LARRY BIRD | 75 Stories 💎

Larry Bird was 1 of the NBA's most clutch players ever, amassing 3 MVPs while leading the Celtics to 5 Finals and 3 titles in the 1980s.
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[@bp2000k]

Larry will be forever be goated. One of the all time Boston/NBA greats. GOAT BIRD🐐🍀

[@leultrainstinct406]

Larry bird>>>KD and Curry all time

[@DarrynPeterson44]

@@leultrainstinct406 that is facts!!

[@edrushhh]

Bird > Mike and Bron

[@jeromemark2509]

Goat!!

[@Chairsium]

I don't care what anyone says, Bird stories are the absolute best.

[@youtubeenjoyer5306]

Agreed 💯

[@ChristianCarpesoChannel]

ikr

[@vingthor13]

I wooda gave you a thumbs up Chairs, but 69 is 69 😉 👀

[@nymphopath9816]

oh BOLLOCKS! Do you care if millions of young people say bird would NOT make todays nba becuase he is physically unfit?

[@JSUN19]

AGREED !! I don’t watch any other games !!

[@newerafrican]

Bird was a complete player. Deadly shooter, terrific passer, strategic rebounder and all-around court sense genius. Made his teammates better. Totally spoke his mind because he had such great focus on and off the court. The fact that his super-heated rivals had such great stories and things to say about him bear out the greatness of his character, too. All of these videos are way too short, BTW!!

[@steviechampagne]

he would be unbelievable in today’s game. the perfect player for today’s game

[@zayviongatewood9103]

larry legend is an icon

[@shaundjidk8]

As Michael Jordan once said about Larry: “Thank Goodness. I’m Glad. I’m Tired Of Seeing Your Face. You Ruined A Lot Of My Succesful Games Against The Boston Celtics.”

[@edcor2578]

How is it succesful when you lost the game? Thats Ironic, isn't it?

[@TheMissiIe]

@@edcor2578 read the quote again... this time slowly... maybe then you'll get it...

[@edcor2578]

@@TheMissiIe Since you are a Doctor, I would like to hear from you what I need to understand. Please, explain it to me...

[@73Trident]

@@TheMissiIe Maybe you'll get it. He said MY successful games not my teams successful games.

[@collider12]

Larry Bird is so underrated. He had all the skills and mamba mentality and led his team to the finals for almost an entire decade

[@ddssgaming8987]

Please shut the fuck up. The man was a legend making hustle plays and playing through hell before Bryant was even born. His rivalry with Magic turned the NBA into the money making paradise we see today. Just because you didn't witness his greatness don't mean it isn't there. Don't use the word underrated so carelessly.

[@echoromeo384]

That's a fact.

[@capitanfuturo594]

Stop writing crap. Larry Bird is not underrated.

[@daniele2908]

Underrated??? LoL

[@KennethWilliams-rr9dw]

@@daniele2908 I was just wondering the same thing. In what way is this man underrated? 3x nba champion, 3x nba mvp, 2x finals mvp. Top 10 all time greatest players.

[@Perfection212]

As a kid growing up in the 80's, Larry is my forever Legend!

[@Jondsmusic]

Same!

[@equilibrium_69]

The kids today need to watch the games between prime Bird & Magic.. Every aspect of their battles were the apex of competition in Basketball.. Jordan might be on top, but no RIVALRY has ever been as INTENSE as that if Bird and Magic. They made each season interesting and every series they faced off were awe inspiring.

[@jingqi9106]

The story that Isiah tells about Kent Benson has deeper roots than just the fact that Benson couldn't guard Larry. When Larry was a freshman at Indiana for the brief time he was there, Kent Benson was over bearing and a total a-hole to Larry and Larry never forgot. Bird relished wearing Kent Benson out and letting him know about it when he had the the opportunity. 💪

[@realmediummike]

He is in my top 5. He is overlooked now which is funny af.

[@kingthlaroonth]

Same

[@trhansen3244]

I currently have him ranked as the 24th best of all time, just ahead of Bobby Jones but behind Tom Chambers.

[@kingthlaroonth]

@@trhansen3244 WTH!! What is your list

[@Jondsmusic]

He's my #1

[@trhansen3244]

@@kingthlaroonth Being the 24th best player of all time is impressive. I would estimate there have been millions of players in the NBA since it began. Let's say ten million. So, out of ten million players, he is the 24th best. Of all time! Nothing wrong with that.

[@Jondsmusic]

Larry Legend is simply the best! No one was better and no one could beat him. He beat all the best period! Millennials today have little to no clue about what true greatness is really about. They missed out on the true greatness of basketball.

