In the game against the Pacers he fractured his cheek and had a concussion. But the night before that game he spent in the hospital in traction for his back. You should react to the 5 times Larry Bird was injured but refused to quit and the 4 times Larry Bird was hurt but showed toughness. The injuries are mind blowing.
You hit his work ethic on the nose. He would regularly stay after practice and take 100 extra shots. A janitor at Boston Garden found Larry in the gym one day just dribbling the ball around to different areas of the floor when he went in to clean. He asked Larry what he was doing, Larry explained that he was listening for dead spots in the floor so he could avoid them yet maneuver his opponents to. He was usually 10 points ahead of you before he even took the floor. Larry had the rare ability to make his teammates better too. He was the only major addition to their roster that year yet they won 32 more games in his rookie year than they had the season before. Jordan had his time in the NBA but his Bulls were swept the first three times they met the Celtics in the playoffs. Michael didn't get his team to the top until Larry retired
Yeah, that ability to read the court and take advantage of every opportunity doesn’t just elevate his game, but the games of every teammate he was passing to and creating opportunities for.
Yeah, he was listed as 6' 9", but everyone who was around him says he was at least 6' 10". Magic was listed as 6' 9" but was probably 6' 8" or less. So, on paper they're the same, but every picture you see of them together, Bird looks taller.
I lived through this era and when I see the mixtape, I can feel each possession from the Magic - Bird era. They were so back and forth, not giving each other an inch. Everything felt crucial. Thanks for your attitude about plumber basketball. I do recognize the skill level is superior today, but I watched every second back in this era. I haven't watched the NBA since the Mutombo Hawks era.
Just subbed AND EXACTLY WHAT “The Glove” ❤❤said and we KNOW HOW GREAT HE WAS TOO!!! and FACTS AND HES A GREAT HUMAN WHO EVERYONE LOVED AS A COACH LIKE REGGIE❤❤ AND EXECUTIVE WHY HE GOT TJOSE AWARDS TOO. HIS WHOLE TEAM HE MADE BETTER AND THEY ALL SAY IT AND RESPECT HIM WHICH SAYS TONS!!!!!!!! Think it was Maxwell or someone talking about HOW HE LEAD NOT MEAN!!!!! Not yelling and disrespecting them but encouraging etc. I’ll find that video so you can react you will like it a lot. THEY ALL SAY SOMETHING WHEN QUITE A FEW WENT INTO THE HALL OF FAME……..IN THEIR SPEECHES. BUT IT is like Cedric Maxwell said still too much rac!$m 😢😢😢😢😢 I’m mixed and in MS so I know although I’ve been treated great but it’s how I was taught and like Larry just ❤❤❤”Never Judge an engine by its paint job”, “Never judge a book by its cover” and “NEVER UNDERESTIMATE YOUR OPPONENT”!!!!! And my other 2 is “Love others as yourself…….Love is THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT” and my other is “Keep God 1st” can’t WAIT TO SEE MORE FROM YOU!!!!!
Larry Bird playing hurt it one of the most amazing things today, not many players would take that risk today, maybe even the coaches would sit them to protect them. Larry said there was a game he was hit so hard he had double vision, and close one eye to shoot, and he missed, so then he started closing the other eye and all the shots started going in...
You should check out a Courtship of Rivals. It's the best sports documentary i've ever seen about Magic and Larry's lives, their rivalry then them becoming such best friends they're more like brothers.
I would go one step further and say, it is the best documentary I have seen in the last 20 years. And I am not even a basketball fan! 😂 Have a good one! ✌🏻
If you had seen these games, I don't think you'd be saying today's players are obviously more skillful. They're not. Great reaction to Larry Legend. Good luck with your channel!
I have to disagree on this one! I believe basketball in the 80s and 90s was the best. But i also believe this is the more skillful era. Part of the reason for that is how the rules changed though
@@maxxdahl6062 More athletic than Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, Dr. J, Magic, Jordan, Duncan, etc.? I don't think so. Those guys were beasts. Every era had those elite, skillful, athletes.
@@MDreeezyUnplugged Those are my favorite eras, but I have enjoyed them all - to a point. I get tired of games where they do nothing but jack 3s. But I think it's misinformation that today's players are more skillful. Compared to whom? As Reggie Miller asked when he had to pick his starting all-time player at the 3, "Whose rules are we playing?" It's much easier to score today because of ill thought-out changes that made it too easy to score. Adam Silver overreached on some of those rules, as did his predecessor. Bring back hand checking and focus on the mid-range game, get rid of the silly 3 second rule under the rim, and call travels, carries, and moving screens. For starters. And get rid of Silver. Please. 😀
One of the greatest things that has happened to me sports wise was being able to see the league in the 80s live as it it was unfolding and all the decades up to this point in the same way. Actually living to see 40 plus years of all the players that have come through the league and let me say, to say that 80s basketball wasn’t as skilled or as good as the league is right now is horribly inaccurate. The three point line has totally evolved to the point that it’s ruined the game. It’s also made the players much less skilled than decades before. All the players do is wait for ball rotation around the perimeter so they can jack up a three with ZERO teammates under the hoop because all 5 are around the perimeter. They can’t play mid range, take fallaways, run give and goes, play down on the block, drive to the hole effectively to control a game from the free throw line, pass out of a double team, etc. Guys like Bird and Magic could take just 12 shots a game have 26 - 30 plus points 10 rebounds and 9 or 10 assists a game and be the best player on the floor BY FAR. There are no players that do that today consistently. As for Jordan obviously great never beat bird in the playoffs and wasn’t as good all around as bird was. People were attracted to the dunks and high flying but Bird was and is the best all around player and it’s wasn’t that close. The 90s were good but then you start seeing the downside of the three point shot starting to take over and evolving in to what we have today. Huge reason why the tv ratings are down 48%. I still watch because I love hoop but nobody I know is interested anymore and could care less to Watch a game.
