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LEBRON JAMES passing
video would be a five minute
snooze fest compared to
MAGICs and BIRDs
Larry made the hard pass look easy, Magic made the easy pass look hard!
Stupid, now people are trying to say Bird was a better passer than Magic ? TH-cam is really rotting brains.
@@rcmysm9123 Well the only one who could best Bird at passing was indeed Bird.
@rcmysm9123 Are you saying that the comment to which you're replying, @dwreed9100's, about Bird making hard passes look easy, is saying Bird was a better passer than Bird? If so, I'm confused-- how is @dwreed9100's comment saying that???
Very poetic and nicely stated.
@@ShelliGriffith-mg9jt
Falsely stated
Larry always knew where everyone was on the court.
Magic had better teammates
@@edhc100
Magic made his teammates better, period!
@@rcmysm9123 As did Bird.
@@x00p3
Kinda hard to do it like Magic as Bird needed someone to feed him and Magic always had the ball to feed others.
You people really really don't know basketball.
@@rcmysm9123 You don't think Bird helped his teams to play better? You suffer from Dunning Krueger syndrome.
Magic Johnson’s passes were razzle dazzle but Bird’s were finesse.
Magic's were always better, Bird has a 10 minute highlight film over a 13 year career. 🙄
@@chrispavlich9656
Stop living a lie, how's that working for ya?
@@rcmysm9123 Kiss off.
Greatest all around player ever.
Magic said Larry can do everything I can but has the outside shot too.
But Bird didn't, that's the point.
@@rcmysm9123but he did. That's the point
@@MarkKolter-jj7eg
You're one of those reality deniers who think men can have babies too.
@@rcmysm9123 outside shot as Magic refers to it is Larry's famous three pointer.
@@marykuettner752
🙄
Curry has made more 3 pt shots in a season than Bird made his entire career. There's nothing famous about it.
Nah that wasn't a shot attempt. Saw Bird back in the day. He put it right in the hands of his target everytime.
Thank you! It drives me nuts every time I hear a reactor say that...the casual dismissal and certainty is such an affront to the essence of Bird's game/passing. For me, anyone who's watched Bird consistently-- which admittedly younger generations haven't, understandably, made the time to do-- could never say that with a straight face.
Remember when he scored 8 points in back to back playoff games? Good times! 🤣
@@rcmysm9123 So what? I bet you don't remember when Magic had playoff games with 8, 8, 7, 7, 6, 6 and 2 points scored. Larry's 2-8 point games were his lowest. When those 2 players had bad scoring nights like that, they usually went on to dominate in other areas.
@@x00p3
Magic's job wasn't to score, duh!
You people please learn basketball.
@@rcmysm9123 Bird didn't have to score to dominate. Before going pro, he had a game where a coach had two defenders front and back of him the whole game. He still got boards, and led his team to victory without taking a shot, as they played 4 on 3 basketball.
Do not compare a FLOPPER to Bird. One raised the game up the other is disgracing it.
I agree. I've heard it said that LeBron would have succeeded playing back in Larry's day. But with the high level of contact back then I can only imagine that he would have spent most of his time on the floor.
I grew up a Magic J fan. Saw him play in person. My childhood hero, I cried when he made his HIV announcement and retired. Hated Bird and the Celtics. But I honestly can’t put him above Bird now. I’m good with them being side by side. As an all around player though, I put Larry ahead of Magic.
And there is no shame in that. Magic taught us a guard can play center, and Bird taught us a forward can play guard. And both have the 2 greatest winning percentages in history, a stat that means more than most career points, or any other.
Magic was better, those who know ...know.
@@rcmysm9123 Mr. know it all. Every time Magic was asked who was the better player between him and Larry he always said Larry.
@@x00p3
Of course and Larry did the same about Magic.
Even Larry's own brother said Magic is better than you.
MJ said Magic as well.
@@rcmysm9123 Of course MJ says that, he has to, he was 0-6 against Bird. Even Magics mother picked Bird over Magic so it can go back and forth.