[@kingdarkonda1460]

He beat MJ, Pippen, Isiah Thomas, Magic Johnson, Dominque Wilkins, Dennis Rodman, Joe Dumars, Michael Cooper, Alvin Robertson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, James Worthy. The GOAT

[@lordmetroid1]

My favorite NBA player, and in my opinion, Larry Legend is the greatest SF to ever play.

[@echoromeo384]

@That Guy LeBron couldn't handle Larry.

[@addyplatebody]

That's fine, everyone can have an opinion, but there's no tangible stat/category in which Larry is above LeBron on the all time list.

[@jaylenflanagan1295]

Stop 😐🤡

[@rgreen1107]

Larry is for sure the Greatest small forward ! And , easily a better Baller than Lebum James !

[@boysrback5690]

Charter member 50-40-90 club Larry Bird finished top 2 in MVP votes every year from 1981 to 1988 He finished 2nd,2nd,2nd,1st,1st,1st,2nd,and 2nd. This streak began during only his second season in the league! Absolutely insane stretch from Larry Legend.

[@kingdarkonda1460]

The REAL GOAT. Most complete NBA player ever

[@73Trident]

Absolutely the most complete player ever.

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Larry Legend 🍀🍀 🐐 🐐 🐐

[@channingmorrell3514]

Larry Legend ☘️🐐

[@VinayakPande53]

I remember when there were a couple of NBA pre season games in Mumbai, India in 2019. The place went nuts when Larry Bird was introduced. Nobody gave a damn about the Bollywood actress who had come to promote herself there.

[@Jondsmusic]

That's interesting and tells you everything you need to know!

[@Mirad08]

The goat Larry Bird 🐐🐐🍀

[@stad4883]

The Real GOAT

[@capitanfuturo594]

*LARRY BIRD WAS THE BEST ALL-AROUND PLAYER IN NBA HISTORY.* Larry Bird was the best player in NBA on the 80's.

[@kingdarkonda1460]

Agreed!

[@matteoromenghi]

Larry Bird, a basketball legend.

[@rodneydezoller5589]

Larry the greatest basketball ever he's my idle at all time. Rodez from down under cheers

[@denny-zenchiong296]

All around best good player pioneer 1980 Celtics Larry Basketball lifetime🏀

[@ldybozz]

Larry Legend 🐐🍀💚💚💚💚💚

[@lastarjackson4623]

larry bird is one of the greatest small fowards to ever exist

[@leultrainstinct406]

Facts. 2nd to LeGoat💯

[@Chevy-hw6lw]

@@leultrainstinct406 don’t be silly , Bird would have embarrassed the f out of LeBum.

[@reidb6327]

@@Chevy-hw6lw cap

[@pcrbr]

@@Chevy-hw6lw W

[@trhansen3244]

@@leultrainstinct406 Better than LeBron. Especially if they enforce the actual NBA rules. And Lebron loses points for whining on just about every play that doesn't go his way.

[@steve4158]

Bill Walton is so generous in his praise of Larry Bird and his teammates. It's never, "me, me, me." I respect him for that.

[@mrho4speed]

With so many great players it is difficult to pick any one player and give them a "goat" label. To appreciate Bird's total game please see any of the passing highlights as Bird threw passes between players legs and could thread the needle thru very small windows. Bird was ambidextrous so he could pass and shoot with either hand and he used this skill to confuse the other team. Early in his career he was on 3 all defense teams ( 2nd team) and led the league in defensive win shares 4 times and was 7 times in the top 5! As a rookie he was the main reason for Boston to go from a 29 win team to a 61 win team = the biggest single season turnaround in the NBA at that time. He won ROY and was 4th in MVP voting. For the next 8 years for the MVP Bird was 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 1st, 1st, 1st , 3rd and then 2nd. In his first 9 seasons in games Bird played his Celtics won 534 games and lost 177 games for a win % of 75.1% Bird created the 50-40-90 club and did it for 2 seasons ( 87 and 88) and his 29.9 points per game was the highest until Curry topped it. When looking at other "goat" players, no other player has been a 50-40-90 shooter. And Bird in 85 and 86 just missed the 90% FT. SO I took his numbers for all 4 consecutive seasons and Bird actually averaged a 50-40-90 over 4 seasons. He was 3384 of 6534 shots = 51.79% and 3 pointers = 325 of 784 = 41.45% and FT = 1670 of 1854 = 90.07% and his per game for these 4 years was 28.1 points and 9.7 rebounds and 6.8 assists. Bird was the best all around player we have ever seen!!

[@73Trident]

Yes he is.