By the mid 90s I was done with the NBA.. dad got me interested in the 60s… and of course I fell in love with ABA Dr.J , in the NBA it was the Knicks Larry Bird made that complicated when he showed up…. 🎉😂❤Larry Legend ❤😂🎉
Yo! Love your reaction. You understand basketball and realize the level of appreciation Bird deserve. Like Magic said, "there will never ever be another Larry Bird". Liked and subbed!
While attending college Larry's team was playing ours and we heard they had a future all American on their team so during warm ups we tried to guess which black player he was. Well we were wrong and he beat our league champion team and set our arena scoring record! Happy New Year from Northern Michigan!
You're an intelligent, respectful young man, I really like how you understand the history, the atmosphere of the 80's and overall history of the NBA! I just subscribed, looking forward to more! BTW I am from Chris Paul's hometown!
I always appreciate a young man that wants to learn about the history. It’s very noticeable in your speech and insight it’s good to see. Keep it up need more young fans willing to put that effort in.
A 6 10 sharp shooting forward with eyes in the back of his head. Average double digit rebounds in a erra with some of the greatest rebounders. And a great shooter all the way out to the 3 line. His skill set would thrive today. He is the joker on steroids
Nice to see your reaction. You said it: fundamentals. I wasn't born here I didn't know this game but my family had season tickets and from 7 years old until I was 20 I sat in that Boston garden , sweating through the playoffs, , dizzy from the ball movement. That's how I learned about this game . I don't love it anymore though.
You can't base era against era without a curve. Introduction of the 3 opened up longer shots, nobody had practiced perimeter shooting beforehand because there was no reason for it. The major curves to consider are pioneering, rules, health/injury treatment, they wore Chuck Taylors. Bird was probably the father of step backs or at least one of the best back then. They did a lot of the learning for today's players. Guys today got a huge headstart. They got to watch and learn from the older guys which let's them focus more on new tactics because the old stuff was already downloaded into them.
Highly recommend you check out Birds, Making the Case, Best trash talking and passing video's those three with this, if that doesn't convince people he is the one true GOAT, or at least in the top 3, nothing will. Bird played his entire pro career with injuries, he had a big injury in college that stuck with him his entire career, then of course his back injuries a few years later didnt help
It seems like he always had a sense of whether his shot was going to go in, and if it wasn’t, he was there to make sure somebody got it in the basket. My favorite videos are: Bird is the word (please let the music play) Greatest passer of all time/re-edit 50 greatest assists
The reference to plumbers and carpenters is talking about the 50s and the 60s when Larry Bird played in the 80s they were very much paid well enough to not have to have a second job
Hey! 33 subscribers 👍 Bird wore 33 since high school. His older brother, Mark, wore it before him. When his brother graduated and Larry joined the team, Larry took the number. _Rick Mount wore #33 and was also from Indiana. In 1966, Mount became_ *_the first high school athlete to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated._* _He was a three-time all-state and all-America selection and won Indiana's Mr. Basketball Award in 1966. He averaged 33.1 points per game in his last two years at Lebanon High School and scored 57 points in one game._
Could you even imagine the value of that jersey Magic signed to Larry. That would have to be up there with the most valuable pieces of sports memorabilia.
Watch -> Larry Bird Greatest Passer of All Time (Re-edit w/ New Footage) Bird has more full court dimes than most people have regular assists...Your jaw will be on the ground and youll see why he's Larry Legend...passed like Magic, jumper like MJ, 3ptr like Curry, rebound like Euwing (avg 10rpg career)...
Great reaction to a legendary player. Now I strongly recommend you watch the Making the Case video on Larry Bird, and 5 Times Larry Bird Was Injured But Refused To Quit.
I was born in 1973. So this is my era of sports. I didn't realize the magic that was going on then. It was just basketball to me. I guess you can say I didn't appreciate it as much. That being said I did very much enjoy it. Larry was the shit. Even though I was a lakers fan and Worthy was my guy. You couldn't help but want to see The Celtics play. If Lynn Bias had e made it the Celtics would've been unstoppable. Jordan would've been lucky to have got a couple championships. Anyways it was truly magical to see all these players. And Bird was the Goat
Today's players may be on average more skilled than in the 80s and 90s, but the basketball back then was a higher level. This is the puzzle the modern NBA has to solve to get viewers back.
The players from our time were GLADIATORS ‼️If you want to see beautiful basketball, check out the 1992 Dream Team documentary. 11 future Hall of Famers. Larry & Magic were co-captains. It was a surreal time. Whenever they played everyone was glued to their TVs. The documentary is excellent. If you choose to react to it, don’t break it up. Those that did it, parts are missing. As a young boy, Larry played with black men who worked at a hotel. I can only imagine how proud they must be of him😊🤙🏽 One of my favorite plays in the documentary was before they went to the Olympics. The ball went from Magic to Jordan to Larry. It was epic‼️
You are so correct because he was not as athletic he did have to put in extra work. He truly was amazing. Top 5 all time don't know where in top 5 but he was. You need to watch Larry Bird Call of the wild a documentary about Larry the best documentary I've personally seen. Have a merry xmas.
IMO, Magic & Larry resurrected the game of basketball...My dad loved basketball, but stopped watching, until the competition between Johnson & Bird was highlighted...What my Dad used to say, about Larry's game, is that it reminded him of someone, who wasn't only playing basketball, but also, volleyball, dodgeball, football, baseball, soccer, & strategic chess, all at the same time, & what made him so great 😊He certainly was one of the most unique & gifted players, I ever watched! I copied some links for you to watch or react to, that will explain how amazing Larry was 😊 50 Amazing Assists: th-cam.com/video/baBdnA7cui0/w-d-xo.html Best Trash Talker: th-cam.com/video/v7Id88T5DPs/w-d-xo.html Best Passer of all time: th-cam.com/video/CExjzyTRxnQ/w-d-xo.html
It is funny that people say there was no skill back then. Players of the 2000s study the players of the past to learn their moves. It is why some of the players today remind me of players I watched as a kid.
