Magic and Bird-A Courtship of Rivals Part 6 of 8 [www.keepvid.com].flv

[@leiko9]

Larry Bird was no joke. He's truly one of the best to ever dribble a ball

[@JohnBarron-n]

You should see him mow his lawn.

[@DJ-rm9vy]

Yup I agree . He doesn’t get the recognition he truly deserves. Magic was still better though

[@antoniosaxon8605]

Larry Bird was One of the BEST to Ever Play Basketball- Period, The End.

[@JohnBarron-n]

@@antoniosaxon8605 Larry bird was better at mowing his lawn, than he was at basketball, period.

[@1guitar12]

@@JohnBarron-n Damn…so he’s in the lawn mowing HOF too? Had no clue. Basketball HOF was too easy for him

[@D.3.Z]

"If you get paid to go to work, you got to go to work"

[@shannonrichardson3405]

Wow! I flipping love Larry Legend!

[@SPtheGREAT]

I was never a Celtics fan, but I respect the SHIT OUTTA LARRY BIRD...

[@turdferguson2839]

Larry Bird dealt with more racism than any other basketball player, except maybe Bill Russell.

[@carlnash7200]

The Legend was the best

[@UnkleAce]

God bless James Naismith the man that made basketball

[@JohnBarron-n]

ALLAH

[@markusjones5215]

What he said about his father is amazing

[@Dogpatch0842]

it's a game.....people made it a racial issue. Basketball is pure...people are not

[@Marvhagler]

Arsenio Larry Bird was the hero okay?

[@edwardcapobianco2975]

They asked if the "N" word was ever used about Magic Johnson and Arsenio said he doubts it. I hate to compare Magic to OJ Simpson but it reminded me of OJ before he became a murderer . Everyone liked OJ regardless of race, he was revered by everyone, color didn't mean anything. Same thing with Magic, he wasn't known as that black player from Los Angeles,he was known as Magic and Larry was known as Larry or Legend. It's even more so now, they are forever connected. Sort of like Ali and Frazier or Lennon and Mc Cartney. You cant mention one without the other. You can't mention Larry without Magic or Magic without Larry. I was and still am a Celtic fan ,of course I rooted for Bird over Magic but you had to respect both teams because they had fantastic players!! To me that was the best years the NBA has ever had. From 1980-2000 that 20 year run is the best by far! The competition fierce, the rivalries so strong that opposing players hated each other, nobody were pals and talked to each other nicely before a game. It was war and it was for keeps!!! Aside from Bird and Magic ,there were many other great team and individual rivalries. There were even great rivalries between players and fans!! Reggie Miller and Spike Lee!!! The Pistons and everyone!! I don't care what anyone says about todays game, it doesn't come close to the intensity , the quality and the toughness of the days of DrJ, Magic, Bird, Jordan, Isiah, Dominique, Lambieer , Stockton, Malone,Ewing, Reggie Miller, McHale and Barkley!! Save your breath about today's pussy style basketball it doesn't compare. It was all out war and I just loved watching those great rivalries, you could feel it in the air,even watching games on TV. It was that real,that good ,that serious and that intense!!!

[@christianmuller292]

I know oh too well what breaking your back does to you. I'm 6ft4 and there's NEVER a day that goes by without my back giving me hell, whether it's the top or the bottom and my back can "go" anytime for no reason at all. Makes you craby, can't move much and you try staying lying down. I understand why Larry Bird wasn't the player he was. Your back is everything and nothing else matters. Can't concentrate on anything else.

[@dwightlove3704]

In '04 during the NBA FINALS with the Pistons vs the Lakers Bird did a half time interview and publicly complained about the lack of White American players in the NBA.

[@naturalbey]

Somebody show Ben Simmons this!!

[@dwightlove3704]

Arsenio was right about the media they played a huge role in the career of Bird and white ppl in the current era still act like he was the only white guy who was in the NBA.I guess that they forgot about ppl in the '70s like Bill Bradley,Doug Collins,Bill Walton during his days in Portland,Rick Barry,Dave Cowens,Jerry West.

[@Matt-ng4tj]

Sounds like someone's BUTT-HURT about so-called "WAYCISM" (Where it doesn't exist once again!! It sounds like you're another USEFUL IDIOT!)

[@dwightlove3704]

Black ppl in Boston loved the Lakers

[@robsolis23]

What is the name of the music at 11:10 ?