[@ishoweasy]

My favo player 🍀

[@irishgrl]

LARRY LEGEND IS MY TRUE GOAT!! 🐐

[@collider12]

Isiah talking about how he was at the finals games was so true look up 1984 game 7 highlights him and Maguire were there analyzing and learning

[@thaferg525]

For a long long long time I was so angry at Isaiah Thomas because of the CRAP he said about Magic and about Larry and his Feud with Michael Jordan that everybody tries to downplay but was evidently there...BUT in the last five to seven years every time he has been on interviews he has been so gracious and it's just great to see him smile and tell these great basketball stories and I have regained a level of respect for Isaiah Thomas

[@scienceart0]

LARRY LEGEND

[@matolaugh6167]

My favorite player cause of the trash talk and the real hard work on the court.

[@JSUN19]

You can tell how much Larry just LOVED the game !! Larry never trash talked, he just said it like was !! Your meaning of trash talk isn’t the same as mine !!

[@ahh1180]

Absolute Beast

[@DL-tp2nr]

Larry Legend

[@mrzipp-tp4oe]

I'ts nice to see a farm child make it big in life its great rock on larry bird.

[@bluewater3783]

Larry Bird was not simply my "Favorite Player"--Larry Bird was The Only Reason I Watched Basketball!!! :) And, after Larry Bird retired from the game--so did I !!! 😊

[@jensjesfjeld6238]

I love Larry Legend.

[@tjedwards4254]

The legend

[@jack_2028]

Goat

[@larrybaldwin8325]

Wasn't fast, couldn't jump, just a WINNER!!

[@doboi8121]

Young Bird could jump and was fast

[@ishoweasy]

Yessss Finally!!

[@jesusiracheta8570]

LARRY THE LEGEND!

[@KingKobra49]

Hey! Don’t quit, God gave you this path cause he knows you’re built for it 😤. Keep pushing,the reward is gonna be even better!

[@musicandmagic909]

You as well, friend

[@andreasrutledge93]

My main reason for being a Celtics fan,definitely my personal second nba player besides jordan.

[@baned3]

Simplemente, EL MEJOR

[@trhansen3244]

Correctamundo!

[@steve4158]

These great Celtic teams and other great teams of the 80s would absolutely dominate in today's "no touch" NBA. If you get a chance, search KZbin for Isiah Thomas describing the Bird steal. Excellent.

[@SebsBeenHere]

Good Job Larry!🍊🍀

[@sedlyholmes3722]

You soo good that even your opponent's mom is a fan

[@breauxcewayne1971]

I think Dee Brown was talking about another game because Dee wasn’t on the team until 1990. The play they showed was prior to 1990. You can tell by the hair cut lol I think he did it in another game against Portland but it was to tie the game and he leaned in like he said and still made it.

[@boysrback5690]

Yes the play Larry stumbling 3 with back brace on.

[@davidgreenshield2505]

Yeah that game was in 92 his last season when his back was basically done. All he did was end up with a 50 point triple double.

[@vegaed56]

The bird!!!

[@iconadams]

That John Salley story....HILARIOUS!

[@elijah.j3288]

#LarryLegend

[@brianjensen7985]

Greatest clutch shooter ever.

[@leultrainstinct406]

I speak for everyone when I say Larry bird>>>KDooDoo‼️

[@yizeng4739]

@beliss what?

[@DINGDONG12344]

His trashtalk was the best for me.

[@isedairi]

Guys do your damn work. When Dee Brown talks about a leaning 3pt he refers to the 1992 game, not the footage you present!

[@kevinklampe1584]

Bird Consumable Pro. He's on My Top 12 Greatest Team of all time. He's also my fav player tied with Host/CO-Host Isaiah Thomas. B.T.W. When I combined what I knew from Bird and Seek both, let's just say unstoppable was no longer the word.

[@davidparnell2684]

Good video

[@user-ev3sh4ln4z]

Hammer time)

[@perfxshun3766]

If he never got injured, would be guaranteed top 5 all time

[@rgreen1107]

BIRD played most of his career injured ! That may have shortened his career , but injuries didn’t stop him from becoming the GREATEST ALL - AROUND PLAYER in NBA history ! He is easily top 3 ! My GOAT !

[@73Trident]

@@rgreen1107 Ditto!

[@lazykid9921]

🍀🍀🍀NO.33🍀🍀🍀

[@UCONN_HUSKIES]

BIRD 🐦 🦜 🦚

[@boxed-btw9988]

Lil birdy

[@vingthor13]

