Lebron Fan REACTS TO Larry Bird GREATEST PASSER Of All Time | REACTION

Today, I'm reacting to Larry Bird Greatest Passer Of All Time as a Lebron Fan! Another Larry Bird reaction video! Larry Bird's passing was just phenomenal and how he gets his teammates set up to score and be able to touch the ball! Larry Bird IQ was his strongest attribute! Part of hit is his passing! Is Larry Bird the greatest passer of all time? Let me know in the comments below and let me know what to react to next.
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[@ItzJustJP]

Hello y’all! Due to copyright on 8:48-9:03 it’s muted. Just FYI! Hopefully you like this video! Like! Comment! Subscribe! Let me know your thoughts on Bird’s passing and if you want more Bird videos!

[@ChrisP872]

A bunch of the music is from Alan Parsons Project. I'm glad they only complained about that little bit. I gotta admit I wondered if my headphones stopped working.

[@English_MoFo]

Larry put his whole starting lineup in the hall of fame.

[@ItzJustJP]

Lol I like that!

[@kennethward4985]

I know what you mean, but I think McHale in his prime would have been there Bird or no Bird. He reminded me of a slithering snake in the paint, try to stop him right he goes left. Stop him left he goes right. Double team him and he makes a miracle slide between them for a quick 2.

[@rustydaboyrobot]

​@@kennethward4985McHale was a fabulous player...and often double teamed. However, Larry pushed him to greatness. And Without Kevin, Celtics are a STILL solid playoff team. Without Larry, they arent. I think Kevin might have been borderline HOF without Larry, and waiting years before he has close to the votes he needs... ..with Larry, he's a no brainer.

[@danacarter4793]

That's for sure ,all his teammates said he made them better 💚🐦 #LB33

[@georgemccormick4786]

Ainge isnt in the HOF. I wish he were. I dont even think he wili get in. Too much time has passed.

[@MM-xy3wv]

He is like James Bond 007 nobody does it better.🤫

[@georgemccormick4786]

Another good one. One of the advantages to being 76 years old is I got to see him play throughout his amazing career. My favorite player then and to this day.Thanks.

[@ItzJustJP]

That is amazing! I only got highlights to watch! I wish I was part of that era to watch his whole career.

[@ezsmith3765]

I was 10 years old. Just started 🏀 at 9 (4th grade) and my cousins were watching DrJ in 1982 and I was like “who’s this white, blonde hair guy who never misses” ?? Was my favorite player from then on. Still is.

[@gailshepard-cook6350]

I heard a Player say this: "Magic makes easy passes look hard & Bird makes hard passes look easy".

[@ItzJustJP]

Mmmmmm that’s dope! I agree with it! I wonder who said it!

[@gailshepard-cook6350]

@@ItzJustJP ? I Can't Remember

[@ItzJustJP]

@@gailshepard-cook6350 I have to take a look at it.

[@ldybozz]

My favorite are his full court passes. Under, over, right or left handed.......poetry in motion! #birdgang🍀🐐💚

[@ItzJustJP]

It’s really beautiful! I actually use it when I play ball. Stole it from him.

[@jeraldkimball494]

I was never a huge Celtics fan but when Bird was playing I hated to miss a game. It was just such great entertainment. Especially when he and Magic went against each other.

[@ItzJustJP]

Yes that’s when I love the game of basketball from a historical perspective! 84 Finals was when I first became a Celtics Fan!

[@aramhamparian9641]

Bro... How do you get better than Larry Bird??? Greatest passer, at least top two... and great reaction! Respect to you bro....

[@ItzJustJP]

Thank you! I appreciate it! He is one of the best!

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

I always harp on this but will do so again. What separates the golden era that Magic and Bird ushered in, from contemporary BB is the physicality. All the players in that era had to be tough and then skillful. The contemporary NBA has upended that to skillful on the court and tough on twitter.

[@nanook8721]

Not to mention that most of them played for the name on the front of the jersey, not their name on the back of the jersey.

[@ItzJustJP]

Facts!!

[@patriciahenderson2096]

​@@nanook8721that's a Robert Parish quote.

[@andybilakshow260]

Great reaction. But dude put your mug in that little box / make the game bigger. Us old folks have to get out the bifocals🧐 to see the game. I've yet to see anyone who comes even marginally close to Bird. Some will say Lebron, Jordan, kobe..... No. Larry's biggest asset used to contend with athleticism is IQ. To me that's GOAT talk there.

[@ItzJustJP]

Thank you! I agree 100%!

