When Larry Bird saved Isiah Thomas career

[@andrewstockdill2247]

Larry handled that entire situation with class.

[@rolandocedillo5685]

Hillbilly style 😂

[@andrerobinson2923]

Yes.

[@jeepjake6969]

He is a legend as a player and a man

[@paijo1503]

If he was black, he wouldn’t have

[@derekralston5967]

How he handles everything it seems.

[@richarddoyle3340]

Larry wanted to destroy players on the court.....not off the court

[@thomasbarlow3782]

Well said!!!

[@sinarch4025]

oof great comment!

[@derekeich4184]

Never returned in today's world

[@HoboJoe1416]

Deep!

[@stephentraskos3130]

well.... maybe Bill Laimbeer...... definitely Bill

[@BonsaiBurner]

What a man and sticking up for opposing team as well. What class.

[@derbagger22]

Larry was savage on the court, but one of the most gracious people off of it...

[@TanyaClipper-xv9rj]

Man I'm old enough to have witnessed Larry Legend play... I'm black and it didn't matter what color he was. He was in a league all to him self. That was a statement made out of embarrassing Rodman's ego.. bt bird didn't care who you were.. he was a certified killer.. and one of my top ten all-time..👍🏿

[@darryldeas411]

CERTIFIED KILLA!

[@PhoenixAscending]

No doubt. Easily top 10. He still gets so much hate because he was white and not super athletic. MJ is the ONLY player I have seen that was more of a killer

[@2manyShook1s]

I'm a 80s baby and I knew about Mj but when I really started to take basketball seriously my pops showed me how to post up and use my foot work like Mchale and make sure u got the follow thru rotation on the ball like Bird. Dribble like zeke foul like Malone lol😂had to take a shot at the mailman 😂😂😂😂

[@darryldeas411]

@@2manyShook1s that shot at Malone isn't a shot... it's a compliment ☺️

[@Gregory-sm9pf]

Well said Bro

[@mrkellycottle4592]

I’m Black and I have suffered from the talent of Larry Bird because I am from Philly and a Sixers fan. This man scared me to death when we played them. He was a Bad MFer

[@darrylsmith6956]

16th and Susquehanna

[@kristvalle4424]

Larry is the man Im also not convinced that he's really a white man

[@mauricechaney22]

I'm black 😂😂😂😂😂😂smdh

[@MikeJones-rk1un]

Celtic fans felt that way about Andrew Toney. The good old days.

[@Craigers8637]

@@kristvalle4424 is that your subtle way of acting like white guys aren't athletic? Dirk nowitzki, Luka, Jason williams, Jokic, etc. Jason Williams has some of the prettiest passes I've ever seen. Jokic is the MVP of the nba. Tom Brady is the greatest NFL player ever.

[@CharlesGrant-gn7ie]

I’m a Knick fan and Larry Bird is one of the greatest players I’ve ever seen. In an era 80’s that was Incredibly competitive with some great teams: Celtics Sixers Pistons Lakers etc… And a ton of Great HOF talent. MJ,Magic,Isiah,Bird,Kareem,DrJ,Moses Malone,Worthy,Hakeem,etc… too many to name. It was a privilege to watch those games. Bird won 3 MVP in a row!

[@izaakwedgwood9153]

The basketball was honestly more fun to watch to me, but in terms of league competitiveness, leading up to and through the 80s 9 teams joined the league, that severely diluted the talent pool, most years there were like 3 actually good teams at a time

[@HiNRGboy]

@@izaakwedgwood9153 The Mavericks were one of the best teams in the league didn't they join the league then? I don't think it diluted anything. The competition was through the roof.

[@izaakwedgwood9153]

@@HiNRGboy they were terrible the first couple of years, drafted really well, got to be a decent side, although only managed conference finals once, ended the decade with a negative win rate and went on to become one of the worst teams of the 90s

[@HiNRGboy]

@@izaakwedgwood9153 yeah, but they were great for awhile in the 80's... 90's they were awful for sure. Mark Aguirre and Rolando Blackman though were the real deal.

[@izaakwedgwood9153]

@@HiNRGboy they were ok, they made exactly one conference finals, and let's be real, in those days it was the east that was a lot better than the west

[@ChuckMock3826]

Such a class act!! If they assemble a GOAT team, Larry Bird MUST be included!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@alvaroandrespizzavarela878]

Lebron at the point. MJ at SG Bird at Small Forward Bill Russell at Power Forward Wilt at Center. If you want to put Magic at Point Guard and take Wilt out I wont fight it.