What people say.... Larry is slow , can't jump , can't play defense...etc . . . How did a person with none of these talents win 3 straight MVP's? How did the most "complete player" in the history of the NBA , accomplish anything? P Ewing "He's domoshing everybody"...HOW? Smarts are ONE thing. You can't steal the ball , shoot the ball , rebound the ball..with smarts alone? It HELPS , yeah , but without the skills to put those those thoughts into action , your nothing , right?? Larry Joe Bird had ALL the skills! Fast or Slow , with or with-OUT your consent...those things STILL happen ! So.... WHAT THE F@CK!?? My point is....Larry could & DID...do it all. "Larry can't play defense"? WHAT? Are you F'n kidding me??? Larry didnt guard his opponent , Larry guarded the BALL ! Larry wood be in every passing lane. Not at the same time , but as they moved the ball around. Larry wood pick the most logical pass or shot that wood come next & just...BE THERE. Listen & believe me, took me along time to get where I am, on him now. I hated Bird, Cuz he was a threat to my Lakers. I also hated him cuz he was white & only dunked like white people, lol. & in Pro-Ball ... well , lets be nice & call it...an oddity, lol. ( PS: I'm a cracker too & all things being equal , I shood be able to get away with that , lmao ) The Magic-Man was MY guy in the 80's! ( Although , for me , no one was more fun to watch than Sir Charles

[@vingthor13]

↑ ↑ ↑ If THAT comment doesn't get 1,000 up-votes , you HATE Larry-Legend...heh heh ! ↑ ↑ ↑

[@christianoxford4929]

THE GREATEST TRASHTALKER IN NBA 🦜🍀

[@ricaredoreynesreyesv3947]

💚

[@Bruh1]

My career exploration teacher used to teach his wife and child something. I think it was swimming or something but i was shocked when i heard that.

[@TheSonic813]

Mezing

[@Riles3152]

1979-1987 Larry Bird and his career is at least comparable to ANY other top 75 all-time guy on this list.

[@jeromemark2509]

Killa BIRD!

[@kingsharp2088]

STEPHANIE READY 🖤😍💎

[@miguelbox998]

ONEE

[@infinite_one]

French lick Indiana 👍🏾

[@ScottParisi]

Magic says he's the GOAT. -END

[@santoscalavera]

Before Curry there was Larry Bird

[@corneliustarai2280]

hey NBA

[@javusbonmon6937]

🖐🏾🏀👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾🏀🏀🏀🏀💪🏾

[@Lonewolfmike]

Poor John Salley found out he was going to get schooled early.

[@slipperymoves]

Sad people really think Magic was better than him

[@kingdarkonda1460]

He wad actually a better passer than Magic. Magic just passed quicker

[@leultrainstinct406]

Larry bird is a better Small forward than KD a better shooter than Curry And more clutch than both💯

[@reidb6327]

His shooting is overrated

[@trhansen3244]

@@reidb6327 If anything it is underrated.

[@rgreen1107]

@@reidb6327 who’s shooting is overrated ? I know it Ain’t Bird …….

[@itsnobbie1212]

Larry Bird 2.06 m, Magic Johnson 2.06 m, LeBron James 2.06 m, Brittney Griner 2.06 m - is this a magic number in basketball?

[@Leo-ws4ic]

Mouse in the house hahahahahahhaha

[@gavinsheridan4680]

They couldn’t find anyone better than Isaiah?

[@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975]

Bird hated ken benson. It goes way back and way deep.. Bird would punish him anytime possible.

[@thegraciousfundamentalists6146]

Was Larry at the 75thceremonies????? Now, that I think about it....🤔...Didnt se him in the videos...????

[@freezy1016]

34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. (‭‭John‬ ‭13‬‬:‭34‬ NLT)

[@armin38822]

I had Durant over Bird but the way KD is playings vs the Celtics in 2022 playoffs he's making me change that decision again. Bird would never play like KD did trough the first 3 games. Not agressive,not focused,bad decision making,bad energy etc. I can't imagine Bird in his prime having a seires like that.

[@stevecox7462]

The 2nd greatest player of all time 💯 behind u know who.

[@wilt3051]

behind Jason Kapono fr

[@poojiith2361]

Behind LeBron

[@zionyourtherapist3345]

Lebronnnnn

[@thekingofirony]

Brian Scalabrine

[@stevecox7462]

❌❌❌❌

[@elijah.j3288]

It’s a bird not a ✈️

[@KeithTC2Martin]

Shoots it both handed 🙄

[@kevinklampe1584]

Zeek

[@bbcbbcubsgamingyt7525]

God bless to the 1% who reads this comment

[@reidb6327]

L

[@jimmysanders4813]

If you are looking for the truth look at the results of someones actions.

[@MP-tf7cc]

Larry could play a little 🏀

[@xev790]

larry bird > jordan

[@KyrieBron]

Bird, but couldn’t fly

[@treesnclips5845]

Third greatest SF every

[@Bolt1105]

Who is second and first?

[@treesnclips5845]

Lebron and kd

[@celticbird2398]

@@treesnclips5845 Bro, Larry MF Legend better than KD. Stop the cap.

[@rgreen1107]

@@treesnclips5845 lol

[@wabwab8155]

@@treesnclips5845 he's better than kd

[@andresalderete]

And his right pointing finger was a mess and lost all sensitivity. So this dude could have been even better

[@kevinklampe1584]

Consumate