NBA Legends Reveal MOST Hilarious Larry Bird Trash Talk Stories (You've Never Heard)

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[@netdragon256]

It's holmes, not homes on the preview image. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Holmes

[@gongshow6766]

Pat Riley said if he wanted a player to take the last shot to win a game he'd pick Michael Jordan. If he needed a player to take the last shot to save his life he'd choose Larry Bird !

[@planomathandscience]

Ahhh nonsense

[@kdailey4315]

@@planomathandscience Do we really need to link the clip of Riley saying this? It's a widely known quote.

[@christophermiller9125]

Bad ass!!

[@pedrocerda2056]

Larry and Magic I miss those days

[@freeclimb5487]

Saved the NBA

[@patriciamurashige6879]

I miss the old days of basketball!! This video was funny!!😂😂 love how they can talk about the trash talking and laugh about it!!!!im sure back in those days it was so funny🤣🤣

[@VirgIl42014321]

back then players were built different now they are snowflakes

[@martinconde9537]

THE STORIES ABOUT LARRY BIRD ARE PRICELESS . THESE LEGENDS OF THE GAME HAD SO MUCH RESPECT FOR HIM. i watched one video where one player said larry could only jump about two inches off the ground but he would out rebound all the time.

[@walterbyrd9578]

😂

[@101wildgoose]

My favourite was "Jordan made you look slow, Larry made you look stupid".

[@JackT-nn8iy]

“Young fella looked like 84” awesome

[@halftime7485]

larry bird was crazy loll

[@chrisweidner4768]

“I’m giving you 30.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mulehead126]

Larry got respect because like those players said, he didn't just talk shit, he backed it up.

[@tommyjones5793]

I appreciate these players sharing these stories we missed

[@johnnymossville]

Larry really had fun out there.

[@cowslinger64]

Great stories.. I love listening to them, and to the high respect they all have for Larry and his talent.

[@toranaga1969]

John Salley is underrated as a defender, he guard the post and on the perimeter and was tough as nails

[@binderfan436]

"He proceeded to drop 53". 😳

[@AsukasButler]

I looked that up at he has a good memory. 82-83 season and he indeed scored 53 points against the Pacers that game, the second highest scoring game of his career.

[@dwartfarquart9590]

I liked the quote "it was a different level of focus..."

[@rowlinstoned3715]

Love seeing all the greats giving respect to each other

[@clearlycaribbeanreb2895]

Larry #3 all time beyond MJ and Magic. Hard facts!

[@DMB587]

MJ is 0-6 vs Bird when it matters.

[@charleshite7944]

I've stated before, Larry Bird would be my first pick for an all time NBA team. He may not be a starter for said team, but he'd be one of the most valuable players to have available. He had certain skills and instincts beyond being able to jump or run fast. His shooting ability and coolness would be key in any clutch situation.

[@chrisweidner4768]

I feel the same about Rodman.

[@joerichardson6107]

His passing/vision is underrated

[@michaelisermann5669]

Larry bird would be my fist pick he could do it all unstoppable winner best all around player ive ever seen

[@briancoates3955]

No I won't be happy till I get my Seattle Supersonic's back! I miss you Gary and you Rain 🌧 man ❤

[@bryskyline]

The goat!

[@scottbrown6746]

I was blessed to be able to watch these great basketball players all of them in my lifetime. Of course, I was watching the t. V, but I still got to see them play. I haven't watched basketball. Since I've never seen Shaquille O'neal Play

[@rudycastro1062]

Larry Bird was awesome to watch play.

[@Spirosbotos]

We will never have these kind of players again, the nba legit had mythical hero’s in the league so many stories 😊

[@Crackers2549]

It's not Homes it's HOLMES! Loved Larry my all time favorite...! #33 YES!

[@Sambam1981]

It was Jordan and Larry. My two best players back in the day

[@SO-if3yn]

Larry-“Sorry about this beat down, I’ve been eating hot dogs all day.” “TF hot dogs gotta do wit me?” -Larry scores 30

[@supersasukemaniac]

That is possibly the best way to say your ticked off, without actually saying it.

[@droctorcee-7036]

Jamal Mashburn's story was fantastic. WTF was Rogers thinking when he chirped Bird?!

[@Raquib25]

Sounded like the McDonald’s commercial when he was pla🎉horse against Jordan 🤣

[@ericfurst6091]

Especially when his brother in crime Magic was there too. Magic doesnt allow such shananagans vs Bird.