It’s cool to see these youngsters checking out these legend videos. Bird was amazing. Being a Rockets fan I hated his freaking guts and his stupid team. 😁
Bird would more than excel in any era. He’d be MVP. He was the perfect storm of basketball. God put the highest basketball IQ ever into a 6’10” white hick from French Lick, IN and then added the highest level of motivation, unparalleled work ethic, unmatched competitiveness, unequalled team leadership. and an inhuman threshold for pain. Nobody could stop him. If you left him alone he would score. If you double him he will destroy you with a perfect pass. If you foul him he will make the free throws. He will out-rebound you. He will make the big play. He will make the game winning shot. He will make his teammates better - MUCH better. He will do it every day, every game, every play. He will defeat every other great player in his era: Dr J, Bernard King, Dominique Wilkins, Sydney Moncrief, Isaiah Thomas, Moses Malone, Hakeem the dream and of course James Worthy, Kareem Abdul Jabar and Magic Johnson. This description applies to one player and one player only - Larry Bird 🐐
Who's the Goat 🐐 of Basketball 🏀??? Here are 8 great videos that make suggestions to who is the greatest. Of course everyone is going to have their opinion/favorite. So that you don't have to track them down. All 8 of these videos are great and about 4 years old. *Lebron* has the most views and *Larry* is 2nd out of the list👇. I personally enjoyed Larry's the most. Not only is he in the conversation of who's the goat 🐐. He won Gold 🥇 *(with his NBA Rivals like Magic and MJ)* at the Olympics, became a Head Coach (Indiana Pacers), then went upstairs to the Head Office.... running everything!! Larry's *GENUINE friendship* with Magic Johnson was awesome to see 👀, on and off the court. Oh yeah, Larry also had *Rookie of the Year* as well 😎 *"Making the Case"* by Clayton Crowley Tim Duncan; Feb 2020, 495k 👀's - th-cam.com/video/1sRSpQ78Y3c/w-d-xo.html Larry Bird; Feb 2020, 632k 👀's - th-cam.com/video/Pxf4RzocHN8/w-d-xo.html Magic Johnson; March 2020, 304k 👀's - th-cam.com/video/sp3qAXOzY5k/w-d-xo.html Wilt Chamberlain; April 2020, 323k 👀's - th-cam.com/video/Ybm_ql373GM/w-d-xo.html Kareem Abdul-Jabar; May 2020, 429k 👀's - th-cam.com/video/ddVb8U4UhZ0/w-d-xo.html Bill Russell; June 2020, 252k 👀's - th-cam.com/video/WHT8x-AO290/w-d-xo.html Michael Jordan; July 2020, 428k 👀's - th-cam.com/video/vqq5d_4umFM/w-d-xo.html Lebron James; Sept 2020, 839k 👀's - th-cam.com/video/gk2F3dKb1uQ/w-d-xo.html "
A lot of the changes in the game happened because long ago the fans kept telling the NBA that they wanted to see more scoring. They didn't like defensive battles. The best way to do that was to restrict the defense, so that's what they've been doing.
If you pay attention to Larry after he made the winning shot and the crowd started storming the court, he’s moving like a bat out of hell just to get to the locker room and he can’t do it! Makes me laugh every time😂😂
Larry would average 40 in todays league... Everything about his game would fit flawlessly in tofay but on top you couldnt even go near him without getting a foul. He would have free range from that invincible shot. He averaged 29.9 his best season, you could *_easily_* add another 8-10 points to that if youre not allowed to touch him.
The game that Bird fell in and fractured the cheek bone, was also during the time he was fighting major back pain. He had spent the night in traction before that game. He came back in because he heard his team was losing. One article later stated that he had been told to not go back into the game, but he thought that maybe it would be the last game, so he decided that he might as well play. When he went back in the crowd gave him a multi minute standing ovation and he led his team to a win. Detroit beat up on the Celtics too. Especially Laimbeer. He played dirty and tried to injure people. Bird hates him.
No matter what you're talking about sports, music, comedy, etc, you have to give respect to those who came before you. There is always something to learn or take away from those who did it first!
With his ability to effect the game in every aspect, be it points, assists, rebounds, steals, defense & the kinds you can't measure such as psychological warfare & causing momentum shifts, Bird in his prime would be a SERIOUS problem today. Great reaction G. 🤘
The speed of the video, is the speed he played all game, all season. He would wear you out, all of you. Larry showed Jordan what it took to be the star that he became. MJ would not had been on the dream team unless Larry stepped in. A commercial shoot a Larry's place and court, cemented their friendship, and MJ found out, over lunch prepared by Larry's mom, that MJ was her favorite player. Hilarious.
You had some good observations about the differences in eras. The rules back then were set up to emphasize team play. Defenses were more compact and like you said ball handling rules were much more strict, which made it harder to drive off the dribble in the half court. Most of the guards back then could do more advanced dribble moves like the do today, they just weren't allowed by the rules and coaching. Many of the greats of today would be great in the 80s and 90s but they would have to change their games a lot. The gather step would be gone, although the league was still pretty liberal with traveling for the stars back then too. The 3 and D guys wouldn't exist or if they did, they would be 9th or 10th men on the bench. Not because they aren't skilled enough but because the coaches didn't believe in playing that way so there would be no role for them. It was a totally different game. It was still played inside out most of the time.
