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"Great players will be judged against the standards he has set" - David Stern on Larry Bird's impact on the NBA
"In the future, great players will be judged against the standards he has set, but there will never be another Larry Bird." ...
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Why Is The Eastern Conference Finals MVP Named The Larry Bird Trophy? The Story Behind The Award Pascal Siakam Just Won
The Eastern Conference Finals MVP award is one of the NBA’s newer honors, given to the best player in the Eastern Conference ...
Basketball Network on MSN14h
"I've been hiding and I've been living a good life" - Larry Bird explains why he avoids doing interviews
"I've been hiding and I've been living a good life." "I really don't have any more to say," the Hall of Famer pointed out. "I ...
Basketball Network on MSN4h
"I've heard some other players say I talk a lot" - Larry Bird on why he disagrees that he was a nonstop trash talker like everyone says
Players who went head-to-head with him often walked away with more than just bruised egos. They carried tales of "Larry ...
Basketball Network on MSN5h
"I know the ins and outs ... the reporters think they do but they really don't" - Larry Bird on why he ignores media narratives
"I really don't buy the papers to read the articles about the team because I know exactly what goes on within the team," Bird ...
Basketball Network on MSN8h
"I think that takes away from the game of basketball" - Larry Bird on why he believed the NBA increasing live TV games in the 80s was a terrible idea
Larry Bird saw the NBA explode in popularity during the ‘80s, but behind the rise, he worried live TV broadcasts were ...
Basketball Network on MSN10h
"He could never say anything that would outdo me" - Gary Payton on why Larry Bird's trash talk was far more vicious than Michael Jordan's
He could never say anything that would outdo me … It was always a battle between me and him." Over a 17-year career, Payton ...
Basketball Network on MSN20h
"You couldn't ask for a greater individual coming into your league" - Larry Bird on why he felt no jealousy handing the mantle over to Michael Jordan
And for Larry Bird, his couldn't have come at a much better time. There was no rivalry in that handoff because when the ...