[@bruceleroy8063]

You couldn't see his mouth move😂

[@stellastarbrightk7563]

Love the shorts on everyone

[@gregbain7903]

"I've been eating hod dogs all day" lol

[@crosbytimmons5955]

Thing that stands out to me for him. 10 Boards. Every Night.

[@stellastarbrightk7563]

Love this talk. Means more than stupid racism

[@cantstop-wontstop2138]

@stellastarbrightk7563 That's probably one of the dumbest comments I've ever read. I mean it took major effort to say something that gives off that much ignorant energy.

[@manifestyourlife6]

This is why the NBA ratings continue to go down, people miss that killer mentality we got from Bird, Jordan, Kobe etc. There is plenty of time to be friends with your competition when you retire.

[@kennethpaulastudillo9733]

The fraud king killed the NBA. Him and his ESPN buddies

[@sallengage6267]

Only ppl that dont put Larry up there in the best ever are ppl that are clueless about basketball. MJ BIRD MAGIC Best 3 ever. In that order. ❤😊 But I respect ya'lls opinions, so dont get all crazy on me, and come at me with disrespect, lol. Those are just my favorite 3 ever. And I'd put them against any1.❤❤😊😊

[@supersasukemaniac]

I mean I wouldn't but Bird in the greatest players list, solely for the fact that Bird is in a league of his own. He could literally tell you what he was going to do, defense would be ready for him, and he would still do it with very little effort. That is a scary good player.

[@sallengage6267]

@supersasukemaniac I know all about about The Legend.Been watching him since I was a child in the 80s. He is absolutely great. All 3 of the players i mentioned are Legends.

[@kdailey4315]

Jordan made you look slow. Bird made you look stupid. -James Worthy

[@sups024]

The only pet named after any celebrity...Larry Bird. 😊

[@johnroshinsky9946]

Larry and magic from college to pros battle

[@j.baldwin3012]

Probably the best rivalry in NBA history.

[@daytonwoodford4386]

Best LB story =LB bet Charles to cut his grass all summer

[@judoboy1962]

JORDAN BRYANT BIRD DUNCAN HAKEEM. I’ll take this 5 anytime

[@jamessweet5341]

Good call.

[@noemotion7689]

Rodgers forgot that Bird was Magic's bestfriend. 😅

[@jerrywagner4690]

All about respect! Don't put it White Guy on me!

[@johnstieferman1686]

Pat Ewing hell of a nice guy,glad him and Larry are good friends

[@GustavoGalvan-i4l]

Yes this happen in the '92 olympics

[@cheapdate2334]

I met Mr. Ewing once . He was lost and I helped him out . Really nice guy and nice car too

[@terrencejackson9290]

See what differentiates Larry Bird from these players today is that when Larry Bird trash talked, he could back it up

[@Mudder1310]

Holmes. He called him Holmes, not homes.

[@jeffharris9405]

Back then that was basketball with all these great players. How times have changed.

[@tomtalley2192]

I was at the game he scored 53 against Indy. Sitting not for from Johnny Most.

[@genripper-b8q]

clark was badass at OSU

[@trevorstevenson4038]

Man flying about, from state capital to state capital, in the United states sounds like an absolute dream.

[@achevres]

Love Larry Bird stories. But the shaking still images are so annoying!!!

[@bettahaffe]

Do everyone remember when Kareem abdul jabbar gave Kent Benson BLACK eye for elbowing him. Ask that question.

[@SnafuTLGOP]

Why at 7:38 you have Ewing talking about the dream team, but you show a picture of the all star team?

[@shinrips]

Worthy couldn't guard Bird; but, Bird could not guard Worthy either.

[@dslao]

Probably the most soft spoken but meanest trash talker I have ever seen play the game.

[@Monsterdrumma]

Thing is it is spelled Holmes not homes like a house.

[@andypietrowski6915]

Haha It’s not meant to be homes like a house. “Homes” is short for homeboy or even sometimes homeslice BITD

[@derekcoaker6579]

That's the other Larry. 😊

[@danielwhitehall7950]

Notice the difference between black NBA players talking about LB, & WNBA black players talking about CC ?!

[@ericfurst6091]

Woman hate each other.

[@badgoogle9938]

Bird earned their respect, CC has just completed her first season, give her a few more years.

[@Sambam1981]

We didn’t see Larry as white. We said that mf was hooping. That’s how it should be

[@TheBushLeague]

When Bird and Magic came in there was racial tension mostly brought on by fans. Just as what's happening in the WNBA. Bird and Magic actually came together at Larry's mama's house and realized that they didn't have issues with one another, it was all driven by the outside. It was all squashed after that.