2:32 to 3min40 Young man... 🙏🏻👏🙏🏻👏🙏🏻👏 I WISH more people, JUST IN GENERAL, had this knowledge, cuz believe me, IT IS KNOWLEDGE, about the game. AND had it in abundance like you where you can go off for 70 seconds and point out that you UNDERSTAND how different the game is, how it's evolved AND devolved, and really, how regardless or not of how many guys can shoot from anywhere and have unbelievable physical skills, that it's leveled out from what was and wasn't called a foul, or a violation, or what you simply COULD do/get away with back THEN, compared to the damn diarrhea taken on the rule book that players do now... And the issue many forget is that it's not entirely the players' fault---- if the ref ain't calling it, it's the same as when Rodman would yank on players' shorts and shove and grab their junk (lol), and it wouldn't be called or the refs didn't see it. Everyone is gonna grab that little edge if they can, and if it happens so much that it just becomes how the game is played nowadays, how u gonna blame a 19 year old kid, who ONLY knows THAT level of play??? The game should just be called objectively by the rulebook; no superstar or home team calls. No bending the rules on how many steps are taken or how u can dribble.... Just have the refs MEMORIZE the rule book, even if it means an extra 5 years of training or whatever they call it, and then call the game as if every player is named JOHN SMITH, all have the same jersey, and all are subject to THE RULES. Period. Amen. And bring back the hand check lol... and flagrant fouls go back to only being called if a guy gets CLOBBERED... and lean into more "non-calls/flow of the game," rather than calling FOUL AND 1 if a guy finishes his shot clean, but at the end is just barelyyyy grazed by the tip of a defenders finger. LET THE PLAYERS PLAY. DONT LET THEM GET DEMOLISHED. BUT REMEMBER THAT THE GAME IS A PHYSICAL SPORT, SO LET GUYS DEFEND, LET GUYS GO HARD TO SCORE You'd see an overnight change in how much better the fans view this sport
Bird is also the only one Jordan couldn’t beat. In 1988 Jordan won all major categories including MVP. Bird did not. They played against each other 4 times that year. Bird won 3 out of those 4 times. (They went head to head in the playoffs prior and each time Bird defeated Jordan). Keep in mind Jordan is at the beginning of his career and Bird is near the end of his career and dealing with plenty of injuries. Bird is the only major competitor of Jordan’s to consistently out perform Jordan when it came to battle against each other.
@jjjones8609 oh I'm aware... but Jordan was still young... if Bird didn't do driveways in the off-season (lol, well just grandma's I think), and get hurt, and played another 5, 6 years or so, when Jordan finally had a guy who developed into a teammate to trust, while he and Phil were on the same page, and Jordan finally beat Detroit and Magic 4-1 to win his 1st.... THAT wpulda been what I'm sure woulda been multiple playoff matchups that I'd universe hop into to see... I'm no Jordan guy; he's the GOAT,,but I'm a Knicks fan, so screw him lol... but I'm not so sure "prime" Jordan woulda continued to lose to Bird--- but I CANNOT say that with full confidence! And I'm not even gonna get into healthy Bird alt universe Celtics WITH who woulda hands down been MJ's absolute TRUE nemesis, and arguably what woulda developed into a rivalry at worst on the same level as Magic/Bird, and u gotta know by now I'm talking about the biggest WHAT IF in ALL OF SPORTS, if Len Bias didnt die... A kid like Bias, growing into his prime under 80s Celtics/Larry Bird tutelage, I mean my GOD....People think Wemby landed in a great situation with POP on the Spurs.. 90-99 Jordan v Bias, probably around 8 of those 10 years in the playoffs, depending on the matchups....smh.... At the full blown selfish display of being a fan (i.e. putting aside a young man's tragic DEATH), being robbed of that for a decade or so is something IMPERATIVE for every NBA fan to know
Bird broke more ankles than anyone in history. Defending him was almost impossible, he could score on you and make you look dumb, he could pass it on you and make you look worse. Defenders had to commit to defending one or the other. It was like a soccer goalie on a penalty kick.
Bird was so great as a player. Magic and Jordan, and others were amazing athletes. Bird made go you "wow" because he knew what to do as a calculated player....Magic and Jordan made you go "wow" because of how they scored...the crazy amazing moves they did. Bo Jackson is my favorite athlete of all time....check him out. He played pro football and baseball at the same time.
Haha thats awesome! Funny enough, Bo Jackson was one of my dad’s favourite running backs aswell, hence why my middle name is Bo🤣 I grew up playing RB and was always studying his tapes!
The thing is that if these guys were playing today they would have grown up in the 2000s with today's better training methods, especially weight training, today's supplementation today's sports medicine and today's basketball shoes I mean they were playing in flat Converse sneakers. So they would all be bigger stronger and faster today than they were back in the day.
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In the game against the Pacers he fractured his cheek and had a concussion. But the night before that game he spent in the hospital in traction for his back. You should react to the 5 times Larry Bird was injured but refused to quit and the 4 times Larry Bird was hurt but showed toughness. The injuries are mind blowing.
Bird would be unstoppable in today's game.
Most of the current players would go home crying just from his trash talking.
LARRY LEGEND IS A UNICORN AND THE TRUE GOAT!!! 🐐 ☘️
You hit his work ethic on the nose. He would regularly stay after practice and take 100 extra shots. A janitor at Boston Garden found Larry in the gym one day just dribbling the ball around to different areas of the floor when he went in to clean. He asked Larry what he was doing, Larry explained that he was listening for dead spots in the floor so he could avoid them yet maneuver his opponents to. He was usually 10 points ahead of you before he even took the floor.
Larry had the rare ability to make his teammates better too. He was the only major addition to their roster that year yet they won 32 more games in his rookie year than they had the season before. Jordan had his time in the NBA but his Bulls were swept the first three times they met the Celtics in the playoffs. Michael didn't get his team to the top until Larry retired
Yeah, that ability to read the court and take advantage of every opportunity doesn’t just elevate his game, but the games of every teammate he was passing to and creating opportunities for.
Defense was real back then.
Oh 100% thats what new era is missing. Game is catered to offense.
Larry would absolutely destroy in today's league
70-80's sports were a golden age... Boxing, Baseball, NBA, Olympics... amazing stuff
Larry had a concussion and had double vision when he went back into the playoff game against the Pacers!
and a fractured right cheek
broken cheek bone also
And he actually had tripple vision, and just shot for the center basket!
People don't realize Bird was 6'10 and one of the smartest players to ever play
Yeah, he was listed as 6' 9", but everyone who was around him says he was at least 6' 10".
Magic was listed as 6' 9" but was probably 6' 8" or less. So, on paper they're the same, but every picture you see of them together, Bird looks taller.
