Lebron Fan Reacts To Larry Bird Mixtape

Polo, hats off to you! Nice assessment! I agree that MJ is and probably always will be the greatest, but a Cleveland native giving props to Larry over LeBron?! I'm shocked, and hope they let you back into Cleveland bro, lol!

HoF coach Pat Riley said about Bird - “if I had to pick one player to take a shot to save a game, I'd pick Michael Jordan. If I had to pick one player to take a shot to save my life… I'd pick Larry Bird.”

The man's nickname is "Legend" AND HE'S STILL UNDERRATED

I was lucky. I grew up with Bird, Jordan, Dr J, Moses, Isaiah, Magic, Kareem, etc. This was the best the game has ever been.

People forget how strong the competition was when Larry was doing his thing. Legends of the game all over the place.

I’m 65 Laker fan, grew up watching Chamberlain, West, Baylor / Kareem, Magic, Worthy. Magic and Bird save the league. Larry Bird, hate and respected him. Bird was the smartest and most ruthless player in the league.

notice in the clip where the players on the bench are going crazy? thats the OTHER TEAM, pure respect

Remember this also … Bird played his entire career with a screwed up finger on his shooting hand. You can see it in the clip where he held his finger up after winning the 3 point contest. Also …nhalf his career he played with an extremely bad back. So bad that at times he would check into a hospital wherever they were playing the night before a game and stay in traction the entire night to straighten his back out so he could play the next day. His last 3 years he laid on the floor when he was t playing because sitting g made his back hurt. The game where he hit his face on the floor and broke his cheek bone he got a concussion. Ever had a concussion? Massive headache and double vision galore. Bird came out and played through that headache AND DOUBLE VISION!!! And still made shot after shot … while being double teamed. The guy was just a complete machine!!! Rarely did anything take him off his game. Even more rarely did he allow an injury to sideline him. Everyone says that Bird can’t be in the “goat debate” because he wasn’t fast or super athletic …Mia say bullshit! Bird had 2 things that beat super athleticism every time …the best basketball mind the sport has ever seen and the most efficient game ever. Bird wasted no movement. Bird wasted very few shots. Bird was able to pass the ball in ways that have never been reproduced. If you watch the review about his passing you can see examples of him spinning the ball and making it curve around defenders to a teammate. Magic was right when he said there would never be another Bird!!!!!

Celtics fast breaks back in the 80's were so much fun. Larry's passes were amazing, made possible by a bunch of teammates who had great hands and were always ready to catch that unexpected pass. The current NBA isn't quite the same.

I love that more people are learning just how special Larry Bird was, that man was incredible

Bird was not just a killer, he was a stone cold assassin. He broke you down physically and mentally. He did this dealing with a really bad back injury that he played through the pain for 8 years. There is a reason his nickname is Larry Legend.

For his passing alone he’d be remembered forever.

I am from Boston and grew up less than a mile from the Old Boston garden. What a childhood. I actually worked there doing co sessions running up and down the stairs yelling popcorn and peanuts. It was a pleasure watching Larry legend and yet so humble off the court. It was great to see guys like Magic embrace him as a friend in a league of all black superstars.

Larry was an assassin of the highest order. He had physical limitations but he had no flaws. Basketball IQ was genius level. Passing, inside, mid-range, outside and 3 pointers AND was an over 90% free throw shooter. Demanded the last shot, told the defense where he was going to take it from and drilled it dead in their azz every time like a machine. Dude was cold AF. And I’m a lifelong, die hard LAKER fan!

I worked on the TV crew during the Bird years. We'd be setting up 4 hours before game time. Larry would be out on the court, every game, all alone with a trainer to feed him the ball, taking shots from all over the court for a good 20 minutes or more. He's the only player I ever saw do this. Then, he'd be back with the rest of the team for the "normal" warm ups. He never stopped working.

I've posted this a number of times, I save it for objective analysis on Bird. Bird had an amazing BB IQ, could pull off amazing passes, steals, dinks and dunks. His situational awareness, knowing where everyone is, or going to be was unbelievable. I'm convinced he even knew where all the popcorn vendors were in the stadium. I agree wholeheartedly that "Heart" takes a good player and makes them a great player. I enjoyed listening to your commentary. Your personal history adds a stronger dimension to your reporting. Thank you for sharing this story.

He's was called Larry Legend for a reason !! The man rose to the moment at the biggest moments

Birds passing is what puts me in awe

You missed them saying when he came back out of the locker room that his right cheek was fractured. He finished the 3rd quarter and played the entire fourth quarter and they won. After the game he went to the hospital where they had to drill a hole in his face to insert a tool to pull the arch back into position. He also had a concussion. There is a video of the 5 times he was hurt and another highlighting 4 times. He played with pure heart because his back got so bad that when they traveled on commercial flights he had to lay in the floor of the plane. It was sad he only got to play 13 years.

"The level of competition is just no longer there " great commentary ,dude👍