[@michaelrowley9275]

Wilkins never could accept or get over the fact that Bird was better than he was.

[@polyscroll]

I grew up in that era. The term was Holmes, not Homes. Homes is simply a mispronunciation of the actual word.

[@binxbolling]

Larry didn't play 2 years after 1992.

[@johnlowther4927]

That’s “Holmes”…

[@andypietrowski6915]

Nah It’s homes Trust me 😉

[@shane3858]

@@andypietrowski6915 nope. It's not. Trust me, I was actually alive back then. It absolutely was "holmes." 'Nique has told this story many times (you can find several others on YT), and in other interviews he clearly says "holmes." He's also not the only player who's told a story about Bird calling them "holmes." Holmes (not "homes") was slang that was more popular in the 70s and 80s (watch the movie Carlito's Way, where they use it a lot). Just because you don't know something, and likely weren't alive back then to have actually known, doesn't mean that other people are wrong. In this case, you have no idea what you're talking about.

[@andypietrowski6915]

@@shane3858 : 😂😂😂 I was EXACTLY alive back then. You might want to delete your comments once you think it through….”Homes” is short for homie, homeboy and some guys used to even use the word “homeslice” BITD. So what you’re suggesting by “holmes “ makes no sense Sorry 🤷‍♂️

[@russelleads2145]

It's not "Homes", it's "Holmes"!!

[@seanacrea1809]

Homes, short for homie or homeboy. Holmes is a fictional character's name.

[@scorpiod77]

Orale'!!! : )

[@shane3858]

@@seanacrea1809 nope. It absolutely was "holmes." 'Nique has told this story many times (you can find several others on YT), and in other interviews he clearly says "holmes." He's also not the only player who's told a story about Bird calling them "holmes." Holmes (not "homes") was slang that was more popular in the 70s and 80s (watch the movie Carlito's Way, where they use it a lot). Just because you don't know something, and likely weren't alive back then to have actually known, doesn't mean that other people are wrong. In this case, you have no idea what you're talking about.

[@nunyabizness6662]

@@shane3858it’s actually both. Both Holmes and homes (version of homie or homeboy), are urban slang versions of referring to a friend / fellow gang member.

[@shane3858]

@@nunyabizness6662 read and understand what I actually wrote.

[@mikes8948]

So young...your video label shouldn't say, "He called me Homes!" It should be "Holmes."

[@sandyacombs]

Bro, it's not "Homes" it's "Holmes".

[@damienthorn8601]

It's Homes. Short for homeboy or homie. You dont see anyone calling anyone holmeboy or Holmie for a reason.

[@shane3858]

@@damienthorn8601 nope. It absolutely was "holmes." The reason you "don't see anyone" saying it anymore is the same reason people don't say "groovy" or "swell" or call people "cats" and talk about their "zoot suits." Most slang only lasts a couple of decades before it falls off. 'Nique has told this story many times (you can find several others on YT), and in other interviews he clearly says "holmes." He's also not the only player who's told a story about Bird calling them "holmes." Holmes (not "homes") was slang that was more popular in the 70s and 80s (watch the movie Carlito's Way, where they use it a lot). Just because you don't know something, and likely weren't alive back then to have actually known, doesn't mean that other people are wrong. In this case, you have no idea what you're talking about.

[@damienthorn8601]

You can be proud to be wrong and still be wrong. Who the fk is Holmes? Sadly, I grew up in Southern California and this is a pretty well known slang there. Not a hell of a lot of people named Holmes in the hood 😅 Jfc, talk about someone getting their feelings obliterated over slang...😅😅 ​@shane3858

[@damienthorn8601]

Yeah, still no.​@@shane3858

[@dew02300]

@@shane3858I was around back then and it was homes.

[@Nathan-qz3mg]

When players played 82 games!

[@drixmcdrixerson]

I always thought it was "Holmes".

[@stevestretch6052]

It is Holmes.

[@tallmike6598]

I thought it was "homes" short for homeboy ?

[@drixmcdrixerson]

@@tallmike6598 Lol. You might be on to something.

[@andypietrowski6915]

@@drixmcdrixerson: definitely on to something 😂😂😂 “Holmes” is a movie character

[@andypietrowski6915]

@@tallmike6598: you are correct sir Haha

[@DalonCole]

larry would make the nba look stupid now

[@omaramer846]

He mentioned Albert King but y’all showed Buck Williams instead…

[@ArthurDavis-n9n]

Jokic is dominating his era the same way Bird dominated his: two white guys tearing it up. Joker needs a couple more rings though, to really be able to say something.