The Fucking Legend
I lived through this era and when I see the mixtape, I can feel each possession from the Magic - Bird era. They were so back and forth, not giving each other an inch. Everything felt crucial. Thanks for your attitude about plumber basketball. I do recognize the skill level is superior today, but I watched every second back in this era. I haven't watched the NBA since the Mutombo Hawks era.
Bird isn’t talked about enough.
@@MDreeezyUnplugged 3 pt shot came along in 79. Birds 1st yr.
Just subbed AND EXACTLY WHAT “The Glove” ❤❤said and we KNOW HOW GREAT HE WAS TOO!!! and FACTS AND HES A GREAT HUMAN WHO EVERYONE LOVED AS A COACH LIKE REGGIE❤❤ AND EXECUTIVE WHY HE GOT TJOSE AWARDS TOO. HIS WHOLE TEAM HE MADE BETTER AND THEY ALL SAY IT AND RESPECT HIM WHICH SAYS TONS!!!!!!!! Think it was Maxwell or someone talking about HOW HE LEAD NOT MEAN!!!!! Not yelling and disrespecting them but encouraging etc. I’ll find that video so you can react you will like it a lot. THEY ALL SAY SOMETHING WHEN QUITE A FEW WENT INTO THE HALL OF FAME……..IN THEIR SPEECHES. BUT IT is like Cedric Maxwell said still too much rac!$m 😢😢😢😢😢 I’m mixed and in MS so I know although I’ve been treated great but it’s how I was taught and like Larry just ❤❤❤”Never Judge an engine by its paint job”, “Never judge a book by its cover” and “NEVER UNDERESTIMATE YOUR OPPONENT”!!!!! And my other 2 is “Love others as yourself…….Love is THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT” and my other is “Keep God 1st” can’t WAIT TO SEE MORE FROM YOU!!!!!
He and Magic quite literally saved the NBA from bankruptcy. Consider THAT!
Bird and Magic saved the NBA
Larry Bird playing hurt it one of the most amazing things today, not many players would take that risk today, maybe even the coaches would sit them to protect them. Larry said there was a game he was hit so hard he had double vision, and close one eye to shoot, and he missed, so then he started closing the other eye and all the shots started going in...
I watched Bird battle Magic, Dr. J, Dominique, and more! What a player!
Great job brother. You did better in this than 95% of the people reacting...
He WAS behind the backboard the shot right before that, but you seemed to be looking away and missed it. You should run it back and check it out.
You should check out a Courtship of Rivals. It's the best sports documentary i've ever seen about Magic and Larry's lives, their rivalry then them becoming such best friends they're more like brothers.
I will definitely check it out.
@@maxxdahl6062 Absolutely. The book on which it's based, "When the Game Was Ours," by Larry and Earvin with Jackie McMullun, is even better.
This is where you start.@@MDreeezyUnplugged
I would go one step further and say, it is the best documentary I have seen in the last 20 years. And I am not even a basketball fan! 😂
Have a good one! ✌🏻
It is definitely one of the best sports documentaries ever. It is incredibly well done.
Field General Bird!
Great reaction.
MY MAN YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE A LEGEND!!!
If you had seen these games, I don't think you'd be saying today's players are obviously more skillful. They're not.
Great reaction to Larry Legend. Good luck with your channel!
I'd say they're more athletic, but not skilled. Larry was just about the definition of pure talent and skill.
I have to disagree on this one! I believe basketball in the 80s and 90s was the best. But i also believe this is the more skillful era. Part of the reason for that is how the rules changed though
@@maxxdahl6062 More athletic than Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, Dr. J, Magic, Jordan, Duncan, etc.? I don't think so. Those guys were beasts. Every era had those elite, skillful, athletes.
@@NC-Mama-Bear Those guys don't have current medicine and technology on their side.
@@MDreeezyUnplugged Those are my favorite eras, but I have enjoyed them all - to a point. I get tired of games where they do nothing but jack 3s.
But I think it's misinformation that today's players are more skillful. Compared to whom? As Reggie Miller asked when he had to pick his starting all-time player at the 3, "Whose rules are we playing?"
It's much easier to score today because of ill thought-out changes that made it too easy to score. Adam Silver overreached on some of those rules, as did his predecessor. Bring back hand checking and focus on the mid-range game, get rid of the silly 3 second rule under the rim, and call travels, carries, and moving screens. For starters. And get rid of Silver. Please. 😀
One of the greatest things that has happened to me sports wise was being able to see the league in the 80s live as it it was unfolding and all the decades up to this point in the same way. Actually living to see 40 plus years of all the players that have come through the league and let me say, to say that 80s basketball wasn’t as skilled or as good as the league is right now is horribly inaccurate. The three point line has totally evolved to the point that it’s ruined the game. It’s also made the players much less skilled than decades before. All the players do is wait for ball rotation around the perimeter so they can jack up a three with ZERO teammates under the hoop because all 5 are around the perimeter. They can’t play mid range, take fallaways, run give and goes, play down on the block, drive to the hole effectively to control a game from the free throw line, pass out of a double team, etc. Guys like Bird and Magic could take just 12 shots a game have 26 - 30 plus points 10 rebounds and 9 or 10 assists a game and be the best player on the floor BY FAR. There are no players that do that today consistently. As for Jordan obviously great never beat bird in the playoffs and wasn’t as good all around as bird was. People were attracted to the dunks and high flying but Bird was and is the best all around player and it’s wasn’t that close. The 90s were good but then you start seeing the downside of the three point shot starting to take over and evolving in to what we have today. Huge reason why the tv ratings are down 48%. I still watch because I love hoop but nobody I know is interested anymore and could care less to
Watch a game.
By the mid 90s I was done with the NBA.. dad got me interested in the 60s… and of course I fell in love with ABA Dr.J , in the NBA it was the Knicks Larry Bird made that complicated when he showed up….
🎉😂❤Larry Legend ❤😂🎉
Yo! Love your reaction. You understand basketball and realize the level of appreciation Bird deserve. Like Magic said, "there will never ever be another Larry Bird".