Remember, the guy doing this is 6'10". He's not supposed to be as fast or quick as a guard. Jokic is a fine player with a lot of the same attributes, but he could never move nor run like LB. Mike tried to guard Larry on multiple occasions. He was simply too small. Bird is one the the greatest post players ever. There's a vid out there that shows his entire post up back to the basket bag, and it was as diverse as his passing; he was missing nothing inside. He just took MJ down to the post and scored over him. After a handful of these plays, they took Mike off of Larry very quickly. The thing is, LB could take his defender anywhere on the court where that player was uncomfortable defending.
Plus...the players compared to Bird, like Jokic, and even players not compared to his game, like LeBron, are all students of the game, and learned from Bird. LeBron has said as much-- and when asked in an interview to name his top three of all time, he not only named Bird, but said his name first.
Also, if you think that pass was a shot attempt, go back and look at his hands when he does it.
About the full court passes
The reason it seems like they dont prep against the full court passes is that, in a lot of cases, bird would do it strategically in moments where the team celebrated their own shot. He would notice them turning to high five each other, run out of bounds and chuck it down field before the other guys were even done high fiving. It was a double gut punch to the morale
Remember, Bird was making these passes 40 years ago without the spacing they have today. Bird and Magic, along with Pistol Pete paved the way for the guys you mentioned who you think are better passers than Bird, like Joker, Rondo, etc. React to Bird's 60 point game when you have the chance.
Are we confusing great passing.... with just somebody who knows how to put on a show while they're doing great passing??! Seriously...?
That was my thought exactly...how on one hand do your eyes fall out of your head in disbelief over a Bird pass, then all of a sudden flip the script??????? Tuned out.......😑
practically every game was a highlight reel
THIS!! I swear sometimes I can't help but feel this is the REAL reason some people can't put Larry at no. 1 (or even top 5 or 10)... He doesn't look cool while playing. That's it. Style over substance. Even when people know their shit like these two seem to, I mean they're going from one mouth gape to the other and barely got time to process the ridiculous pass Bird just gave...but there's always this reluctance to shout from the rooftops how fucking amazing Larry Bird is. It's always 'well, ok, MAYBE I'll give him that one...but but but he's still not the goat'... Like what more do you need. It's like people can't comprehend the idea of nominating or defending (to their friends?) a goat that DOESN'T look like the baddest of the badasses, even when he's playing the best ball you'll ever witness in every metric that matters. Sorry about my English and sorry for ranting but it's SO annoying to see! Give this man the appreciation he deserves FFS!!
Don't you understand I heard that Magic was KNOWN FOR his passing at the barber shop. That makes him better.
@@mattphillips538 Just cuz you "heard it" that's your argument?! 🤣😂🤣 Gee..than it must be true...
Larry Bird is the best passer I have ever seen. Jokic? No. At least mention someone who is in the same league as Bird. Like Magic.
Bird is not in the same league as Magic, so silly
just a note: Larry Bird was doing this 40 years before Jokic...
@@sseltrek1a2b
Well since Jokic is 29 it would be kinda hard for him to do it earlier.
Jokic is pretty amazing. You can appreciate the absolute genius of Jokic while also recognizing Larry as being one of, if not the greatest passer of all time, and as a predecessor to Jokic. You better like Cousy too, because Cousy invented half the passes that you see in the mixtape, 25 years before Bird was even in the league.
Bird did this every night. Sometimes I had to go home and watch the highlights to figure out what happened. You can watch any full game and you will see three or four passes that are crazy.
Dennis Johnson was way underated, the man could play...May he RIP.
Shot attempt? It was one hand from 3 point range. Larry knew what he was doing!
When the Celts noticed teams were setting up for a full court press, Bird knew to watch for someone breaking down court.....
Definitely best passing forward of all time.....
Magic made easy passes look hard.... Larry Legend made hard passes look easy 🏀🐐
This is beyond stupid.
