"He's very private, but if he's your friend, man, you've got a friend for life." These words sum up this friendship beautifully.

@AllUpOns

4 жыл бұрын

"And Larry Bird is a straight shooter." No truer words have been spoken.

@roberthatch6230

2 жыл бұрын

Best documentary I’ve ever seen

@mikebledsoe2315

23 күн бұрын

Awesome documentary

@ValentinaRacing1

4 күн бұрын

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

Larry is such a genuine dude. " To tell you the truth that was all me doing that" i lol'd

Just seeing magic tear up talking about how bird called him after his AIDS diagnosis shows you the brotherhood and love sports can bring to this world. Ive seen it more than once. Something about sports brings people of all races and beliefs together and its unique. Nothing unites us like sports other than perhaps religion

Beautiful story. Two poor boys making a name. Connection never broken

A couple of great guys, real men and two of the best to ever play the game. GOD BLESS MAGIC AND BIRD.

@ValentinaRacing1

4 күн бұрын

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

They brought the NBA back, end of story. ❤

We are all so lucky to have been alive to see Magic and Bird play the game of basketball . There will never ever ever be another Magic Johnson or Larry Bird.

@mikeputnam9847

27 күн бұрын

😅 so😅.:-😮 😮 m

@soonerwhirle

25 күн бұрын

I got to see every game at Indiana State. No one player ever made every player on his team better than Bird.

@user-sv9fo7do9x

19 күн бұрын

@@soonerwhirleMagic! Beat Bird three out of four attempts! 75% success rate!

@antoniomiranda8691

17 күн бұрын

​@@user-sv9fo7do9xDoesn't mean he made his teammates better. But, you obviously don't give a fuck about that.

@VolcanoVapes

11 күн бұрын

Ben Simmons is the Vergence.

No Larry, no Magic, no NBA ...get that? This league would be bankrupt and non existent. These two are gods.

This is with out a doubt the best sports doc. ever made. Legends both of them

@dlsneadduffy

5 ай бұрын

Agreed. I love a broad spectrum of documentary topics. But this one.....wow. One thing better than watching the best of basketball talent is seeing the rivalry-turned-brothers that goes a layer deeper. Makes me feel love for the these guys like they're my own friends. Excellent documentary.

@ValentinaRacing1

4 күн бұрын

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

I can watch this all day every day! They are the reasons why I am a basketball fan today. Thank you to the both of them.❤

@ValentinaRacing1

4 күн бұрын

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

Beautiful way to end it, reflecting on their differences and how they admired each other for them.

The cutest bromance story of all time.

@ValentinaRacing1

4 күн бұрын

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

seeing Bird laugh and smile hits deep...

Greatest era in Basketball. No Iso Ball and Throw up 3 pointers all day like today.. It was exciting back then. Not so much now.

@JoshuaTraffanstedt

20 күн бұрын

Teams successful with the threes win. Thats why the league got with the program.

Magic and Bird transformed the game of basketball and paved the way for Jordan, Lebron, Allen Iverson and other great players that came after them.

@G9Classified9

5 күн бұрын

Say his name coward

Watching this for the fist time as a 57 year old guy who grew up in New England a NE sports fan and all I can say is Wow. Best 90 Covid minutes I have spent in front of a screen.

What an outstanding film.Very well done.

The league could go on a thousand more years, heck, ten thousand more years, and I can guarantee that there will never, ever be another friendship/rivalry like the one between these two.

After watching this, my perspective on Bird changed completely. He won my heart, he's was just a great competitor, not what I thought of him before.

I like the fact that Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were two completely different persons. But became good friends and respected each other.

@ValentinaRacing1

4 күн бұрын

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

This is one of the best, most heartwarming sports documentaries I’ve ever seen.

@ValentinaRacing1

4 күн бұрын

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

Excellent, excellent documentary....To have seen it all happen, right before your eyes, is indescribable!!!!!! They were like the Yin and the Yang. The Alpha and the Omega, only their roles would flip back and forth at a moments notice. There was no rivalry like it before them and hasn't been one like it ever since. I will always be grateful that I was able to witness the Bird vs Magic rivalry in it's moment. Thank you both for the show and the memories. 🏀🏆❤️

always played the game the way it should be played. rivals. storied franchises. it’s an amazing story because the race thing took a side exit somewhere during this time. and it showed that deep within our souls we will find each other.

It was great to grow up as a basketball fan during the late 70's-entire 80's. I'll never forget that NCAA championship(i was 10 1/2)and the back and forth of the Celtics vs Showtime rivalry. I still miss the NBA on CBS🏀🏀

I’m sad that ended. The true GOATS. Still.

What a documentary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Had me in tears!!! Damn man!!!!

Greatest and best too Basketball players of all time JOHNSON AND BIRD Never Be Again

Great documentary. Larry bird had a tough life. He was too strong for his own good sometimes, but I guess that’s why people loved him.