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Larry and magic became friends. Magic supported him during Dream team
While attending college Larry's team was playing ours and we heard they had a future all American on their team so during warm ups we tried to guess which black player he was. Well we were wrong and he beat our league champion team and set our arena scoring record! Happy New Year from Northern Michigan!
Subbed!! React to all of Bird's trash talking vids, and his Greatest Passer Re-Edit video!!
No doubt. Bird is the Word is also pretty badass. It has the best angle of that buzzer beater he was describing too.
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You're an intelligent, respectful young man, I really like how you understand the history, the atmosphere of the 80's and overall history of the NBA! I just subscribed, looking forward to more! BTW I am from Chris Paul's hometown!
I always appreciate a young man that wants to learn about the history. It’s very noticeable in your speech and insight it’s good to see. Keep it up need more young fans willing to put that effort in.
A 6 10 sharp shooting forward with eyes in the back of his head. Average double digit rebounds in a erra with some of the greatest rebounders. And a great shooter all the way out to the 3 line. His skill set would thrive today. He is the joker on steroids
Bird is the greatest small forward of all time..
And 2nd greatest player of all time...
One of those guys he made fall down was Dominique.
Great reaction. Awesome to see your overall appreciation for the era that probably saved the NBA.
FINALLY... a young fan who gets it. 👍
Larry's only one of three people to win three consecutive MVP awards the other two were Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain
FYI: Bird called his shots. Try that at the gym
The passing breaks the ankles
You were on the money about Larry. His work ethic was crazy.
Nice to see your reaction. You said it: fundamentals. I wasn't born here I didn't know this game but my family had season tickets and from 7 years old until I was 20 I sat in that Boston garden , sweating through the playoffs, , dizzy from the ball movement. That's how I learned about this game . I don't love it anymore though.
You can't base era against era without a curve. Introduction of the 3 opened up longer shots, nobody had practiced perimeter shooting beforehand because there was no reason for it. The major curves to consider are pioneering, rules, health/injury treatment, they wore Chuck Taylors. Bird was probably the father of step backs or at least one of the best back then. They did a lot of the learning for today's players. Guys today got a huge headstart. They got to watch and learn from the older guys which let's them focus more on new tactics because the old stuff was already downloaded into them.
Great reaction I subbed watch more Bird . There is a lot more to his game. You will enjoy it.
I’m 40 something years old and I still get goosebumps when he runs back on the court against the pacers…
Highly recommend you check out Birds, Making the Case, Best trash talking and passing video's those three with this, if that doesn't convince people he is the one true GOAT, or at least in the top 3, nothing will. Bird played his entire pro career with injuries, he had a big injury in college that stuck with him his entire career, then of course his back injuries a few years later didnt help
Boston fan it was a thrill to experience basketball in the 80s. Bird was amazing
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When your skills are top notch you make it look easy. Larry was so good it looked like he did not have to try that hard, but it was ultimate skill.
It seems like he always had a sense of whether his shot was going to go in, and if it wasn’t, he was there to make sure somebody got it in the basket.
My favorite videos are:
Bird is the word (please let the music play)
Greatest passer of all time/re-edit
50 greatest assists
Great reaction my man. Can you react to Michael Jordan's historic bulls mixtape?
The reference to plumbers and carpenters is talking about the 50s and the 60s when Larry Bird played in the 80s they were very much paid well enough to not have to have a second job
Calling these guys plumbers etc, even in the 50s and 60s is silly too. All these guys were great college players. They were the best in the world.
@vorlon1 hello, absolutely, right. It was a ridiculous click bait comment.
As a true basketball fan, you love a documentary called “A Courtship of Rivals”, about Larry and Magic. It goes into a lot of league history. So good!
Hey! 33 subscribers 👍
Bird wore 33 since high school. His older brother, Mark, wore it before him. When his brother graduated and Larry joined the team, Larry took the number.
_Rick Mount wore #33 and was also from Indiana. In 1966, Mount became_ *_the first high school athlete to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated._* _He was a three-time all-state and all-America selection and won Indiana's Mr. Basketball Award in 1966. He averaged 33.1 points per game in his last two years at Lebanon High School and scored 57 points in one game._
Could you even imagine the value of that jersey Magic signed to Larry. That would have to be up there with the most valuable pieces of sports memorabilia.
Watch -> Larry Bird Greatest Passer of All Time (Re-edit w/ New Footage)
Bird has more full court dimes than most people have regular assists...Your jaw will be on the ground and youll see why he's Larry Legend...passed like Magic, jumper like MJ, 3ptr like Curry, rebound like Euwing (avg 10rpg career)...
I got Celtics tickets for my 12th birthday during the 1986 championship season. Best birthday ever!
JEFF was HERE 🏆
Great reaction to a legendary player. Now I strongly recommend you watch the Making the Case video on Larry Bird, and 5 Times Larry Bird Was Injured But Refused To Quit.
The number three means the union of mind, body and spirit. Very intuitive on your part.
The OGs were built differently. Todays players couldnt hang with their toughness or heart.
I was born in 1973. So this is my era of sports. I didn't realize the magic that was going on then. It was just basketball to me. I guess you can say I didn't appreciate it as much. That being said I did very much enjoy it. Larry was the shit. Even though I was a lakers fan and Worthy was my guy. You couldn't help but want to see The Celtics play. If Lynn Bias had e made it the Celtics would've been unstoppable. Jordan would've been lucky to have got a couple championships. Anyways it was truly magical to see all these players. And Bird was the Goat
Today's players may be on average more skilled than in the 80s and 90s, but the basketball back then was a higher level. This is the puzzle the modern NBA has to solve to get viewers back.