The difference between bird and magics passing was that Magic made easy passes flashy, but Bird made flashy passes look easy. Its the buttery smoothness that his game has. Hes always in the right place at the right time, and 2 moves ahead of the opponent. Look how many times he passes off and the defender just stays there, arms down (or up), dumbfounded like "did i just get played by this lanky white dude?"
Also no these arent ALL of larry bird's career assists. He has 5'695 in 12 seasons
Magic played basketball better than any one else.
Have to consider this, JW is a great passer, but he also had a big turnover rate. And Larry showed he could do EVERY type of pass.
At least 7 of his nutmeg passes were caught on video.
You guys haven't seen enough Bird. If that was a shot, it would
have, at least, hit the rim.
Agreed!
Yes-- exactly! Anyone who knows Bird, knows that. He would have had some pointed words of response to that comment, lol!
Most of the other players you mention are point guards. Bird was a 6’9” forward. Who also averaged 10 rebonds
Bird said more then once the best player he ever saw as Dennis Johnson.
Bird was quick. Like a blur sometimes. He could do whatever he wanted to do. And nobody could touch his toughness.
If you can find it, you guys would Magic and Larry as teammates on the USA invitational team when they were in college. You'll see them both making crazy passes back and forth together.
Full court passes, were part of Bird's great instinct. He would sense the opposition celebrating a hard fought or particular great shot, and punish them for taking a second off.
Magic was the Hollywood production passer and Bird was the blue collar, lunch box passer. Two sides of the same coin. But being a Celtic fan, I'm giving the edge to Bird😊.
Bird couldn't hold Magic's jock a passer.
@@rcmysm9123 Compared to Bird, Magic was a jock! And Bird was a better overall player.
@@johnmckinnon420
In a world where men can have babies you're right.
But in truth it's not even close, but here we are today, you people are delusional about everything.
@@johnmckinnon420
It's never even been a debate, and it's not now.
Magic was better and destroyed Bird when they played.
@@rcmysm9123 Apparently it is now.
Larry and DJ had a connection. They had a secret play they used over and over. Larry was all about the win. His IQ was off the charts he was one step ahead all the time.Celtics was a passing team . That is what Larry did. I watched bird those are not all of his passes. Magic Johnson was a better passer by a little bit. Magic made every pass look complicated. Larry was an all around player. Sky hook ,mid range ,passing ,hustle ,
three point range. Larry wasn't fast but he had a quick pass and a quick first step. He had such court awareness and was always looking up court to see his open man. Parish is very underrated he was fast getting up the court. Bird used say if you get open I will hit you. Larry was a great leader if he was on the floor you knew something was going to happen. He always had that 5 th gear. You should watch the courtship of rivals it tells the story behind magic and bird. By the way bird said before this year's allstar game he would have loved to play joker. Great reaction.live seeing the two you together.
Larry, Magic, and JW, have all stated they got a lot of their passing from Pistol Pete and Bob Cousey. Larry was the first to pass like that as a power/small forward. LeBron and JW stated that they were influenced by Larry Bird. As a total player, Larry to me was a combination of Joker, Nash, and Dirk. Larry also picked up a lot of his passing playing street ball.
He didn't have to hee hee because his shot was so dangerous it drew defenders it was a simple pass for the score
He drew2 to 3 defenders his presence on the court made so much of a differance
No they don't have all of his passes I watched and I saw
how many shots do you think he could have scored but passed for the better percent shot
it's not the flashiest
White Chocolate was a great passer but of course Bird was a much better allround player.
OK … I’ll give you that !
MAGIC JOHNSON is the
greatest passer but LARRY
BIRD is a close second !
And , BIRD is a better all
around player than MAGIC !
In fact , BIRD is Easily the
greatest all around player
in NBA history !
I don't mind Magic being the best passer...but Larry is right next to him, with Stockton the next one on the list. Probably Bob Cousey on it too. I think he created the crazy passing!
In terms of passing skill, I think Magic and Larry were just about equal, close enough as to be no difference. Magic was the more prolific passer, however, and as such he does get the overall edge over Bird. But I'm very glad to hear that you guys aren't sleeping on Stockton. Also, there are 34 outlet/full court passes in this video. All of them right on the money, many of them into traffic. Between those, the touch passes, and his ability to put a spin on the ball to get it to go where he wanted, Larry was playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball ,and Baseball out there on the court.