[@Ryan-sl8mw]

Blks: weeze invented Larey Burd

[@HermanIngram]

Holmes

[@MrVtime614]

For them to always talk about how tuff the NBA was in the 80s, dealing with shit talking would be easy. But the guys of today their shit talking is them being sensitive and soft.

[@markfain7128]

Wanted to watch but that shaky screen thing you have going is too much.

[@Mrtellitlikeitis]

Its funny that all the black players thought bird was the shit.

[@joerichardson6107]

How is it funny? Most of the league is black. Larry was cooking, any fan of basketball thinks Bird is the shite

[@lubabalomengu8311]

Bullshit!!! Players thought Larry was the shit!

[@curtissouth6063]

If you talk to just about any NBA fan today Larry Bird NEVER comes up! It's the same for Caitlin Clark today!

[@NancyFlores-wl2en]

Most young fans don't know anyone before Jordan. If any young fans know Magic then they should know Bird. Magic and Bird dominated the NBA in the 70's. Maybe they just don't educate themselves enough.

[@garymcaleer6112]

Too much music, man!

[@iLuseMy1v1s]

Nice video, but 1 critique. The shifting still images make it unwatchable for some people. I could feel it triggered my senses, so i had to stop it after a couple of minutes. Still gave you a 👍

[@kenmelton6700]

As I love Larry he still stood by watching MJ block Isaiah Thomas from the Olympics

[@douglassummers9901]

Isaiah was a bad boy and they played to hurt people… It worked for a few years because they won a couple…. But that kind of play is not what the NBA wanted the world to see ….

[@AsukasButler]

That's an old unverified rumor. The more credible rumor to me is that it was Magic that blocked him for the things Isiah said after he was diagnosed and retired the previous year. They've since patched things up.

[@mshahnazi7636]

With all due respect, you don’t know the whole story as Larry didn’t even want to be on the Dream Team due to his excruciating back pain, and only after both Michael Jordan and especially Magic Johnson persuaded him to join the squad he agreed to participate. Besides, back in 1987 Larry saved Isiah Thomas’ career after he made the stupid confirmation of Rodman’s idiotic comment about “if Larry wasn’t white, he’d be just another guy” (not the true superstar that he really was then). Just saying.

[@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv]

Holmes.

[@andypietrowski6915]

Nah “Homes” Trust me 😉

[@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv]

@@andypietrowski6915 Holmeski.

[@TheRAYviewYT]

He called me Homes? Like a house? You need to work on your spelling, Holmes!

[@MarkLabadie-h5v]

"Homes"...aka Homie. Aka Homeboy. NOT HOLMES!

[@mikewilder6390]

Ridiculous

[@shane3858]

You have no idea WTF you're talking about. It absolutely was "holmes." 'Nique has told this story many times (you can find several others on YT), and in other interviews he clearly says "holmes." Holmes (not "homes") was slang that was more popular in the 70s and 80s (watch the movie Carlito's Way, where they use it a lot).

[@straycatnip]

It was spelled "HOLMES". SMH

[@anthonybush607]

The NBA isn’t back for me. There’s no one playing today that I want to watch. Once politics got introduced into sports I stopped watching. I only watch old highlights when it was about the game and not social posturing.

[@lindhysworld]

I wish someone would make a video about Larry Bird talking shit.... oh wait..

[@biffdanielson2820]

Today's basketball is unbearable.

[@Iceman97913]

It's Holmes, not homes...do a better job

[@robmunro8041]

"Holmes" ... not "Homes"... ... you dufus... 😂

[@klausman6719]

Spelled “Holmes”

[@pauls6639]

It's holmes*, not homes

[@O.G.LIL-MAN]

WHOEVER RUNS THIS CHANNEL MUST BE YOUNG, NOT BLACK OR BOTH...BECAUSE YOU DONT KNOW OLD SKOOOL BLACK SLANG...ITS 'HOLMES'....NOT 'HOMES'. SMH...CORRECT THAT ISH.

[@andypietrowski6915]

I think you got it backwards bro….Nobody says holmboy or holmie. That’s what “homes” is short for

[@josephblowseph6123]

HOLMES, not HOMES. It's slang from the 70s. Not sure where it started exactly. Might have been due to a porn actor named John Holmes, might have been black subculture slang, still not sure where it started.

[@Stuntman175]

Homes is a contraction of the term "homeboy" and was made famous by the Latino community in 1970's California.