The players from our time were GLADIATORS ‼️If you want to see beautiful basketball, check out the 1992 Dream Team documentary. 11 future Hall of Famers. Larry & Magic were co-captains. It was a surreal time. Whenever they played everyone was glued to their TVs. The documentary is excellent. If you choose to react to it, don’t break it up. Those that did it, parts are missing. As a young boy, Larry played with black men who worked at a hotel. I can only imagine how proud they must be of him😊🤙🏽 One of my favorite plays in the documentary was before they went to the Olympics. The ball went from Magic to Jordan to Larry. It was epic‼️
You are so correct because he was not as athletic he did have to put in extra work. He truly was amazing. Top 5 all time don't know where in top 5 but he was. You need to watch Larry Bird Call of the wild a documentary about Larry the best documentary I've personally seen. Have a merry xmas.
IMO, Magic & Larry resurrected the game of basketball...My dad loved basketball, but stopped watching, until the competition between Johnson & Bird was highlighted...What my Dad used to say, about Larry's game, is that it reminded him of someone, who wasn't only playing basketball, but also, volleyball, dodgeball, football, baseball, soccer, & strategic chess, all at the same time, & what made him so great 😊He certainly was one of the most unique & gifted players, I ever watched! I copied some links for you to watch or react to, that will explain how amazing Larry was 😊 50 Amazing Assists: th-cam.com/video/baBdnA7cui0/w-d-xo.html Best Trash Talker: th-cam.com/video/v7Id88T5DPs/w-d-xo.html Best Passer of all time: th-cam.com/video/CExjzyTRxnQ/w-d-xo.html
I watched the NBA from 1970 to 2015. He's the greatest all around player I saw during that time.
You need to watch "The Greatest Sports Rivalry in Sports History Magic vs Bird". You will see how this two men changed and revitalized Basketbal!!!
Good commentary.
It is funny that people say there was no skill back then. Players of the 2000s study the players of the past to learn their moves. It is why some of the players today remind me of players I watched as a kid.
It’s cool to see these youngsters checking out these legend videos. Bird was amazing. Being a Rockets fan I hated his freaking guts and his stupid team. 😁
People only got 9 good years.. then maybe a total of 2 and a half injured years from Bird. But man was he fun to watch. Him and Magic.
Bird would more than excel in any era. He’d be MVP. He was the perfect storm of basketball. God put the highest basketball IQ ever into a 6’10” white hick from French Lick, IN and then added the highest level of motivation, unparalleled work ethic, unmatched competitiveness, unequalled team leadership. and an inhuman threshold for pain. Nobody could stop him. If you left him alone he would score. If you double him he will destroy you with a perfect pass. If you foul him he will make the free throws. He will out-rebound you. He will make the big play. He will make the game winning shot. He will make his teammates better - MUCH better. He will do it every day, every game, every play. He will defeat every other great player in his era: Dr J, Bernard King, Dominique Wilkins, Sydney Moncrief, Isaiah Thomas, Moses Malone, Hakeem the dream and of course James Worthy, Kareem Abdul Jabar and Magic Johnson. This description applies to one player and one player only - Larry Bird 🐐
I was lucky enough to grow up in this era.
Who's the Goat 🐐 of Basketball 🏀??? Here are 8 great videos that make suggestions to who is the greatest. Of course everyone is going to have their opinion/favorite. So that you don't have to track them down.
All 8 of these videos are great and about 4 years old. *Lebron* has the most views and *Larry* is 2nd out of the list👇.
I personally enjoyed Larry's the most. Not only is he in the conversation of who's the goat 🐐. He won Gold 🥇 *(with his NBA Rivals like Magic and MJ)* at the Olympics, became a Head Coach (Indiana Pacers), then went upstairs to the Head Office.... running everything!! Larry's *GENUINE friendship* with Magic Johnson was awesome to see 👀, on and off the court. Oh yeah, Larry also had *Rookie of the Year* as well 😎
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Awsome thank you!
A lot of the changes in the game happened because long ago the fans kept telling the NBA that they wanted to see more scoring. They didn't like defensive battles. The best way to do that was to restrict the defense, so that's what they've been doing.
If you pay attention to Larry after he made the winning shot and the crowd started storming the court, he’s moving like a bat out of hell just to get to the locker room and he can’t do it! Makes me laugh every time😂😂
I wish they could do a time machine back to that era to be in the moment of some of these championships for the Celtics and Lakers.
Larry would average 40 in todays league...
Everything about his game would fit flawlessly in tofay but on top you couldnt even go near him without getting a foul.
He would have free range from that invincible shot.
He averaged 29.9 his best season, you could *_easily_* add another 8-10 points to that if youre not allowed to touch him.
Bird and Magic saved the NBA. Deservedly admitted fact of history.
I don’t give modern basketball “more skilled’. Differently skilled.
The game that Bird fell in and fractured the cheek bone, was also during the time he was fighting major back pain. He had spent the night in traction before that game. He came back in because he heard his team was losing. One article later stated that he had been told to not go back into the game, but he thought that maybe it would be the last game, so he decided that he might as well play. When he went back in the crowd gave him a multi minute standing ovation and he led his team to a win.
Detroit beat up on the Celtics too. Especially Laimbeer. He played dirty and tried to injure people. Bird hates him.
No matter what you're talking about sports, music, comedy, etc, you have to give respect to those who came before you. There is always something to learn or take away from those who did it first!
With his ability to effect the game in every aspect, be it points, assists, rebounds, steals, defense & the kinds you can't measure such as psychological warfare & causing momentum shifts, Bird in his prime would be a SERIOUS problem today. Great reaction G. 🤘
The speed of the video, is the speed he played all game, all season. He would wear you out, all of you. Larry showed Jordan what it took to be the star that he became. MJ would not had been on the dream team unless Larry stepped in. A commercial shoot a Larry's place and court, cemented their friendship, and MJ found out, over lunch prepared by Larry's mom, that MJ was her favorite player. Hilarious.
Larry's rookie year is when they started the three point line
Those were men out there playing..in the 80's and 90's NBA stood for no boys allowed
I disagree on the league being more skilled today. Skill and fundamentals were removed from basketball around 2010
This.
