NBA Legends Explain How Good Larry Bird Was

[@normajeaneason6983]

Larry Bird is a legend for a reason. One of the best that ever played the game

[@chrishenicke2052]

Agreed

[@paulrevere4749]

I would argue the ever all around.

[@ibwonderful1]

IMO he was the best ever. He may not have been blessed with the same talent as Michael, for example, but his will to win, his confidence and ability to impose that will on opponents is unmatched. I have always wondered what his legacy would have been if he had not abused his body so much/had his body give out on him so early in his career....

[@kamilebrahimoff3589]

True

[@onlythewise1]

@@paulrevere4749 you would

[@alexbolongaita7545]

Everybody has an opinion but to me, from the standpoint of basketball as a team game, Larry Bird is the greatest ever.

[@r.edward5701]

Without question

[@bestavatar8986]

Word....Bird. Birds the word 100

[@Keranu]

I've always thought if I was to manage a team, I would rather draft Bird than MJ.

[@Pete_952]

No doubt. So many great ones, but, Bird is the best ever, Period.

[@betterdogbehaviornow581]

I agree!

[@jeffreyross71]

Larry bird in his prime was the best basketball player i ever saw

[@randylee813]

Totally agree

[@jkidthunder1990]

Absolutely...

[@Thebrokeragemoneymachine]

Better athlete than people give him credit for, it was just a different type of athletic ability. Anticipation was top top.

[@JackFlaps]

as a Suns fan since 68 I hated Bird as much as Robert Horry but Bird and Oscar were two best I ever saw

[@irishgrl]

LARRY LEGEND IS MY TRUE GOAT 🐐

[@jamiethomas5782]

Larry's the most intelligent basketball player to have ever played the game. Lebron might get twice the points Bird had in twice as long as a career, but Queen James has never had even half the basketball IQ that Larry had.

[@JustGuitarLive]

I love Larry and if we're talking prime - I would draft him before LeBron but let's not get crazy. LeBron is a very smart, cerebral basketball player. The dude went to 10 straight finals and took some teams that I could have started for.

[@yodaguy6956]

@@JustGuitarLive He didn't say Larry was way better,just they he has a higher bball IQ. Pretty much everyone who really understands the game agreed no one has come close to Larry's basketball IQ, it was absolutely ridiculous. When you watch interviews with him twenty years later he can talk in great detail about seemingly insignificant playa in insignificant games, he remembers everything and notices things no one else did. That was Larry's greatest attribute, he's the GOAT in that aspect

[@JustGuitarLive]

@@yodaguy6956 dude I started watching the Celtics in 1974 Been to the old Garden dozens of times. Was at the bird / Dominique war live in person. One of the greatest nights of my life no lie. Was incredible. No bigger Bird fan than I. Loved jo jo white and Dave Cowens too. Havlicek was genius also. Cheers

[@yodaguy6956]

@@JustGuitarLive it's been like over 20 years and I still miss the old garden, trough urinals and all

[@JustGuitarLive]

@@yodaguy6956 I had a mouse fall in my coke. No joke.

[@QuantumG432]

So tired hearing that Larry had no athletic ability. He did things in traffic that most couldn’t do.

[@thegamersgalaxy2855]

LOL...it's hysterical is it not? Larry was an ELITE athlete...LOL...I mean, to not understand this is straight up asshattery!

[@thku4grace]

Larry's lack of athletic ability ran circles around all those athletically gifted black players. Call it what it is, every time a black player says that, they're dissin him because he's a white player. Better known as racism.

[@Music-el7if]

It's because he didn't look "muscly" and "cool". People are stupid, He was extremely athletic. Only a moron would think you can play pro basketball without being.

[@tomarmstrong3297]

E.g, I recall reading where his hand, eye coordination testing was, of course, near off the charts

[@jayhughes162]

@@thku4grace shows your level of racism that you see it. Larry's lack of athleticism is a compliment to say I'm better than him in paper but he always beats me is a huge compliment. Also the comments on his lack of athleticism are usually from players who only playednhim after 1987 when his back was crumbling and he was athletically limited. The Celtics mantra was get the ball to Larry as opposed to his earlier career when Larry got the ball himself

[@daringbarons]

I loved watching NBA in the 80s. Nowadays everybody’s talking about the GOAT (player). It’s a team game. Not an individual one. Bird was a fantastic and exciting team player. It’s no wonder Bird and Magic revitalized the NBA. Their teams were fun to watch.

