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"He can't jump, he can't do this, he can't do that" - Patrick Ewing recalls how Boston fans initially disrespected Larry Bird
Ewing, who grew up in Cambridge just across the Charles River, was raised in an environment where basketball conversations ...
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"He tells me, 'Fly, bird'" - Larry Bird once humiliated Brad Daugherty with two savage words and a cold-blooded jumper
According to former Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star big man Brad Daugherty, Bird once humiliated him with just two simple words before capping off the play with a sensational shot. To this day, that ...
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"I don't have to tell them 100 times," - Billy Cunningham explains what made the Sixers click during their hot start to the 1980-81 season
"Winning the championship is the only way to do it,' he said. 'I'd like to leave it like that," Sixers big man Darryl Dawkins ...
"I'd like to see them win it" - Larry Bird surprisingly backed the Lakers in the 1988 NBA Finals
"I'd like to see them win it" - Larry Bird surprisingly backed the Lakers in the 1988 NBA Finals originally appeared on ...
"I did not shake Larry Bird's hand for 13 years" - Dominique Wilkins on how intense his rivalry with Larry Bird was
"I did not shake Larry Bird's hand for 13 years" - Dominique Wilkins on how intense his rivalry with Larry Bird was ...
"It would be a different game for me if he was gone" - Magic Johnson opens up about Larry Bird rivalry and legacy
"It would be a different game for me if he was gone" - Magic Johnson opens up about Larry Bird rivalry and legacy originally ...
6 NBA Draft moves that led to a championship
Every NBA team on draft day wants to find pieces for a title. Here are 6 times teams made moves on draft day that led to a ...
"I'm not trying to take your minutes, I'm just trying to give you a break" - Larry Bird revealed what Bill Walton did before he became a Celtic
"I'm not trying to take your minutes, I'm just trying to give you a break" - Larry Bird revealed what Bill Walton did before ...
"Without Dennis Johnson, we'd be a mediocre team" - Larry Bird says there'd be no dynasty in Boston without D.J.
Larry Bird revealed that Dennis Johnson was the most integral piece of the Boston Celtics' 1980s dynasty — the glue guy who ...
"I don't think I ever saw the man shoot that well. The man was on fire" - Robert Parish couldn't stop Kareem in their 1984 Finals duel
"I don't think I ever saw the man shoot that well. The man was on fire" - Robert Parish couldn't stop Kareem in their 1984 ...
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"Haven’t you got anyone on the bench who can guard me?" - M.L. Carr recalls how Larry Bird taunted an entire team during game
"I remember the time when Larry got on a roll, started shooting the ball, every shot was going in," Carr remembered via ESPN ...
Celtics Legend Says He Played With The Best All-White Team Ever: "I Got Larry Bird, Kevin McHale..."
Celtics Legend Says He Played With The Best All-White Team Ever: "I Got Larry Bird, Kevin McHale..." originally appeared on ...