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- So, Who's Coming in Second Place?
- “I’mma Put On a Show For You”
- The Damage Is Done.
- “I Am the Best F**king Shooter in the League”
- “From The Trainer’s Lap!” – Bird Drops 60 on The Hawks
- “Who’s Playing For Second?” – Bird in The Three Point Shoot Out
- “You Can’T Guard Me” – Larry Bird vs Clyde Drexler
- “Fly Bird” – Larry vs Brad Daugherty
- “That’s A Heat Check” – Larry Got Hot
- “I’ma Put A Show on For You” – Bird vs Magic
- “You Said You Were Going to Kick His Ass” – Bird vs Elvin Hayes
- “I’m Going to Get The Ball” – Bird Game Winner vs Washington
- “I’m Going to Play This One Left-Handed” – Bill Walton Recalls
- “Give Me The Ball and Get Out The Way” – Ml Carr on Bird
We’ll allow Doc Rivers to tell the story: “Bird got in the zone and he started calling the shots, he started saying “off the glass”, that was the one game I think he tortured Dominique. “He saw Dominique as this up and coming player and he just tortured him, mentally. He tortured all of us, he was calling shots,”off the glass” “who’s next”, “where ...
“Larry walks in and says I hope all you guys in here are thinking about second place, because I’m winning this…’EXCUSE ME?!’ “And he started shooting and he just didn’t miss.” Of course, he won, lifting his finger in the air before the final shot went in, and not even removing his warm up jacket. The following year, in the same All-Star 3-point sho...
Clyde Drexler has a memory of Larry from his rookie year: “I was guarding him my rookie year, he looked at me and he goes “you can’t stop me”…I looked at him and said “gosh, boy you’re so confident”. He goes “Confident? You’re a rookie, you don’t know anything!” “He proceeded to score 10 straight points on me, coach took me out the game, he walks b...
Brad Daugherty talks about the time Bird got him: “Larry Bird catches the ball in the corner and I take off running at Larry Bird, and right when he’s getting ready to shoot, I jump and as I go by him, he tells me “fly, bird” and I go right by him, he shoots the ball and it’s nothing but nylon.” Source: ESPN Classic
“I remember the time when Larry got on a roll, started shooting the ball, every shot was going in. He run by the bench and goes “that’s a heat check to see how hot I am,” he runs by Frank Layden who’s the funniest guy in the league and Frank is coaching and Larry says to him: “Hey, Frank, haven’t you got anyone on the bench who can guard me? Becaus...
Magic Johnson was injured in one match up with the Celtics, but that didn’t stop Bird going over to have a word: “I’ve got a pulled hamstring so I’m not playing. He walks down to me and says “man, I’m sorry you’re not playing, but I’ma tell you what, you’re here I’m a put on a show for you, so you just sit back and watch.” “I’m like “Get out of my ...
Kevin McHale tells the story: “I was getting ready to start a game, get up to the jumpball, and Larry says, out of the blue, he says “go ahead Kevin, tell Elvin Hayes what you told me.” I didn’t tell him anything. He said “GO ahead, you said you were going to kick his ass”. Elvin Hayes was looking at me, and at that point it was hard to say no I di...
“Larry came back to the bench and he was a little upset.” “He looks at the bench”, recalled KC Jones, and says “you guys when I come back in from the timeout I’m going to go right to the same spot and I’m going to kick it in.” “He told Washington he was going to get the ball,” laughed Ford. And sure enough, he hit the shot. Source: ESPN Classic
“At the end of three quarters, the next night in Portland against poor Jerome Kersey, he had 27 points. It was a remarkable performance.” Bird finished with 47 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and dished out 11 assists (21-34 FG). For good measure, he hit the game tying shot to send the game to OT, and then made the game winning shot. Source: ESPN Class...
Bird’s former teammate ML Carr shares a story: “Larry said, ‘you guys want to win the game?’, and I said ‘sure, absolutely!’ he goes, “give me the ball and get out the way!” Source: ESPN Classic
Apr 9, 2020 · Apr 9, 2020. Michael Jordan once said, “Larry Bird is the greatest trash talker and mind-game player of all time. He taught me everything I know about getting in folks’ heads.”. That was ...
Apr 9, 2020 · Getty Image. There have been some great trash-talkers in the storied history of the NBA. Kobe Bryant, Gary Payton, and of course, The GOAT Michael Jordan all immediately come to mind. Heck, Jordan trash-talked the extras on the set of Space Jam, for God’s sake. None of them, however, could do it as well as The Hick from French Lick, Larry Bird.
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Sep 6, 2019 · For no reason other than our own amusement, we’re counting down Bird’s best trash talk moments. 10. Merry f*cking Christmas. Ahead of a Christmas Day game against the Celtics, Chuck Person – who’s nickname at the time was Rifleman – said he was about to go “bird hunting”. When Larry caught wind of Person’s comment, he said he ...
