due to his extreme strength and explosiveness. You can’t blame someone’s ENTIRE career on hand checking. That’s just being uneducated.
@@showofhands8214
No, YOU are brainwashed, you Gatorade swilling Jordan jock sniffer.
Michael Jordan was HYPE. He was a LOUSY teammate, and an even WORSE “leader”!! His teammates did NOT like him!
And the rules were changed to accommodate him! Spoiled, selfish and insufferable!
Larry was a FAR BETTER leader, & player!
The Baddest white boy to ever played this game
+The Xman Definitely, but it's overemphasized in my view...Bird needs to be compared to top 5 type players, not Dirk.
Why compare Bird to the Top 5 players when its Bird thats #1...EVER!
The Xman Jason Williams?
The Xman maybe the best player period. Never has been and maybe ever be a shooter like bird..
Dawson Luciano lol
Bird was simply the greatest !!!
Bird was my hero growing up.
+GonzoDuke He is still my hero and I'm 35.
+Greysen Gagné you are sick
alan cobain Hahaha
Bird still is my hero and were the same age! My only other 3 heros in all of Sports were Montana-49ers, Ronnie Lott-49ers 80's w/ Joe (Lott=Hardest hitter ever, so hard he's knocked himself out a few times! Haha! And I loved ol Will "The Thrill" Clark on Giants then St Louis then TX He was as close to Redford in The Natural as I've ever seen play! Best big game clutch hitter ever! And like all these others Will was 1 tough SOB!
Most underrated legend.
Mexican larry bird Larry is pretty under-appreciated by today’s fans, but Hakeem might be the most underrated superstar, at least out of the consensus top 12 all-time players.
Larry bird is the most skilled player of all time, change my mind...
Well rounded, humble in the media, a tyrant on the court.❤
Larry Bird was like Tom Brady, but in basketball. Larry Bird the GOAT
The_Boss Two Boston legends
trha2222 Boston sports legends
trha2222 Brady’s from California...
Tempest Jay and bird was from Indiana. You missed the point. Catch up
No he’s like Payton Manning
🐦 bird was the truth # no color # game is game
If basketball had a Mt. Rushmore, Legend is on it.
That behind the backboard shot... My heart just jumped out of my chest when I first saw that.
He called it "rainbow trainer's lap" lmao what a beast
Larry bird is a legend for ever
Byrd was Great !
One of the best shooters of all time !
Clutch in late game situations.
Helped rebuild the NBA in the 80’s with Magic
One the Greatest of all time !
So fun to watch
Masterful job on the editing. The sound bites are perfect. Great job!!!!
Thanks for watching!
He stole this from a documentary about Magic Johnson and Larry Bird's rivalry.
60 points at 61%...lol
No compliance even 61 likes ....
@Stephen Forfer ok calm down...like jesus this vid nor that comment you are replying to have nothing to do with pistol pete alright so calm down and no one cares as much as you apperently
@Stephen Forfer you got issues lol goat is literally thrown at many past and current players...your obsession with pete needs medication
@Stephen Forfer my guy said ONLY 60 points lol
At least@Stephen Forfer is not hailing LeBron, it's okay for me xD
But Larry played with Pete and didn't get a championship
He won when Pete retired from the Celtics
Will always be my favorite player of all time.
The Slim Shady of basketball. White dude killing everyone in a predominantly black arena, with his play and his words. Man I wish I could've seen the nba in the 80's.
It was an awesome time and Bird was the greatest.
You would of been blown away at how physical the game was. A good documentary to watch is the ESPN 30 for 30 on the Pistons Bad Boys team. Being a kid in the late 80's it was Lakers Celtics Magic and Bird. They brought the NBA back from extinction. Jordan made it go global.
I got lucky enough to see both Bird and Magic in an exhibition game when I was a little kid...It blew mind!
possibly the greatest basketball player that ever played. it's like watching a video of a chess game, w/the vcr set on fast forward.
I was at the Celtics/Hawks game where Bird scored 60 along with Atlanta Wilkins. The whole game, my mouth was dropped. I was rivited.Unreal , and probably one of the best games in the sport. No better game ever, I also got to play with Bostons Larry Siegfried, when in high school. One practice round only.
He l just shot it from behind the back board and made it... I don't think I can feel my face right now.
He looked, he shot; yeah, I can make that. LOL. Genuis.