[@ChuckMock3826]

I would replace LeBron… The court is not big enough for five players plus his ego

[@MudMarsh]

Must be included first pick in my opinion.

[@jdelgado8413]

Larry didn't care. His game spoke for him. One of the best all time and to this day if he still played he would be a stone cold killer.

[@deskducker]

Looking at what luka is doing, what do you think bird would have done in this league with soft defensive rules.

[@deaconchris6882]

@jdelgado8413 Larry spoke with class then but didn’t forget because he fired Zeek in Indiana when he was coaching them with a good team and hired his friend. Sorta like mark Jackson with GSW. So even though he handled it well with the media he didn’t forget.

[@lelandchurch4599]

Man could get inside your head . And talk more trash than trash 🗑 day. Before you knew it you'd be on the bench picking splinters out your ass!!!.

[@zaphenath73]

Larry Bird had and still carries him with class on and off the court. He is a true legend!

[@coreysmorgan8488]

I was a Laker fan back in the early 80's and Larry did everything right back then. No flaws. Even his defense was good. He put fear in our hearts. Smartest and most instinctual player EVER

[@jeanyoungblood2970]

Love, love, love Larry Legend as a player and ever more as a human. Just the best ever.

[@coreysmorgan8488]

@@jeanyoungblood2970 agreed. I.see that now😊

[@Cain.ODraig]

Larry Bird created generations of Celtics fans. He is one of the Greats. I watched him as a kid, and created a life time celtics fan in me, which i passed down to my son and one day it will be passed to my grandson.

[@MrPppitts1]

Man, I remember watching Bird 🦅 play… He was a bad man, he game was fire and he hustled, played hard and was a class act

[@janyshendrickson3833]

Larry Legend was always, and still is, a stand up guy. He never, ever had to talk down anyone inorder to elevate himself. Turn the other cheek, walk away, and let your playing speak for itself.👍🐐👍

[@HoboJoe1416]

Money comment!

[@siler7]

What? Few people talked more trash than Larry Bird.

[@blueboy450]

@@siler7Larry talked trash, but he backed up what he told them

[@siler7]

@@blueboy450 But he didn't act like the commenter made it sound. At all.

[@josephsalyers8405]

This is what separates the GOATs from all the others. Larry is an outlier in a sport where humanity is not a quality that is valued over showmanship. Miss you Champ.

[@YupsterBigBoy69]

Larry has more class than the majority of NBA players in the league from 1970 - present.

[@kj7682]

Might want to pose that statement to the daughter he abandoned. But he was a generational talent, no matter his skin color

[@kj7682]

Might want to pose that statement to the daughter he abandoned. But he was a generational talent, no matter his skin color

[@BlackOctober28]

​​@kj7682 I guess he's blacker than I thought

[@mdace34]

@@user-sp5wn3tw8rOUCH!!! That certainly was harsh AF!?!?! I need to check the facts about what happened with his daughter but damn that was a terrible thing to say

[@djwaynewilliams8443]

That was classic Petty Isiah and Classic Class Larry Bird.

[@DreMurf313]

Yeah, he's almost as petty as Mike

[@user-nj1zu2nf1x]

​@@DreMurf313No. Jordan owns who he is. This guy had to try to weasel out of it by saying it was a joke. Definitely was not a joke

[@leonjefferson4608]

0 Even now when Isaiah Thomas should have said was I'm sorry I should not have agreed with rodman I was wrong I should never talk like that it was disrespectful it was wrong and Larry Bird saved me even now I owe Larry Bird because I'm scum and bird is class and dignity That's the deal call me dung heap Thomas That's who I am I'm a dung heap dung lots of dung we eat that dung in my family cuz they're all donies tongue heap Thomas😊

[@jasontokio1591]

It was definitely a joke. ​@user-nj1zu2nf1x

[@robertalexander5892]

Isiah was letting his inner (true) self show in that comment.

[@igloososa]

Can’t get much more class out of a man than that🏆

[@casualobserver3145]

Bird was one of the best….both on & off the court.

[@derrickbattle4710]

Larry will go up as 1 of the CLASSEST PLAYER OF ANY SPORT

[@pitchblack2744]

Classest ? HHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@teeemm9456]

Larry Legend was amazing, but he ran his mouth quite a bit, think that chops the classy aspect down quite a bit. There were plenty of classier players.

[@leroybyrd6645]

LARRY BIRD WAS THE BEST PLAYER ON THE PLANET AT ONE POINT!!! WHITE OR BLACK!!!