Parish actually ran track in H.S. Can you imagine pulling up to your track meet and there is a seven footer.
touch passes are regular now? share the link.. hustle passes from the floor are a regular thing? please share the link.
Keep in mind... most of Bird's passes came in a half court set, whereas Magic's came from running the fast break.
He was the greatest interior passer and perhaps the best outlet passer (Kevin Love?). Magic definitely the best open court passer though
Dont forget guys.
In todays game you cant bruch or touch any one or you get a faul. Not so in larrys time.
Magic is not better then larry.
Sorry boys. Your wrong.
Passing with today's massive floor spacing is a joke
Great job guys this was fun! Bird was such a complete player all around and about winning first and foremost!
Whoever I have seen the most recent passing video of between Magic or Bird is the best passer of all time.
Bird and Magic are both
elite passers and arguably
the greatest passers of all
time and White chocolate
is a distant third.
so what makes a good passer? LOOKING good like Magic and White Chocolate? or being efficient and precise like Bird and Stockton? I guess each person has their own standards.. flashy means nothing to me, so long as the player wins. Lucky for magic he won.. Jason Williams did not.
I agree 100%...and, Bird's smoothness, creativity and downright sneakiness/misdirection made him as much fun and as amazing to watch--at least for many of us-- as Magic.
TH-cam has destroyed our youth. Magic was 3x the passer of Bird
. lol
@@rcmysm9123 obviously you didnt really understand my statement.. magic averaged 11 assists to birds 6.3 assists per game.. Im trying to CLARIFY standards..
@@soramirez5473
Magic was ALSO a more efficient shooter than Bird.
Make sense!
@@rcmysm9123 more efficient? Bird shot near 50/40/90.. if magic's FG was higher than Birds (54% on 2 pointers, Bird 51%) thats cuz Magic scored closer to the basket, Bird was shooting midranges like Magic could NEVER do.. please.. Bird was the OVERALL more effecient shooter.. out of 3 categories, Bird beats him in 2.. why am i even responding to such ignorance?
You BOTH need to watch the Courtship of Rivals, Bird and Magic are Tied in my mind for the best passes
He averaged 10 rebounds so many of his assists were touch passes off a rebound. If people say Larry's the greatest passer of all time, I'm OK with that. I still say Magic is the greatest, but that's partly because of his greater than 11 assists per game. Stockton can also be called the greatest. Lebron, Maravich, Nash, too. But Larry is one of the few candidates to rival Magic.
Larry was a better shooter though, which made every time he had the ball so unpredictable.
@@mikewatts867 Yes-- that's why younger reactors keep saying he's succeeding because of lousy defense. They don't get that the defense couldn't win no matter what they did. The same goes for players falling when guarding him-- or trying to guard him. The reactors laugh at these NBA greats because they see the defenders as lame, when it wasn't their lameness-- they were not only NBA, but often HOF-- it was that he was unguardable because whatever they did, he'd take advantage of. That's why Worthy famously said, "Jordan made you look slow, but Bird made you look stupid!"
3:57 no reason? It kept the defense guessing what he was gonna do
hey my channel u welcome, tnks from brazil, larry=number one in my land
Absolutely nothing wrong with giving magic the edge in passing. The two of them get compared all the time and Larry is better at almost everything else. Magic's the passer. Rondo is not in Larry's league. More assists don't always mean better passer. It just means you made the last pass before a shot that went in
He was like John Elway
There's a big difference between effective passing and flashy passing.
You don’t notice everything. It wasn’t a shot attempt. Watch again, he threw it up with only his right hand, like in cornhole!😆😆😆Legend!
