Larry Bird HUMILIATE Rookies And Reminds Them it Still 84

[@chrisdegasperis4867]

Larry Bird is the greatest small forward of all time.

[@antoniop4914]

BIG facts

[@irishgrl]

LARRY LEGEND IS A UNICORN AND THE TRUE GOAT!!! 🐐 ☘️

[@cindyknudson2715]

I love that Bird story. Thank you for sharing this reaction. We both knew when Rodney made that remark.... he'd gone and poked the giant. Or should I say.. he'd poked the Legend.

[@mattanderson8737]

Nostalgia at it’s finest. Great lesson just because you’re cunning don’t let everyone know and when they do it’s too late. We have a parakeet named Larry and he’s constantly talking shit.

[@dowth3]

I agree with you: the first game was gathering intel ... pure and simple

[@timostransky468]

All 11 pros were in the hall of fame!

[@justinpitcock5312]

Pretty sure all 11 are still in the hall of fame. Unless something happened I missed.

[@cliffniiranen1044]

That was Solid!!! Larry

[@timokk3]

Excellent commentary, SOLID.

[@michellejackson6679]

You just asked how we feel about this years Olympic team.. Hey.. we won.. yes. and Stephen Curry was amazing.. He finally has a Gold Medal. I love it. But looking back at that team.. I'm amazed I know most of them not being a basketball fan.. I'm straight up football fan.. but i know most of those players.. Thank you Dad for making me watch every sport.

[@tommyjones5793]

Ok solid got us larry bird back on

[@WayySolid]

Yeah I’m trying find more videos my view’s interested

[@aramhamparian9641]

Great reaction as always bro. That Jamaal Mashburn story never gets old. LOL. 😂😂

[@WayySolid]

I need find someone else more videos to check out any ideas bro

[@aramhamparian9641]

@@WayySolid Keep dropping Bird vids!!

[@WayySolid]

@aramhamparian9641 I sure will brother

[@WayySolid]

@aramhamparian9641 just don’t want the content to get

[@Mainegirl79]

Coach wanted them to see they could lose by not coaching the game. Now Bird said he noticed that coach wasn't playing Jordan. You have to watch Larry bird and magic dropping dimes at 1992 Olympics video. Larry was a menace until the day he retired. Now because of his double Achilles surgery and back surgery to remove a disc in his back he missed a lot of games that last year. When the doctor preformed back surgery on him taking 4 hours he said I don't know how even played at all. But that was Larry . No excuses he just went out and played. I loved it. Love watching your reactions to bird. Been subscribed for a long time now ❤

[@doobiedave9686]

Larry Bird is definitely top 5 all time players in NBA history, but you also gotta give it up for the greatest college coach of all time, Coach K. 🏀💪

[@NC-Mama-Bear]

No disrespect to Mike, but that would be John Wooden. K would most likely say the same.

[@FreddyP-o4u]

@@NC-Mama-Bear Coach Wooden had a lot of shady recruitment deals (look it up). I’m not a fan of him bc he messed up with Larry Bird, but Coach Knight is probably the best college coach ever.

[@NC-Mama-Bear]

@@FreddyP-o4u I'm not taking about Bobby. Mike.

[@NC-Mama-Bear]

@@FreddyP-o4u Im talking about Mike, not Bobby - hardly a roll model for truth and ethics. I don't need to look it up because I remember it all , but I did to suit you. Those recruitment violations were on Sam Gilbert. It the likes of Kentucky media and Knight spouting off. Talk to Kareem's face and and question Wooden's ethics or legacy. From CBS Sports: "UCLA was placed on a two-year probation by the NCAA in late 1981 for its NCAA violations, which ranged from financial arrangements for players to giving a recruit a T-shirt. The Bruins, coached by Larry Brown at the time, were prohibited from postseason play in 1982 and forced to void their second-place finish in the 1980 national championship game. While none of those actions, according to the NCAA, took place under Wooden's tenure, Gilbert was ordered by the NCAA to disassociate himself with the UCLA program's recruiting process after allegations surfaced that he co-signed a promissory note so a player could buy a car. "

[@NC-Mama-Bear]

