More: Blown away by Larry Bird's childhood hoop, he traveled 200,000 miles in search of more That's what most people know about Bird's high school years, those ridiculous stats as a senior ...

For Hammer, Larry Bird was his idol ... Then he saw the photo of Bird's childhood basketball hoop. "It was nothing more than a rusty rim and wood backboard," he said, "hanging on a dilapidated ...

"In the future, great players will be judged against the standards he has set, but there will never be another Larry Bird." ...