Larry Bird Welcoming Rookies To The League Was Pure Savage | REACTION

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[@jamelakajamal]

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[@me-ho8jt]

Thank you for being a great human!!!!

[@cholaihlychho8046]

check out gary paton talking about larry

[@richardpare3538]

@@cholaihlychho8046 Check out ANYONE talking about playing against him - most of the stories are about Larry making them look stupid!

[@venetoaward]

I'll never get tired of Larry Bird's trash talk stories, it's like watching a hollywood movie

[@andybilakshow260]

My favorite "scene" is when Person was trying to push Larry around. The cold look on Larry's face showed that Person had -0- impact with the GOAT . Larry knew exactly what he was doing & how to come out on top no matter what the obstacles were.

[@brianjohnston5325]

"the Hick from French Lick" 😂. Larry Legend

[@gerardroll6468]

Larry was a master of trash talking but the fact that he could back it up with blazing hot form spoke volumes about just how great a player he was 🏀👍😄🏀

[@blackprix]

One of the greatest, Larry had all the skill, offense, defense, assists, rebounds And all about making everyone better around him a true team player and leader. A three-time MVP!

[@shanedenny5234]

Three years in a row too. 😎

[@BD-uw1kq]

ROY and 4th, then 8 straight years of finishing 1st or 2nd. It wasn't just 3 MVPs in a row.

[@citypopFM]

"Magic Johnson fed Larry Bird the ball...." has to be one of the most intimidating and terrifying sentences ever spoken in all of basketball.

[@stevelegreid]

Great point

[@wutisay]

Well done.

[@bongdonkey]

Why? Johson was making killer passes to Bird. As expected from Magic.

[@Sunny-jz3dy]

🙄

[@deelawson4551]

Larry Bird has always been my favorite player! I loved to watch him play when I was younger and I was a Big Boston fan.

[@ebenclukey7293]

I was a lucky kid to have been at many Celtics games in the Bird era. My brother and I still talk about it. The C's looked like factory workers and played like the Harlem Globetrotters. And Larry didn't just call the plays when they were up. He'd tell em' what he was gonna do with the game on the line. He talked to coaches and even the ref's. We were in the fifth row and a lot of times we could hear him. We knew we were watching something special. So did his opponents.

[@andybilakshow260]

You describe everything required to be GOAT. There is none other than Larry Bird. That kind of talent derived from his mind set can *NOT* be duplicated.

[@juanmorales2724]

Factory workers!! 😂😂😂 great description! The first game I saw on TV like 2 centuries ago was between a blue team vs a green team. I had no idea of basketball (I am from Mexico) and since green is my favourite color, celtics had a new fan. I wasnt aware that I was looking one great game between celtics vs pistons in Birds era. I will never forget that day. Larry and all the factory workers were my heroes and obviously they won that day!

[@Bluesman78]

Larry is top 3 and possibly the most intelligent player ever. He made everyone else better around him ...a true Legend.

[@lgbfjbmaga3930]

My #1

[@kathieovercash8414]

Facts.

[@mikeat2637]

The reason Larry Bird was such a great trash talker was that he was the most intelligent player on the court. He was playing chess while everyone else was playing checkers. And he did it with no malice or anger or any resentment, it was pyschological warfare, and Larry Bird was master of it. Everyone knows about his success as a player, but let's not forget he was fantastic coach and executive as well. He is the only person in the history of the NBA to be named Rookie of the Year, NBA MVP (3 in a row), Finals MVP, All-Star MVP, Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year with the Indiana Pacers organization. He was the single smartest person ever to play in the NBA. And all of this in an injury-shortened career, where he performed his magic in such a physical condition that he had to lie down next to the bench, in airline aisles and many other places because his back was so bad. He also sat out an entire year because of bone spur surgery on both feet. If he had played his career at the peak of health, who knows how many records he would have set. And though you cannot name a single GOAT in the NBA because of the difference in the different eras, Larry Bird could have played in any era, along with such greats as Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Jerry West, Oscar Roberston, Elgin Baylor and quite a few others. They would dominate in today's game, because it's no longer a team game, it's all about individual statistics. And 75% of today's players are not mature enough to handle tough AND smart players of their caliber.

