Even Terry Porter had hair. Larry Bird will always be in my top five of all time, he and Magic played the game with a purity that will never be matched.
What people need to realize is that this highlight video is all in one game. Sure you see Kobe doing a lot of the same things as Bird but only in a highlight reel of the entire season. Bird could play like this on command, every night there would be something surprising. He would have multiple amazing highlight moments in just one game, all the time. Watch the entire game when Bird scores 60 on the Hawks in New Orleans, absolutely amazing.
@WilliamTheCeltic -- Totally agree. In that 60-point game, he scored 15 points in the last 2:20 or so. He was also calling his shots to the Hawks. One shot he called was "In the trainer's lap." Sure enough, he made a LONG three, right in front of the Hawks' trainer, then turned around, knelt, and put his hands in the trainer's lap. JUST LIKE HE CALLED IT. If you made a highlight reel of ALL Bird's highlights -- just the highlights -- it would be HOURS long.
I remember ange talking about this game. He said he was just laughing during the game and that it was like a high school star playing in a jr high leauge he just was toying with players.
People step outside ya box and check out the world around you, history! Bird had a complete game, not good but great at more than a few things. Serial killer instinct and tough. I respect players like that, that's all u can do.
@mrmike912 what try 83 Sixters best team in the past 30 yrs and the pistons in the late 80s, remeber the celtics had to get by Sixters to get to the lakers and then the Pistons both of whom were better teams than any team jordan beat. expansion teeams hit in 89 ( Magic & Heat) then in 94( Timber wolves and Grizzles, Raptors ect the era in which jordan won
You watch the early plays and you're like well its just lefty lay-ups. But then he's doing crazy left scoops and hooks down the stretch. I get the feeling he would have done jump shots with the left too if he didn't think the coaches would be yelling at him.
birds shots would not be getting blocked because of his smarts timiming high release jordan was the defensive player of the year and he has played against bird plenty of people could jump back then dominique wilkins ring a bell he wouold take shots when his defender didnt have his feet set and sneaky ways bird would definetly be ok players now dont have skill or very few they rely to heavily on being athletic
47 points , 62% shooting on a LEFT HANDED game. fucking insane. half the scrubs in the NBA today can't even get anywhere near those stats with their shooting hand.
He would be great shooter and passer in todays NBA, but thats that. Most of these shots would be sent to the fifth row. Do you think contested pull ups are shot jumping 2 feet in the air fading away just to look good in NBA. Bird just shoots the shots with almost no contest. You seriously need to start appreciating present NBA, really. Sorry 4 my English ;)
@werturamaster: I beg to differ. The style of play has certainly changed, because coaches have slowed the game way down and the rules favor guys who can drive to the basket. Also, guys are more muscular these days because of performance enhancers and training. However, overall athleticism (speed, quickness, leaping ability, skill level) haven't changed that much in 25 years. Evolution doesn't work that way. Even in 1987, there were great athletes on every team.
@werturamaster: Think about it. You had athletes like Dominique, MJ, Erving, Barkley, Drexler, Kersey, X-Man, Larry Nance, Worthy, Rodman, Pippen, Michael Cooper, David Thompson and Karl Malone, and shot blockers like Ewing, Olajuwon, Sampson, Bol, Eaton and Kareem. Bird still dominated. Was he better than MJ? No. Was he better than Kobe? That's up for debate. Lebron isn't even in the conversation because he's never won anything. Bird will still be a dominant player in today's game.
Guys, you're hilarious. How can anybody say Bird was better than LeBron, KB or MJ. Look at the video. I love Bird and these games, this ol school is very entertaining to watch, but, compared to today, it looks like slow mo! Look at these guys.Apart from that, there are no double teames on Bird, what kind of defence is that? LeBron would murder Larry with his athleticism, he would get in his grill and wouldnt allow him to move. Let alone defence systems that are aplied in NBA right now.
@Funpants94 You're not a Bird fan then. You think that tattoo's that you can't even see, huge undeserving contracts, flash, glitz, commercials, contracts with soul stealing corporations, and hype make for a great talented player, you are dead wrong. Larry Bird would have today's dummies tripping over their shoes they're getting paid to wear.
MJ and Kobe also were better than Larry in transition and finishing at the basket!!! If Larry was more athletic he would be most likely the greatest of all time!!! Larry Bird was unstoppable in any era. He would dominate on any court in the world in any era. He was a Pleasure to watch, he played the game the right way and very unselfish!!
Larry Bird is not better than Kobe or Michael Jordan. Larry was the most impressive player ive ever seen because of what he could do without superior athleticism. When you measure the greatest players of all time you dont go by team or individual accomplishments, you go by there skill set. MJ and Kobe did everything just as well as Larry. You name any aspect of the game they did it just as well as Larry. What seperates Kobe and MJ from Larry is how great of defenders they were
@jaywilson18 Hahahahaha. Kobe Bryant is the most overrated defensive player in the history of the league. Larry Bird while maybe not a great one on one defensive player was one of the best team/help defenders in the league up until he hurt his back. Kobe does everything just as well as Bird? Are you kidding me? It's light and day as far as passing. Bird is so much of a better passer and play maker its not even funny and that's as a forward.
@BarstoolBlues33 -- Amen! Look up another video on YouTube about Bird's defense. When you analyse the statistics (not just the highlights), Bird lands at about 25 -- of ALL TIME. Pat Riley talked about this. Bird knew the offenses of every team in the league. He'd disrupt the offense, which he knew as well as his opponents, and the Lakers would have to go to a long, guarded 3 by Byron Scott instead of an inside feed to Worthy. That does not show in defense stats, just the W-L column.
@2010sheff He was just toying with the opposition. He was trying to perfect his left-hand moves that season and just shot the entire first half with nothing but his left hand.
@2010sheff Bird said at the time he was just bored. I think it was in the middle of the season & he just wanted to do something different. Thats how great he was just screwing around.
Bird also has a career defensive rating that is higher than Jordan, Magic, Lebron, Kobe and Pippen, so the notion that he can't play defense is beyond ridiculous, he's one of the greatest team defenders in history, period.
Geez, why did every standard broadcast camera angle have to be low enough that fans could stand up and block the view? Glad they ended up fixing that issue for the most part...
For the record, only three people have led the league in defensive win shares more times than Larry Bird: Bill Russell (11 times), George Mikan (5 times) and Tim Duncan (5 times). Hakeem, Ben Wallace and Dwight Howard have also led the league four times.
Actually, if I was given the opportunity to draft a franchise team with any player of any era, I'd start Round One with Larry Bird. With Bird, you know you're going to have the right attitude and talent to win.
Some of the people commenting on this video don't understand the reality of Larry Bird. Larry was a basketball genius. He was a great passer, a great shooter, very creative with the ball, capable of using both hands around the basket (as this video clearly shows), and an very good off-the-ball defender. He wasn't a defensive stopper, and he had limited athleticism, but he was probably the most advanced basketball player (in terms of skill-set) of all time.
@Poobutt749 Even you, someone who is obviously a Bird fan, underrate Bird's defense. He led the league in defensive win shares in four different seasons, and had a career defensive rating of 101; that's better than MJ, Pippen, Lebron etc.
