The ONLY player to average at least 24 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists for a career. That’s right the only one ever

Bird was the founding member of the 50-40-90 club

@1982jeepcj8

2 ай бұрын

And held that average for 4 years

When Bird’s teammates were not getting their points, he would feed them the ball.

Larry did something every game. These insane passes was not unusual...

Larry Bird was a "team" player. Unselfish, passed the ball to a teammate even if he could have made the shot himself. He said giving his teammates the opportunity to handle the ball helped their stat numbers and helped the team to play together, play in sync. Obviously it worked, they were very intun with each other. Robert Parish said the 5,000 baskets he made in his career was due to Bird's unselfish play. Those full court passes were something. Birds accuracy was amazing!! Enjoyed yalls reaction!!

The one thing I liked the most about Bird, is wanted to get everybody to score. He could have made a lot more shots, but he wanted the whole team to help win.

@dedrahiggins1326

2 ай бұрын

Agree - instead of hogging the ball (MJ) he wanted his teammates to get involved. And to this day you will never hear a negative thing about him from any of those guys. He helped them become HOF'ers and they all know it and respect it.

@jeremyhemp8241

2 ай бұрын

He could have averaged 30 a game easily but they wouldnt have got the wins. He was a leader and wanted to get the most out of his teammates. They stepped up consistently. Same with Magic. Thats why they dominated the 80's and transformed the game.

The Bird is the greatest all-around player of all time. That's just the way it is.

Trust me, you show a Larry Bird video and us old heads come running and hit the lake button…. A legend should never be forgotten. Same goes for all those players from the 80s through the 90s… best era in basketball

NBA WAS ACTUALLY STRUGGLING UNTIL THE BIRD VS MAGIC RIVALRY , TODAY'S MILLIONAIRES NEED TO THANK BIRD AND MAGIC

Bird is the best All-around player ever!

15 NBA legends tell how tough bird was

Bird and Magic came into the league the same year and together they definitely changed the game. They both loved passing and making their teammates better. You should watch the excellent documentary "Magic Johnson and Larry Bird: A Courtship of Rivals".

@dedrahiggins1326

2 ай бұрын

Courtship is the best sports documentary ever made.

He did what he wanted 20:26 when he wanted any way he wanted. No one stopped Bird

He averaged 10 rebounds for his career as well. That long pass behind his back that you mentioned was in the first game that the Celtics played after Magic announced his diagnosis and immediate retirement. Bird didn't want to play that game. That pass was a nod to Magic. Bird telling his opponent, heck, sometimes the entire opposing team including the coaches, what he was going to do in the next play... and then doing it. They couldn't stop him from doing it. 🤯

Bird was all about the team & winning......he was one of the most unselfish players in NBA history, always wanting to make sure, all his teammates were part of the game! Great reaction guys 😊 Would love a reaction to Larry's 50 amazing assists video!

Lots of goats, only one legend!

"Jordan made you look slow....Bird made you look stupid"..... LOL

You know about his shooting (founder of the 50-40-90 club!) and his passing...and Bird averaged 10.0 rebounds for his career, too!

New Gen sleep on Bird. He was the worlds best player in the 80's.

@upfront2375

2 ай бұрын

Far better than Luka and Jokic too. If he played today he'd kill the league today and average at least 10-12 FTs a game!

@BDot-dv7lq

2 ай бұрын

Bird is STILL the best basketball player ever. Can you imagine if Bird was born in 2000? With a 3pt line for his whole life before the NBA, Bird might have been a 50/40/90 average for his career.

@upfront2375

2 ай бұрын

@@BDot-dv7lq exactly. He'd average 50-90-40 for his career plus better defensive numbers. Give him the advanced medical support and today's nice shoes.. he be cooking the league for yrs even without needing Lebron's PEDs

@allaneisner4729

2 ай бұрын

Bird definitely talked a lot of trash, but he could back it up! Plus, his trash talk was often very funny.

@allaneisner4729

2 ай бұрын

One of my favourite comments Bird comments was yelling at the opposing coach that he was disrespecting him by putting a white guy on him!

Bird was the OG of just about everything ❤️‍🔥

FYI, Bird's first season in the NBA was the first season with a three point line. It didn't yet exist during his college career.