[@sixthsith5432]

100000000% Still tied for #1 in my book! MJ and Bird! Plus I agree with Pat; MJ for the win, but Bird for my life.

[@moi-lz7co]

@@sixthsith5432you stoopid

[@patsfan4life]

Hard to disagree when he's one of only three men to ever live to win three consecutive league MVPs

[@do.2808]

@@sixthsith5432u crazy

[@zenithofcourse5369]

2-3 years at least!!!

[@bige859]

Larry bird should be commissioner of the NBA

[@FilthyMcNasty69]

I think he'd do great in that role tbh, he's so well respected and he's not going to let people walk all over him like Silver.

[@SnowboardJedi]

You gotta be Jewish to hold that position.....y'all have not figured out how it works yet?

[@ThisConnectedPodcast]

He was a class act. Almost made me a Celtics fan.

[@mrbigdaddyjoe79]

Larry Bird hands down the best small foward of all time. Starting 5 Magic, Jordan, Bird, Duncan, Hakeem

[@HoboJoe1416]

I’d plug in Kobe for Magic but can’t take issue with the rest.

[@jayyarbrough9902]

Say what you want about Isiah, but when you save his ass, he never forgets.

[@andyirons7162]

Isaiah likes nothing better than having his ass looked after......just saying

[@DenOndeMister]

He was loyal to Rodman and got into trouble. Larry helped him out and he earned the same kind of loyalty back that started it. Kinda poetic in a way.

[@stevenmanwaring8943]

It's funny cause Larry sacked his ass years later as the pacers coach

[@georgecubie8560]

He needs to stop needing to get his ass saved!😂😂

[@davidtrevino5211]

Lmfao

[@garyamaral1648]

Larry Legend did ALL "talking" on the court. Whenever he was disrespected, either on or off the court, he would make them pay. Especially on that fabled parquet floor of the Garden.

[@zmotoalarm]

Different era Bird had a lot of class and dignity

[@chuckv321]

Isaiah would NEVER have been as gracious.

[@babadeeAsp]

I agree. A player that had his coach on a choke hold can never be that classy. His a great player but a bad person back then.. If it smells like shit, talk like shit, looks like shit then it is shit. Period

[@thirdworldTrini]

Facts

[@pgrand8888]

He blat is why

[@mysterion5136]

In interviews, Isiah gives massive praise to everyone, even to current players, and even to Jordan, whom he hates. I think the guy is just misunderstood

[@ikigai47]

Isaiah: _"You know what, I think he's a racist hick from French Lick and he should be barred from the game!"_ Runs off to celebrate

[@johnhaney4475]

The first sentence was 'Larry torched Dennis Rodman for a triple double'. There's no race carding someone who drops a triple double on one of the greatest defenders and rebounder of all time. Even mike got locked by Rodman once or twice.

[@penguinista]

Yes. That is very telling. Rodman wasn't giving anyone a pass.

[@Wayneraltman]

You make an excellent point.

[@richardwallace690]

Great player gotta love him

[@rwilliams951]

And that's why he's Larry Legend. 🏀

[@hectorramos627]

Larry is a much better human being than a basketball player. Unreal❤

[@PhoenixAscending]

Rodman is still salty. He said in a recent interview that if Larry played today, he would be in Europe 😂. Bird would absolutely murder today's NBA with how easy it is to score, and he could shoot the 3 ball

[@andrewoberg]

larry would be the goat in this era

[@persxnal]

yeah he’s frying any generation

[@faidleek1965]

He would literally be Luka but with slightly worse passing and way better shooting

[@kennethpage417]

@@faidleek1965Bird was a Great passer

[@jamaalhorton2343]

Larry Bird would average 50 ! He is the same as Luka and Jokic but better!

[@JustGrowSG]

I’m a millennial and even I know Larry wasn’t to be fucked with. We all love MJ Kobe and Bron, but Bird is in that exact same mold. I get goosebumps from every story told about Larry Legend. Them brothers learned real fucking quick back in the day not to fuck with that man. He wasn’t a bitch made dude either. Big ass dude with no fear of anyone and he literally had game. 🥶🥶🥶

[@chuckHart70]

And that is why he IS Larry Legend

[@ezelmasina3093]

That's his GREATNESS is right there. Larry Bird.

[@SeauT]

Classy move Larry. Good one on you.

[@craigallmendinger8404]

I love how Larry never allowed skin color to be used for him or against him. I remember he said once that as kids everyone had the same thing : nothing.