The game was at its very strongest in the 80s. Never been a better era in terms of athleticism combined with intelligence and defense. Wish today's game was more like it was in the 80s. I miss my heroes Magic, Jordan, Bird, Stockton, 'Nique and Malone!
@ReklawLah I will have to agree, the evolution of the game hit it's peak at this point, it still had enough fundamental backbone to it, yet guys like Magic, Bird, and Young Jordan etc. gave it an amazing creative edge. beyond Jordan it became to much about the edge as much at pre-1980's it was to much about fundamentals. The ABA had the right idea early on but was rather sloppy in presentation
@TheNeeks6 No, not if he hit most of the shots....Bird could do that because was a genius with the ball. Lebron is fine, but c'mon...respect the legends.
@altohart Larry Bird was my favorite player growing up. I was merely commenting on the cynical nature of today's sports fans. Larry Legend does it because he's a genius, If Lebron did it, I'm suggesting people might be offended. Or perhaps today's sportsmanship code is more pronounced. After all, if anyone is gunning for a meaningless triple-double or 50 pt game, they're justly called out. I'm pretty sure Lebron could make those shots too, since he's actually ambidextrous. Lebron + Dirk = Bird.
@TheNeeks6 For a guy who writes left-handed Lebron's abilities with his left are surprisingly limited on the court. His finishing around the rim is pretty good, but his dribbling is mediocre, he doesn't pass with it very often and you almost never see him use his left for hooks or bank shots, as Larry did so successfully throughout his career.
@TheNeeks6 To be fair, your wrong, Bird does hit hooks and bank shots with his right hand: watch?v=DjcGLGM3emE. Go to the 5:35 (bank portion of the video) and I've seen him make many a right handed hook shot.
@spurs5gooners1 Lebron's skills compared to Bird are really pathetic, he's been in the league 8 years and has, zero postup moves, he's not really a forward, but a point guard, he has to be faced up to the basket at the top of the key with the ball in his hands to be effective. He dominates the ball in a way Bird never had to do.
I used to be very ignorant and think that Bird could not play in the modern era, but I was a fool. He was so bored with the game that he decided to finish everything with the left? What? Wow! I wonder what KC was thinking while he was watching the game, he looked so serious, but you know that he was LOLing inside. I have to give a nod to Bill Simmons for pointing me to this video. Good looks Sports Guy!!
@dfranklin70 absurd to think that bird would not dominate in the modern era. As we already know Bird dominated head to head vs jordan and pipen in the playoffs sweeping them twice 6-0 and won game 3 in chicago without Mccale in 87. At one point in jordan carrer he was 0-10 vs bird. No one would deny that jordan would dominate in today 'sgame and would be the No 1 pick comming out of college today. Since Bird dominated jordan even with pipen we can put that myth to rest with hard evidence.
@fendergibs. The only to get to Larry was to make him play half-court defense or have a player like Bobby Jones or Robert Reid who could defend him from the perimeter and the basket with their arm length. Likewise, they had enough offense to make Bird defend them on the perimeter which he didn't like to do. He loved speed and going up and down because he didn't have to work so hard on defense.
A very young Pippen. I don't think he would dominate the 90's Pippen who had increased his game quite a bit. He would still be Bird, but he would be playing against something completely different. And lets not act like those two teams weren't two of the best ever fielded besides Bird.
You probably think you sound very knowledgeable and basketball savvy right now, but you don't realize that what you said doesn't affect anything that I said. Every point that I made still stands. 90's Pippen is a much better player than 80's Pippen(and a much better defender) and 87 Celtics are among the greatest teams of all time. And your last point about Jordan is in a game in which Pippen didn't even play.
Fuck, I love Bird, Magic, and Jordan. I don't understand why you're trying to downplay Jordan in order to make Bird seem better but lets go. Clearly, Jordan is a scorer. If you're one of those guys that thinks triple doubles show how all around great a player is that's cool, but lets not forget about Jordan's defensive player of the year award and all defensive first team selections. (1988–1993, 1996–1998) That's compared to Larry's 3 second team selections and Magic's none.
@kingcam0775 no jordan is tops too, I'm just stating facts about the direct match-up between Bird & Jordan head to head, as some have suggested that bird is too slow to play in todays game which is absurd. hard to compare eras ,but we all know jordan will still be dominate in today's game, so by citing bird vs jordan stats you can put rest those absurd claims that bird still couldnt dominate today.
And Bird plainly had better teams to begin with than Jordan, as did Magic. Kareem Abdul Jabbar in his prime!!! Mchale, Parrish, Nate Archibald, Cedric Maxwell. His team was freaking stacked for that first championship and for Larry's two other ones, as were all of Magics. The only point I'm trying to make is, it's not fair to put all of those teams success on them (especially Magic during his first chip.) and blame everything on Jordan. (even though his play couldn't have won a chip
@kingcam0775 ture he has a better teams but they were also Playing better teams, early 80s sixters were loaded, Dr J, malone, cheeks, B. jones, tony ect, & of course the lakers & later in the 80s vs the pistons, jordan played who? yes the lakers in the 1st ,but that was clealry on the downside relflecting the weakness of the west. sonics, jazz, suns were good but none compare to the teams the celtics had to play sixters (80-84) or pistons 86-89) or lakers all of who were champs themselves.
I actually think that all of the teams the Lakers played were pretty great. The Suns were better than the Lakers team they played. (who they only beat because of injury's) The Sonics, Jazz, and Blazers were all great teams full of hall of famers. The only reason they weren't champs was the Bulls.
@fendergibs When you say Jordan would be a number 1 pick "today" do you mean in this upcoming draft? I certainly do not think that Jordan would be drafted higher than some of the highly touted prospects that came out of high school at the beginning of the 2000's. When Jordan was coming out of college he didn't have what scouts call an "NBA ready body". He didn't put on that muscle for several years. Excellent centers are more rare than gaurds. Teams will take the chance on big men.
@dfranklin70 When you say Jordan would be a number 1 pick "today" do you mean in this upcoming draft? I certainly do not think that Jordan would be drafted higher than some of the highly touted prospects that came out of high school at the beginning of the 2000's. When Jordan was coming out of college he didn't have what scouts call an "NBA ready body". He didn't put on that muscle for several years. Excellent centers are more rare than gaurds. Teams will take the chance on big men.
@fendergibs How can you say that? Bird succeeded at everything he did, doing whatever he had to do. Everytime Bird had to adjust, he did. What about the summer he blamed himself for losing the championship because he couldn't shoot with his left hand. He shot so much with his left hand after that that some people thought he was left-handed or naturally ambidextrous. Any Bird that shows up in any era is an all-out winner. No doubt.
@fendergibs When Mike was 0-10 against bird most of those games were in the 80's either before Pip or Pip was an all-star. Pip never played in a playoff game against the C's. And w/o McKale they still had DJ, Ainge, Parrish, in 86-87 Bill walton too. That says nothing about the MJ/Bird rivalry b/c Mike had 40 or more against that team too many times to count., but individuals don't win games teams do. That said Bird would dominate in any era but don't disrespect mike w/a faulty premise.