@@FreddyP-o4u Knight was a great coach, but not the best. He blew his own legacy with his abusive behavior. You bet he blew it with Bird. Good. Larry would have thrown the chair back at his head. Besides, I was talking about Mike K. Question Wooden's ethics to Kareem's face. He remains the greatest collegiate basketball coach and teacher of all time, followed by Phog Allen, Dean Smith, and Mike K at this point. Hurley is getting there. As for Wooden, only those jealous of his dominance believe he was unethical. I remember those years. Those violations were on Sam Gilbert. From CBS Sports: "UCLA was placed on a two-year probation by the NCAA in late 1981 for its NCAA violations, which ranged from financial arrangements for players to giving a recruit a T-shirt. The Bruins, coached by Larry Brown at the time, were prohibited from postseason play in 1982 and forced to void their second-place finish in the 1980 national championship game. While none of those actions, according to the NCAA, took place under Wooden's tenure, Gilbert was ordered by the NCAA to disassociate himself with the UCLA program's recruiting process after allegations surfaced that he co-signed a promissory note so a player could buy a car."

[@mikewatts867]

There is a story from when he was prez of the Pacers (I think as he was also coach and gm for them). Anyway he was like 50 sonething, wearing a suit, and he came out, didn’t say a word to the players, and hit like 10 threes in a row and just walked off the court, nothing said. He just wanted to show the young guys what’s up. I bet he could do the same today. Different breed.

[@timostransky468]

@@mikewatts867 facts he was gm

[@NC-Mama-Bear]

@@mikewatts867 He did that at a Pacers practice when he was sixty. He probably still can knock them down.

[@MS-zv4bf]

Coach for three years, then President of Basketball Operations.

[@justinpitcock5312]

I love how Magic to Bird was the first points the Dream Team scored. It had to be that way!!

[@Onetigerl]

Chuck Daily didn't even tell the Dream Team what he was going to do. When the guys had their first practice, egos kinda got in the way, so Chuck wanted the lesson to be that even though you on the Dream team you could stii get beat. He wanted to humble them a bit.

[@johnathon5799]

BRO!!! Penny would be in the GOAT convo had he not had injury issues!!! Same can be said about Rose. Penny was so good. It was amazing watching him torch MJ for 40+. He was my favorite player back then.

[@timostransky468]

Huge respect anyone playing in the nba pay them their respect

[@FUBAR1986]

They’re getting paid that’s for sure

[@patriciaotoole5930]

Love those 2 guys. I like you ty

[@JESSES_CURIOUSLY_CURIOUS]

That shot is so perfect it hurts

[@LadyShar]

Great video

[@RaymondBCrisp]

There was a show out for a while, probably a decade or more ago, where people could challenge the bench players of pro sports teams. The #11 guy for the Celtics came out to a street ball venue and took the best challengers on. It wasn't even close. The bench guy for the Celtics cleaned house.

[@gold4scott]

Your final comments are spot on in my opinion. Dream was the big brother. My big brother did that to me. He would let me win to boost my confidence, but when I got cocky, he taught me real quick.

[@sorensmith9873]

What I remember about those summer games was obviously the USA stomping everyone but the story that came out about their one inter squad scrimmage that apparently was just epic as it was their most competitive game of the olympics...amongst themselves...and how much they went at each other because it was 12 of the most competitive players ever that hated to lose even in a practice scrimmage. As far as we know there was no video of this game which makes it even more amazing to hear about, all just from observers who were there.

[@tommyjones5793]

Dam that team was loaded,shit

[@atmorgan7628]

I always remembered the dream team when they got their gold medals, Larry Bird was the only player that had his hand over his heart during the National Anthem. Look at the picture on this video.

[@VeiledVerities]

I saw another one where they showed the college kids had been doing 3 man weaves for 45 mins before meeting up with the Dream Team. The NBA guys were cold, not focused.... HA - they found their motivation. As someone stationed in Germany in the 90s -- the NBA makes every American cool when they're abroad!

[@michaelhrivnak9463]

The players were all in their individual egos. The coach decided to teach them a lesson about playing as a team. They learned their lesson and started to play as a team at last.

[@antoniop4914]

Great analysis and comments man

[@JESSES_CURIOUSLY_CURIOUS]

Love your reacts'.... thx yo

[@WayySolid]

I appreciate your love and support

[@АндрейКондратьев-д4л]

True GOAT

[@ricklove8588]

Talking about how goats keep that shit years after. Story goes when Bird was 60 in the pacers front office he walked into a practice suited up and started jacking 3s. Hit about 10 in a row then walked off and sit down to watch practice

[@PapaG603]

Im a huge Penny fan too..Im 43 now but when I was a kid i think 13 or 14 maybe off a few years but SI Penny was on cover said A Penny From Heaven and he signed it for me at what was Fleet Center now TD Garden in Boston. Still have it framed in my hall of memorabilia..