Bird averaged double digit rebounds and near 50/40/90 shooting for his career, and as you guys said, he made everybody better, not just with assists but by constantly positioning himself to keep executing the fundamentals. The Laker's Michael Cooper (whom Bird said defended him the best) said Bird was even more dangerous off the ball, always moving and doing whatever he could to give his team the best chance to score.

He played baseball. He broke his shooting hand playing baseball right before signing with the Celtics, and kept it a secret from them. Imagine if he didn't mess up his shooting hand and didn't hurt his back, and played for 15+ years.

Larry briefly dabbled in football & baseball but was injured each time. Still, you have to marvel at his range & accuracy IN TRAFFIC!

I’m from Kansas and we take the game seriously..the man who invented basketball, James Naismith was the first basketball coach at Kansas and is buried with his wife at the university cememtary in Lawrence, Kansas..1939..the original 10 Rules of Basketball..are behind glass in a building next to Allen Field House..and KU is the winningest men’s team passing Kentucky 3 years back..plus Wilt Chamberlain played at KU..the only player scoring 100 points ..against the Knicks..1962..Hershey, Pennsylvania..when you put up all the greats from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and today’s LeBrons and Harden and KD, and Kobe, and Curry, and Joker or anyone else..because Bird played with that permanently dislocated forefinger and a bad back doctors could never stabilize, Bird was the best all around player who ever suited up..when you were down 2 with 3 seconds on the clock..Bird would hit a 3..called a dagger three..winning and leaving no time on the clock..that was clutch, but that 50-40-90 thing..that’s another level..and whatever they’re doing now, Bird did it first in the 80’s..before these guys were even born…Bird did it first, and smoother..

Your watching a passing compilation. He was a team player but didn't always pass first. He just did the right thing for his team. Bird was a master of all aspects of the game. Don't assume he's only one thing or another.

fundamentals. bird was the master, the first thing you do when you get the rebound or take it in is to look up.

Even if your favorite team was winning against the Celtics, you had to wait until the buzzer went off at 0:00 to get excited they won. BUT loved watching Larry! He is the GOAT

Bird , Parish and Mckale all hall of famers . 6'10",6'11"and 7" . Best front line ever. The 6th man Walton, also a Hall of famer 7' . Point guard DJ Hall of famer

The Converse they had at that time was called "Converse Weapons" and from what I can recall, they where basically the Air 1's of the 80s.

I saw somewhere that Converse has come out again with the _Weapon._ Bird's were the black ones.

To answer a question, yes. Larry Bird played football. He also played baseball. He was a high school All American!

@lochlanoloughlin1683

2 ай бұрын

Bollix mate... I read this and had to google. Larry played in a double header in 1979 as a dare. As for the football BS 💩 that was a Canadian LB born in 1945 and played CFL for the Saskatchewan Roighriders from '67 to '78. Fact check yourself before spewing nonsense... You've obviously not watched "Magic and Bird a courtship" or anything else pertaing to him because if you had you'd know LB is nothing but the Ultimate hooper... You're a numpty for that comment..

@deannacrownover3

2 ай бұрын

@@lochlanoloughlin1683 WTF does that mean? Larry has been in my to three for forty years. In HIGH SCHOOL, he was an all-american. He played high school football, high school baseball and High School basketball. Not only have I seen the documentary, I watched the rivalry in real time. I don't give a s*** if anybody ever responds to any of my comments. I'm 60 years old I don't need nobody's on the internet making me feel any kind of way. If I want a good feel good about something I'll look at my family.

@lochlanoloughlin1683

2 ай бұрын

@@deannacrownover3 Well you obvs give a 💩 to reply and I too am old enough to have watched him in real time. Did you mean top 3?? Mine too.

This was the video that made my jaw drop. Bird was one of a kind.

Best small forward of all time

Some of the passes werent necessary and thats what made him a great team player. He knew he had to get his whole team involved and if guys like Parish werent getting shots, he would feed them the ball instead of racking up scoring numbers.

@hookedonreactions7649

2 ай бұрын

They also kept the defense confused because they didn’t know what he would do.

@georgelynch6139

2 ай бұрын

Unselfish, a win for the team was more important than individual stats

Good review. You are going to find out Larry Bird easily top 10 all time. Arguably top 5.

