Tag: Larry Bird

Larry Bird Injured His Finger In A Bar Fight, Won $160 In A Free-Throw Shooting Contest With His Hand Taped Up And Then Played The Next Night With The Money In His Shoe

By Divij Kulkarni

Larry Bird On When He Realized He Would Be Successful In The NBA: “I Think It Probably Took Me Three Days After Rookie Camp… I Can Play In This League And I Can Dominate In This League.”

By Aaditya Krishnamurthy

The Last 40 Finals MVP Award Winners: Michael Jordan Is The Only One With 6 Awards

By Kyle Daubs

Larry Bird’s High School Coach Jim Jones On Bird’s Competitiveness: “I Told Him, ‘If You Can Run Suicides In 30 Seconds I’ll Take You To Sectionals’… Of Course He Did It… His Will To Win Was Ungodly.”

By Divij Kulkarni

Paul George Once Told Epic Story About Larry Bird: “He Rolled Up His Sleeves And Made About 15 In A Row, And Just Walked Out Like Nothing Just Happened.”

By Orlando Silva

Kevin Garnett Reveals What Larry Bird Told Him About Celtics Fans: “They Knew When You Was Playing Hard. They Knew When You Were Giving Your All. They Have A Sense Of Basketball History And They Have High Basketball IQs.”

By Nico Martinez

Larry Bird Never Rooted Against Boston Teams, Even If He Was Part Of The Opposition: “There Is No Sports City Like Boston… I Know How Much Sports Mean To Them.”

By Divij Kulkarni

Dennis Rodman Regrets Saying Larry Bird Would Be An Average Player If He Was Black: “I Made A Mistake But Those Times Were Different, It’s A Different Era These Days, But My Career Escalated From That Point.”

By Aaditya Krishnamurthy

Charles Barkley: “Magic Johnson And Larry Bird Saved The NBA, But Michael Jordan Took It To A Whole Other Level…”

By Nico Martinez

The Last 40 MVP Award Winners: LeBron James Can’t Catch Michael Jordan’s 5 MVP Awards

By Eddie Bitar

1998 NBA Award Winners: Michael Jordan Won His Last MVP Award, Larry Bird Was Coach Of The Year

By Kyle Daubs

Larry Bird Said He Enjoyed Being With The 1992 Dream Team But Admitted His Career Was Over Before That: “When I Left The Celtics, I Left Basketball. My Career Ended When I Left The Boston Celtics.”

By Orlando Silva