Larry Bird Is Also Laughing At Kobe Bryant Over His Dream Team Comments

once again kobe shows good at basketball . but not too commonly BRITE

KOBE DID ANSW RIGHT. EVERY ATHLETE  ASKED SHOULD ANSWER THE SAME.
ALWAYS THINK POSITIVE.

Kobe needs to grow up –NO WAY could they beat the Dream Team

Kobe never respected anyone in the league, he thought he is better than anybody else, he and Lebron can never win a championship without any big stars around them. Larry Bird did, Michael Jordan did as well as Tim Duncan. Larry Bird’s answer was an insult to him but in a very honest and professional way,, learn from the ‘real’ great players Kobe…

kobe is just like a child compared to michael and charles…kobe and his dream team couldnt beat the 1992 dream led by MJ and charles..listen kobe respect the one whom you learn your basketball career and be a professional basketball player and remember when MJ was still on the court your name was not even mentioned so kobe shut up your mouth Michael dream team could’nt beat anyone they are best among the best…

i agree chris, without oneal, pau , lamar, horry and world peace kobe didn’t win a single championship is his career and even lebron james …

The NBA will be a better place when Kobe leaves and that day is getting close.

If the dream Team was in their Prime against Kobe and his team there’s no DOUBT the Dream Team would kick their Asses up and down the court. But that’s Kobe being an Arrogant ASS thinking he’s above anybody who ever played the game. I wish this guy would just retire and leave the game. Hell even Magic or Julius could beat him in their prime. I am just so tired of his mouth and him.

SO larry Bird didnt win a championship without the greates front line ever? played with 3 hall of famers, MIchael didnt have 2 hall of famers by his side either? That winning alone argument is ignorant and shows you never watched basketball.

So larry bird winning, with Kevin Mchale, parrish, vinnie johnson, bill walton, means what? that those players were scrubs? ignorant statement by your part assassin. Every team has to have minimum 2 star players to win a championship. Look up any team that has ever won a Championship and those facts cant be manipulated , as much as people who dont understand the game try to do ASS assin.

kobe bryant answered correctly. i hope every athelete would. if imma play you, whoever you are, i have to think I’m superior and think we can win, or else why would i play?? kobes confidence is what makes him great. he didnt disrespect anyone by saying ” ya i think we could take them in a game” all of you bellow who sat here and bashed this man are pricks, and at the end of he day your opinion is irrelevant .

btw whoever that chris dude is. you have never watched basketball in your life dude. because if you have, youd know that jordan had HOF players around him, so did bird, and tim?? haha broo like i cant stress how idiotic you sound. no player can win without people around them, no one. without pippin, micheal jordan wouldnt be sitting at 6 rings like he is

I’m not so sure Bird’s not serious :)

I bet they would give a game right now! ;)

You’re correct! Plus they all love the Attention! Who’s kidding who?

If they put a Dollar on it, I’m taking any team Birds on~~~~he’s got to be the cheapest guy in the world! Ask Kevin Mchale ;)

Vinnie Johnson?????? I think you mean DJ Dennis Johnson, CMOM man either know what you are talking about or STFU!

DJ was truly one of the greatest Point Guards of his time!

True story of the Day; Pepperdine Coach says to a scout, “Want you to come see this Red headed Freckled Faced Kid that plays CENTER for me and is a monster around the basket? He’ll probably project out a little smaller in the pros?”

Dave Cowens being one of the dominant centers in the league at only 6′ 8″ the scout thought he was going to see the next Dave Cowen’s

That scout was shown DJ @ 6’3″ Seattle Drafted him in the 2nd even though he was said to have a temper and before he left the Sonic’s they went to the finals twice and won once…

Picture the MOST Raspy Gravely voice you ever heard:
“Now there’s a steal by Bird! Underneath to DJ who lays it in! Right at one second left! What a play by Bird! Bird stole the inbounding pass, laid it up to DJ, and DJ laid it up and in, and Boston has a one-point lead with one second left! Oh my, this place is going crazy!!!”

This might be the MOST memorable play~But DJ had quite a few steals himself while with the C’s!

How about a couple of bounces for DJ one of the greatest free throw shooters to ever play the game too ~ he liked to BOUNCE the ball a bunch of times before he shot!

R.I.P #3 You were amazing to watch!

NBA = No Balls Allowed

See the Washington Generals and say that.

Kobe is not even qualified to “hand wash Michael Jordan sweaty jock straps” He’s a Rapist on everybody’s book. He has the audacity, which reflects his mental incapacity, to compare himself and his Olympic team to “The Dream Team” of Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and the likes. He must be on Drugs!.

You all need to stop crying, Kobe is one of the greatest of all time. His has the hardware to prove it, so STFU. And here we are again, another chance to take the championship again, with or without help. Lakers are winners.

Gotta love Larry’s sense of humor!!

I love Larry Bird… <3 there will never be another :)

hold your horses there… kobe just gave an answer to a question posed to him, it was not as if he was the one opening that idea… of course, if you are a pro player and was asked if you can beat somebody, you will definitely say yes…

admit it or not, kobe ranks highly among the nba greats.. love him or hate him, he is one of the greatest ever.. it’s just that many people cannot stand his very high self-esteem, but that is how he is.. he should be judged by his accomplishments, not so by his personality.

as if mj was the one who thought kobe how to play…….

because basketball is a game of five players on each side. mj would not have won without scottie, rodman, even bj armstrong. he needed teammates like anybody else. larry had kevin and parish, tim had robinson and avery in his first title, then manu and tony parker in his succeeding rings.

just as there will never be another magic, another mj, even another kobe.