@mikes3827

4 жыл бұрын

That's why he was tailor-made for the blue-collar types in Boston. On Larry's first visit to Boston, he was dressed in a flannel shirt, wearing a John Deere hat, and he decided to walk into a notoriously tough bar in a notoriously tough Boston neighborhood. Granted, this was pre-internet and cable, but the locals soon realized who this 6'9 blond kid was, and when someone from the Celtics' brass learned of where Bird had gone, he rushed over to "save" him...only to find Bird yucking it up with the locals. In other words, Bird was/is a working class guy, and those patrons in that bar were basically the same, and Larry felt comfortable among them.

I admired both those gentlemen as we grew older together. This was one of the finest sports and relationship documentary I’ve ever seen. Both were portrayed with honesty and depth. Good work ladies and gentlemen. It was memorable.

I was 17 when Magic and Bird come to the league and as a fan of all Boston sports the NBA was in a bad place, I truly believe that the reason the league is so strong and good today was because of these two great men, thank you for all the fantastic memories

Outstanding, two icons.

Magic was so fortunate to see a positive male role model. His father was a hard working man who instilled a work ethic in Magic that served him well. You could say Ervin’s father was more involved in Magic’s upbringing than Larry’s father was involved with him. Larry learned about hard work and toughness from his dad, but his dad had many personal demons.

They were what the NBA needed at that time. Can't he understated that Bird is routinely overlooked as one of the greatest of all time. Grew up watching them play and I'm thankful for them and Jordan

Each time I watch this I would play 2K playing the Lakers vs Celtics

6th and 7th grade. And he's playing against the older, black waiters in the hotel. LOL That's like at 15 when Mario Lemieux was playing against NHL-ers in pick up games during the summer three years before he was drafted. Just two unbelievable talents.

These 2 legends, literally and figuratively, saved the NBA! There would be no talk about Jordan or Lebron or Kobe being the GOAT if it weren't for Magic and Bird! PERIOD!!

There's somebody named Ervin and another guy named Magic, and then there's some Guy named Larry, and another Guy named Bird? THERE'S FOUR FUCKIN GUYS IN THIS DOCUMENTARY!!!

What a great documentary. The final 20 minutes or so really hit hard.

@ValentinaRacing1

4 күн бұрын

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

Caitlin Clark.....Angel Reese Saga. Aint nothin new under the sun.

Love Respect Loyalty - Thank you, for showing us how. GOD Bless you both!!

People will always look back at what a great basketball player MJ was, but people will always remember what great man Larry was.

@dlsneadduffy

5 ай бұрын

Well said. Insightful point.

Bryant Gumbel was so spot on in 1:25:00 when he said Magic and Bird, not Michael Jordan, saved the NBA. Those two showed how sports and sportsmanship should be, namely bitter yet chivalrous rivals. MJ, Kobe, LeBron monopolizing the game and brooking no rivals is more about cult of personality and reeks more of Stalin and Kim Jong Un instead of Magic and Larry

@truckerkevthepaidtourist

Жыл бұрын

Magic and b Bird save the game yes Mike elevated it

@chrisanderson7984

Ай бұрын

Yes Larry and Magic saved it. Jordan took it to the next level.

@user-sv9fo7do9x

19 күн бұрын

@@chrisanderson7984No, the NBA will never be seen the way it was in the 80’s. The 90’s was the beginning of the end for the NBA! Too selfish and individualized! MJ just a ball hog til Phil Jackson and Scottie Pippen came to help MJ! He wasn’t good enough to win with just gunning all game!

Best Rivalry ever.

Me personally, I enjoyed the mid-late 70s nba, the Bullets/Sonics back to back appearanced with the bukkets being the only nba franchise to make the playoffs every year ofcthe 70s decade

IT WAS THE BEST SPORTING EVENTS WATCHING BIRD AND BIG THREE. ALWAYS PLANNED GAME DAY GET TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS EVERY GAME

46:54 Bird just plowing through everyone. 🤣🤣 Today, that would easily be about 20 different law suits.

@aes9639

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao omg he was shoving ppl left and right to get the f outta there!! 🤣

@aarondigby5054

Ай бұрын

@1:11:40 child turned out to be a big ol fa##ot, smdh. Cookie strong armed married his arse while pregnant, what we call a shotgun wedding without the shotgun.

Největší rivalé a přitom dobří přátelé :) Úžasnej dokument

I love it!! There shud be a love button instead of juz like

@TSUKNIDA

Ай бұрын

❤

Back then they didn't load manage either it was the best era of basketball

17:36 Bird is a savage 😂

As much as I didn't like Boston the Celtics and the Lakers bought out the best in each team as I've gotten older I nothing but respect for what the Lakers and Magic and Bird bought the the game of Basketball

RESPECT

This is pretty much brilliantly done

I really enjoyed watching this documentary thank you very from a non NBA basketball player. 🎉🎉I really love this basketball game!

This is great. As a kid of the 80s I remember.

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

Both guys are incredible.. God is good

Great documentary

The NBA had a 'DNR' in the emergency room of sports. Larry and Magic walked in and said.... "Screw that.... we got this. We'll bring this patient back to life!" And.... they did. In spades. MJ and the rest owe a debt of gratitude to these two legends....