[@bruce7709]

Greatest small forward and all around player to ever lace them up hands down. Anyone who watched his career knows his impact on every game he played

[@UncleCharlie111x2]

His awareness and precision was sick! I watched all this grown up I was lucky!

[@ItzJustJP]

Yes you are! I wish I had that experience

[@nathan3252]

At one point you can see Kareem is trying to guard him and boom just like that Larry tosses the ball over Kareem to McHale who is at the other end of the court. That must have annoyed the snot out of Kareem. Here we got the alpha dog ready to get the ball and Larry just threw him an impossible pass that he had no chance of catching up to. The only thing that would make it more embarrassing is if he yelled "Fetch this!".

[@ItzJustJP]

Lmao 🤣

[@stephensperr1379]

Larry is who to watch if you want to learn how to play basketball.

[@tonyfernandez4189]

What made the game beautiful back then was the movement. Very few isolation plays.

[@finnmcool2]

I keep wondering how you are supposed to guard someone that is dangerous from every direction.

[@ItzJustJP]

Just tell coach you did the best you can lol

[@leeprice2849]

Bird and Magic both had court awareness that was off the scales. I would give the edge to Magic in passing because he did more of it than Bird so there is a bigger sample size but Bird was better with the tip and full court passes.

[@ItzJustJP]

I respect your opinion!

[@stobe187]

McHale and Parish were EATIN'

[@jeffreyjacobs390]

Now GO BACK and note how many passes were made with HIS LEFT HAND - and he could shoot it with the Left hand as well ! BEST EVER. Complete player. Shot. pass, inside and out, thinking knowing and OUT HUSTLING as well. Boom !! Better and it is undeniable !!!

[@jaredbracci3529]

A few more facts to ponder. Bird is ambidextrous, and had the highest IQ of all time. He could make passes others couldn't and wouldn't conceive of. Secondly, because Bird is in the conversation as the greatest passer of all time, at 6,10 he could see things others couldn't and therefore, it hurt his scoring average. Why would Bird take a 3 on a transition 2 on 1 like today's players do, when he could effortlessly make a higher percentage pass to a teammate? Add another 5 to 6 points on his PPG (at least if he decides to take the shot himself. And then add another few points on his average if he actually practiced 3’z. Honestly, it would be cruel what he would do to the NBA today.

[@52montoya]

I would have loved to have seen a game between the Larry Byrd Celtics and the Harlem Globe Trotters!

[@nettlarry]

For me Larry is the GOAT, because basketball is a game of skill. And skilled he was. Both hands. Builtin Radar. Tough as a nail. Incapable of giving up. Clutchest man to ever live - in any sport. Got his teammates in the HOF by making them better. I love Kevin, Robert, DJ - especially DJ, what a guard - and Danny and all the others, but would they have gotten to the HOF if they played for the Hawks? Or any other team? Despite the disadvantages he had, he came up with a way to win anyway. By playing it better than anyone else. In my opinion the GOAT has to at least win against the competition he is facing, since he can't play Wilt or somebody anymore. That's MJs achilles. Larry had to quit for him to start winning. Lebron is just not good enough - no clutch here and he's a pussy. I was lucky and got to see him doing it. I had that jersey back then and I never ever took it off. That got me that nickname :)

[@ItzJustJP]

I feel that! Love the story!

[@ralphcooley841]

Clyde Drexel said he preferred guarding Jordan. He said Mike made you look slow, Bird made you look stupid.

[@patriciahenderson2096]

That was James Worthy who said that.

[@georgelynch6139]

Larry’s passes took away from his scoring. If you don’t have the ball you can’t score. Absolute unselfish and the individual was not the focus, it was the team win..

[@ItzJustJP]

Yes facts!!

[@davidcarter6491]

Joker has watched all these films so many times! He even shoots from the top of his head like Larry!!

[@danacarter4793]

Always be my first and yes mj magic were unreal ,but its always gonna be bird (his heart was unmatched) but the IQ, i watched him in real time growing up on him,i was lucky as the leprechaun #LB33 💚🐦

[@ItzJustJP]

☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️

[@drfeelgood321]

Wish I could remember the game Larry had done a few full corte passes and the announcer goes Montana to Rice deep in the in zone and its good 😂sorry fokes a nother beautiful full cort from Bird to his favorite receiver Parrish Bird has to have the most yards thrown in the NBA

[@bonnieplasha4684]

😂 Montana to Rice deep in the zone and it's good. I love it!! 😂😂😂 I hope there's a video out there somewhere that caught the announcer saying this! #LarryLegend

[@kennethward4985]

Bird never cried to the Refs either, nothing like Lebron who cries like a new born babe every 3rd play. If Bird felt someone fouled him hard or a Ref was unfair, he would punish them with another 3 pointer and a Win.