[@mikerobertson4041]

Bird is the first man on my NBA roster!

[@gerardroll6468]

Isn’t it amazing how it’s often the quietest & most un-assuming people you meet are often the ones who can inflict the most damage on you mentally??? 🤪🤪🤪

[@FUBAR1986]

That’s why they call him Larry Legend

[@jaquestraw1]

I sure miss those days. Greatest era of the NBA

[@BD-uw1kq]

Absolutely was, barely looks like the same game anymore. I think this era is crap.

[@robertwheatley9153]

Larry Bird was the most complete basketball player ever. EVER. He didn't have the graceful athleticism but he didn't need it. Tough as nails he did everything else on the court and was almost otherworldly. Unbelievable passer, shooter and rebounder. He talked trash but he backed it up. Bird also had the intangibles and the killer instinct and would destroy opponents and dominate in today's game. He was also one of the smartest players ever on the court and would be thinking 2 or 3 moves ahead. Bird is All-Time starting 5 forever.

[@jr-xs9tf]

Yep, form doesn't matter when the function is perfect.

[@N1120A]

Actually, his athleticism was quite graceful in that it went unnoticed. He wasn't an explosive leaper, but the man could absolutely move.

[@jr-xs9tf]

@@N1120A One thing I noticed watching these older videos was that there was no such thing as an off balance shot for him. However contorted his position w as, the ball was always in an optimal position for a pure release. Heard another state that his ball handling was NBA point guard level.

[@kathieovercash8414]

@@jr-xs9tf well said.

[@jotiedeman9460]

My favorite player of all time, walked the walk man.

[@JackCerro]

There was this one player that was absolutely ripped, muscles head to toe, and Larry just walked up to him and said, "those muscles won't help you tonight." Every time Larry hit a shot on the guy, he would say, "muscles."

[@DIMP11]

Maybe Michael Cage ?

[@JackCerro]

@@DIMP11 I want to say Anthony Mason.

[@DIMP11]

@@JackCerro Mason once said if he wasn't an NBA player he would most likely be a hitman. 😂🤣

[@cindyknudson2715]

Anthony Mason. I love that story.

[@kathieovercash8414]

Lol. I hadn't heard that one. Epic.

[@doobiedave9686]

This is the generation of basketball that I grew up watching and IMHO was the greatest era of the NBA, so many NBA legends and Hall of Famers played during the '80's and '90's. The Celtics/Lakers rivalry of the '80's is still one of greatest rivalries in sports history. 👍✌️

[@toddflowers8052]

My freshman year at Indiana State was Bird's Senior year , it was amazing until the last game....he was incredible on the floor !!!

[@gabrielbotsford791]

Magic passes to Bird....................................Already the greatest team ever.

[@thestarseeker8196]

If you came up watching Bird, Magic, Jordan, Penny etc 🙋🏻 we had it good.

[@andybilakshow260]

I only have 1 favorite thing my entire life. Not food, drink, color, song, or movie. However, I been watching Larry since 1980. He's my only favorite. He holds all the credentials.

[@kdm71291]

This is one of the reasons it was such a joy to watch Larry and the Celtics and magic with the "Showtime" Lakers in the eighties! Grateful to have been able to be witness to all that!

[@TOM-C.]

I was never into basketball, but everyone knows Larry Bird, and now I know a bit more, great story!

[@sandyburch3010]

The Legend...

[@johnhughes3963]

Well there ya go! Why isn't there an award for best trash talker of all time!!

[@andybilakshow260]

and the most assists while lying on the floor.

[@brendawalters3728]

Worthy said "Jordan will make you look slow, but Bird would make you look stupid" in a 9-year run from 1980 to 1989, Larry Bird got 67% of all MVP votes that were cast. All other players combined only received 33% of the votes.

[@lisazaccardimeunier8378]

I grew up in the Boston area in the 80's, and I can't stress enough how huge the Celtics/Lakers rivalry was. Bird is definitely top 5 of all time.