[@SDesWriter]

The GOAT thing is silly. Different positions had such wildly different aspects important to their job. MJ was the best scorer, best defender (for a guy who was also important to the offense), and best clutch player ever at the position. But was he "better" than a 35 year old Wilt almost putting up a quadruple double on Kareem in game 6 of the championships? Was he as unstoppable as Kareem in the paint when you needed a basket? Was he as good as getting his team mates involved as Stockton or Magic? People had different skills that made them special and that's why the GOAT talk is silly unless you're talking about positions or specific talents. No better passer or clutch scorer at the SF than Bird. Even Kobe couldn't have made that Celtics team any better than they were with Larry.

[@ILoveOldTWC]

There are also different eras in which the game was different. While Kareem did the sky hook, Shaq had a newer version of it, the jump hook, for example. GOAT is probably a flawed concept.

[@katastrafika5253]

Parrish couldn’t walk and chew gum at the same time Bird made him a All Star

[@Bassman2353]

Saw him live dozens of times. To see him full court showed him to be an absolute master - four steps ahead of everyone on the court.

[@chocolatetownforever7537]

God, youre lucky.

[@Bassman2353]

@@chocolatetownforever7537 Right time, right place. First Bird, then Brady. Lucky to say the least.

[@chocolatetownforever7537]

@@Bassman2353 How much was a ticket to see a Celtics game back then? It should have been pretty cheap with all that money they werent spending on A/C in the Garden lol.

[@Bassman2353]

Too long ago to remember. I'd get to the box office at 3AM and wait for it to open to avoid scalpers rates, buy 6 or 12 games worth at a time for the season. Not cheap, but not bad.

[@CSLucasEpic]

Man, yeah we were lucky. Just to think that for a brief couple of years, in 1985, 1986, we could see in the NBA at the same time Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Dr. J and Michael Jordan. All of them played in the NBA at the same time in those years... at the time I just took it for granted. Today my mind is blown that I was able to see 5 legends play in the same league at the same time.

[@bridgefin]

Bird's my goat. Best capable thinking player the game has seen with the heart of a winner at all costs.

[@mikefitzgerald41]

I forgot how much better the NBA used to be

[@larry2281]

Its so soft now. Bunch of LeBron fanboys who think Lebron is better than Bird as well.

[@JustGuitarLive]

It's just crazy. People would be literally tackled and game play would continue.

[@RL-ww5ev]

better as in skill level, no. don't mistake physicality with skill. players are better now

[@larry2281]

@@RL-ww5ev nah lol

[@SDesWriter]

@@RL-ww5ev HA-HA-HA-HA....I had some idiot arguing that Steph was the best point guard ever. I said the guy is 10,000 assists behind John Stockton and the retard answered, "Well assists don't matter anymore, just scoring." BTW, Steph is a 47% FG shooter

[@anothonypeterson3402]

I remember when Magic Johnson said in Arsenio Hall show-'Thanks,Larry Bird',cuz he made such good competition against him and others.

[@nicholaspietrzak9992]

They made each other better

[@Schoolboy681]

He was unquestionably the best during his prime when he won 3 consecutive MVP's. Best SF ever. In the discussion for best player ever.

[@johnlewis7008]

we miss u LARRY BIRD ,,,boston and the garden,, america struct it rich with your love of the game ,,,thank you for the memories my familly has ,,,ITS TRUE AMERICANA

[@Coltyyyyyyyy]

I love how Kareem speaks about Larry.

[@irishgrl]

Larry Bird is MY TRUE GOAT 🐐

[@sugarnads]

Oh hellllllll yeah

[@moddedgameofskate2700]

Best part is he’s white! Lmao I have so much respect for Larry Bird and John Stockton

[@Forever_Soul]

@@moddedgameofskate2700 That's what makes him GOAT.

