If you ask one of the people who covered him on the biggest of stages in that era, the answer is an unequivocal yes.
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Larry Bird on what he was thinking while crushing opponents with the Boston Celtics
"It’s times like that when you might see me doing my taxes or figuring out a solution to government work stoppages," said ...
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Michael Cooper on why Larry Bird was tougher to guard than Michael Jordan: "Playing against a young Michael Jordan was kind of easy"
During an interview for Vlad TV, Cooper maintained that Bird was his toughest cover, even more difficult than Jordan, not ...
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Horace Grant on his toughest NBA cover (yes, it was Boston Celtics icon Larry Bird)
Horace Grant won three NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan, and another with the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe ...
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Coach who recruited Larry Bird to college had a stunning revelation: "Larry was the most shy and introverted guy I'd ever been around in my life"
Bird finally got to start his college basketball career with the Indiana University Sycamores as he was recruited by its ...
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"I've been hiding and I've been living a good life" - Larry Bird explains why he avoids doing interviews
The great Larry Bird recognized that he had reached legendary status during his playing years. He understood that many fans admired him, but unlike other iconic NBA figures, "The Hick from French Lick ...
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird are parts of arguably the greatest basketball rivalry we’ve ever seen. The two Hall-of-Famers had intertwining careers that led to them first meeting in the national ...
Larry Bird is widely seen as one of the best 10-15 NBA players of all time. That said, Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman once made a shocking statement (about Bird) when he did an interview with ...
Quinn Buckner pushed back on the notion that Larry Bird would ever fall out of the top 10 of all-time basketball players. The national champ at Indiana who was a teammate of Bird's for three seasons ...
Kevin Durant is one of the best players in NBA history. At 36, the new Houston Rockets star is coming off a year where he averaged an outstanding 26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.2 blocks ...
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