@AwH22311 true my point was to establish that Bird could dominate today despite the games "changes" as there is thoughts that Bird is too slow for today. jordan was the best athleate then and would still be today, thus citing Birds record vs Jordan and Orlando proves that point, not trying to take anything away form jordan's post bird & magic's championships
@fendergibs To your point I totally agree with you because ball fakes, head fakes, basketball IQ, setting and using screens properly, moving w/out the ball, heart and will transcend any era. Larry is a player for the ages. . W/out handchecking a healthy Larry could easily put up 33-38 a game, but he was a team player not concerned w/anything but winning. That's why a disrespect kobe. He threw away titles trying to do it w/out shaq. He could have 7 or 8 if he was really a team player.
@fendergibs I agree that Bird would be a great player and lead a team...probably to a title. But your reference to him "dominating" Jordan is a little silly. Jordan played on extremely sub par teams in the 80's during Bird's prime and still managed to drop 63 points on them at home (record still stands) after putting up 49 the night before.
Now, if you what you really meant was, "Bird's Celtics dominated Jordan's Bulls in the 80's" then you would be 100% correct.
@stematwork jordan had orlando woodridge, john paxon, chales oakly, quinton daley who was ave 15-20 point in the yrs prior and in a yr pippen, Sure Bird had a better starting 5, but jordan did have talent around him & was in his prime as was bird. it was only when bird declined 2/2 injuries and magic was just past his prime in 91 and the league expanded ( diluted talent) did jordan win championships. most triple doubles goes to magic, bird then jordan despite jordan playing 3 yrs longer.
@fendergibs To compare MJ's starting five in the 80's to Bird's (or Magics) is laughable. Jordan was in his prime between 89-93. The L was still vey competitve until the mid 90's...that's when expansion diluted the league. But we're mixing two discussions. Bird V/S MJ and Bulls V/S Celtics. Like i said, the Celtics and Lakers ruled the 80's. MJ, as an individual, was DESTROYING the league statistically during those years...but losing. He needed a team and he needed maturity. See: 1991
@stematwork i said Bird & magic had better teams but MJ did have talent around him from day 1, also Bird & Magic peaked from day 1, jordan took 6 yr to win, Jordan lead in points but magic lead in triple doubles, which would u like to have ?
@stematwork expansion teams, heat 1988, orlando magic 89, (jordan wins 91), raptors & Grizzles 1995, (jordan wins 96) ect....... beside the aged laker 91 team who did he really beat? the jazz & sonics? Celtics & Lakers always had to go though or beat a current champ, except 81 altough the 81 sixters were better than any team jordan faced. (1983 sixters were prob the best team of the modern era) 84 celtics has to beat them, then "only" the lakers in the finals.
Jordan had Quintin Daley's 16ppg in Jordan's rookie year. The year after, Daley played 35 games. I hope your expectations of Jordan isn't THAT high that you'd consider Daley to be a good enough to get Jordan over the mountain. At the same time, Pippen didn't get in until 87-88, and he was a rookie that was a role player at best. Pippen didn't even become a full fledged starter until his 3rd year in the league, 89-90. The following year, the Bulls won against Magic's Lakers.
@JeffSoHorny orlando woodrige was in his prime with jordan. pippen was a rookie the next yr, but being a rookie did not stop Magic from winning the Championship in his 1st yr, playing as a center in the finals. Bird only got rookie of the yr and won the next yrs championship in 81. jordan won his 1st one after 6yrs after Bird & Magic were way past there peak, Bird more than magic, ( back injuries)
So basically, Jordan had Woolridge as his sidekick and that's suppose to be comparable to Magic's Kareem? or Bird's Parish/Maxwell or even Tiny? Even a rookie McHale did better than Pippen. I don't doubt Bird's greatness, but using Magic's achievement to prove a point about Bird? Not to mention, Magic was 6'9 and 255 lbs. That physique is good for a PF those days, but even then that's why they got Chones in because Magic started to get beat down low. Needless to say, TEAM defense!
Jordan led his team in every category except for blocks in his ROOKIE year. Yes, Jordan's 6 rebs a game was good enough to lead his team. Neither Bird or Magic carried there team like that. Why? They had better teams earlier on. Much better teams. I don't think for a moment that anybody would deny that Jordan would have had a better career if he had Parish or Kareem, or ANY capable big man that controlled the paint on both ends of the floor.
Look at the all the past champions starting from 1980. EVERY single championship team had at least a very good big man, or two good big men. From Kareem to Parish to Moses to Laimbeer and Rodman to Hakeem to Duncan and Robinson to Shaq to Bynum and Gasol to KG and Perk. I'm not saying that you NEED to have exceptional big men, although you can see the 30 years of evidence, but ONLY because Jordan proved it with ONLY Grant for the first 3, and ONLY Rodman for the last 3.
Well not to detract from my main point with my other examples, but lol yes I did for two reasons. 1, Perk's rugged and tough D made a presence in the paint that helped KG's style of defense. It was the combination of their styles of defense that really made the C's formidable the last few years, not JUST KG's. 2, As sad as it is, Perkins, especially with barely any big men in the league today, is a better center than Luc Longley ever was and Bill Cartwright was in his Chicago days.
@JeffSoHorny u cannot compare luc longley and kendrick perkins. kendrick perkins cant shoot 8 feet outside the basket, nor can he pass the ball. u mustve forgotten about shaq jermaine oneal rasheed wallace big baby leon powe pj brown and (fk it) nenad krstic. all whom have logged serious minutes for celts since 08....... smokin on that good good horny jeff
Luc Longley? I'd take Perkins over Longley any day of the week, simply because I'm not looking at one side of the floor. Perkins' role was to compliment KG on the post, never to take any part in the offense. On defense, however, Perkins stood out. During there matchups, he was regarded as one of the few potential Dwight Howard stoppers.
PJ didn't do much other than hit that ONE shot. Shaq played for about 20 games of the season. JO, and Nenad played for about 30 games. These 3 were brought in to boost the front line BECAUSE Sheed and Big Baby weren't enough to hold down Perkins' rotation in the Finals in '10. You think it's a coincidence that Celtics were up 3-2 w/ Perk and then lost 2 straight once he got hurt? Coincidence Perk won w/ 08 Celtics? Would Longley have prevented Jordan from winning the championship?
@JeffSoHorny ... stop tryin to justify putting perk in same sentence as "duncan robinson".... all perkins does is play defense cuz hes huge strong young and was brought up by hall of famers. has no hand eye coordination. an eight foot jumpshot is cause for celebration.... not saying his role isnt important but not worthy of greatness...... they traded him before playoffs last year....... just saying, not saying it was right move....just sayin...
ALL Perkins does is play defense? If Perk didn't play defense, he would be Kwame Brown 2.0. I agree with that, but you're completely underestimating how few players actually PLAY defense. I've reiterated 3x now that I never put him in because he was worthy of being in the same sentence as everyone else I mentioned. IT'S BECAUSE OF HIS ROLE WITH KG. They traded him for COMPLETELY different reasons, let's not start that. They lost after they traded him. Think about that one
I'll be sure to do that once you actually break through some of the logic. Better yet, I'll do that once you stop nitpicking Perkins on that list. Pretend he's not on that list anymore, you have anything to say about my main point? Or do you, again, just like to nitpick on Perkins?
@JeffSoHorny ok jeff.... a list is a list. if u had a list of the 5 most beautiful cities in america and u included el paso texas on that list, your list would suck.