[@WayySolid]

Bro I need that 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@PapaG603]

@@WayySolid have a bunch of signed NBA stuff..Have a friend whose dad worked for Celtics for 30+ years. Have a lot of Pats n Red Sox stuff. But Penny was 1 of my favs growing up.

[@WayySolid]

God that cool man all I have it my Kevin love jersey signed lol I’m have to start getting some items but that cool me to his one of my personal favorite

[@raptor_il89lv]

Revenge is always served cold 😂

[@jannachtsheim5989]

the 2 greatest teams we ever sent to the olympics was the Dream Team ( basketball ) and the Miracle on ice aka the 1980 USA Hockey TEAM .

[@NC-Mama-Bear]

Great reaction. I like your style. You asked about this year's team. Sure, they were great. But Kerr should never coach another Olympic team. Completely benching Haliburton and giving such short minutes to other NBA stars when they had large leads was unforgivable.

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

In the video special about the Dream Team, they said that Chuck Daly had coached/directed the teams so that the college team would show up the pros. He did it because he had noticed that the pros had been trying to vie with each other, trying show how good they were, rather than playing like a team. By making them lose, it woke them up and changed their attitudes.

[@JESSES_CURIOUSLY_CURIOUS]

Dad. Bird was talking shit to me. 😂

[@rmcfete]

I would them up against anyone if bird an magic were in their prime

[@mica-hr2mb]

wow, did you look down that line of players!

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

13:00 I agree.

[@LadyShar]

Like button hit! #birdgang

[@WayySolid]

I appreciate your support any videos would you like to see me to react to

[@LadyShar]

@@WayySolid Magic and Bird A Courtship of Rivals and The 92 Dream Team documentary. Most reactors cut them up into 4 part reactions. I know you are going to love them.

[@cwdkidman2266]

Game 7 of the 1969 Finals is still free on KZbin.

[@jeremyhabich4072]

The team didnt let them win. Chuck Daily let them win to humble the dream team and make thrm pkay as a team Chuck wasva master at managing personalities. He coached the pistons!

[@garymorris7472]

I would have put Tom Chambers in the Chris Mullen spot personally

[@NC-Mama-Bear]

Mullen is underrated. Bird said he was his favorite player on that team.

[@johndickinson1605]

To the younger generations viewing this video, I mean no disrespect to today's players or your opinions. But from the standpoint of evaluating, recognizing, evaluating, and being truthful in all aspects of the game of basketball, this was the one and only Dream Team. The attitude, effort, chemistry, selflessness, talent, and desire to win at all costs might never be equaled again. And I didn't even mention the confidence, bravado, and trash-talk they overwhelmed their opposition to endure. They were a different breed, understanding teamwork and unselfishness, playing through pain and injuries, and focused only on the goal of winning. No disrespect or criticism to the following generations. I'm just stating the truth.

[@brendawalters3728]

I find it interesting that Rodman said Bird couldn't play in today's NBA that he would have to play in Europe. Considering that Europe teams play like the USA of the 80's instead of today's weak league. He might have wanted to.

[@MS-zv4bf]

Dennis was just still mad that Bird humiliated him as a rookie. 😂 "Over here, rook!" Then Isiah Thomas chimed in to agree with him. Zeke later said that Larry saved his career by publicly stating, "If it doesn't bother me, it shouldn't bother anyone else."

[@fireman1294]

It’s like when a dad first teaches their son a sport when he is a kid. The dad lets his son win all the time to keep his confidence up. However the dad starts to play harder and harder making him either earn the win or learn how to take the loss. That was no different. They let them win and let the youngsters walk over them. They wanted to see how they play on the court and also how they act off of the court. Well a few 1 in particular decided to mouth off and disrespect his elder. You know Bird told everyone what he said and they all said “hell no” and put them in a hurt locker for the rest of the week and made it look easy doing it. In 1992 you didn’t get to mouth off the the 2 legends that saved the NBA and the other legends that helped them do it and think you’re going to get away with.

[@ericdean1376]

They did until 84 then it's on

[@iarocks44]

Not sure if they let them win or not. But I do know The Dream was the best team of players ever. There may in the future I guess be something better. But to date right now, that is the best assembled and honestly it's not even close. That's not to say you couldnt have assembled a better team in previous years but the fact is they didn't. This team was and is still the best ever.