[@howdoicancel6760]

There’s a interview out there where Gary Payton tells a Larry bird story ! Proof Bird is the biggest trash talker in NBA history ! And Bird is the real GOAT !

[@andybilakshow260]

without question.👍

[@charlesking4780]

Bird is the G.O.A.T of trash talkers. 😎

[@1982jeepcj8]

That " feel like 43 tonight story" was one steal away from a quadruple double, but wouldn't go back in to get it, "naw I've done enough damage tonight"

[@iconadams]

LARRY WAS A STRAIGHT UP KILLA!

[@nathanrobinson3653]

Bird had that 30-12-10-9 steals 2 blocks game--the near coveted quad-double in 1985, in 31 minutes in 3 quarters--they were beating the Jazz so bad he didn't bother coming out in the 4th quarter--don't ever call him a stat-padder. He dominated guys when he was a rookie, and even later on with a demolished back from '86 on until retirement in '93, bone spurs in both ankles in '89, and double achilles tendonitis. His game was most complete. Most people forgot he made multiple all-NBA Defensive 2nd Teams and even led the league in defensive win-shares one season--don't EVER say Bird can't play defense. He broke up more 2 on 1s and 3 on 1s on the break than anybody. He could beat you any which way. The REAL GOAT.

[@tylerdurden2460]

Reggie Miller was a next-level trash talker, and his story of Larry shutting him up is iconic.

[@cindyknudson2715]

Gary Payton tells a good Bird story too. That fact that Bird could back it up impressed him.

[@mikebeasley9793]

GREAT REACTION MY FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE ENJOYED WATCHING YOUR MUSIC VIDEO REACTIONS FOR WELL OVER A YEAR ESPECIALLY YOUR CHRIS STAPLETON REACTIONS......... LARRY LEGEND IS SO UNDERAPPRECIATED BY TODAY'S YOUNG'UNS IT IS BEYOND LUDICROUS. PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL I CAN SAY IS KEEP EDUCATING EVERYBODY PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@frankrice6935]

You just know that 🤣 his teammates were having a Good Laugh setting up the Rookie like that just to see how he's going to react. Great Story...

[@irishgrl]

LARRY LEGEND IS A UNICORN & THE TRUE GOAT 🐐 ☘️

[@richardpare3538]

One thing that games on TV don't give you is all the talking out on the floor - games at the Garden had us both cheering and laughing constantly.

[@stephaniemccarthy1676]

Love the Bird Turd! Always have. 61 years of age and loving this video as well as others of yours. Thanks 👍. Always fun watching the Bird.

[@babyfry4775]

Larry was something else. You have to be so confident to talk the way he does! Love your reaction! 😄

[@kathieovercash8414]

Great video. Had a story I hadn't heard. Bird is the GOAT. Even if the opposite teams fans hated him you know good and well they were wondering what amazing play he was going to do next.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

Larry wasn't savage to rookies. He just made them know that he had the experience, they didn't!

[@lisazaccardimeunier8378]

Today's players are VERY fortunate to not be playing against Larry. On the other hand, he made other players better by schooling them.

[@andybilakshow260]

So many that came after Larry studied him thoroughly without a doubt.

[@cindyknudson2715]

And he prodded them to "show me whatcha got". Bird loved good competition. Play that pushed him to be his best

[@KungLao15155]

You seem to be a solid dude, salute.

[@Ray1969.]

The one thing people don’t realize is how good Larry’s defense was. In today’s analytics Bird is in the top 50 all time defensively

[@sorensmith9873]

As a celtics fan growing up in the 80s we all knew of Larry and his trash talking, we got a second dose of legendary trash talking when Kevin Garnett showed up in 2007...two of the greatest wearing celtic green is tremendous

[@Texan1981]

Man, what’s crazy to me is these guys that Larry Legend punked were NBA superstars- Wilkins, Kemp, Clyde The Glide (one of my all-time favorites) and Bird had his way, anyway! I’ve heard multiple guys say that Larry told them exactly what he was going to do against them, and he always came through! One of my favorites, though, my all-time favorite coach, Nolan Richardson (coached my Hogs to a championship) was when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. I won’t link it, in case that gets blocked. However, the video is by some channel called TheSmoothToad, short video. Coach Richardson tells the hilarious story of the first time he heard of Larry Bird, during his own induction speech! Sorry if you’ve seen it. If not, very much worth the watch! As always, thanks for the great video, good sir!