[@clevelandjones5235]

cool dang man

[@Tehui1974]

I can understand how white folk would have been cheering Larry Bird on. It was the same when Tiger Woods started dominating a white sport in golf, and black folks were cheering him on. I guess at the end of the day, they generated interest in their sport.

[@Jondsmusic]

Larry Bird is the best because he’s the best, it has nothing to do with race. Why are you making it about that?

[@Jondsmusic]

Tehui you shouldn’t talk about yourself that way!

[@wallystewart1979]

wrong im a white 56 years old Charles Barkley is still my all time favorite

[@anthonylee3864]

I think it's a little different. Golf had basically 0 to maybe a few African American Golfers Vs the NBA had plenty of Caucasian players. The NBA also had plenty of Caucasian players that were great before Larry came along.

[@ThomasFromTN]

@@Jondsmusic Bird was a great player. Absolute great. But - The Best? If Bird had the same skill level, but happened to be Black, I would say the same thing...but the point is, if Bird had been Black, I'm almost certain neither would you.

[@binning69]

Just search magic Johnson Larry bird documentary part 5. Some guy has the first 5.

[@andrew6297]

Hall is funny in this

[@FINYL72]

Die besten Basketballspieler sind die farbigen Menschen. Ihr Körper ist viel athletischer als wie von den weißen Menschen. Ich komme aus Deutschland und ein Bird habe ich noch nie gehört aber Magic, Pippin, Jorden und wie sie alle heißen kenne ich alle.

[@antoniosaxon8605]

Isaiah Tomas Wishes he could take his words back. Larry Bird Was A Far Better Basketball Player & Better TRUE MAN than him.

[@JamesEarlBonez]

Stop it, wasn't his words was Rodman words

[@utubeuseronline3385]

If you get paid to go to work…YOU GO TO WORK! Are you paying attention Ben Simmons you F’n diva! PSA Ben Simmons has chapped lips 👄

[@DSPHistoricalSociety]

He's _hollywood_ now 😂🤣

[@utubeuseronline3385]

@@DSPHistoricalSociety only in his alternate reality. In the real world he’s nothing but a baby back whiny b!+ch whose little feelings were hurt!

[@JohnBarron-n]

Ben Simmoms is the 2nd best player in the league. He will dominate when he gets back on the court

[@utubeuseronline3385]

@@JohnBarron-n before or after he stops crying? PSA Ben Simmons has chapped lips 👄

[@warplanner8852]

Jesus! Two of the best to play the pro game in their day and instead of sitting back and enjoying the spectacle of their play, the goddam sports press and mind-numbed fans make it all about race. They are mental pygmies!

[@dwightlove3704]

If Bird never saw skin color why did he make a comment about the sport of Basketball was a black man's sport in Sports Illustrated while in college at Indiana St.

[@rlccar8518]

Generally I like this documentary, but it says some really stupid things for dramatic effect... 08:00 - Larry passing the torch? They played each other in college. 08:11 - "After vanquishing Bird...Magic wasn't done winning." Small detail you left out...neither was Bird. They both continued to dominate. I'd like to think journalism has gotten past its need for dramatic storytelling, but...

[@Matt-ng4tj]

You can't SAY THAT anymore.. OR ELSE you'll be deemed "WAYCIALLY INSENSITIVE!" (by some IlluminatI CRUMB SUCKERS who could care less about any race anyhow... They only care about themselves and their see-through virtual signaling!)

[@michaelmccarthy2840]

Why do people die of Aids . But not Irving?

[@jmf5246]

The sportswriter at 1:10 just pushes talking points without being specific. The CRA of 64 was not in anyway changed in the 80s. Just a political talking point

[@jobckts682]

is this Disney, ABC, ESPN? Political Race? I must have witnessed a different NBA 30yrs ago. C Ya. click next video.

[@pinkeye00]

Cuz racism ....

[@bostwins1923]

AT 8:00 min when she says "It was the passing of the torch" Does she not realize that Magic won a championship before Bird did after bird talked all the smack about magic in their early years? Additionally, Magic should of won 2 MVP's over Bird prior to that, but there were huge racial implications as to why Bird won. (The NBA was trying to drive in more ratings, henceforth with a white man winning the MVP award in a predominately black sport, inside of a predominately white country, more 'white people' would be intrigued in watching the NBA). There was no passing of the torch. That lady just was trying to belittle a much better player in Magic. Jokes on her tho, Magic had the better career.