[@NickIntoTech]

@@moddedgameofskate2700 liking a player for race is kind of ehh, I can’t knock you for liking what you like but I take whoever I like the most skill wise over race. Race doesn’t matter to me. Ex if I think MJ is better than Stockton I will pick MJ for the fact of his career accomplishments Skills Etc

[@irishgrl]

@@moddedgameofskate2700 Why does race even need to be brought up? Can’t we appreciate talent & greatness without regard to color?

[@allanpattison329]

I was a Celtic fan bc we had no pro basketball teams in Texas. When Larry was drafted by Red in his junior year, I was impressed. As he went thru his career, I watched with awe at what he did on the basketball court. He is the best Celtic player ever. He is also the best NBA player ever.

[@jeffrouthouska]

Top 5 all-time. Barkely said, "God made it so Bird could not jump or run just to make it even for the rest of us."

[@chosenwon5618]

For the complete all around player and for making players around him so much better! His physical and mental toughness, and his clutch play making make him the best ever!

[@EladLending]

Clutchest player ever. Down by two with seconds on the clock: who do you want to go to? Larry Bird, GOAT

[@robinmcintyre2027]

So freaking good. Instantly makes a team a legit contender. Look no further than the record of the Celtics the year before him compared to his rookie season.

[@jingqi9106]

To this day still the best turnaround ever and with the same team from the year before his rookie season. Bird TRANSFORMED the Celtics.

[@davidclaytonfreeman3306]

I think that and his lack of flashy vertical leap were factors in people saying he was not athletic. The intangible things like leadership, hard work, willingness to go to the floor or play as rough as another team's enforcer even though he was the franchise, all make him a goat contender. The man put in hours and hours practicing even everyone else went home even after he became the legend. He was one in a billion as a ball player.

[@jeffmohr8366]

I’m every sport I have one or two guys that I miss watching play bird is one of those guys thanks Larry your love of the game made fans love it also

[@jimg518]

As a Pistons/Spartans fan I hated Bird, but I could not deny how great he was. Loved watching him play. All these interviews of him now on KZbin I could watch all day. A stand up guy for sure. I feel so lucky I got to watch him, Magic and Jordan play in their primes.

[@richardoliveri9297]

Most sports bring together different people from different backgrounds. But Basket Ball is special. The great friendship between Bird and Magic illustrates that.

[@JohnLee-jk5ew]

Ewing, Barkley and most of the dream team loved him

[@salmonkill7]

Hats off to Larry Bird!! Loved the NBA back in the day! It's very special to listen to Kareem he's so intelligent!!

[@kennyshafer1078]

My favorite basketball player ever. To me the best player to play the game.

[@mattmeagher365]

Best ever. GOAT! Lots of people confuse athleticism for greatness.

[@wendellwright3152]

The goat in my opinion

[@bobshenix]

Not career-wise... MAYYYBE at his peak, but these GOAT debates are impossible to ever settle in any meaningful way.

[@jingqi9106]

Bird was the best player I ever saw.

[@wendellwright3152]

@@jingqi9106 me too

[@JET1970]

I would never argue that cause I'm not a Jordan ass kisser like so many others

[@wendellwright3152]

@@JET1970 Jordan was a great player, but if it wasn't for scottie pippin, he never would've won a championship, and bird swept Jordan 2 times in the playoffs.

[@chrisholland8843]

It's funny how some want to say Larry had no athletic ability that's a joke all you got to do is watch!!!

[@MrCalidan69]

Imagine if Larry had a healthy back & pinky, how much greater Larry legend would have been

[@Bassman2353]

He'd have had a longer career - but the pinky didn't stop him at all.

[@kristalmacleod3215]

finger next to his thump was mangled'

[@bobdavis3357]

Even with 4 fingers, a healthy Bird would've busted Bron in the clutch. Like the Logo, Jordan and Kobe were capable of doing. And, magic. Winning by hitting the winning shot in the clutch. Like Curry does on the regular. He should be the Logo now.