[@fidge54]

One of the many things I love about Bird is he doesn't have racist bone in his body. He gave shit to everybody

[@marykuettner752]

Gary Payton talks about Bird trash talking him,great stories.

[@joecastro6721]

I'm a diehard Lakers fan, and I will say it, Bird was the fuckin best!!

[@roywilkowski2326]

Difference between Bird and Payton was that Payton was loud and obvious, Bird was quiet and subtle about it.

[@macsaints10]

Eddie Johnson is my favorite story and his delivery so genuinely hilarious

[@phillipsolesky2677]

good one brother! "I can do it and stay in the game" classic

[@mikeratza479]

Thanks Jamel, I have never saw this video. Oh by the way i was at the 1979 NCAA finals game, Magic vs Bird . I live all my life in Michigan but dam, Larry Bird is AMAZING

[@shanedenny5234]

Nice channel man. You do a great job. Thanks for this great video and thanks for bringing to light in my opinion the greatest basketball player to play. I say that in accordance to his abilities and could basically do anything and be great at it according to basketball. True dynamic genius and there will never be another. #LarryLegend #GOAT

[@scorpiothegreat1]

Gary Payton has a story about Bird, being the greatest trash talker.

[@bogdanbackup]

Undisputed no.1 is when he promised Chuck Person, who was not playing, he was going to give him a Christmas present (it was apparently a Christmas night game) and after scoring went by the bench and told him "Merry fucking Christmas!"

[@robertkramer41]

There is a video of Bird explaining when a coach said "you hv the green light, when you want to takeover the game you can" Bird sags "thst green light has been on every since"

[@darrelljohnson5764]

Love the mention of Gary P .

[@ryanjones3097]

Your channel has become one of my faves, thank you brobeans 🤟♥️

[@cden409]

Jamel, have you been sick? Been sick here 🤧 Wish I would have paid more attention to Bird.

[@nancychisholm8186]

Been watching nba since 78 , there are 4 straight up killers , guy that make you want to go quit and sell insurance, in no particular order it’s Mike Kobe Larry and magic

[@richardmelendez8614]

Don't forget, the Twitter bird is named after Larry Legend

[@tonyduncan7710]

No player in NBA history has half the great stories as Larry Legend does

[@tuggboat4]

Don’t poke the bear.

[@catherinelynnfraser2001]

You don’t pull on Superman’s cape, you don’t poke the Bird.

[@johnhughes3963]

Sweet Big J!!!

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

10:25 Clyde Drexler was as smooth as lake water on a windless day.

[@jamesbrett567]

Love the gear!

[@Brocktoon68]

Thanks J. The Eddie Johnson Bird story may be the best ever. Great storryteller.

[@oatmeal5671]

Yes I'm from Boston ok. Larry Bird was good on the court. Off the court he came to the Boston YMCA on Huntington Ave. He wouldn't even talk to the kids or sign autographs ok. The kids were very disappointed 😮

[@belleferrar8898]

Having been a Celts fan since the late 50s, I have had the privilege of watching many outstanding players, but Bird was on a totally different level when it came to clutch and passion. He earned the nickname Larry LEGEND every single time he stepped on the court.

[@joeday4293]

There has never been a player with a bigger mouth and the basketball IQ to back it up. Bird was a trash-talking Jedi on the hardwood.

[@leodrosia4369]

Cedric ceballos was thrilled to meet magic before a game who was very friendly as usual but when he went introduced himself bird for first time bird ignored him and just asked coach Paul Westphal if he was really going to put this fucking rookie on me haha

[@mmichaeldonavon]

Jamal. So good to see you again. Your Bro.

[@dwartfarquart9590]

Such a funny video. Thx Man. Love that hoodie.

[@ratso4443]

Bird wanted to be the best and he was. None better.