[@cliftonepps451]

His name is " Mr. Respect, Humbleness, Dignity & Class, Larry Byrd!

[@LouBang718]

I remember Larry said man " i hope you aint letting that whiteboy guard me" 😂He was a savage! Them guys gave it their all on that Court.

[@masonlerner9342]

How could you forget it? It’s the subject of half the basketball shorts on KZbin.

[@badmanskill1112]

​@@masonlerner9342Half? I've only seen it once or twice.

[@mikevota2236]

Larry Bird is a humble man that let comment roll off his back 👏

[@Miked1332]

Exactly. When someone has experienced real-life bad things, words just don't hurt and they don't matter.

[@siler7]

Larry Bird? HUMBLE? LOL

[@living2liveagain1]

Larry was a man playing with childish Boys!!!! Rodman & Isaiah acted like spoiled little children who couldn’t have their way ie… the walkout on Jordan & Bulls in 1991 ECF👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾

[@them4309]

I mean, you kind of have to. I'm not saying he wasn't a stand up guy but just like Jackie Robinson, if you're a minority, it's probably best to stay on the high road.

[@mdace34]

@@them4309that had nothing to do with why Bird responded that way. I mean how much clearer could he have been…. He gave Thomas the benefit of the doubt because he said he was joking. Nuff said, keep it moving. Bird chose to let his game do the talking.

[@thepamela050]

Larry is just a class act....He's all about the competition and not what players say in the heat of a game.

[@danacarter4793]

I remember all this ,and just when you didn't think bird 🐦 couldn't make you love or be a bigger fan , The Man The Myth The Legend 💚

[@robmckrobmck5567]

I recall Bird saying "...in the heat of the moment" that was exactly what happened. They were in the locker room, post game.

[@rickb6015]

Got a lot of love for Larry Bird big ups to both guys ❤❤❤

[@bujarislami6252]

LARRY LEGEND the name says it all !

[@arturosalinas7657]

MJ wouldn't have done that for zeke. Larry's greatness stretched outside basketball

[@jondoe7237]

Larry Fuukin Legend 💯

[@MrWrp2408]

I call 1000% B.S. on Thomas!!😢

[@user-bc2nr6rh1y]

Laker fan here...yup hats off to Larry .... n Isaiah

[@NigelChristianAzyu]

Larry was indeed a Trash talker and competitive player when it comes to Basketball but he is a respectful and a gentleman at the same time….What a legend💎🐐

[@JohnLaird-bw9du]

Larry was a gift from God!! What an amazing person@

[@heavi-armed-infadel]

More and more apparent to me why Thomas was left off the Dream Team.

[@jamaalhorton2343]

Yep!!

[@kaihamasaki9307]

Exactly

[@martinomichael4967]

That's why he's on a level above everyone else, skills, determination, style grace and character...gotta tick all of the boxes if you want to be the goat. Larry Bird is one of the few who did.

[@tombutler876]

Larry loved Isaiah like a brother. Respect for both

[@blackprix]

I was around that time and I am a Celtic fan and have been since 1958. I heard what Rodman said, and what Isaiah said, and Isaiah was agreeing with Rodman at the time Larry, who is very humble, did not trash talk either one of them, and he could have, Larry was all about winning and not about somebody saying some negativity about him! That’s why he’s called Larry legend😊😊😊

[@joncabotxox9389]

If it was the other way around and Larry made the comment about Isaiah being just another black player then they would have attacked Bird and kicked him outta the league

[@jamaalhorton2343]

Whole truth!!

[@Adam_Wilde]

Don't let people stoke division. Follow Larry's example when stuff like that comes up and listen to how Isaiah learned from that and grew. Look at the respect they have now for each other. That's how we overcome the evil forces looking to divide people.

[@joncabotxox9389]

@@Adam_Wilde All sounds good what you said (in theory). I’ve seen a bunch of interviews since then where Isaiah talks down on White people. They pretty much all do it and it’s allowed. I’ll never just sit back and pretend like it’s alright because it’s not. And like I said, if it was the other way around it wouldn’t be alright. Whites would lose their jobs and worse

[@stevedem76]

That's a joke, Larry and Magic owned the league back then. Every team in the league hated the Pistons, black players respected Bird more than Isaiah or Rodman. Plus cancel culture wasn't as out of control as today's.

[@mdace34]

@@stevedem76that is true about cancel culture but I don’t think it would have gone well for Bird had he actually said something like that…. Not sure how the retaliation would show itself if he actually ever did say something terrible like that but there certainly would have been some kind of reaction….

