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"People might think I'm going to be as good as him" - Eddie Bird wanted the world to know he wasn't his brother Larry
"People might think I'm going to be as good as him" - Eddie Bird wanted the world to know he wasn't his brother Larry ...
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"Larry had told the world he was not coming out" - Former Boston GM reveals how Boston outsmarted the NBA to secure Larry Bird's draft rights
Larry Bird's name was drafted that year — secured, finessed and protected. And decades later, the man who helped make it ...
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"Without Dennis Johnson, we'd be a mediocre team" - Larry Bird says there'd be no dynasty in Boston without D.J.
Larry Bird revealed that Dennis Johnson was the most integral piece of the Boston Celtics' 1980s dynasty — the glue guy who ...
"I really don't talk as much as I used to, because I can't back it up" - Bird on when he realized he had to tone down his trash talk
"I really don't talk as much as I used to, because I can't back it up" - Bird on when he realized he had to tone down his ...
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"Haven’t you got anyone on the bench who can guard me?" - M.L. Carr recalls how Larry Bird taunted an entire team during game
"I remember the time when Larry got on a roll, started shooting the ball, every shot was going in," Carr remembered via ESPN ...
"People tell me I'm Black on the inside and White on the outside" - Larry Bird on why he never cared about the "white men can't jump" stereotype
"People tell me I'm Black on the inside and White on the outside" - Larry Bird on why he never cared about the "white men can ...