[@ItzJustJP]

Lol right about what Bird would do for revenge

[@bonnieplasha4684]

Remember when Bill Walton told the story about Bird trash talkin' the ref? He didn't cry to the ref but told him "We're not quittin' - so you make sure you don't quit either!!" Bird didn't cry about Laimbeer's crap either. He just got even.

[@mc76]

Imagine if the NBA counted "hockey assists." How many times did Bird make the tough pass but one other player touched the ball before the shot?

[@ItzJustJP]

Especially if they done it for 86 Celtics lol

[@ezsmith3765]

Bird, Magic, Pistol Pete, J. Williams, Kidd, Stockton, Jokic, Luka Some of the best. Who am I missing?

[@selmonb921]

All the name dropping and you left out PISTOL PETE MARAVICH? That is where everyone from Bird and afterwards got it from!

[@ItzJustJP]

My bad! Pistol Pete was a beast! Offensive game was flawless!

[@darkomtobia]

Solid 4 minutes of full court/long passes, lol.

[@ItzJustJP]

Lol amazing!!!

[@ecclesrice9789]

I was lucky enough to be at his first college game and to watch him for free(with student ID) for 2 years. He's in my top ten all-time. How can you really compare Kareem to Magic to MJ to Bird, all such greats!!!

[@joelchavez61]

It's beautiful to see a person reach the skill of Larry Bird. It's bigger than basketball.

[@michealwolf4295]

I don't know magic is a good one

[@JohnnyPappas]

The Yankees cap with the Bird jersey is the height of heresy. I do love the appreciation for Larry Bird, however.

[@stanzelot]

Larry Bird would make professional basketball players look like fools.

[@ItzJustJP]

Right lol

[@hardtimes1267]

Larry Bird was the master and owner of the no look pass. FACT

[@TheBeatenPaths]

Everyone says how hard it was to play against him......playing with him and keeping up with him didn't look like fun either lol.

[@ItzJustJP]

Lol he was always prepare and ready. Was well conditioned!

[@frankdascoli709]

Robert Parish, DJ, Ainge, and McHale beg to differ. In fact, that was his greatest ability: to make those around him better. Even on Indiana State, not only did his teammates have to be ready for those crazy passes, but they started throwing them sometimes too. He’d make them see the game differently than they did before playing with The Legend

[@liontone]

Bird wasn’t fast, but you don’t have to be fast if you can see 3 seconds into the future.

[@ItzJustJP]

Facts!!!

[@giveupnow000]

do you have the balls to underleg KAREEM

[@ItzJustJP]

Lol

[@Buds1own]

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Matthew 9:36

[@b.m.8547]

Great breakdown. Thanks brother!

[@ItzJustJP]

Thank you!

[@shadyman6346]

Bird coulda been a quarterback...

[@jeffreyjacobs390]

You have to be young, demographic ideology insulated to call yourself a Basketball fan and NOT KNOW LARRY LEGEND was the very best ever Basketball player. Look and learn youngin's !!!

[@ItzJustJP]

Appreciate it!

[@robluv4592]

Best passers ever. Pippen bird magic wade mark Jackson wilt chamberlain

[@ItzJustJP]

People don’t know Wilt lead league in assists one year.

[@robluv4592]

@@ItzJustJP wilt only player to do it all no other player can say that

[@ItzJustJP]

@@robluv4592 nope not really. Broke all kinds of records when he retired.

[@norinecook844]

Please add Steve Nash to list of Great Passers 🏀

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

4:35 Dennis Johnson!

[@mattbyrd302]

GREAT REACTION

[@Alacarte0421]

I would have to argue that Jason Williams was the best passer of all time.

[@ItzJustJP]

I wouldn’t be mad at that. White Chocolate was dope with his flashy passing ability!