[@timothygordon8204]

Without Larry and Magic, NBA would not be what It'is is today. Facts!!👍🏽

[@douggieharrison6913]

Lol Larry didn't give a shit, his back went out

[@KiidBow]

“Torched rodman”….”if larry was black he will be just a good basketball player”…..- sayin that after getting TORCHED is crazy; yall better put sum respect on Larrys name

[@buttsauce123]

Yea i always thought that was a silly response. In other words “He sucks, but i suck worse”

[@dariuscanuto]

Larry legend 🎉 Isiah Thomas one of the best ball handler and play maker in the history of NBA.

[@milutinitc4937]

Legend, true legend...

[@billhickman7903]

Larry is and was just a class act in every sence.

[@richardgladstone8975]

Larry settled everything on the court.

[@bccarr7]

What was beautiful was how he followed that up by showing no such favor to Rodman and how he was coming for him.

[@ryanshepard1838]

LARRY IS CLASS !!! AND 1 OF THE BEST ON AND OFF THE COURT !!!!

[@theodoreharris993]

LARRY LIVING LEGEND A CLASS ACT🏀HOF

[@tjcosta2286]

Larry was a student of the game. Always learning and teaching in whatever the moment called for. Absolutely exceptional execution.

[@jonhtcdoe]

Im not even a basketball fan but that hbo show Winning Time got me hooked. And theres a short doc called Magic n Bird a courtship of rivals. Very good.

[@MikSrf723]

Talent is talent regardless.

[@blackurustrikes2328]

Larry always appeared to know how certain WP wanted to use him. But he never supported that nonsense. It's something that he should be given more credit for.

[@jerrylewis788]

He does in every hood in America.

[@cindyknudson2715]

WP? Come on now.

[@bdaddy8552]

​@@cindyknudson2715 That's right ! Don't you dare say the W word !😮😅

[@twright3802]

I agree

[@Himijendrix014]

Exactly. Larry did more for diversity and representing brothers than a lot of black nba stars. Time and time again he humbly found ways uplift his brothers rather fuel the media division

[@user-nx8tf9io7j]

I don’t know of anyone that would give up Larry (Legend)for both Isaiah and Rodman(2 Clowns) in a trade. He didn’t give himself the nickname Larry Legend.

[@HoboJoe1416]

Would love to know who first coined the nickname. It surely stuck IMMEDIATELY!

[@Johnny_from_RI]

Over replicated , but will never be duplicated... LARRY FUCKING LEGEND

[@travismiller202]

What a 180 from stars today. Class!!!. Legend is right

[@theoavg]

He wasn’t joking he is just a coward of repeating himself in front of Bird

[@mikethomeas576]

And everyone else he would talk craap about

[@joeshields2005]

Isiah it doesn’t matter if it’s Jordan or Bird . You can’t sniff either one of them .

[@PhoenixAscending]

There ya go

[@artfrancis9334]

You must be jk'n

[@PhoenixAscending]

@@artfrancis9334 he's not. Zeke was great, but he's not top 10 all time. Both of those guys are. Bird-5 trips to the finals, 3 wins, 3 straight MVP's, finished top 2 for MVP 9 yrs straight. MJ-6 titles, 5 league MVP's, DPOY, like 9 1st team all defense selections...I could go on and on. So no, based on those numbers, Zeke can't sniff those two

[@FireAngelChris]

lol I don’t think he trying to but at least he can claim he was on teams that gave them trouble

[@jayyarbrough9902]

@@FireAngelChris He was on teams that beat them. In Jordan's case, dominated.

[@CharlieCurtis-py7sl]

Awesome player and person!

[@121gigawatts_]

Larry will ALWAYS be a legend...

[@emagenthompson9273]

I have always admired him for this. If Bird wanted to, he could've ended IT's career essentially. He could've made Boston WAY more racist than it is even perceived to be.

[@konekillerking]

Long lost ability to take a joke and give grace. Respect to both men.

[@suppaman12]

That was absolutely no joke. That pos rat definitely meant that. The fact that Larry is a stand up dude and forgave him and preferred to be the bigger better man is not the same as he taking it as a joke. It was not

[@TheSands83]

It wasn’t a joke. Thomas is a lying two faced snake in the grass!

[@MisterSchitt]

It's only a "joke" when a black man does it. If the shoe had been on the other foot, the crying-ass media would have spent the last forty years calling Larry a racist.