If you don't want Perkins on that list, then take him off your list. I put him in because of the impact that he had WITH KG. Regardless, I'm done talking about that. If anything, dare you argue about my main point about that list? Or did you just want to nitpick on Perkins?
Look how much nicer the game flows without people trying to draw fouls every possession. I'm not a celtics fan, but this is a real Celtic legend, not the crybaby Paul Pierce. (Bill simmons ftw haha)
This reminds me of when I used to give a damn about the NBA in general instead of just the Celtics now. As a little kid growing up, we got Celtics games a lot on CBS and so I grew up watching the teamwork of Bill Russell, John Havilicek, Sam Jones, Bailey Howell, and Dennis Johnson, etc. Bird scores 47 in this game... but look at that passing.... wow. Just go to 2:50 and watch him fake 3 guys up in the air, and pass underneath them to the wide open guy 5 feet from the bucket.
KHAYES thats like people saying you live off food stamps, your uneducated, and you have a nose like tucan sam....dont use stereotypes cuz they might be wrong more often then right
Left handed layups? LMAO! Fukk outta here with this shit. What basketball player can't make layups with his left. Show me where he's shooting a jumper left handed. Fukking exaggeration ass muhfukkas.
Even Terry Porter had hair. Larry Bird will always be in my top five of all time, he and Magic played the game with a purity that will never be matched.
swede32matthew 1 day ago
clyde had hair?
dalexisp 1 month ago
What people need to realize is that this highlight video is all in one game. Sure you see Kobe doing a lot of the same things as Bird but only in a highlight reel of the entire season. Bird could play like this on command, every night there would be something surprising. He would have multiple amazing highlight moments in just one game, all the time. Watch the entire game when Bird scores 60 on the Hawks in New Orleans, absolutely amazing.
WilliamTheCeltic 1 month ago
@WilliamTheCeltic -- Totally agree. In that 60-point game, he scored 15 points in the last 2:20 or so. He was also calling his shots to the Hawks. One shot he called was "In the trainer's lap." Sure enough, he made a LONG three, right in front of the Hawks' trainer, then turned around, knelt, and put his hands in the trainer's lap. JUST LIKE HE CALLED IT. If you made a highlight reel of ALL Bird's highlights -- just the highlights -- it would be HOURS long.
MSHkr 5 days ago
78-79 NBA season The Boston Celtics finished 23-59 that was before Birds rookie season.
79-80 Birds rookie season The Boston Celtics finished 61-21 in the regular season.
that was without Parrish and McHale on that team. Bird made the players on his team MUCH BETTER...
geocgeo 2 months ago
I remember ange talking about this game. He said he was just laughing during the game and that it was like a high school star playing in a jr high leauge he just was toying with players.
Bigturns33 2 months ago
didnt he double drible
tavishlaidlaw101 2 months ago
Jordan took 7 years because he had Bird, Magic, and Isaiah in his way...... Duh
kcrockett13 3 months ago
People step outside ya box and check out the world around you, history! Bird had a complete game, not good but great at more than a few things. Serial killer instinct and tough. I respect players like that, that's all u can do.
kcrockett13 3 months ago
Some of you are crazy Bird great player,Magic great player Mike 6-0 Nba finals case closed.
mrmike912 3 months ago
@mrmike912 against who? in a diluted league.
fendergibs 3 months ago
@fendergibs diluted league come on celtics Lakers every year is not a strong league.
mrmike912 3 months ago
@mrmike912 what try 83 Sixters best team in the past 30 yrs and the pistons in the late 80s, remeber the celtics had to get by Sixters to get to the lakers and then the Pistons both of whom were better teams than any team jordan beat. expansion teeams hit in 89 ( Magic & Heat) then in 94( Timber wolves and Grizzles, Raptors ect the era in which jordan won
fendergibs 3 months ago
You watch the early plays and you're like well its just lefty lay-ups. But then he's doing crazy left scoops and hooks down the stretch. I get the feeling he would have done jump shots with the left too if he didn't think the coaches would be yelling at him.
FavreianVengeance 3 months ago
birds shots would not be getting blocked because of his smarts timiming high release jordan was the defensive player of the year and he has played against bird plenty of people could jump back then dominique wilkins ring a bell he wouold take shots when his defender didnt have his feet set and sneaky ways bird would definetly be ok players now dont have skill or very few they rely to heavily on being athletic
getdownbrown83 3 months ago
47 points , 62% shooting on a LEFT HANDED game. fucking insane. half the scrubs in the NBA today can't even get anywhere near those stats with their shooting hand.
hugmeshootme 3 months ago
Whatever, rodman, Pippen are ten times better on defense than Lebron and he shat on them with regularity, bird would dominate todays game as well
drovadose1 4 months ago
He would be great shooter and passer in todays NBA, but thats that. Most of these shots would be sent to the fifth row. Do you think contested pull ups are shot jumping 2 feet in the air fading away just to look good in NBA. Bird just shoots the shots with almost no contest. You seriously need to start appreciating present NBA, really. Sorry 4 my English ;)
werturamaster 4 months ago
@werturamaster: I beg to differ. The style of play has certainly changed, because coaches have slowed the game way down and the rules favor guys who can drive to the basket. Also, guys are more muscular these days because of performance enhancers and training. However, overall athleticism (speed, quickness, leaping ability, skill level) haven't changed that much in 25 years. Evolution doesn't work that way. Even in 1987, there were great athletes on every team.
badpdx 4 months ago
@werturamaster: Think about it. You had athletes like Dominique, MJ, Erving, Barkley, Drexler, Kersey, X-Man, Larry Nance, Worthy, Rodman, Pippen, Michael Cooper, David Thompson and Karl Malone, and shot blockers like Ewing, Olajuwon, Sampson, Bol, Eaton and Kareem. Bird still dominated. Was he better than MJ? No. Was he better than Kobe? That's up for debate. Lebron isn't even in the conversation because he's never won anything. Bird will still be a dominant player in today's game.
badpdx 4 months ago
Guys, you're hilarious. How can anybody say Bird was better than LeBron, KB or MJ. Look at the video. I love Bird and these games, this ol school is very entertaining to watch, but, compared to today, it looks like slow mo! Look at these guys.Apart from that, there are no double teames on Bird, what kind of defence is that? LeBron would murder Larry with his athleticism, he would get in his grill and wouldnt allow him to move. Let alone defence systems that are aplied in NBA right now.
werturamaster 4 months ago
In my opinion only Jordan is better than bird and that's because of his athletic ability.
godsangell12 4 months ago
The most ambidexterous player of all time :D And one of the best players ever :P
hexler4 4 months ago
Left Handed Game?
Were the rules had to be left handed shots, or did they just decide to shoot left handers?