[@buckchile614]

Imagine if he shot more three's

[@bobdavis3357]

@@buckchile614 He would have added another 5500 points to his career total.

[@eltigre5469]

Larry was so good they’re still trying to figure it out and he’s about 60 years old now. Hahaha

[@elvisextortion6457]

Paul Pierce was spectacularly on his game in Boston. He totally represented. That comeback series after the massive deficit was legendary, Bird Legacy

[@thepiissingponny]

Larry underrated

[@georgemccormick4786]

I don't believe people who know basketball underrate him. Usually people who have never seen him play.

[@kristalmacleod3215]

NOT to US'

[@wmdoux2108]

Larry not athletic? Sure, he wasn’t going to win any 100yd dashes, but track and field was not his game. He WAS quick-way more important than fast in basketball. And you can’t have the basketball skills he had without being athletic.

[@chocolatetownforever7537]

A friggin men.

[@JeffSmith-pl2pj]

Larry had a lot of athletic ability but what made him great is his ability to make a shot from anywhere. If you meet him at the three point line, he just took a step back, if you came out with him, he just took another step back. That would open up the inside for easy buckets.

[@davidclaytonfreeman3306]

I think the comments are about the relative athleticism to other players of his time and position. He was athletic enough to be a professional basketball player so he's already in the top 1% of humans but he was slow and couldn't jump so it's the fascination of how could he be one of the best to ever play? And he was without question. The difference his teammates and other greats always point to is his work ethic, leadership and basketball IQ. The same vocational traits that propel every great leader no matter the job. You have to be born with natural talent in the field you choose and identifying that early is key to greatness but those are honed by hard work. Then leading others to follow in any team situation requires a whole new set of abilities. One person holding all that is a generational freak of nature.

[@bb.cute.channel]

More Larry Bird stories! 👍👍👍👍

[@barrymorgan5104]

In a hypothetical draft of all time, Bird would be the first pick. He would make EVERY other player better, no matter who. Best team player ever and on a par with Russell as a basketball mind. But it was his will to win, his unrelenting high level effort and ultimately his mind blowing consistently clutch play that makes him my #1 pick to start with.

[@andrewlim6816]

He has a great understanding of how the game of basketball should be played and makes his team better. He relied on hard work, passion and fundamentals. He's not athletic and fast as some of his competitors. Literally played until his back quit on him. He can call his "shots" which I believe no other player until now has been able to do. One of the greatest players in the NBA. Larry Legend.

[@TheSacred55]

For LJB to overcome lack of athleticism he had to compensate with IQ, killer will, overthetop drive to win, court vision, and supreme mastery of game fundamentals. Curiously this is what you are seeing in two of the best playing in today's game: ie Luka and the Joker who prove on nightly that athleticism takes a back seat to fundamental mastery...

[@markmiddaugh9359]

My interest in basketball began and ended with Larry Bird.

[@DSerrador]

Same happened to me. It wasn't planned but it happened. NBA basketball arrived to Europe about 85 and you didn't even know how influential Bird was back then, Magic and him but mostly Bird. I had the pleasure to saw him in 2 games in Europe, one in Madrid (7:15 in the video) and just love the efortless conception of Celtics and Bird (Real Madrid was a powerhouse those years in Europe) they swept Real Madrid like that 👏🏻. I would have loved to see him play in his early years. Thanks, regards from Madrid ( Spain)

[@jingqi9106]

@@DSerrador I started following Bird his senior year in college and he was dominant starring for a mid major school in Indiana State. I was hooked from then on. To this day he's the best all-around player I've ever seen when you consider his shooting, passing, rebounding, and unselfish team play. If I was a young player in Europe I'd be studying Bird's game like a hawk.

[@Austin-iz2ho]

@@jingqi9106 My dad actually graduated with Bird. His story is amazing, especially after you realize where he came from.

[@ocaptainmycaptain6079]

@@Austin-iz2ho same here!

[@argarman09]

Same here

[@landriver1]

Larry is the starting small forward on my all-time starting five.