Michael Jordan is the GOAT of all time but needs to give 10% of everything, and I mean everything he earns, and split it between Magic and Bird!

PRICELESS!! 💪🏻💯🖤

Would love to have known what would have happened if these guys careers weren't cut short...

10:54 thats a lot of pain on birds face

Larry was the goat… period!!!

@maa7332

11 күн бұрын

No

This is a great video about two great players who saved the NBA. Just thought it was a little strange that there is no mention of Johnson coming out of retirement to play 32 games in the '95-'96 season. They also could have made it more family-friendly and more professional by editing out, or at least bleeping out, the profanity. Both players did a remarkably good job handling their fame and their rivalry. Overall, a very good video.

Two of the best to ever do it...The Greatest PG of All-time-Magic. The Greatest SF of All-time-Bird. LEGENDS 🏀🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

One thing I loked about Bird there were many ganes he couldve scored 50 possibly 60 points but Bird just scored enough to win when he saw the game was long decided in his favor, he didn't pad his stats, he just played to win

My nursing school class was in Lansing for a nursing school seminar that day. The topic was HIV-AIDS!

It's really sad that Magic's dad won an award for never missing a day or being late, but it took his son to be one of the greatest NBA players in history in order to be rich. 🤔

@maa7332

11 күн бұрын

Ahsmwm The mother should have won an award too because she kept the family consistent so that the father and the kids could do their best... *and in Magic's case, to be the greatest pg ever.*

Magic bleeds class, unbelievable

we all bleed red the closer to the to the sun we live the darker we get

Larry legend

Larry Bird is the best all-around player in the NBA history.

@lsufan4624

3 жыл бұрын

no kobe is

@73Trident

3 жыл бұрын

@@lsufan4624 no Kobe is not, Larry is.

@KeithFroehlich07

7 ай бұрын

In no particular order one is 1 and the other is 1A You can make a case for both and you wouldn't be wrong

@aarondigby5054

Ай бұрын

​@@KeithFroehlich07Larry was front court and Kobe was backcourt a nonsensical comparison

@mikee702

22 күн бұрын

​@@lsufan4624you silly goose

I wish the very best to both of you

I watch all these games.dam it was great.ty God Jesus Christ amen.

I’m 73 grew up in Boston, watched all the greats Russell, Chamberlin,Big O, but Larry Legend was the greatest of all.

@maa7332

11 күн бұрын

Greatest Celtic maybe

The hardest part of this documentary was Rowe and Wicks being cut. That hurts. It seems to me they had forgotten the wisdom they had learned from Wooden. The NBA needed to learn that "team" was more important than the individual.

@tripled8542

10 күн бұрын

What the fuck you talking about

God chose Magic, to change the College game & the Pros. And then the Business world. FBA Majauro Spirit Forever 9:50

Wicked 👏🏿👏🏿

Donald Sterling to Arsenio Hall… hold my beer

28:24 right on, sir. Style was everything. Me, my, mine.

@1:14:03 you see how important it was that Larry called Magic and how much it meant to him.

Imagine you're Bird on a vacation or at a business trip anywhere and a person asks you where's Magic? C'mon, y'all! Treat Bird and Magic like human beings. It must be hard for many to separate media and reality. But in reality, although they might be friends in a way they are not close and have their own families and their own businesses, interests and whatnot. They don't walk next to each everywhere. 😂 I guess asking Bird where Magic is is a way of people saying they liked that NBA era a lot. It's kind of a weird way of showing appreciation, in my view. I guess it makes sense to them.

I wished that they had played in high school

Há legendado para o português?

Segregation might seem like a distant memory today, but if you know where to look, you can still see remnants of it in the South today. In my hometown i went to kindergarten at a school that used to be k-12 for blacks back in the day. Across the street from the big park for the white kids was a small park with a merry go round, swing set, and single bbq grill for the blacks. I met a lot of older people that were alive during this time, both blacks and whites. Mustve been crazy to be alive during desegregation. For both sides.

They're like those two suns Luke looks at in Star Wars.

31:40 who’s recording of hello sunshine?

These men looked and acted grown way before they actually were!

@user-wy3kx9zg2y

6 күн бұрын

One more thing their voice’s are the same and their demeanour is the same from the start!

@16:50 I couldn't imagine going through that, Larry the Legend it's more than bball

Crazy he wore 33 in highschool

46:35

The best thing the NBA could do is to get rid of the three-point shot. The three-point shot once was exciting but has now become boring it needs to go away or at least be limited to make basketball fun to watch again maybe limit it to 8 attempts per team per game. They could also get rid of load management and bring back hand checking and increase the speed of the game by shortening the shot clock.

Magic look like one of Jackson 5 lol.

*Still Dominated @17:47

… so sad to see Bird going out that way!!!!!

@1:11:20 the Tragic Johnson saga.

Magic and bird were servants on the court

8:29

That man got so many panochas. Every man's dream 😅 Bird was one bad mofo