[@ronpickens2396]

Stupid statement I always debate who is better, Havlicek or Bird. Bird was the second coming of Havlicek. Both are so clutch amazing

[@elecjack1]

I do not believe they let them win. I believe Chuck Daly set them up for failure. The Dream Team was a team of players who had spent their whole careers being mortal enemies on the court. They all pretty much thought they were the best and honestly didn't know how to play together (only against one another). I believe he wanted to show them that even the best can lose if they don't work as a team. That first day, they were either trying to show they were the best or they were trying not to step on each other's toes. There was no in between. The college kids didn't have this problem and took advantage. I think them losing did two things. 1: Showed them that this is serious and even young talent with little experience could beat the best players in the league if they didn't learn to play as one. 2: It left them with a loss that became personal to each of them which gave them a reason to unify and show the college kids what real NBA players look like. It gave them the push they needed to focus on the win as a team without Chuck having to do much to get them in line and on the same page. It was a genius move you would expect out of a coach of his caliber and part of the reason he was chosen because he was great at working with players with otherwise conflicting personalities and getting results.

[@NC-Mama-Bear]

Daly threw that scrimmage game for a reason. Coach K confirmed that.

[@jeffrichards1537]

I'm 48 and only 2 official NBA jerseys I still own is penny Orlando jersey ND Dennis Rodmans bulls jersey.

[@WayySolid]

That penny is it pen striped

[@xzkt]

The dream team beat themselves the first game. They were all superstars and everybody wanted to show why they were picked. They didn’t play as a team and the college team beat them. The coach did not intervene because he wanted them humbled so they would listen to him. He even kept the STAR Jordan sitting on the bench most of the game. Imagine how hard coaching the best players of the NBA on one team. Why would they listen to a coach. Coach Daly let the college players get ahead, then stopped the practice, cleared the scoreboard and let the press into the building. He told the team anybody can be beat and then gave them his plan to follow. It worked but every practice was like a championship game after that. There was not one game in that Olympics where the outcome of the Dream team was in doubt. Coach Daly got the stars to play as a team. He even became golf buddies with Jordan, who had to hate him. Daly designed the defense that drove Jordan crazy when he played the Bad Boys.

[@j-mac7401]

How can Mashburn not mention that Penny was on the college team...

[@draven7944]

100% Chuck Daily threw that game. To teach the guys a lesson. Don't play around take this seriously. It's a lesson for the dream team not to take it lightly anyone can win on any day. So play hard if you want that gold medal.

[@timmorales1569]

I tell you what those guys that played against the dream teams was some bad dudes themselves

[@mikelarrivee2620]

I think the closest comparison to Penny is McGrady

[@mattstrathis4328]

Mitt Romney?😂

[@markswisher3709]

chuck daly, didn't coach them because all of their egos were still there. they played as individuals and not a team. when they lost, he told them that they got beat by a bunch of college kids. that is when they realized that they had to play as a team.

[@kaospat4173]

sub for the Penny take that was true AF

[@mattstrathis4328]

Kyrie Irving is not a better version of Allen Iverson. That's crazy talk!

[@WayySolid]

Iverson said it why you made me. Cause that man said that

[@mattstrathis4328]

@@WayySolid A humble thing for him to say but it is not reality.

[@ricardomaravilla1747]

96 Dream Team 3 was a dope ass team

[@franklin2846]

Chuck Daily threw the game not the players

[@franklin2846]

Olympics? What’s that?

[@MS-zv4bf]

What nobody made your watch.

[@bebedenham362]

yo fr dude... young bucks talking shit on ANY NBA player def believes his own hype....well son, sometime Mama lie........lolol

[@shag139]

The players didn’t throw the game Chuck Daly did. He didn’t sub, Jordan didn’t play much etc. Chuck was trying to get them to understand they could lose if they took anybody lightly.

[@soramirez5473]

Kyrie better than Iverson? I dont know about that.. better shooter. ok.. but i think Iverso did just about everything else better.

[@WayySolid]

AI said it brother so I gotta listen to the man he said kyrie has by far better handles then me

[@soramirez5473]

@@WayySolid handles dont make you better. if anything OVER DRIBBLING is extremely in efficient. Also Iverson said a lot of stuff, just like Bird, and Jordan, that contradicts themselves.. Iverson did over dribble himself, guess that's why he is a journey man, but so is Kyrie I guess, well Kyrie is malcontent actually. I think they were BOTH more flash than substance actually and not really winning players.

[@soramirez5473]

@@WayySolid But i would still take iverson

[@ronpickens2396]

He had a terrible back or he might still be playing today