[@christophermotyka8744]

As a Piston fan I hated how great Larry was I mean OMG simply phenomenal in every aspect of the game. To me no one else can compare with him. Not even close.. I sat mesmerized by the things that he could do. Thanks Larry for teaching my Pistons how to win lol.

[@ILoveOldTWC]

Yep, and they ended him and his Boston Celtics run. Bird remember had great teammates, especially McHale and Parish.

[@bmf00]

He's number 1 on my all-time list. He had all the intangibles. Bird, Jordan, magic in that order.

[@John-nl1pt]

Best comment here

[@joemalecki6780]

I was a huge Pistons fan, watched the Isaiah Thomas years from the beginning. Seen them play the Celtics twice, and it was a total mismatch. Pistons had to find somebody for Kelly Tripuka to cover, and they tried putting him on Bird. Unbelievably bad matchup for the Pistons, Bird destroyed him. Tripuka was a good player too, but he had absolutely no chance with Bird. And McHale and Parrish manhandled them pretty bad in the early years, too. Celtics were just a great team back then not much you could do with them.

[@jonmccormick8683]

Larry Bird would play with his back to you and you never knew what he was going to do. Kareem and Tim Duncan were pretty good at doing that also, but Bird was the best at it. Bird could make you look foolish.

[@clifflawrence7479]

He’s top three easy. Some of these list that come out today make me laugh. These list have players over Bird today but back then none of these players were over Bird. This is not a stick against Magic but back when they played against each other there wasn’t hardly anyone that though Magic was honestly better than Bird. For example, Bird won college player of the year over Magic. He beat Magic out for rookie of the year and it wasn’t even close. He won three MVP’s before Magic won his first.

[@Hunter_s_morrison]

Look at Larry's career stats ...nuff said beast

[@richardoliveri9297]

The Greats Kareem and Larry..We'll never ever see this type of basketball players again...

[@bobbyhulll8737]

Larry Bird did it the same way Gretzky did it , with his head. and with finesse and touch and work doesn't mean he wasn't athletic , Magic couldn't jump very high either, they weren't the fastest or strongest, but they had IT

[@cmisci6508]

Larry Bird was dedicated to the pursuit of perfection. As an example, he would shoot 500 free throws in practice for every free throw he missed in the prior game.

[@canttouchthis6439]

Bird is Goat hands down

[@agua9999]

Only Larry Bird (twice) & Mark Price (once) achieved over 50% for all field goals (2point FG + 3point FG) during their [50-40-90 club] “elite shooting” seasons (with Bird’s 1987-1988 season being the highest at 51.3%). LarryLegend may not have been as tall as Kareem, big as Magic, athletic as Jordan, or as strong as Dr J, but he had better decision making & hand-eye coordination for passing, clutch shots, & faking out his opponent. he was an artist & the GOAT of NBA elite shooters.

[@duskopopov77]

We all know what larry could do, But the thing they never talk about is how he played the passing lanes on defense, Him and iverson were the best I've ever seen at it!

[@buggzo]

Larry was breakin ankles in the 70s lol

[@dr.victorfrankenschtein7053]

Paul Pierce can't hold Larry Bird's jockstrap. Yup

[@andyoc]

Bird is top 6 or 7 all time for me. Arguably top 5.

[@RickDanner]

top 5

[@irishgrl]

No lower than 3 all time. NO LOWER.

[@jamesbrackett575]

All time for me would be wilt Chamberlain bill Russell jabbar Larry bird magic johnson micheal Jordan

[@Gelorica]

@@irishgrl Facts, Pretty much everyone's top 5 would put Bird in their top 3

[@jamiethomas5782]

And to have only been in the league for 12 years and to be injured for the majority of 1989 with cast on both feet because of bone spurs and less than half a season due to a bad back in 1990, Larry's full 10 year career has to be the best 10 year carrer in the history of the game... bar none. No competition, or argument. If Bird was healthy like Lebron. Larry would've broken every record because he'll always be the GOAT

[@donolinger6904]

- So Larry had very little athletic ability but yet everything he did was top level or however he said it. That's ridiculous. It makes very little sense. Larry couldn't have been any good if he lacked athleticism.

