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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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"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 ...
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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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"Every game we played, I was trying to find a way just to hit that dude" - Byron Scott admitted his hate for Danny Ainge
Los Angeles Lakers rivalry took center stage in the 1980s, most headlines were dominated by the epic showdown between Larry Bird and ... one of them being Danny Ainge, whose energy and playing ...
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"It's disappointing that so many relationships I had with people fell apart" - Bird on why he won't ever consider a front office role with the Celtics
For Larry Bird, his storied run with the Boston Celtics ... Despite the many changes the Celtics have undergone in the years since — with Danny Ainge's era, Brad Stevens' rise, and a roster ...
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"There's a large amount of guys that's been successful when their playing days are over" - Larry Bird credited Red Auerbach for making Celtics stars successful as front-office ...
In contrast, Celtics icons like Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Danny Ainge seamlessly transitioned into different roles - a phenomenon that "Larry Legend" credits to the influence on Red Auerbach.
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Dwyane Wade on Utah Jazz: 'It's a slow build'
We brought in a new coach in Will Hardy, Danny Ainge, and Ryan as a new governor ... with many great Hall of Fame players. We watched Larry Bird, Robert Parish, Kevin McHale, and so forth.