Here's Why LARRY BIRD Is The BEST TRASH TALKER In The NBA!

[Music] basketball is a game of guards forwards sinners and Larry Bird he was a bit of all three sort of a greatest hits album in shorts unbelievable basketball there's like a nightmare and you're playing against him now because he does so many things on the court what goes through your mind trying to shut down Larry when he's hot or shut him down anytime usually is that's my favorite word when he gets the ball there's no doubt I'm in control of what I do out there I can score any number points my team wants me to if they give me the ball in the right situations I can rebound I can pass his physique is tall six foot nine but not spectacular no gripping biceps some people choke with his nose and mop with blond hair but he arrives at the opponent team's town hangs on in their neighborhood bar drinks a beer later he kills him on the court and goes back to Boston with the team bus longtime NBA radio announcer Ted Davis once told the best trash talker he had seen was Larry Bird he never knew it because you just couldn't see his lips move he had no lips but when Bird was at the free-throw line to close the game rookie Reggie Miller tried to get into bird's head he yelled hey hey when he shoots bird glared at him and said rook I'm the best [ __ ] shooter in the league in the league understand and you're up here trying to tell me something he wore goggles at the game just like Kareem what a legend what does this tell you is he cocky sure when it comes to basketball the beautiful thing about bird is that most of the best stories about him are trash talk stories let's dive deep for more in there before me I haven't scored a point would you kind of brought the guys here that score two points after Craig Hodges won the NBA all-star game three-point contest Sandburg's absence Hodges was asked if the victory was tainted because bird hadn't participated he knows where he can find me was Hodges retort told the Hodges challenged Bird replied yeah at the end of the Bulls bench conference made a pair of bird shoes but last years MVP yep when they made a pair of matchin shoes but this is MVP okay magic show me what you got when the indiana pacers put rookie George McLeod on bird in the closing minutes of the game Byrd yelled over to the Pacers [ __ ] hey I know you guys are desperate but can't you find someone who at least has a prayer after Berg made four straight baskets with brightman Guardian he ran over to Chuck Daly and asked who's guarding me Chuck is anyone guarding me you better get so uh know me or I'm gonna go for 60 then he continued the banter the next time he got the ball with Rodman inches away [Applause] Beauty Johnson [Applause] Larry Bird right there for the pass and he scores their distress I started talking a little trash to him Horace Grant recalled I'm saying you're not going to score you're not gonna get this basket I remember him then telling me exactly what he was gonna do to me he says he's gonna fake me left and then he's gonna shoot her right hand hook over me and then he goes and does it and scores the bows defensively let's see if they wind it all the way down you can't double yet now you can cook way [Applause] Larry Bird gives the Boston Celtics cut two-point lead that nails the turnaround on a West Coast trip bird told the entire Dallas Mavericks bench that after the timeout aims the inbounds to pass to DJ who would hit bird on the corner where bird would step back and take a three so you got that I'm gonna stand right here they'll pass me the ball and the next sound you hear will be the ball hit in the bottom of the net he gets that one so it's a two-point Dallas lead and the Celtics bring it up for it the Larry Bird incredible shot by for the Celtics with 14 seconds to go we're down by three now with four seconds to go they lead by one and here it is no he probably wouldn't have time to get it in there well for seconds he would have but he had such confidence at that shot not quite from that arranged but it was expedient man likes that one and that's exactly what happened bird winked at the Mavericks before heading back down to the other end of the court Knicks forward Charles Smith remembers when bird barked sorry Charlie as he released a long last-second shot to win the game that kind of thing makes you want to jump on a guy [Music] I go to Charles Smith Keith Ford Glen Rice in when birds tried like new up and talking trash that's hard on you it's like driving a stake through your heart Caleb bird greeted Phillip three-point shooting contest participants by asking which one of them would finish in second place behind him Larry Bird a winner the year after Bill Ellis told the press that bird didn't have much to say this year there's no need to talk to this time we all knew who was going to win burn even precipitated a fight with Julius Erving by repeating a single phrase over and over the phrase 42:5 or the number of points each had scored during an easy boston victory [Applause] Cunningham ran right out onto the court is dr. J trying a whole bird bird retaliates and as always if this is throwing up when a fight between J and bird is broken out on the court and Moses Malone takes bird down he's got him in a headlock [Applause] nice going guys and nice shots guys I want to believe J has a lot more class than that but now it's pretty bush what you just saw as the melee that we're watching right now action is some of the stuff that you should never see happen you see Moses Malone number two and Berkeley number 34 holding Larry Bird as good old dr. J ends up taking some free shots at Larry Bird and Moses still has Larry and won't let go and yet he's still in the ball game I hope they save these tapes for the league office because there's gonna be a lot of repercussions about this little Fiasco here in practice one day towards the end of the season coach Casey Jones laughingly offered to let the team go home if one of them could hit a half-court and sank the shot bird grabbed the ball brand a half court and sank the shot everybody went home when Time magazine did a story on bird there was no photo but a painting on the cover because Byrne would not take time from practice to pose Larry this is Time magazine Bird said Bob this is practice New Jersey Nets arrived early at Boston Garden three hours before the final game of the season as the coach Stan al Beck finishes a speech on Birds pregame work ethic the court however was empty a garden assure told the Nets that bird had already finished shooting he pointed into the half-light to the high bleachers across the arena the bird was running steps when the Lakers beat the Celtics by 33 points in Game three of the finals Bird said his teammates played like sissies [Applause] underdogs the subject went on to win the title actually after winning the World Championship after being the MVP of the playoffs MVP of the league what an honor that is MVP of the league sure is you know after going through a tough season like you do then at the end you start bringing in the wors it's a really great feeling but you know you accomplish something most of the pro players man the fancy hotels the network's cameras the paychecks with the obscene number of zeroes they enjoy it the bird kept dribbling and shooting an hour before practice three hours before games I don't think being paid was never a big part in white bird played basketball at all and he talked all the trash his opponents while he was killing every one of them even he once admit that he was bored with simple dribbling shooting I'm like a gymnast I'm in two degree of difficulty which explains his love affair with the game of basketball thanks for watching for more content check out the Larry Bird savage story at the top right or man suggests Chris child's punching Kobe and almost MJ at the below Meg sugar subscribed to OC bball ring that bell for notifications and have a good time

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Id: alhgZO5fOr8

Length: 10min 9sec (609 seconds)

Published: Sun Feb 09 2020