Im not even a basketball fan but I can appreciate greatness when I see it
my mom likes basketball but doesn't really know players names, but she damn sure knows Larry Bird
Ya know the dunk contest with Vince Carter where he did the through the legs dunks and was like at the camera saying"its over, itsover" waving his arms. When Bird made that perfect shot from BEHIND THE BACKBOARD, he shoulda done that lol everyone shoulda gone home automatic win that was ridiculous
Larry bird is the best
Bird was ridiculous. That shot over the backboard is insane lol. He is better than Lebron, with the stats to back it him up.
Dan Rustle That was a craaaaaazy shot!
He was a Bad man.
8:58 you can hear larry's team mate yelling "Sorry Larry!" for the bad pass.
It was awesome growing up as a kid in this era of the Celtics.
Bird was an absolute beast!
Great video.
@2:06 Magic's comment about Bird sent chills down my spine. People dont realize how GREAT Larry Bird was.smh
That was Isaiah Thomas bruh
@@ABigNUT69 no actually that was Magic
Lack of athleticism was an accusation always leveled against Larry Bird, and
yet he dominated. For all the supposed athleticism of today's NBA, no
one has yet explained to me how and the hell Marc Gasol won Defensive
Player of the Year four years ago, and a 36 year old Tim Duncan was all
NBA first team just five years ago. Yes height and athleticism are
prerequisite in basketball, but basketball is and always will be a
skill and mental game for those that truly excel, and Larry Bird was on
another level in both aspects. If the 2017 NBA playoffs (Warriors and
Cavs excluded) is any indicator of the present level of skill of the
above average NBA player, I suggest they get out of the training room and
get their asses in the gym, because that's where Larry Bird would be,
and yes he would dominate in today's NBA. It would be a clinic.
What you say is true, Bird and his generation value FUNDAMENTALS and SKILL in one's game.
Thats why they had longevity and able to stay in the game to become great.
Most young players today often rely on athleticism and tend to forget about developing skills. That's why after around their 7th season they'd fall to obscurity because they can't compete anymore because they not as athletic anymore
Thats the longest youtube comment of all time. I read 10 percent of it.
Larry Legend was the reason why I fell in love and started playing the game of basketball at age 10.☘️
Larry bird is easily the greatest shooter of all time
Blake Hentrup not even close, 37% 3 shot and i BELIEVE 42 from the field, now he is great and has,many skills beyond shooting that are great but hes not the greatest shooter of all time
Steph Curry
Curry
Curry
Nah, that’s Steph Curry. And I don’t mean any disrespect to Bird with that statement, he could also rebound, pass, and defend. Larry Bird is still easily a top 10 player all time, he’s actually in my top 5.
glad i was born in 77 and grew up in the 80's to watch the physical NBA no babies allowed
The Hawks bench when Larry scored 60 was hilarious it was like they couldn't believe what they were seeing lol
Brings back sad and good memories seeing video clips of LEGEND LARRY and his team mates.
Celtics, Pistons, Lakers gave basketball fans something that had been missing before these teams played on the court during our era in the 80s.
LARRY not only made his teammates better players, but also his opponents.
We miss y'all, but are thankful for the excitement y'all gave us that has yet been repeated.
Imagine bird in todays game lol
MikeJones a lot of trash talking and dominating
THE GOAT
Jordan.. But Bird was great
+Greysen Gagné yeah Jordan GOAT, but Bird… Damn he was good. without Bird and Magic MJ wouldn't be half the player. You could even argue that Jordan was better, only because the 80's era dynasty teams were coming to an end and Jordan was a transitional superstar, transitioning the old and new NBA. He couldn't beat those guys at their best. Fact. When he did win, there was no one to compare to him, but there was no one in the league near him at that time. Jordan was a dead set freak.
+Jay Dubz he couldn't beat them because Larry Bird and Magic had better teams than him.
+Chris Giddens Jordan and Pippen? You really just said they had better teams. Maybe when Kareem got traded to the Lakers, Kevin McKale wasn't even that good of a player. Jordan and Pippen are amongst the best ever for dynamic duos. Then they got Horace Grant and Dennis Rodman. They had an amazing team every year that he was there
@@chefcurry6204Kevin McHale is one of the greatest PFs of all-time. What are you talking about? Robert Parish, Dennis Johnson, and Danny Ainge were also HOFers in their prime. Even Bill Walton was a 6th man at that point. The Lakers had Kareem, James Worthy, Byron Scott, and Kurt Rambis. Before Pippen became an All-Star in 90 and Phil Jackson became the head coach in 89, Jordan had cocaine addicts like Orlando Woolridge and Dan Carzine as his best help against the stacked Celtics and Pistons teams with All-Stars such Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, Joe Dumars, Dennis Rodman, and John Salley. Pippen was his only teammate who was an All-Star. Rodman was an All-Star on the Pistons, not the Bulls. Horace Grant was a 1x All-Star. Toni Kukoc and Steve Kerr never made an All-Star team. Magic and Bird both played with multiple All-Star teammates in their career, so they definitely had better teams.