You had some good observations about the differences in eras. The rules back then were set up to emphasize team play. Defenses were more compact and like you said ball handling rules were much more strict, which made it harder to drive off the dribble in the half court. Most of the guards back then could do more advanced dribble moves like the do today, they just weren't allowed by the rules and coaching. Many of the greats of today would be great in the 80s and 90s but they would have to change their games a lot. The gather step would be gone, although the league was still pretty liberal with traveling for the stars back then too. The 3 and D guys wouldn't exist or if they did, they would be 9th or 10th men on the bench. Not because they aren't skilled enough but because the coaches didn't believe in playing that way so there would be no role for them. It was a totally different game. It was still played inside out most of the time.
There is a picture of MJ playing ping pong. In the background of that picture is Larry Bird drinking on the floor with Toys.
Larry legend would dominate in today’s game fr tu
Lol u said "spear em in mid air" like edge and Jeff hardy 😂
The game was soooo much more physical back then.
He was feared by the Giant Legends
He broke his hand in college and says he was never the same shooter after that. Imagine that.
2:32 to 3min40
Young man...
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I WISH more people, JUST IN GENERAL, had this knowledge, cuz believe me, IT IS KNOWLEDGE, about the game.
AND had it in abundance like you where you can go off for 70 seconds and point out that you UNDERSTAND how different the game is, how it's evolved AND devolved, and really, how regardless or not of how many guys can shoot from anywhere and have unbelievable physical skills, that it's leveled out from what was and wasn't called a foul, or a violation, or what you simply COULD do/get away with back THEN, compared to the damn diarrhea taken on the rule book that players do now...
And the issue many forget is that it's not entirely the players' fault---- if the ref ain't calling it, it's the same as when Rodman would yank on players' shorts and shove and grab their junk (lol), and it wouldn't be called or the refs didn't see it.
Everyone is gonna grab that little edge if they can, and if it happens so much that it just becomes how the game is played nowadays, how u gonna blame a 19 year old kid, who ONLY knows THAT level of play???
The game should just be called objectively by the rulebook; no superstar or home team calls. No bending the rules on how many steps are taken or how u can dribble....
Just have the refs MEMORIZE the rule book, even if it means an extra 5 years of training or whatever they call it, and then call the game as if every player is named JOHN SMITH, all have the same jersey, and all are subject to THE RULES.
Period. Amen.
And bring back the hand check lol... and flagrant fouls go back to only being called if a guy gets CLOBBERED... and lean into more "non-calls/flow of the game," rather than calling FOUL AND 1 if a guy finishes his shot clean, but at the end is just barelyyyy grazed by the tip of a defenders finger.
LET THE PLAYERS PLAY. DONT LET THEM GET DEMOLISHED. BUT REMEMBER THAT THE GAME IS A PHYSICAL SPORT, SO LET GUYS DEFEND, LET GUYS GO HARD TO SCORE
You'd see an overnight change in how much better the fans view this sport
Bird is also the only one Jordan couldn’t beat. In 1988 Jordan won all major categories including MVP. Bird did not. They played against each other 4 times that year. Bird won 3 out of those 4 times. (They went head to head in the playoffs prior and each time Bird defeated Jordan). Keep in mind Jordan is at the beginning of his career and Bird is near the end of his career and dealing with plenty of injuries.
Bird is the only major competitor of Jordan’s to consistently out perform Jordan when it came to battle against each other.
@jjjones8609 oh I'm aware... but Jordan was still young... if Bird didn't do driveways in the off-season (lol, well just grandma's I think), and get hurt, and played another 5, 6 years or so, when Jordan finally had a guy who developed into a teammate to trust, while he and Phil were on the same page, and Jordan finally beat Detroit and Magic 4-1 to win his 1st.... THAT wpulda been what I'm sure woulda been multiple playoff matchups that I'd universe hop into to see...
I'm no Jordan guy; he's the GOAT,,but I'm a Knicks fan, so screw him lol... but I'm not so sure "prime" Jordan woulda continued to lose to Bird--- but I CANNOT say that with full confidence!
And I'm not even gonna get into healthy Bird alt universe Celtics WITH who woulda hands down been MJ's absolute TRUE nemesis, and arguably what woulda developed into a rivalry at worst on the same level as Magic/Bird, and u gotta know by now I'm talking about the biggest WHAT IF in ALL OF SPORTS, if Len Bias didnt die...
A kid like Bias, growing into his prime under 80s Celtics/Larry Bird tutelage, I mean my GOD....People think Wemby landed in a great situation with POP on the Spurs..
90-99 Jordan v Bias, probably around 8 of those 10 years in the playoffs, depending on the matchups....smh....
At the full blown selfish display of being a fan (i.e. putting aside a young man's tragic DEATH), being robbed of that for a decade or so is something IMPERATIVE for every NBA fan to know
Bird broke more ankles than anyone in history. Defending him was almost impossible, he could score on you and make you look dumb, he could pass it on you and make you look worse. Defenders had to commit to defending one or the other. It was like a soccer goalie on a penalty kick.
Larry Bird was the greatest basketball player who ever lived.
Barkley once said "Bird's lack of athleticism was God's way of making it more fair"
Bird was so great as a player. Magic and Jordan, and others were amazing athletes. Bird made go you "wow" because he knew what to do as a calculated player....Magic and Jordan made you go "wow" because of how they scored...the crazy amazing moves they
did. Bo Jackson is my favorite athlete of all time....check him out. He played pro football and baseball at the same time.
Haha thats awesome! Funny enough, Bo Jackson was one of my dad’s favourite running backs aswell, hence why my middle name is Bo🤣 I grew up playing RB and was always studying his tapes!
3s are the angel 😇 number!
Larry Legend and Magic saved the NBA 2goats ❤❤
The thing is that if these guys were playing today they would have grown up in the 2000s with today's better training methods, especially weight training, today's supplementation today's sports medicine and today's basketball shoes I mean they were playing in flat Converse sneakers. So they would all be bigger stronger and faster today than they were back in the day.
People don't appreciate the handles on Laser Larry. The behind the back dribble...
Nowadays everyone is a one-man show. Bird would execute them.
Guys on that level could have played at any given time and would have been great.