RapRnB4u 4 months ago
Larry bird would play even better against today's NBA.
tobs22 4 months ago
@tobs22 I'm one of the biggest bird fans but that's bullshit...he would not
Funpants94 4 months ago
@Funpants94 You're not a Bird fan then. You think that tattoo's that you can't even see, huge undeserving contracts, flash, glitz, commercials, contracts with soul stealing corporations, and hype make for a great talented player, you are dead wrong. Larry Bird would have today's dummies tripping over their shoes they're getting paid to wear.
tobs22 4 months ago
MJ and Kobe also were better than Larry in transition and finishing at the basket!!! If Larry was more athletic he would be most likely the greatest of all time!!! Larry Bird was unstoppable in any era. He would dominate on any court in the world in any era. He was a Pleasure to watch, he played the game the right way and very unselfish!!
jaywilson18 4 months ago
Larry Bird is not better than Kobe or Michael Jordan. Larry was the most impressive player ive ever seen because of what he could do without superior athleticism. When you measure the greatest players of all time you dont go by team or individual accomplishments, you go by there skill set. MJ and Kobe did everything just as well as Larry. You name any aspect of the game they did it just as well as Larry. What seperates Kobe and MJ from Larry is how great of defenders they were
jaywilson18 4 months ago
@jaywilson18 Im sure both Kobe and MJ would admit that Bird was a better shooter and rebounder.
proggoth 4 months ago
@jaywilson18
Bird was a better shooter, passer, and rebounder that both Kobe and Jordan.
forchamps 4 months ago
@jaywilson18 Hahahahaha. Kobe Bryant is the most overrated defensive player in the history of the league. Larry Bird while maybe not a great one on one defensive player was one of the best team/help defenders in the league up until he hurt his back. Kobe does everything just as well as Bird? Are you kidding me? It's light and day as far as passing. Bird is so much of a better passer and play maker its not even funny and that's as a forward.
BarstoolBlues33 1 month ago
@BarstoolBlues33 -- Amen! Look up another video on YouTube about Bird's defense. When you analyse the statistics (not just the highlights), Bird lands at about 25 -- of ALL TIME. Pat Riley talked about this. Bird knew the offenses of every team in the league. He'd disrupt the offense, which he knew as well as his opponents, and the Lakers would have to go to a long, guarded 3 by Byron Scott instead of an inside feed to Worthy. That does not show in defense stats, just the W-L column.
MSHkr 5 days ago
Larry looked like he was playing at the park in this game against some young kids!!! Absolute confidence and unstoppable!!
jaywilson18 4 months ago
damn , he has a very good rebounding and passing skill
i thought he was only a great scorer
AlvinTanasta 5 months ago
@AlvinTanasta the greatest part of Larry Birds game was that he was such a team player
Vergecurtis 4 months ago
Where's the help defense?
JeanPhilippe1313 5 months ago
How is Larry not the greatest of all time ?
He is easily the most talented individual to ever grace a basketball court.
Magic Johnson is 2nd, and Jordan is 3rd.
rg31andonly 5 months ago
Larry decided to go left handed on everybody. Also he had a triple double in the 3rd quarter. And im most impressed by larry's passing as usual
sneak108 5 months ago
What was wrong with Bird in this one? Why the left hand?
2010sheff 5 months ago
@2010sheff He was just toying with the opposition. He was trying to perfect his left-hand moves that season and just shot the entire first half with nothing but his left hand.
chiggero 5 months ago
@2010sheff Bird said at the time he was just bored. I think it was in the middle of the season & he just wanted to do something different. Thats how great he was just screwing around.
smittyboy13 5 months ago
Anyone knows what Bird's all time shooting percentage is? It has to be mighty damn high.
palpdaddy 6 months ago
2:03 Spectacular DUNK!!!!
pingtv 6 months ago
Not much defense back then, but still, 22 points with the offhand is just crazy good
SLAPCHOPshamwow 6 months ago
I thought this game was a mythological contraption that Bob Ryan made up. I guess its real after all!
FavreianVengeance 6 months ago
With Bill Russell announcing.
noclouds111 6 months ago
bird was ambidextous from birth.
radovlasic12 6 months ago
@radovlasic12 True he wrote signatures with his left hand and shot with his right. Such a unique and smart player
Defender80s 6 months ago
does anyone else wanna beat the crap outta the heads in the way....im tryin to look over and around not realizin its a video haha
SHOCKstarMIKE 7 months ago
Bird also has a career defensive rating that is higher than Jordan, Magic, Lebron, Kobe and Pippen, so the notion that he can't play defense is beyond ridiculous, he's one of the greatest team defenders in history, period.
wwwDOTbasketball-referenceDOTcom/leaders/def_rtg_careerDOThtml
MerkinMuffly 7 months ago
Wow, at 1:04, there are 4 white guys on the Celtics.
genghiskwon73 7 months ago
Geez, why did every standard broadcast camera angle have to be low enough that fans could stand up and block the view? Glad they ended up fixing that issue for the most part...
sharpie1988 7 months ago
For the record, only three people have led the league in defensive win shares more times than Larry Bird: Bill Russell (11 times), George Mikan (5 times) and Tim Duncan (5 times). Hakeem, Ben Wallace and Dwight Howard have also led the league four times.
spurs5gooners1 7 months ago
Actually, if I was given the opportunity to draft a franchise team with any player of any era, I'd start Round One with Larry Bird. With Bird, you know you're going to have the right attitude and talent to win.
ReklawLah 8 months ago
Some of the people commenting on this video don't understand the reality of Larry Bird. Larry was a basketball genius. He was a great passer, a great shooter, very creative with the ball, capable of using both hands around the basket (as this video clearly shows), and an very good off-the-ball defender. He wasn't a defensive stopper, and he had limited athleticism, but he was probably the most advanced basketball player (in terms of skill-set) of all time.
Poobutt749 8 months ago
@Poobutt749 Even you, someone who is obviously a Bird fan, underrate Bird's defense. He led the league in defensive win shares in four different seasons, and had a career defensive rating of 101; that's better than MJ, Pippen, Lebron etc.
spurs5gooners1 7 months ago
@spurs5gooners1 Larry Bird Defense: watch?v=Z7Ixy8Uttq0 'Nuff said.
MerkinMuffly 7 months ago
The game was at its very strongest in the 80s. Never been a better era in terms of athleticism combined with intelligence and defense. Wish today's game was more like it was in the 80s. I miss my heroes Magic, Jordan, Bird, Stockton, 'Nique and Malone!
ReklawLah 8 months ago
@ReklawLah I will have to agree, the evolution of the game hit it's peak at this point, it still had enough fundamental backbone to it, yet guys like Magic, Bird, and Young Jordan etc. gave it an amazing creative edge. beyond Jordan it became to much about the edge as much at pre-1980's it was to much about fundamentals. The ABA had the right idea early on but was rather sloppy in presentation
Survivor87 1 month ago
If Lebron did this today, he would get crucified.
TheNeeks6 8 months ago
@TheNeeks6 Really ?
babbacadabra 8 months ago
@TheNeeks6 No, not if he hit most of the shots....Bird could do that because was a genius with the ball. Lebron is fine, but c'mon...respect the legends.
altohart 8 months ago
@altohart Larry Bird was my favorite player growing up. I was merely commenting on the cynical nature of today's sports fans. Larry Legend does it because he's a genius, If Lebron did it, I'm suggesting people might be offended. Or perhaps today's sportsmanship code is more pronounced. After all, if anyone is gunning for a meaningless triple-double or 50 pt game, they're justly called out. I'm pretty sure Lebron could make those shots too, since he's actually ambidextrous. Lebron + Dirk = Bird.