Yes, the 60 point game is worth a watch. There's also a great video of the players who were there that day telling stories about it. This is where you'll understand his level of trash talk. "Hilarious Story told by NBA Legends 'He Dropped 60 on us' ". That one.

Hell yeah. Get some trash talking going for your boy. Him calling his shots and no one being able to stop it is nuts.

The OG Goat

His 3-point makes are amazing. What he just did in regular NBA games is amazing.

Bird said he'd love to have played against Jokic. He only wanted to play against the best, and many times he demanded a double team. But white guarding him, he hated that because he thought they were beneath him. He only wanted to be guarded by the most athletic black players. Dominique Wilkins said, "In a half court scenario Larry was evil. You couldn't beat him." Bird is also in Jordan's top five all time. Bird was just built different.

14:00 well oiled machine. There. You nailed it. As amazing as the passes were, his teammates were ready and caught them. You can see a player right now, that passes but the teammates aren't catching them, which is turn over city. The thing about Boston though, after the starting 5... they had no bench.

Larry played baseball. That's how he permanently damaged his finger playing baseball...took his brother's place, if memory serves. His ENTIRE NBA career...Larry played with a diminished feel of the basketball.... Meaning..he was better. 😉

@Alice-xy3fi

2 ай бұрын

I saw an interview in which it was said that Larry's brother was on the other team, and it was he who hit the ball that busted Larry's finder as he tried to field it.

@rustysm8080

2 ай бұрын

@Alice-xy3fi I remembered it differently...but it's been a long time. I was thinking he took his brother's spot on the team...but maybe it was another guy's spot he took. 😊

Possibly the most all around player in hoops history. No holes in his game. Averaged double digit rebounds for his career and even made all-defensive teams.

i dont even know much about basketball but im 55 and any time i hear anybody debating the bball goat i know they arent serious if they arent discussing bird. thank you

A couple thoughts... * First, Bird was just fun to watch! * Second, he got away with a lot of stuff because he was so versatile, opponents had to honor every little twitch or move he made as a threat, which made them overcommit. He dumped a lot of guys onto the floor with a simple step-fake.

Love to video. LB is my favorite player just because he is fun to watch, so much so that I've gone on YT and watched a ton of those old Celtic games. Magic, Kareem, Dr J, Wilkins, IT, Hakeem - so many great, great players left to explore.

LARRY BIRD always looked for the outlet pass. He knew his teammates and he could send a pass to anyone at anytime and also score when he wanted to. He was an interesting individual.

They said Larry could sling the ball hard enough to make your hands sting, or easy enough like a feather so anyone could catch it.

Larry Bird was a Legend before his NBA days. He led Indiana State Sycamores to a 30-0 season in 1979 to nail their spot in the NCAA final against Michigan Spartans w/ Magic Johnson. I have watched videoes of the 79 Sycamores games. He had the passing, shooting, rebounding & court vision skills you see in his NBA career.He put Indiana basketball on the map. I heard you say that Bird made flashy passes. I always think of the Lakers & Magic as flashy. IMO- Bird wanted the win not the show. And his team was rewarded for their efforts, especially Robert Parrish & Kevin McHale.

@MsStolf

2 ай бұрын

Correction- the Sycamores were 33-0 in the 1979 season

Larry, Magic, Kareem, Olijawon, Worthy, McHale, Moncrief, Dr. J, Iceman…..That’s my era.

MJ was swept by Bird in the playoffs both times the Bulls and Celts met.

Same age as,Larry. Today's NBA looks nothing like the league use to.

Would love to see your friend watch the trash talking with you!

Larry broke that all time leading Celtics scorer you saw the following week, McHale score 56 then Larry scored 60 pts. about nine days later

There are 34 outlet/full court passes in that video. Between that, the touch passes, and the way he could put spin on the ball to get it to move how he wanted, Larry was playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, and Baseball out there on the court. Larry wasn't exactly a pass first player. He was a WIN first player, and he knew that the best way to get that win was to get the whole team involved. Him being a threat to score tended to draw defenders, which opened up teammates for easy buckets. Him being a threat to pass also spread defenders out, opening him up to score. It was hard for opposing teams to guard Larry, since he was a threat both ways, and he would punish you both ways. Larry's only real weakness is that he couldn't run all that fast, and his vertical jump was exactly the league average at the time. But in terms of his skills on the court, he had no weaknesses.