Once you get to know Larry you'll realize that lob pass was not an attempted basket. If it had been, he would have sunk it or at least hit the rim. His court awareness is so high that he knew right where to drop that lob to get it into the hands of his teammate. It was another one of his "I just can't believe it" moves, like when he sunk the all-net basket from behind the backboard. Believe it.😂
Yes! Anyone who knows Bird's game knows that...and knows how disrespectful and just way off that comment was...and I've heard it so many times from young reactors who weren't fortunate enough to have seen him play, and really get to know his game.
Can't assume that was all of his good passes
You’re overlooking the fact that Bird was a forward, not a guard.
full court passes get everybody lol
Bird was always a good passer,. When he had double Achilles surgery, he had to develop a more potent approach. He was still Larry Bird, he could drop 3s all day long.
statistically speaking, its either Magic or John Stockton.. per game, Magic is like at 11 assists and Stockton is at 10 I believe.. but they CONTROLLED the ball as the primary ball handler. Bird didnt do that. he made passes on the move, he made full court passses, touch passes, insane reaction and awareness by this man.. i'll say he is the best passer that is NOT a pg. Lebron and Luka play point and control the ball. Maybe Jokic tho, from that post, but not on the move passes like Bird.
I think the greatest pass Larry Bird ever made was when he threw the ball at Bill Lambier after a fight they had and nailed him in the face.
Today's players do not have to pass into a congested low post. Just a zone or spread man to man. This was something no one contends with today.
This i s not even close to all his passes, this is gathered from maybe 30 youtube videos. BIRD would make at least 5 passes a game that would make people ooh and ahh like fireworks on the 4th of July.
Of all the names you dropped only one of could even carry Bird's jock strap and that's Magic. Magic said Bird is the "greatest basketball player ever".
See for me its the opposite. Id rather have john stockton than magic, but hey thats just preference. We all pretty much have the same top 3, just in different orders, and i think thats respectable any way you put it
Also you have to remember that birds passes come from a forward, not a guard. And i do think jokic will be top 5 passers of all time by the end of his career
I'm only half way through this video and so far you guys are so wrong...Rajon Rondo? Lebron? 🤦♀️
Here's hoping that you see the light in the second half 😊 I dont blame you for putting Magic 1 cuz he made them flashier, but Bird would be a very, very close second. But dont start sounding off other players cuz it sounds ridiculous
Have you done the videos of veteran basketball players talking about Larry being the best trash talker ever? 😂 So worth reacting to, if you haven't.
Larry was a talented marksman. Magic was a talented showman. Don't get distracted by the show.
Btw that was not a shot attempt. Larry is too precise. He NEVER overshoots the mark.
Thank you! So true. These youngsters just have no clue.
LARRY LEGEND IS A UNICORN AND THE *TRUE* GOAT!!! 🐐 ☘️
Guys, this is not all of Larry Bird's passes. he made those all game, every game. Dopey comment
In his prime Bird was as good or better than anyone who ever played the game. 🏀
The pass at 20:57 was full court LEFT HANDED 🤯
If your idea of great passing is flash, then We have different ideas of what constitutes great passing…
I prefer someone who can beat the odds, thread the needle, pass on his back, full court quarterback passes, do bounce passes with backspin, etc. Larry does all of this while being absolutely SMOTHERED.
That's funny because magic would say Larry Bird is the greatest passer.They're good friends and they both Praise each other up one side down the other. It was.
Magic and Larry that saved the NBA when they entered Larry bird has eyes in the back of his head.He always knows where everybody is on the court
If you come with the answer that Magic and Bird are equal in passing, remember Magic is a passer and Bird is a scorer.
Eyes in the back of his head
Magic (Showtime) made easy passes look hard --- BIRD (Lunch Bucket) made hard passes look easy
LB was asked in a diff vid if he could only play with one other Celtic, who would it be and he said DJ without a blink !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did you notice how many of those were left-handers? I noticed at least one of them (maybe more) was a full court pass.
Today’s players have a easier time passing because the game is so gentle today, back in Bird’s era it was a rough physical game with holding jerseys, throwing elbows locking players up and notice most Larry’s passes were while he was in a hard doubled teamed. Larry would be in a shooting position but feed his teammates instead in order to get them in the game, he was unselfish and didn’t think about individual success but a team win.