TheNeeks6 8 months ago
@TheNeeks6 For a guy who writes left-handed Lebron's abilities with his left are surprisingly limited on the court. His finishing around the rim is pretty good, but his dribbling is mediocre, he doesn't pass with it very often and you almost never see him use his left for hooks or bank shots, as Larry did so successfully throughout his career.
spurs5gooners1 7 months ago
@spurs5gooners1 To be fair, he doesn't hit jump hooks and bank shots with his right either.
TheNeeks6 7 months ago
@TheNeeks6 To be fair, your wrong, Bird does hit hooks and bank shots with his right hand: watch?v=DjcGLGM3emE. Go to the 5:35 (bank portion of the video) and I've seen him make many a right handed hook shot.
MerkinMuffly 7 months ago
@MerkinMuffly Dude, you should probably read the whole exchange. I wasn't talking about Bird.
TheNeeks6 7 months ago
@spurs5gooners1 Lebron's skills compared to Bird are really pathetic, he's been in the league 8 years and has, zero postup moves, he's not really a forward, but a point guard, he has to be faced up to the basket at the top of the key with the ball in his hands to be effective. He dominates the ball in a way Bird never had to do.
MerkinMuffly 7 months ago
The shooting is great, but man, his PASSING in this clip...
TonyBono 9 months ago
Larry was a machine
donneric 9 months ago
Larry was a machine schooled everybody
donneric 9 months ago
/watch?v=8mEKgxDS9zQ This is betther
cChance70 9 months ago
I sometimes give my wife an orgasm with my left hand
how about that
8anaban 9 months ago
@ 2:04 Snow-Bird
theluckyfriends 10 months ago
@ 2:04 Snow-Bird
theluckyfriends 10 months ago
@robkaos Daddy. I like you even better, LOL
wasabiluver 10 months ago
my fav player of all time, dude would torch lebrick
kaiiu1000 11 months ago
Absolutely dominating.
D2JX 11 months ago
Scott Wedman sighting...
tapemeasureshot 11 months ago
Bird is one of the top 5-10 best of all-time, but it's not like he was shooting 3 pointers with his left-hand. He had an amazing game nonetheless.
MrShb600 11 months ago
Thats why he is the best ever!
elgriego331 11 months ago 14
HARDCORE slam-dunk by Bird at 2:06
12bogart12 11 months ago
They crazy?! (Portland) I can't count the amount of times they gave Bird good looks at the basket!! Idiots :) War Bird!
terrorofsesameST 11 months ago
Sam Bowie is your typical overrated kentucky dufus.
adheckle 11 months ago
Sam Bowie is your typical overrated kentucky dufus.
adheckle 11 months ago
I used to be very ignorant and think that Bird could not play in the modern era, but I was a fool. He was so bored with the game that he decided to finish everything with the left? What? Wow! I wonder what KC was thinking while he was watching the game, he looked so serious, but you know that he was LOLing inside. I have to give a nod to Bill Simmons for pointing me to this video. Good looks Sports Guy!!
dfranklin70 11 months ago
@dfranklin70 absurd to think that bird would not dominate in the modern era. As we already know Bird dominated head to head vs jordan and pipen in the playoffs sweeping them twice 6-0 and won game 3 in chicago without Mccale in 87. At one point in jordan carrer he was 0-10 vs bird. No one would deny that jordan would dominate in today 'sgame and would be the No 1 pick comming out of college today. Since Bird dominated jordan even with pipen we can put that myth to rest with hard evidence.
fendergibs 9 months ago 39
@fendergibs. The only to get to Larry was to make him play half-court defense or have a player like Bobby Jones or Robert Reid who could defend him from the perimeter and the basket with their arm length. Likewise, they had enough offense to make Bird defend them on the perimeter which he didn't like to do. He loved speed and going up and down because he didn't have to work so hard on defense.
Ariamaluum 9 months ago
@fendergibs
A very young Pippen. I don't think he would dominate the 90's Pippen who had increased his game quite a bit. He would still be Bird, but he would be playing against something completely different. And lets not act like those two teams weren't two of the best ever fielded besides Bird.
kingcam0775 9 months ago
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fendergibs 9 months ago
@fendergibs
You probably think you sound very knowledgeable and basketball savvy right now, but you don't realize that what you said doesn't affect anything that I said. Every point that I made still stands. 90's Pippen is a much better player than 80's Pippen(and a much better defender) and 87 Celtics are among the greatest teams of all time. And your last point about Jordan is in a game in which Pippen didn't even play.
kingcam0775 9 months ago
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fendergibs 9 months ago
@fendergibs
Fuck, I love Bird, Magic, and Jordan. I don't understand why you're trying to downplay Jordan in order to make Bird seem better but lets go. Clearly, Jordan is a scorer. If you're one of those guys that thinks triple doubles show how all around great a player is that's cool, but lets not forget about Jordan's defensive player of the year award and all defensive first team selections. (1988–1993, 1996–1998) That's compared to Larry's 3 second team selections and Magic's none.
kingcam0775 9 months ago
@kingcam0775 no jordan is tops too, I'm just stating facts about the direct match-up between Bird & Jordan head to head, as some have suggested that bird is too slow to play in todays game which is absurd. hard to compare eras ,but we all know jordan will still be dominate in today's game, so by citing bird vs jordan stats you can put rest those absurd claims that bird still couldnt dominate today.
fendergibs 9 months ago
@fendergibs
And Bird plainly had better teams to begin with than Jordan, as did Magic. Kareem Abdul Jabbar in his prime!!! Mchale, Parrish, Nate Archibald, Cedric Maxwell. His team was freaking stacked for that first championship and for Larry's two other ones, as were all of Magics. The only point I'm trying to make is, it's not fair to put all of those teams success on them (especially Magic during his first chip.) and blame everything on Jordan. (even though his play couldn't have won a chip
kingcam0775 9 months ago
@kingcam0775 ture he has a better teams but they were also Playing better teams, early 80s sixters were loaded, Dr J, malone, cheeks, B. jones, tony ect, & of course the lakers & later in the 80s vs the pistons, jordan played who? yes the lakers in the 1st ,but that was clealry on the downside relflecting the weakness of the west. sonics, jazz, suns were good but none compare to the teams the celtics had to play sixters (80-84) or pistons 86-89) or lakers all of who were champs themselves.
fendergibs 9 months ago
@fendergibs
I actually think that all of the teams the Lakers played were pretty great. The Suns were better than the Lakers team they played. (who they only beat because of injury's) The Sonics, Jazz, and Blazers were all great teams full of hall of famers. The only reason they weren't champs was the Bulls.
kingcam0775 9 months ago
@fendergibs When you say Jordan would be a number 1 pick "today" do you mean in this upcoming draft? I certainly do not think that Jordan would be drafted higher than some of the highly touted prospects that came out of high school at the beginning of the 2000's. When Jordan was coming out of college he didn't have what scouts call an "NBA ready body". He didn't put on that muscle for several years. Excellent centers are more rare than gaurds. Teams will take the chance on big men.
fauxpasgalore 9 months ago
@dfranklin70 When you say Jordan would be a number 1 pick "today" do you mean in this upcoming draft? I certainly do not think that Jordan would be drafted higher than some of the highly touted prospects that came out of high school at the beginning of the 2000's. When Jordan was coming out of college he didn't have what scouts call an "NBA ready body". He didn't put on that muscle for several years. Excellent centers are more rare than gaurds. Teams will take the chance on big men.
fauxpasgalore 9 months ago
@fauxpasgalore i mean he would still be the no 1 player today
fendergibs 9 months ago
@fauxpasgalore John Wall had a similar build to Jordan '84 Jordan, except he was 2 inches shorter.