[@jingqi9106]

Well, if you consider running fast and jumping high to be the only aspects of athletic ability, then that's true. But how about quickness, hand/eye coordination, a soft touch, the ability to read the game a few steps ahead of everybody else, timing, strength, all out hustle, basketball IQ, etc... because Bird had all that and more.

[@bobbyhulll8737]

@@jingqi9106 finesse

[@donolinger6904]

@@jingqi9106 Exactly. 👍

[@icyboy771z]

Can you do one about Muggsy Bogues?

[@fransiscoscaramanga674]

Bird was the best small forward ever.......period!!! his basketball IQ was second to none. Can shoot, pass, rebound, play defense, make that crucial steel..and he did all that in an era when they actually played defense...

[@MargauxKim_13]

The story from Isaiah Thomas is too funny!

[@bryanflake6858]

Larry always knew where he was on the court his awareness was amazing

[@Jefff72]

Growing up in Minnesota, I liked the Lakers because I saw them as once being our team. I always connected them as the old Minneapolis Lakers.

[@djinx296]

He did more with less than anyone in the history of the game. His BB IQ, will to win, and hard earned skills were what made him different. He WORKED. Personally I have Bird somewhere around #5 all time, give or take.

[@christopherevans9119]

My Rank for Larry “The Legend” Bird as #1… Larry was playing chess, while all the others were playing checkers!!

[@rayditzenberger9517]

Yepper.....bird was not playing the same game and most of the NBA knew they werev2 steps behind for the whole game

[@lilbenji24]

why do your videos not get more views ur content is 🔥

[@golds04]

Lifelong Knicks fan- and my Bird jersey.

[@allencampbell8322]

Great show!!!

[@Fantabiscuit]

3 MVPs in a row. You would say if you had to pick a winning team from historical players, you’d pick him on your starting 5 cos he did everything

[@dustinclemons6880]

Larry was the best part in my opinion

[@JerKur18]

7:43 Such a smooth shot. Some people like the swish. I love the soft bounce off the rim. That's why I love watching Michael Jordan's jump shots too.

[@michaelulbricht9438]

Highest Basketball IQ ever. He had total control over his body and his mind. MJ never beat Larry in a playoff game. Clutch, tough, and brilliant!

[@dickortner3551]

Top 5 but for the last shot to win ##1

[@classicrockbeagle]

Bird: All time Top Ten right behind Magic

[@iDuckman]

Boston at Dallas. HUGE game. Mavericks up by one with two seconds. Boston inbounds. Everyone in the building, on ships at sea, their brother-in-law's dogs and their cousins knew where the ball was going. It didn't matter. It went there. Step-back jumper from about thirty feet. Nothing but net. It's impossible to choose a GOAT, but man, he's right in there.

[@riddell74]

NBA Players talk about Larry Bird all the time. He is very seldom ever talking about himself. That is an indicator as to how good he was. Larry Legend.

[@indianajones901]

Bird is definitely top 10 all time, arguably top 5.

[@reekz1568]

The true GOAT

[@soulrebel3186]

Larry Legend Bird was a monster!!

[@jenkinsljenkinssquire9137]

I think Pat Riley gave Bird the greatest compliment ever - He said "If I had to choose a person to take the last shot and save the game, I'd pick Michael Jordan. If I had to choose a person to take a shot to save my life, I'd choose Larry Bird".

[@CSLucasEpic]

That's the thing about Larry Bird, you played against him ONCE, and then he lived rent free in your head for the rest of your life. I've been watching "Winning Time" on HBO, and say what you will about that series, love it or hate it, but I just loved how they handled Larry Bird. You see, in Winning Time, every single new person being introduced, they put their name on the screen. Jerry West appears, and the text "Jerry West" appears for the first time on the screen next to him, for example. They do this with every single person in the series. Except with Larry Bird. When Larry Bird shows up, the text that appears on the screen is "YOU KNOW MY F*CKING NAME" and I loved that.