[@claudesuddreth6897]

GODS LOVE AND BLESSINGS TO ALL... MYSELF A LARRY BIRD FAN AS WELL AS ISAIAH .... LARRY JUST PLAY BALL TALK DIDN'T BOTHER HIM... GOOD START WAY TO HANDLE IT.....TOM TOM

[@83merv83]

I watch so many of these clips and they never fail to hit, but this a new one I've never seen and hits on a whole new level! Bird is a beast, but handled that situation with absolute class!

[@jackthe_tripper2544]

LeBron would have begged for him to be suspended for game 6 😂😂😂😂😂

[@cindyknudson2715]

😂

[@arwinsilva490]

😂😂😂 oh man! you got me laughing my ass to the floor!!!😂👍👍

[@irvinyounger1499]

Yep

[@33cmitch]

You got LeBron confused with the guy Draymond slapped, LeBron don't kick out players he kicks out fans, and Draymond just kicks and slaps 😂

[@tiduschew2156]

A video on my idols and a LeBron fan comes along to steal the spotlight... Cool...

[@Stuart-ty3yc]

Larry legend 🏀🙏

[@therugergeneral]

when you are truly strong, inside and out, you are untouchable!

[@living2liveagain1]

Isaiah was shown what “CLASS” looks like. Bravo #LarryLegend 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@big-l5771]

Isaha was backing Rodman's cause he was the team captain

[@BROTHERLAKE]

LARRY WAS AND IS A BETTER MAN. WHO KNEW HE HAD TO PLAY IN A LEAGUE THAT WAS 80% BLACK. HE'S NOT STUPID. ISAIAH IS A POG

[@Kelvin-ml5mt]

What is a POG??

[@ConsistentlyInconsistent21]

​@@Kelvin-ml5mtpiece of garbage or person other than grunt

[@fattommy4436]

Them dang pogs really grind my gritches 😡

[@shanegooding4839]

​@@Kelvin-ml5mtPassion fruit, orange and guava. 😂

[@rafaelgonzales676]

Very humble man as all players should be a leader you can follow

[@patricksimmons3491]

LB is a legend! I despise the Celtics but, he is a 🏀 god

[@user-ux5hw9fm6m]

Larry love Issaias because they new eachother ; love the way they have respect till today .

[@suppaman12]

He hates his little ass. Back then it was viewed as weak if you complained that’s why he didn’t complain But he hates him for sure

[@craigfarnam4527]

Larry is a king.. But Isaiah never got the push from the NBA he deserved

[@doloj6490]

😂 bro Isaiah wasnt given the push he deserved?? He was one of their main stars. Isaiah’s biggest problem was his mouth and jealousy over all the love Mike got from his own hometown Chicago.

[@PhoenixAscending]

Maybe, but he was not on Birds level as a player. Zeke made too many enemies

[@fishingandfloors1569]

That’s pure class. It shows an understanding and mutual respect between great athletes. If that happened today, there’s no telling how far it would have escalated.

[@TheRRP88]

What makes Larry a Legend always have been this, he doesn’t tell his stories; someone else does. He had a John Wick kind of reputation way before Wick existed.

[@kennypulsifer2037]

I.T. starts shit and when he gets caught or called out he starts to back peddle saying "I was being sarcastic blah blah" He=I.T. meant and means everything he said and has said even after being retired..

[@donnellsmith2106]

All say was saying was as bad, lethal, cold, and great as Bird was, if he was black he wouldn't be looked at the same way. That's all, see Magic. Magic in white eyes wasn't as good as Bird, but they were probably about even.

[@bildogg33]

But, if Bird said ANYTHING like that i would have completely different

[@edwardfala7723]

Nah, Magic is almost universally rated as better. Even though I disagree.

[@javierechezarreta4623]

No they weren't. Bird is better than magic. And if he was black he would be even to MJ

[@chrispavlich9656]

@@edwardfala7723Better with the women maybe but look where that got him.

[@Magnificent-qr4rn]

Larry has always been a solid guy....He's a great player who can play the game on the hardwood or at any park against the brotha's across the U.S...Legend !! .....and that's Factual

[@TheFaithfulAtheist]

He wore his jersey internationally here. He knew it would help hammer the point home. Effective communication skills.

[@Therealmistermidwest420]

Larry's a legend on and off the Court!! Top tier athlete and person!!

[@clifford4514]

Isiah meant what he said. Bird just rose above the situation...

[@Dr.DiegoDuarte]

Class of the field Larry!