TheNeeks6 8 months ago
@fendergibs Celtics not Bird He was on a great team ! I do agree with your statement though he would be tops in any era
babbacadabra 8 months ago
@fendergibs How can you say that? Bird succeeded at everything he did, doing whatever he had to do. Everytime Bird had to adjust, he did. What about the summer he blamed himself for losing the championship because he couldn't shoot with his left hand. He shot so much with his left hand after that that some people thought he was left-handed or naturally ambidextrous. Any Bird that shows up in any era is an all-out winner. No doubt.
mckennal1851 7 months ago
@fendergibs Some people have no idea....
maneshdesilva 7 months ago
@fendergibs Yeah I've seen games where Bird would make Pip look like an amateur. He'd run him off screens so bad and would fake his head out.
uberathlete 5 months ago
@fendergibs When Mike was 0-10 against bird most of those games were in the 80's either before Pip or Pip was an all-star. Pip never played in a playoff game against the C's. And w/o McKale they still had DJ, Ainge, Parrish, in 86-87 Bill walton too. That says nothing about the MJ/Bird rivalry b/c Mike had 40 or more against that team too many times to count., but individuals don't win games teams do. That said Bird would dominate in any era but don't disrespect mike w/a faulty premise.
AwH22311 5 months ago
@AwH22311 true my point was to establish that Bird could dominate today despite the games "changes" as there is thoughts that Bird is too slow for today. jordan was the best athleate then and would still be today, thus citing Birds record vs Jordan and Orlando proves that point, not trying to take anything away form jordan's post bird & magic's championships
fendergibs 5 months ago
@fendergibs To your point I totally agree with you because ball fakes, head fakes, basketball IQ, setting and using screens properly, moving w/out the ball, heart and will transcend any era. Larry is a player for the ages. . W/out handchecking a healthy Larry could easily put up 33-38 a game, but he was a team player not concerned w/anything but winning. That's why a disrespect kobe. He threw away titles trying to do it w/out shaq. He could have 7 or 8 if he was really a team player.
AwH22311 5 months ago
@fendergibs I agree that Bird would be a great player and lead a team...probably to a title. But your reference to him "dominating" Jordan is a little silly. Jordan played on extremely sub par teams in the 80's during Bird's prime and still managed to drop 63 points on them at home (record still stands) after putting up 49 the night before.
Now, if you what you really meant was, "Bird's Celtics dominated Jordan's Bulls in the 80's" then you would be 100% correct.
stematwork 3 months ago
@stematwork jordan had orlando woodridge, john paxon, chales oakly, quinton daley who was ave 15-20 point in the yrs prior and in a yr pippen, Sure Bird had a better starting 5, but jordan did have talent around him & was in his prime as was bird. it was only when bird declined 2/2 injuries and magic was just past his prime in 91 and the league expanded ( diluted talent) did jordan win championships. most triple doubles goes to magic, bird then jordan despite jordan playing 3 yrs longer.
fendergibs 3 months ago
@fendergibs To compare MJ's starting five in the 80's to Bird's (or Magics) is laughable. Jordan was in his prime between 89-93. The L was still vey competitve until the mid 90's...that's when expansion diluted the league. But we're mixing two discussions. Bird V/S MJ and Bulls V/S Celtics. Like i said, the Celtics and Lakers ruled the 80's. MJ, as an individual, was DESTROYING the league statistically during those years...but losing. He needed a team and he needed maturity. See: 1991
stematwork 3 months ago
@stematwork i said Bird & magic had better teams but MJ did have talent around him from day 1, also Bird & Magic peaked from day 1, jordan took 6 yr to win, Jordan lead in points but magic lead in triple doubles, which would u like to have ?
fendergibs 3 months ago
@stematwork expansion teams, heat 1988, orlando magic 89, (jordan wins 91), raptors & Grizzles 1995, (jordan wins 96) ect....... beside the aged laker 91 team who did he really beat? the jazz & sonics? Celtics & Lakers always had to go though or beat a current champ, except 81 altough the 81 sixters were better than any team jordan faced. (1983 sixters were prob the best team of the modern era) 84 celtics has to beat them, then "only" the lakers in the finals.
fendergibs 3 months ago
@fendergibs
Jordan had Quintin Daley's 16ppg in Jordan's rookie year. The year after, Daley played 35 games. I hope your expectations of Jordan isn't THAT high that you'd consider Daley to be a good enough to get Jordan over the mountain. At the same time, Pippen didn't get in until 87-88, and he was a rookie that was a role player at best. Pippen didn't even become a full fledged starter until his 3rd year in the league, 89-90. The following year, the Bulls won against Magic's Lakers.
JeffSoHorny 3 months ago
@JeffSoHorny orlando woodrige was in his prime with jordan. pippen was a rookie the next yr, but being a rookie did not stop Magic from winning the Championship in his 1st yr, playing as a center in the finals. Bird only got rookie of the yr and won the next yrs championship in 81. jordan won his 1st one after 6yrs after Bird & Magic were way past there peak, Bird more than magic, ( back injuries)
fendergibs 3 months ago
@fendergibs
So basically, Jordan had Woolridge as his sidekick and that's suppose to be comparable to Magic's Kareem? or Bird's Parish/Maxwell or even Tiny? Even a rookie McHale did better than Pippen. I don't doubt Bird's greatness, but using Magic's achievement to prove a point about Bird? Not to mention, Magic was 6'9 and 255 lbs. That physique is good for a PF those days, but even then that's why they got Chones in because Magic started to get beat down low. Needless to say, TEAM defense!
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@fendergibs
Jordan led his team in every category except for blocks in his ROOKIE year. Yes, Jordan's 6 rebs a game was good enough to lead his team. Neither Bird or Magic carried there team like that. Why? They had better teams earlier on. Much better teams. I don't think for a moment that anybody would deny that Jordan would have had a better career if he had Parish or Kareem, or ANY capable big man that controlled the paint on both ends of the floor.
JeffSoHorny 3 months ago
@fendergibs
Look at the all the past champions starting from 1980. EVERY single championship team had at least a very good big man, or two good big men. From Kareem to Parish to Moses to Laimbeer and Rodman to Hakeem to Duncan and Robinson to Shaq to Bynum and Gasol to KG and Perk. I'm not saying that you NEED to have exceptional big men, although you can see the 30 years of evidence, but ONLY because Jordan proved it with ONLY Grant for the first 3, and ONLY Rodman for the last 3.
JeffSoHorny 3 months ago
@JeffSoHorny please dont tell me i just read a kendrick perkins reference
bobobbill33 2 months ago
@bobobbill33
Well not to detract from my main point with my other examples, but lol yes I did for two reasons. 1, Perk's rugged and tough D made a presence in the paint that helped KG's style of defense. It was the combination of their styles of defense that really made the C's formidable the last few years, not JUST KG's. 2, As sad as it is, Perkins, especially with barely any big men in the league today, is a better center than Luc Longley ever was and Bill Cartwright was in his Chicago days.