You guys should edit a special video about Bird & DJ's "eye-contact" passing game. It was very crazy. I always watched that videos several times and thought of how great the 80s NBA games were. When DJ dribbled the ball to back court, he always looked Larry's motion. If Larry used the screen or cut through into the basket, and the guy who guarded LB couldn't follow with, DJ would pass the ball from very long distance, about 2 or 3 feets of the 3-pts line!! 😂😂😂
Magic was spectacular no question. Larry was the more creative passer and he was a dead eye shooter. That double edge sword had the defense talking to themselves all night. Bird is the biggest secret in fandom.
Magic looked flashier because of the way his team played, and was the best fast break passer. Bird was I think better both in the half court, and as you said, out of bounds. Bird's passing always looked more effortless, regardless of the degree of difficulty. Also, Bird, as a much better shooter and scorer than Magic, integrated his passing into his game in a different, very impactful way.
When Bird came back after Achilles surgery in the late 80s, Robert Parish was being interviewed after the game with Kevin McHale. Parish asked McHale if he had forgotten how Bird's passes always hit you in the hands and how sweet it was to have it again.
I think all of Larry's craziest passes also ended with points in the basket. That's impressive. He was a great team player. And i think he got bored easily so he was constantly coming up with better ways to play the game.
Man, don't forget that Larry was a 6'-10" small forward man. He wasn't a point guard man like Magic, White Chocolate, Stockton man or Rondo. That wasn't man, how he made his living man. He still averaged over 7 assists man for his career as a forward man when forwards didn't do those kinds of things man. Don't go trashing Bird man. He was the real deal man. Man, I give props to Magic and those others man but that was their main job man. Stop with the man already man!
Larry will always be my number one. I've been a Celtics fan since Russell and Cousey days so I watched these games. It was difficult to wait till the next game. I just don't see the excitement in todays game. Magic was great, but hey, I am a Celtics fan after all.
Where do you think the players of today got a lot of their passing game from?? They admit, they got it from Bird. This was the 80's,30 years ago. Think about it.
Top 5 passer but best all around in my opinion
While LBJ has more assists per game, Bird was clearly a better passer. In fact there’s not one skill LBJ is better at.
Larry can do more types of passes than Magic can. And he can do it in traffic, split second, anywhere, anytime!!
The greatest thing about Magic and Larry is that Larry would say Earvin was the best and Magic would say Larry was the best. Nothing but class.
You'd really wanna sit through 15 minutes of Lebron passes? Good luck with that video...
Indeed. His word is, Good. When he played, I was West Coast, LAKERS, then the SONICS. Now last 2 years seeing his play. All his 3 peats of what few have ever done. Then he is a tough "MFer". Been glad he served overseas in the shit with us.
They all learned from The Bird.
What makes these passes lethal is that, the opponent isn't facing just a great passer, but a great passer and a great shooter at the same time. And both will trash talk you the whole game so good luck defending that.
Bird said DJ was his favorite player, and I might be mistaken, but I think he also said he believed him to be the smartest player he'd ever played with.
Also, I believe if you continue to watch Bird's passing in various tapes, and see his unerring precision (as your brother already commented on), the way he threads the needle, the way he doesn't sacrifice accuracy with his lightning-fast releases, you may change your mind from thinking he was aiming for the basket rather than passing, as he successfully did (around 7:30). I've never seen him off as much, either shooting or passing-- as he would have been if the pass was an intended shot.
These are not all his passes....some good ones left off here
The only person I might say is a better passer than Bird was Pete Maravich. That guy was a magician with the ball.
I think Magic and Larry are really damned close to each other in passing ability. But the thing is, Magic has an extra aesthetic component to his passing game.
Magic's passes are just more beautiful.
A video shows Parrish thanking Birdman for the 2,000 points he passed to him.
90% of the time Magic (and J-Dub) are making flashy premeditated passes.
90% of the time Bird is making split second real time decisions creating “organic passes”, AND delivering them all with pinpoint accuracy.