[@DSPHistoricalSociety]

Naw cry more

[@bostwins1923]

@@DSPHistoricalSociety Sure buddy

[@DSPHistoricalSociety]

@@bostwins1923 Cope harder Mike No Star

[@bostwins1923]

@@DSPHistoricalSociety Such an amazing Diss yo. You should be on Wild N' Out... Oh wait, that show was canceled, perfect for you!

[@JohnBarron-n]

Should of

[@killajive1]

The player ranting that they made Larry Bird a legend of the media, has only viewed Larry bird a couple times on tape. Plus also I cannot find where they gave him an assist while being on the bench. You say it as much as them being biased at him that he that he was that good but I can see his bias in him wanting to believe that he was not that good. Anyone who doesn’t look at Larry birds tape and see how good he is doesn’t know basketball. That doesn’t mean he’s the greatest. People in every sport say that a certain is the greatest.

[@ThomasFromTN]

That wasn't Arsenio's point. And if you don't know that he wasn't being literal when he related his Larry getting the credit in the most ridiculous situations...then you're not nearly as intellectually superior as you like to believe yourself to be.

[@killajive1]

@@ThomasFromTN insults say more about your intelligence than it does mine. I stated my opinion how I saw it and didn’t see it your way. You have no evidence only opinion statements at best. But thanks for the conversation.

[@CaLbaTr00se]

That was Arsenio Hall, not a player, and that certainly wasn't his point....no where did you say anything that challenges what he said.

[@killajive1]

@@CaLbaTr00se nowhere in what you said challenged my statement. I have opinion and you gave opinion.

[@killajive1]

@@CaLbaTr00se all you corrected was that I called him a player and he was not. As far as the discuss you say “ that wasn’t his point” with no explanation. That doesn’t counter anything. Because I could say “ Nah uh” and it has the same weight.

[@billuvill]

Fragile white boys had Bird in 80s and got Eminem in late 90s.

[@ericmcmullen6254]

And a lots of fragile black dude were piss a white boy was better then all of them. You can add Tom Brady since hes the goat in a 80% black league.

[@billuvill]

@@ericmcmullen6254 black people never show fragility as whites. NFL is changing and now when black players are getting a chance at qb, soon they will be controlling that league too. Now, the real test is for blacks to take over NHL 😁

[@ericmcmullen6254]

@@billuvill Yeah yeah right keep on living in that buble you racist moron. One day youll grow and understand the idiocy in your comment.

[@ericmcmullen6254]

I guess the lack of IQ explain the lack self awarness.

[@JohnBarron-n]

Vanilla Ice

[@JohnBarron-n]

If Magic was on the Celtics he wouldn't have won one championship and if Larry was on the Lakers they would have won every year.

[@ThomasFromTN]

Know who would have told you that you were out of your fucking mind? Larry Bird, that's who. I always have held Bird in the highest regard - but race agitators who exploited Bird to propel race division are the scum of the Earth.

[@edanhollombe]

LOL no.

[@likunew3912]

Wrong...Every Celtic Starter was great. Lakers had 3 greats starters.

[@JohnBarron-n]

@@likunew3912 Larry Bird is the greatest player ever in any sport. Magic wouldn't have had a winning season if he was with the Celtics.

[@JamesEarlBonez]

@@likunew3912 Lakers had 5 HOFRS Mcadoo, Kareem, Worthy, Jamal Wilks not to mention Cooper stop it the Lakers were just as stacked

[@shannonrichardson3405]

Why does someone always got to make it political? You who ever you are is the most miserable people on our planet! Don’t go away mad just go away!

[@JohnBarron-n]

Retardicans

[@nicolasadileonardo]

There was nothing racist about Reagan nor Bird. Ridiculous.

[@JohnBarron-n]

Reagan was a puppet

[@ThomasFromTN]

Well...iffn you says Reagan warn't racist - and you knows mo and understands mo than Ah does...then Ah's guessin' I gotta try to understands like you do.

[@handledeeznutz109]

Bro cmon the man set laws in place where possesion of crack carried a mandatory minamum 5 years in prison, it's no secret crack was a largely black drug at the time. The CIA taught them how to cook coke into crack and used the money to fund the iran-contra affair. I don't believe Byrd is nor was ever racist though.

[@ronaldjackson7541]

Reagan was a racist and no one ever said Bird was a racist and I grow up doing that period. Bird was always cool and never wanted an advantage but also never backed down .he wasn't liked because of the game but he was always respected as a person and for his talent as a player.