A LETHAL MARKSMAN OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.... NUFF SAID.... LARRY LEGEND....
That half-court buzzer beater is a thing of beauty!
How soon they forget😔
Larry Bird ASSASSIN
If Bird said you going to get rekt, just enjoy the greatness
Steph Curry disappeared in the Post Season......Bird got even better.
Who is really the best Shooter ever?
Show some respect to the Legends.
Steph can shoot but defenders are not allowed within 3 feet of shooters in today's NBA. Watch at what people like Bird and Reggie Miller had to do just to get a shot off.
I hate Steph with a fiery, burning passion, but for anyone to suggest he's not far and beyond the best shooter to ever pick up a basketball is beyond me.
Max Jacob Ishimwe I’m a Thunder fan, nuff said. I watched him make contested 40 ft three after contested 40 ft three to come back from down 3-1, then to add insult to injury, he turned around and took KD off of the only team that could have beaten the Warriors these last 5 years to join him. We were the only team that were keeping the Warriors from having a monopoly on the championship. I also hate that he gets so much love, when he has about as much defensive skill as a wet piece of toilet paper. He couldn’t defend my grandmother 2 hours after she’s had a stroke, but because he played on a stacked team that could hide him on defense, he got to sit in the corner, guarding the worst player on the other team every single night.
@@christophermartin8143 🤣🤣🤣🤣you sound like a real bitch, steph is HOF all time great, you carry on shedding tears Chris
Curry is in the top 10 of the most PPG in the history of NBA final more than bird,hakeem,Jabar.
He have one of the highest PPG average of all time in playoff history for a players with 6 or more playoff apparence.
Curry never have one playoff series where he scored less than 20 PPG.
But for some reason just because he lose in 2016. He is a choker now.
Bird and Jordan are my favorite players. They both have that win at all costs mentality and played their best when it mattered most. Also, talked trash, the backed it up.
Nice Final Fantasy Prelude at the end haha
Gotta slip an Easter egg in every video 😉
+Joseph Vincent hell yeah that was beautifully done
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Yeah I'm sub for life now lol
+Joseph Vincent stephen curry video
Thanks for the video of Larry Bird. Truly one of the all-time greats
best nba player of all time.
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***** did i ask for your useless opinion?
lol someones sad, did i ask you? its the internet if you dont want to hear others opinion dont voice yours.
So please Don't say any Shit about other people like the crack stuff
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All those memories. Like many, I grew up watching Bird vs Magic, Magic vs Bird, and I thought it would always be like this. How wrong I was. Sometimes the "good ol' days" really were good/great.
Larry Legend gave me hope my whole life that i could play but i forgot i wasnt larry bird though until later on either though.
LARRY LEGEND!!!
I appreciate what you did, here, but the can never be enough Bird highlights
He plays with todays rules n docs n the NBA hes GOAT
I watched every Celtic game with Bird . You have to have seen him play night in and night out to understand how good he was. Bird could score 10 pts for the entire game and still have been the best player on the floor and the difference maker in getting the win. Bird could easily have scored 40 pts a game if he wanted to, or more importantly if he needed to. The competition in the Eastern conference in the 80s was intense, the sixers teams only won one tittle with a team of all stars and some hall of famers. The 80s sixers would destroy today's teams, never mind the has with Wilkins , the bucks, oh, and of course the lakers, who lost to the rockets twice in the west finals..The physical play of the 80s would have these little babies playing today running to their mommies looking for a safe place. Bird is without doubt top 3 of all time.
a lot of people forget how great larry Bird was.easily the greatest small forward and top five greatest players of all time.Mabe top three.
Larry is not just better Shooter than LeBron...*HE IS THE BEST SHOOTET ALL TIME!*
Roger J. Perez Abreu one of the best easily.. prob top 1 or 2 clutch players...
Larry is one of my favourite players ever, but the best shooter title probably belongs to Steph
@@Islandkid679 Steph shoots a lot of Threes...but not from everywhere...Larry does...
8:12, One of the most beautiful things i've ever seen in basketball....