[@ibwonderful1]

"LGQ". I like your video(s), the quality is good and the content is presented well. The only thing is that you talk a bit too fast. It's hard to understand you at times. Not trying to be harsh, just some constructive criticism that might help polish your page and get you more viewers....

[@ΞενοφωνΒασιλοπουλος]

Larry Bird was the best

[@royrayburn1503]

The best whit.player the best wasMJ BY Faar, MAGIC WON MORE chpipnships and beat Bofd in the college finals Bird was great not the best

[@arisdelis1]

@@royrayburn1503 MJ had a LOSING record vs Bird...MJ was glad Bird retired quite early., Isaiah Could Never beat Bird until he had Dennis Rodman...and some luck...Bird is TOP 5 EVER....don't hate

[@leonbridges1802]

It's getting easier for me to understand the hate people direct to me. 🖤👽

[@8Scorpions]

Gary Payton (the glove) is so freaking humble, I have so much respect for him💯

[@larry45044]

loved round ball back then always loved celtis guess it was an east coast thing!!

[@larrybland007]

Dude he number 1 overall!

[@stevekatz4372]

I have been a Pro Sports Fan for over 6 Decades and when it comes to Pro Basketball I have to Pick Bird #1 when it comes to Power Forward! He is In My Mind the GOAT of That Position, Hands Down!

[@jasonlewis5059]

Larry is all time favorites got me into loving basketball

[@RickDanner]

Bird = GOAT

[@Mr05Chuck]

Larry is my Goat small foreword. I think goats gotta be picked by position.

[@jareknazwisko7752]

Imagine MJ athletism and Larrys IQ

[@tomtraviss6532]

Thomas was a mediocre guard that played on the dirtiest team in basketball. Bird is at least in the GOAT conversation.

[@jeffrichards1537]

Its hard tonsay who is number 1. Jordan or Bird. Both played hurt, sick, it didn't matter they were playing. Both could still take over a game well below feeling 100%. Respect to both their will to win could beat all. Mind over matter. If you don't mind it don't matter

[@alberttaylor2754]

Ya know , people laughed at Larry Bird but Larry was ONE of ONLY a few people who made M.J. Work for his points. Larry Bird was NO Joke. I dont care if my caucasinon was plaid, the man COULD PLAY some BALL. NO he did not have the build of Michael or LeBron but he MADE Mike WORK for his points. I would pick him for my squad any day

[@thinkpadBentnoseTheBlind]

Larry is the GOAT. Best talent that also shared the ball. no one could stuff him and Jordan never got the upper hand on him.

[@Nonconformistwilderbeastman]

The young man narrating this must have taken the Evelyn woodhead speed reading course🤣

[@thomaswillingham4084]

Is it possible to respect Paul Pierce?

[@ShadowBanned904]

I rank Larry Bird 3rd all-time. Only behind Michael and Kobe. People know Larry as a legendary leader, shooter and scorer. But, Larry was very underrated as a rebounder, defender and passer.

[@billbbobby2889]

Americans should be proud of having the best athletic basketball players in the world. Not greater than being A Competitive Beast on the court, inspiring the next generation, and being a pure gentleman off the court.

[@commandershepard1838]

Larry and Dirk are both in my top 7 or 8 all time and they get routinely forgotten about. MJ Kobe Lebron Bird Hakeem Dirk KD Shaq Kareem Magic Oscar Not in any order just as they came to my mind. But Dirk and bird are definitely top 7

[@bry8636]

No Wilt?

[@Forever_Soul]

MJ,Kareem and Bird were the GOAT contenders.

[@kenney0313]

I loved to watch him play...just not against my Lakers or MJ. He was so irritating because you knew he was finishing with an effortless 25/10/5, but he also made all the right basketball plays at the right moments. Sickening, but wonderful at the same time. SMDH😞

[@Patriot2332]

If I was starting a team Bird would be in my starting 5. He could do it all he made his teammates better and he was a killer with the game on the line. His shot percentage was high great passer and a basketball genius. His career was cut short by injury, if his back wouldn't have gave out imagine what his numbers would look like