[@davidblair140]

Bird vs Lebron comparison, stats and facts on a per game basis over their careers. Points: Bird 24.3 mostly from mid range and out. Lebron 27.2 with around 40% from dunks and layups made easier by rule changes that essentially keeps the defensive team out of the paint. Midrange %: Couldn't find Bird's but we know it was good. Lebron 37.5%, oookaaay? 3 pointers all time league average is about 35.5%: Bird 40.65%, Lebron 34.5%. Freethrow %: Bird 88.6%, Lebron 73.5%. Assists: Bird 6.3/game often from dazzling passes underneath the basket, Lebron 7.3/game usually from relatively easy passes to wide open shooters as the result of his ability to drive to the basket. Rebounds: Bird 10/game, Lebron 7.5/game. Blocks: both at 0.08/game. Steals: Bird 1.7/game, Lebron 1.5/game. Turnovers: Bird 3.1/game, Lebron 3.5/game which is one of the worst ever. Clutch: Bird all of the time: Lebron: other than a few in the playoffs absolutely terrible. Defense: Bird consistent with a few all defensuve teams, Lebron more defensive teams earned or not, but look at his defense now🤣 Hustle: both had their day, but Bird didn't stop even with a crippled back. Who is the best small forward ever?

[@charlesdidonato3121]

Larry told his teammates "You get one step on your defender you're getting the ball." Larry Bird and Magic Johnson saved the NBA from oblivion. Wouldn't you have loved to play ball with them ... what fun! Speed, passing ... exciting for true basketball fans to watch.

[@Kaharris.96]

I grew up watching Bird, Magic and Jordan. The best 17 years of Basketball.

[@davidblair140]

All things considered Bird is a better all around player than Lebron James and is probably the best small forward of all time. He may be top 5 but give me a break he is not ahead of Jordan. Jordan average 5.3 assists per game and Bird 6.3 but Jordan's clear number 1 responsibility was to score. Look at Jordan's assists, they are just pretty much just as flashy as Bird's. Lebron James' assists mostly come from his amazing ability to drive to the basket, force double and triple teams, then make a relatively simple pass to an outside shooter. Also to put Bird above, Magic, Stockton, Kidd and even Nash when considering the greatest passer of all time is a bit of a stretch.

[@charlesfarmer7046]

The Bird man in the TOP 3 of all time. His basketball IQ was off the chart...

[@TheDman216]

Robert parish was an amazing center

[@ItzJustJP]

Yes he was!

[@waynegrieco9752]

Sorry but it should be illegal to wear a Celtics shirt and a Yankee cap at the same time.

[@gallery963]

You might want to check out the passing of white chocolate

[@angelabarazzone7899]

Bird wanted a win, not personal glory.

[@ItzJustJP]

Right!

[@bonnieplasha4684]

Well said!! 👏👏👏

[@robsteries]

nice one JP!

[@ItzJustJP]

Appreciate it!

[@service2204]

I'm from Scotland never watched a game of basketball in my life its football over here (soccer) Anyways I can't get enough of larry bird videos

[@ItzJustJP]

Me either!!! Lol shoutout to Scotland ❤️

[@hookedonreactions7649]

One of his coaches called him Kodak because of his ability to remember who was where.

[@ItzJustJP]

He was brilliant!

[@marthayoung2308]

Thank you.😁

[@cindyphifer970]

Loved watching him play

[@ItzJustJP]

He was great!

[@northernassassin6056]

Reacting to the good videos. Good for you sir!

[@ItzJustJP]

Appreciate it! I will keep it going!

[@MikeJones-uq4zj]

As a Boston fan and resident a Celtics shirt with a Yankees hat????? F’n sacrilegious as hell!!! Nothing Boston should be mixed with New York!

[@lunarlia123]

Loving the shirt JP ❤

[@ItzJustJP]

Thank you! Took forever to get it lol 😂

[@CharlesSummers-ue2iz]

Bird is there with jordan

[@johanregalado69]

Greatest passer ever is Jason Williams aka White Chocolate

[@ItzJustJP]

I respect that

[@tompratt7125]

Bird the greatest passer ever? That's silly. Great passer no doubt but not as good as Magic or John Stockton or a number of other players including Jokic. Bird's career highlights as a passer are things Jokic does every day as a matter of routine.

[@ItzJustJP]

I respect your opinion!

[@JonnyJungle77]

One takeaway from this is how his teammates finished off these insane impromptu passes. This must have been practiced quite a bit in scrimmage between the team. I hated Bird as a Rockets fan back in the day. Because he was so good. Looking at the pathetic state of the nba now, I miss those days. I'll just watch reruns of Olajuwon, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, et al. Some of us got to witness the golden era.

[@kellysmith3628]

Your the only one on Utube who knows what he's talking about.Keep up the good work.

[@ItzJustJP]

Thank you so much! I appreciate it!