Larry and the Celtics were doing all this back in the 80's/early 90's

Best all around player ever no doubt about it.

Here's the crazy about Larry: 1/2 the time he was bored and just entertaining himself. Played a little baseball, no foot ball, something like 30+ full court passes in this edit. This joker is also tough on the rewind key: with longer clips you can see him draw the double or triple while setting up the no look pass.

Check out Larry Bird Welcoming Rookies to the NBA and his Greatest Trashtalking Stories both great videos the trashtalking 1 is a 4 part series. You should check out some Wilt too imo gotta be the most athletic player in NBA history

You guys are so good with this clip. I think that the "pass first" game is so much more fun to watch. And basketball kind of lost that at some point. It just isn't as much fun. I read that Larry Bird would sometimes pass to players whose numbers needed a boost. Like, that's what you're seeing when you go "why didn't he just shoot it?" Because he wanted to pass and boost the other player's numbers. That's how he played. But what's funny is that I think that's kind of what kept the other team off balance a bit.

I noticed a comment in at least one of your previous basketball videos suggesting/requesting that, at least for sports vids, you fill the screen with the game, and put yourself (and guest/s) in the inset, so as to make the games' action easier to follow-- esp. on these older, less clear videos. I'd just like to second that request...or at least, because I'm just a curious person, would like to know why you prefer not to do that. It seems to me an especially good idea with Bird vids, because the man's so slippery and does so much that's unexpected, it'd be great to have that larger view to make it a bit easier to avoid missing some of his coolest move. Meanwhile, I've been loving your reactions, and your and your friends' love of the game, which it's great fun to see...and share, through these vids!

Larry Bird and magic Johnson learned from pistol pete. He was the originator of today's style of play. You should check his college highlights out. There isn't much good footage of Pete from the NBA unfortunately.

There are other trash talking videos on bird too. He was such a team player. We loved it.Joker and Luka both studied bird. He didn't play football but he did play baseball. That's how he injured his finger before he even got signed by the Celtics. You should watch 5 time Larry bird was injured and 4 crazy stories that prove that Larry bird is the toughest nba player. Coach knight said Bird had the best eye hand coordination that he saw. At some point you guys need to watch courtship of rivals too it's about bird and magic . Yes wear the shoes and video . Would be fun to see! Love watching you guys reaction to bird. Bird never disappoints ❤

Converse Weapons just got Re-released recently. They were comfy but heavy. You would never wear them to a pool party because if you fell in the pool they were going to drag you right down to the bottom.

I saw Bird say somewhere that he used those long-range passes later in his career (when he had issues with his back and his feet) to get a break from running the floor. That might be part of the reason there are so many of them, but a lot of it is just his uncanny awareness of where everyone on the court is at all times and his teammate's commitment to using that superpower.

They all got it from the legend Pistol Pete Maravich, he was basketball's original Showtime and the best player of the 70s. In 1977 Pete scored 68 points against the Knicks before there was a three-point line. To this day Pete is the NCAA all-time scoring leader with 3,667 points and he did it all in just 3 years 68 69 and 70 while averaging 44.2 points a game all before there was a three-point line. You guys should check out some of his videos.

You mentioned Le Bron's similarity to Larry, so I wanted to mention having seen an interview in which LeBron talked about how Bird was no way just a shooter, but had an all-around complete game, being a great passer, etc. He also credited his having studied Bird with his own widened view of the possibilities of his position. Last, I also saw an interview with LeBron in which he was asked to name his top 3 GOATs and he not only named Bird, but mentioned him first. I don't know if that meant Bird was his #1 GOAT, but it was, at the very least, Bird's name that came first to his mind. And YES!! Would LOVE to see you e-watch the trash talk vid(s) with your friend (I can't recall now which you chose, but it would be great if you chose the one(s) in which the players themselves related their Bird stories (rather than one of the vids in which the narrator re-tells it rather than letting the players, including the greats, tell us what Bird did/said, and what it was like for them). Thanks for another great reaction, and for the fun of letting us watch your friends get their first real experience of Bird. p.s. Another video to react to, that will give you a whole new appreciation of another side of Bird: 5 Times Larry Bird was injured but REFUSED to quit kzread.info/dash/bejne/g4Z8vLaohqSrdqQ.html&ab_channel=UncutHoops I'd be willinlg to bet big bucks (if I had 'em) this wil completely blow your mind, and up your respect for Bird a ton, as a person as well as a player).