[@shawntaylor7442]

Larry Legend, allegedly, would play lefty just cause he could. I hope Indy basketball is coming back. IU and Purdue are on the rise

[@Lippett]

"That don't matter. It's the fact that I can do it...and stay in the game" might be the greatest trash talk in history.

[@tigerosan]

Magic wanted one thing And that was to be friends with Bird who wouldn’t have any of with it until they did that Nike commercial where Larry met Irvin and they became friends for life-two of the greatest and probably the greatest rivalry since the Stilt and Russell!

[@higregmann6610]

Larry was a bad man

[@JESSES_CURIOUSLY_CURIOUS]

Bird #1

[@tonyduncan7710]

There are 3 Gary Peyton videos of him confessing who the absolute greatest trash talker of all time was. Larry Legend

[@butch1dc]

Hearing what Gary Payton said about bird was flat out gold

[@joeseddit]

Wilkins was badass. I think the rest of the story that isn't shown here is that Bird did end up saying something like "I like you, rook. You got heart". Which apparently is about as complimentary as Bird ever got on the court.

[@bobdavis3357]

Great channel!

[@marlinbig401]

Your content is really good !

[@tigerosan]

Thank goodness for uTube, not only people know how good the hick from the lick was. Stats don’t mean anything because of players longevity-The Pistol & Bird are simply the best ever. Without uTube. People would of not known how great the Pistol really was-a good man but had many demons! Watching him spin the ball made me the man I’m today I tried spinning that ball on my finger for hours! Failure after failure until hours maybe 8 I did it made me probably the best players in the state. Was the finalist for the old dribble & shoot sponsored by Coca Cola-choked by hitting the signs with curricular metal bases -I was used to chairs and I cut too close and that was it- I thought? At the shooting I hit every shot out of anger only lost by a few points the opponent and the fans went crazy as I hit every shot swish but it wasn’t enough! 10k first prize I got 2500$ But I should of practiced the dribbling but was so mesmerized being on the court I just shot! The Pistol do a video on him especially his homework basketball which should be taught to every player from little league to pro-it shoes you the fundamentals that could of made me a great player but I was only 5”11” and went in to play Golf-last name is Simpson you may know me! Good video-do a pistol!

[@jmreynaud]

Tweet tweet ....go have a seat 😂😂😂

[@stephaniemccarthy1676]

Thanks!

[@AnthonyBrown-to2ie]

Thanks for the heads up. Back then Larry Bird would Welcome the Young Bucks to the Association and it was not pretty. Especially on Live T.V.

[@larryhickland5317]

If Larry Legend was in his prime today, he would tell one of these new school kiddos, hey, you see that corner over there, I'm shooting a three on you there, then I'm gonna steal the in bounds pass and score again. When the timeout gets called, I am going to ask you, are you ready for what happens next?

[@thereallyst]

Payton would talk to HIMSELF if there wasn't anybody there (true story). Even Payton says Bird talked more trash and better than him. Payton was just vicious with his stuff. He'd talk about you, your game, your momma, it didn't matter to him AT ALL!!!

[@lgbfjbmaga3930]

My 🐐

[@charleshenry4690]

About Gary Payton - as much as a trash talker Payton was, Payton himself said Bird was the best trash talker ever. Loves him some Bird.

[@galaxie5003]

To Jamal, if you check through the NBA trash talk videos on Larry you will find where Gary Payton will tell a story where his rookie year Bird did it to him as well.

[@marclehman1032]

Like the viedo love larry bird just wish you made yourself the smaller part of the screen so we could see the video better

[@tcme11]

Quoting a comment I read that is absolute truth: "Magic Johnson fed Larry Bird the ball probably about 8 times downcourt." Scariest sentence in basketball.

[@robertleewhitt6241]

Chris Marburn story was the best !

[@weaponizedglitter69]

Savage

[@brucegrossman3531]

One of the greatest Celtics. Behind Bill Russell of course.

[@lgbfjbmaga3930]

Bird is my №1

[@leodrosia4369]

Red auerbach said he would pick bird first all time to start a team in 1986 .