This channel deserves some more recognition. Awesome vids👍🏼
Greatest SF of all-time and 2nd greatest player of all time
I beg to differ because my opinion is that Mj is the GOAT and Kobe is the 2nd greatest of all time then Larry Bird or Lebron James
Larry is top 5 at best
High_on_ Blitz Larry is #5 or 6 on my list, I’d put him above Magic. The GOAT is MJ IMO, then Kareem, LeBron, Wilt, and then probably Bird for me. Bill Russell, Magic, Hakeem, Duncan, and Shaq are also in my top 10.
I've a memory for this game that dates back to the 1980. If i could build a dream team, Magic woud be my PG with zero internal debate. Magic said "Bird was so good it's frightnening". I consider that a strong endorsement haha.
Goat of mid/longrange shots and also a great passer very charismatic player
Yea
I grew up a Boston Fan.
Because my Dad's Idol was Larry Bird.
Also my 2nd fave team is Lakers because of Magic Johnson.
80's is one of the best decade of NBA!
bird and magic made the nba I grew up in boston in the 80s what a great time to be a fan bird was crazy he had eyes in the back of his head and could shoot over double teams like it was a joke
3:31 the players from the other teams bench are falling over in disbelief of what was happening. What a legend
I'm a lifelong L.A. Lakers fan but I love and respect Larry Bird and all that he did. 💯
He was a players player !! They all respected The Goat !! And it was all Larry Bird
"Maaan larry bird was so good it was frightening"
Where's all his beautiful passes
I don't know how people can say he's not in the discussion for top 5 players of all time or even in the discussion of being the best because if you took away lebron or MJs athleticism and physical gifts they were born with and put them in Larry Bird's body there is no way they would or could have done the things he did. For Bird to be so great while being slow and unathletic just shows his heart, toughness, determination and his basketball IQ is probably the best ever. What more can be said and for him to accomplish everything he did in only 13 seasons is unbelievable and truly amazing. His body just wasn't built to do what he did and in the end his body betrayed him
I am very happy to see Bird receive so much love and respect from all his peers and most players that are knowledgable today like LBJ know Larry Legend was for real.
This video was well made. Almost brought tears to me eyes several times. Good job, Joseph.
THANK YOU FOR FINALLY DOING BIRD! I requested for him so long ago. Thanks bro.
One of the reasons I love the Larry bird story is he didn’t make it about black and white. He made it about good and great. God bless america
I'm old as hell and grew up 4 miles from the old Boston Garden. (The new one, too)
Let me tell you one thing, I've seen all the greats play live and up close. Jordan was the best I ever saw, but Larry Bird was right there with him.
There will never be a player who had better basketball IQ and toughness than the great Larry Joe Bird.
Awesome compilation. Well done, and thank you. The Legend was the greatest team player ever. I miss 80s basketball. ✌
Larry bird is like the Tom Brady of the NFL. Not the most athletic or even flashy, but gets the job done, wins games, and both easily one of each sports all time greats.
There will never be another Larry Bird...
The greatest player of all time in my opinion I’m a Boston fan and Dallas
larrys the best
Let me illustrate Larry Bird's greatness.
I'll put it in comic book analogy it goes like this.
Jordan is Superman i.e. athleticism and he has his offshoots Kobe, Lebron etc.
Magic is the Joker due to the theatricality and showmanship
but......
Larry is the fucking Batman cuz he's a genius.
Someone make that shirt.
No Man I like that comment bro
Lebron is two face or someons like that. Mayne Bane
Shaq will be Hulk
Larry Bird is my hero and i saw him on tv every time i could.
Thank you for not only showing Bird’s highlights,but also showing what was also going on @ the time. Which is something you also do. Thank you!
This shit almost made me cry
Uniforms were nicer, too. Nowadays they look like pajamas.
Larry Bird with a mullet was the best player that ever lived.
Legit insane how good he was - favorite Larry Legend was when the Hawks bench was going berserk after every shot that went in when he had a 50+ point game in Atlanta.
One of e best shooters to ever play the game
+legit armyranger The best*
+Tyler Davis one*
He's no doubt the best all around shooter. I mean, all Curry can do is shoot crazy 3's... His mid range shot is shit. And idk about Allen.. Bird was Magical man. Guy could shoot from anywhere, in any situation, at any time..
+Greysen Gagné did u really just say Currys mid range is shit?
Yungdadmolestor Have you not seen him attempt mid range jump shots...? He misses them all the fucking time. So yes, I said his mid range is shit.. Thompson, Bradley, Reddic etc.. Those guys have nice mid range shots. Curry's probably to use to shooting 3's and only 3's.
Slim Shady of basketball
EMOSIONS FLOW WHEN I WATCH HIM PLAY TEARS Smears I Enjoy
He’s called Larry Legend for a reason.