Larry Legend is fun to watch! Guessing the amount of his assists....6. Look it up and it's 6. 😃 👍

Even though obviously Larry scored a lot himself, he was not selfish, the ultimate team player always looking for the best shot, whoever might be in the best position for it.

Look up his highlights just inbounding the damn ball. It goes way longer than inbound highlights should. Unbelievable!

Here’s a hint to why Larry was hard to guard. Watch a video of Larry signing a contract or autograph, he is left handed. Baseball was his first love and his older brothers were right handed. When your family is poor, you learn to throw tight handed if you want to wear your brother’s glove. He taught himself to throw and shoot right handed. Watch how often he passes and shoots left handed every game. How do you stop a player who shoots right handed but switches to left when you try and block his shot? He switches and it is so natural it is easy to miss. I am a lefty and watched Bird play for years and never realized he was a lefty until I saw him sign a jersey. At first I thought the image was reversed but it wasn’t. Phiil

Bird started it and no other passed the long ball like him. Not even close

A dynamic duo

Geeez his mo look passing is unreal

Wes Unseld of the Baltimore Bullets. 1970s, was also known for his full court passes. He would launch them with a double chest push pass.

Yes, Bird often passed up a shot in favour of giving a teammate a shot. You have to keep all your teammates involved and Larry was very good at that!

His touch passes are deserving of the moniker legend alone.

Bird actually also played baseball for a short time at ISU.

LARRY BIRD was the best player that I ever seen, he was on par with Jordan.

Instant Like 👍 Since you're reacting to "Larry Legend" react to "The Beautiful Game" The 1986 Celtics might have been the best NBA team.

Thank you for this one.

A lot of young people who see his highlight videos don’t seem to understand why his fakes were so effective. This video encapsulates why his fakes were so effective…the man was a god tier passer and everyone knew that…so when he faked they had a very real worry that he was about to make them look foolish with yet another amazing pass that they cant stop.

Get the shoes--wanna see that vid! LOL

there are tons of great trash talking stories told by all the greats

Joker definitely has a Larry game

Larrys specs list him as being 6' 9"

I heard somewhere that In the 80's if you pass to a player that bounces the ball before going for the bucket it would not count as an assist. If that is true it would mean that Magic's and Larry's assist count by modern rules is higher than we see in their stat sheets.

shoot, Bird could play with anyone but put him with Curry, Ant man, Doncic and Giannis. Bird grabbed 10 rebounds a game, could post low (and high) and often played power forward. OR, replace Doncic and Gianiis with Lebron/KD and Jokic.

My first couple of seasons of youth basketball I played in Converse All-Stars. I got some kind of no-name Rebocks the next year, and even those garbage shoes were better than Converse. Your original point was correct in my opinion. The only plus of the Converse was that those little suction cups on the tread grabbed the floor really well. However, that was kinda dangerous with no ankle support lol.

In 76 we couldn't wait, every year for the basketball team to get new converses. They were so good.

He actually played some center in college, in the playoffs he out jumped Hakeem on a jump ball

I don't think Bird played football, at least not organized ball. He played softball. I heard somewhere that he pitched but I know when he hurt his finger before signing with Celtics he was playing in the field. When he played in that one baseball doubleheader his senior year of college he played first base at one point. He volunteered as an assistant baseball coach while he did his student teaching for his degree. During the Dream Team in Barcelona, Bird snuck out the side door of the hotel to go to watch baseball games.

Keep um coming

Larry and Magic were both Pistol Pete fans . The Pistol invented many moves still copied today. And if you go way back Bob Cousy inspired Pete .

I saw the thumbnail and thought your boy was Diddy.

The crazy thing is that Bird's stats would be even bigger if he didn't get everyone involved and he was selfish and took the shots himself. He shared the glory and elevated his team around him and gave them better stats by not being greedy like some players are.

I have Larry the best all around small forward of all time if it was not for the bad back and Achilles issues who the say what else he would accomplish. Remember those 13 years in spend in the league was mine blowing.

Another great video! You don't have to rewatch the trash talking video. There are better ones available. Seriously. There are a lot.

That would be funny seeing ya’ll play in Converse!! lol I had high top ADIDAS. Not much better 😂