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"He can pass over the top of me, put the ball on the floor, he's a great rebounder" - Bernard King explains why Larry Bird gave him nightmares
Obviously, we're matchup up, and you're guarding me, then I got to find Bird on the floor to switch over and defend him, and ...
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How Larry Bird (and Magic Johnson) inspired Michael Jordan to become a champion
It came from a number of factors but in episode 4 of ESPN's 'The Last Dance' on Sunday, Jordan detailed a major source: Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. The duo is widely credited with saving the NBA ...
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"We never talked in 10 years and Bird said, 'You costed me a championship'" - Bernard King refused to join the Celtics to play a backup to Larry Bird
Bernard King revealed Larry Bird once blamed him for missing out on a championship after King chose to start in Washington ...
"I see it happen with Larry Bird more often than any player" - Danny Ainge hails Larry Bird as the most unstoppable scorer of his era
Former Boston Celtics guard Danny Ainge firmly believed that "Larry Legend" was the most consistent and unstoppable scorer of ...
"No one else who can guard me? This is getting ridiculous" - Danny Ainge recalls Larry Bird roasting the Knicks and their coach in MSG
Bird wasn't a loudmouth trying to compensate. He spoke with quiet confidence, throwing out lines that cut deep but didn't beg ...
"He didn't usually trash talk to Magic, Dr. J, guys like that" - Danny Ainge on why Larry Bird directed most vicious trash talk to coaches
"He just really wanted to motivate himself," Ainge said of Larry's trash-talking. "But the most characteristic one was he ...
The Salt Lake Tribune15d
Letter: It’s time for Utah Jazz to go big game hunting for a new CEO
It’s time for Ryan Smith to fire Danny Ainge. The fifth-place finish in the NBA lottery was the last straw. This guy’s ideas have gone nowhere. Most depressingly, he has erased the mantra of ...
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Chuck Daly knew better than to mock struggling Larry Bird in 1988 ECF: "You never know when it will come back"
Larry Bird struggled in the first three games of the 1988 Eastern Conference Finals against the Detroit Pistons. Still, Chuck Daly knew the Boston Celtics legend could turn things around at any given ...
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‘I belong in New York’ – Larry Bird was almost a Knick but instead clinched epic 1984 playoff series for Celtics
And a lot of that is credit to Larry Legend. Larry Bird had one of the best performances of his career in that series against the Knicks, out-dueling Bernard King on the other side. Bird averaged ...
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"I had three great plays in a row, and all of a sudden, he subs me for Danny Manning" - Robert Horry explained why he threw the towel in the face of his coach, Danny Ainge
It was one thing that Horry already had a bias against Ainge, but it was also another that he never got his game going under Danny's system, as he averaged just 6.9 points and 3.7 rebounds per ...