JeffSoHorny 2 months ago
@JeffSoHorny u cannot compare luc longley and kendrick perkins. kendrick perkins cant shoot 8 feet outside the basket, nor can he pass the ball. u mustve forgotten about shaq jermaine oneal rasheed wallace big baby leon powe pj brown and (fk it) nenad krstic. all whom have logged serious minutes for celts since 08....... smokin on that good good horny jeff
bobobbill33 2 months ago
@bobobbill33
Luc Longley? I'd take Perkins over Longley any day of the week, simply because I'm not looking at one side of the floor. Perkins' role was to compliment KG on the post, never to take any part in the offense. On defense, however, Perkins stood out. During there matchups, he was regarded as one of the few potential Dwight Howard stoppers.
greenstreet.weei.*om/sports/boston/basketball/celtics/2011/02/05/inside-the-kendrick-perkins-dwight-howard-matchup/
Replace that * with C
JeffSoHorny 2 months ago
@bobobbill33
PJ didn't do much other than hit that ONE shot. Shaq played for about 20 games of the season. JO, and Nenad played for about 30 games. These 3 were brought in to boost the front line BECAUSE Sheed and Big Baby weren't enough to hold down Perkins' rotation in the Finals in '10. You think it's a coincidence that Celtics were up 3-2 w/ Perk and then lost 2 straight once he got hurt? Coincidence Perk won w/ 08 Celtics? Would Longley have prevented Jordan from winning the championship?
JeffSoHorny 2 months ago
@JeffSoHorny ... stop tryin to justify putting perk in same sentence as "duncan robinson".... all perkins does is play defense cuz hes huge strong young and was brought up by hall of famers. has no hand eye coordination. an eight foot jumpshot is cause for celebration.... not saying his role isnt important but not worthy of greatness...... they traded him before playoffs last year....... just saying, not saying it was right move....just sayin...
bobobbill33 2 months ago
@bobobbill33
ALL Perkins does is play defense? If Perk didn't play defense, he would be Kwame Brown 2.0. I agree with that, but you're completely underestimating how few players actually PLAY defense. I've reiterated 3x now that I never put him in because he was worthy of being in the same sentence as everyone else I mentioned. IT'S BECAUSE OF HIS ROLE WITH KG. They traded him for COMPLETELY different reasons, let's not start that. They lost after they traded him. Think about that one
JeffSoHorny 2 months ago
@JeffSoHorny just watch some kendrick perkins highlight videos for me
bobobbill33 2 months ago
@bobobbill33
I'll be sure to do that once you actually break through some of the logic. Better yet, I'll do that once you stop nitpicking Perkins on that list. Pretend he's not on that list anymore, you have anything to say about my main point? Or do you, again, just like to nitpick on Perkins?
JeffSoHorny 2 months ago
@JeffSoHorny ok jeff.... a list is a list. if u had a list of the 5 most beautiful cities in america and u included el paso texas on that list, your list would suck.
bobobbill33 2 months ago
@bobobbill33
And a point is a point. Whether you felt that there was one bad example among the other 12 good examples, the point still stands.
JeffSoHorny 2 months ago
@bobobbill33
If you don't want Perkins on that list, then take him off your list. I put him in because of the impact that he had WITH KG. Regardless, I'm done talking about that. If anything, dare you argue about my main point about that list? Or did you just want to nitpick on Perkins?
JeffSoHorny 2 months ago
god damn simmons, every time
biggsteve1771 1 year ago
simmons
tobloc 1 year ago
Simmons
sherly85 1 year ago
This game is further proof why Scott Wedman should be considered among the all-time greats.
foodiedave 1 year ago
despite being slow and awkward, his craftiness, vision, sharpshooting and IQ made him a top 5-10 player of all time.
AnonHateMachine 1 year ago
Like a rusty steak knife cutting through a well aged steak.
Figgywithit 1 year ago
Simmons
FilltheVoidMA 1 year ago
6 Blazer fans disliked this video
sugster21 1 year ago
shouldn't this be called the left handed layup game? All his shots from more than 2 feet are with his right hand.
.... btw......... simmons!
dragicon2 1 year ago
Simmons sent me!
pubicenemy1 1 year ago
SIMMONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jcrhea001 1 year ago
simmons
edwards503 1 year ago
Look how much nicer the game flows without people trying to draw fouls every possession. I'm not a celtics fan, but this is a real Celtic legend, not the crybaby Paul Pierce. (Bill simmons ftw haha)
puckheadtd 1 year ago
This reminds me of when I used to give a damn about the NBA in general instead of just the Celtics now. As a little kid growing up, we got Celtics games a lot on CBS and so I grew up watching the teamwork of Bill Russell, John Havilicek, Sam Jones, Bailey Howell, and Dennis Johnson, etc. Bird scores 47 in this game... but look at that passing.... wow. Just go to 2:50 and watch him fake 3 guys up in the air, and pass underneath them to the wide open guy 5 feet from the bucket.
joemikejake 1 year ago
TOTAL SIMMONS!!!!!!!
jlemaire22 1 year ago
SIMMONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mossontherandy 1 year ago
"Our Lite Beer player of the game..." hahaha
sugashane2386 1 year ago
SIMMONS!!! You did it again!
scoop1283 1 year ago
SIMMONS
hippoman87 1 year ago
delete delete
drunkdave00 1 year ago
Six people don't believe in Basketball Jesus.
SweepTheLegYo 1 year ago
simmons!
joyofpepsi 1 year ago
Simmons!
dtmsweeney 1 year ago
simmons!
zmiller152 1 year ago
Simmons
km7734206 1 year ago
Simmons!
kellywalsh24 1 year ago
Simmons!
kellywalsh24 1 year ago
"left handed game" doesn't make any sense. Anything outside of like 12 feet, Bird shoots with his right hand.
aaronbbae 1 year ago
Any person who doesn't think Larry Bird is one of the 5 (3?) best NBA players of all time is not firing on all cylinders.
thespyhunter86 1 year ago
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yellowpools 1 year ago
SIMMONS
yellowpools 1 year ago 6
6 people deserve to have BOTH hands cut off.
Xxqbcrusher55xX 1 year ago
KHAYES thats like people saying you live off food stamps, your uneducated, and you have a nose like tucan sam....dont use stereotypes cuz they might be wrong more often then right
BiGBLuE07ChAmPs 1 year ago
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BiGBLuE07ChAmPs 1 year ago
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BiGBLuE07ChAmPs 1 year ago
Bird may have been white, slow, and couldn't jump, but he also had 1,556 career steals - ranked 27th all-time
beeewl 1 year ago
back then, pros could make free throws.
a1W6av1e8 1 year ago
I remember seeing this game on TV and it was just sick what Bird could do. Just more proof the Blazers are cursed.
jkoff76 1 year ago
Drexler with hair!
J2Cool 1 year ago
mr clutch!
8GRUM8 1 year ago
Left handed layups? LMAO! Fukk outta here with this shit. What basketball player can't make layups with his left. Show me where he's shooting a jumper left handed. Fukking exaggeration ass muhfukkas.
blacksmith1925 1 year ago
@blacksmith1925 if thats the case name another player who scored consistently with their off hand
sopa71479 1 year ago