I think they stand a great chance beating the dream team. Both teams were loaded with the best nba players of their time. International basketball teams are much better now than they were when the dream team won the gold. I am a huge fan of both usa teams.Whats so hard to understand that, the two teams were great. marcsammo@aol.com

Why not? Both nba teams were loaded with the greatest nba players of their time.Kobe has proved his self for a long time. He will go down as one of the greatest players to ever play the game.You know I am right , you must be a Kobe hater.

WUY DONT YOU TRY TO BEAT HIM. I AM SURE HE WOULD SPOT YOU 18 POINTS, IN A 20 POINT GAME.HE IS THE ULTIMATE BASKETBALL PLAYER AND STUDENT OF THE GAME.

Very well said, and nothing but the truth.

dont sneak around and watch him.

( so kobe shut up your mouth Michael dream team could’nt beat anyone they are best among the best..)( note wrtten byassassin) what are you talking about? you make no sence.

Mj never scored 81 points. mj and kobe are my favorite players.

Dream team 1 didn’t grow up in the internet era. They were much tougher. Didn’t play video games 1/2 the time.. They were outside playin sports. Society has gotton pretty happy these days if you know what i mean. Lebron always makes faces like he’s takin it up the butt. Jordan looked like a killer from cook county in chicago. The government dropped a gay bomb on it’s own citizens. A bomb in the form of The internet. It is making people gay. So the 99% never threaten thier power. Because a bunch of pansies can’t. The nba was way more physical in those days. Kobe cant take a hard foul. The bad boy pistons of 1990 could take out kobes dream team. Make em cry like bitches.The internet even pussified the nba, now the nfl and nhl. The bulls dynasty was dream team 2. sssshittttt.

The dream team with Jordan would beat them by 40 even at thier age.

Nope.

Kobe Bryant is a cry baby and a rapist………….not even in the same league as the Dream Team…………..might break into the top 100 players, certainly no higher than 50.

MJ was just as arrogant as Kobe-probably even more! It takes arrogance to play in the pros! I would take Kobe over MJ or Bird or any of those fools in their primes in a game of 1on1

You must be a kobe dick-licker. But it’s obvious you’re a dumb-ass.

Heya… Bird is 10x the player Barkley ever was. You could mention him instead of Charles. Or are you just black?

STFU, you racist ass.

AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! What a moron!!! 1 on 1?? You’d lost TONS of cash, fool. wow.

You better check out the Celtics record the season before they had Larry Bird Larry Bird’s impact on the Celtics was immediate. The Celtics were 29-53 during the 1978–79 season, but with Bird the team improved to 61-21 in the 1979–80 season, posting the league’s best regular season record. That 62-21 record was before they had Kevin McHale or Robert Parrish.

wow so many people bashing on kobe why because he’s good at what he does ,works hard and has how may rings?????? get off ur nuts and change ur diapers peeps

and you are kobe gay lover, to said that

Kobe’s a porch monkey.

Yup

nowhaeyemsayin mf?

Learn how to spell, dude. Sentences begin with a capital letter…

Most definitely. 10x better.

Tony ur a fuckstick

And the gibberish you have been writing does make sense?? I think you’re late for your GED class.

Apparently you’re not too “brite” either. You know that little squiggly red line underneath a word? It’s not there for decoration, it’s telling you you can’t spell.

Kobe couldn’t carry Larrys jock strap.

Kobe and his team shoud be called the “Dream On” team. No way, with both teams in their primes, does the Dream On Team beat the Dream Team. NO WAY!

M.J. played in 6 NBA finals and won 6 Championsdhip rings..6 for 6
Kobe?

Too bad the NBA games are 5 on 5 not 1 on 1..

You are so full of shit its pitifull! Kobe is in the same class as all these players you mentioned. You probably hate him because he beats the shit out of your team every time he plays them!

Another Idiot!

funny that you were hollering at someone else for being racist… seems like you have a personal problem… here is a thought: post an original comment about how you feel about larry bird instead of scouring for things to play an off chord on your racist heartstrings

Kobe sucks , He should be thanking Magic and Bird for their
accomplishments to the game ! Never heard about them raping any one , he is a drama queen !

Thats why God spared Kobe by having him arrive on earth when he did,Cuz if he were around at the same time as the real Greats like Jordan,Magic and Bird he couldnt even carry their jockstraps!

is white pride the same as racism ?

Don’t play the game unless you’re sure you can win ? You’re pathetic!

I must be getting old but can’t understang why Dr J doesn’t get more kudos. The Sixers set up play by putting all but the Dr on one sideline and giving him the ball on a regular basis. Noone could stop him. He INVENTED the acrobatic above the rim game being played by Jordan and still today. Give the man credit,
He is also a class act and knew when it was time to step down in order to make way for the SUPERSTARS (?) that preceded hiim.

Thanks for this. DJ was not flashy, but smooth as silk. I remember that play you mention. Most satisfying was that Detroit had the game won and all Bill Laimbeer had to to do was inbound the ball. If you look at a replay you’ll see DJ streaking to the basket early. It was a set play! As for the Dream Team 92, they did it mostly without Bird who was injured. It was frustrating to watch him lying on his stomach, ice on his back. Had he been in his prime, this thread wouldn’t exist. MJ was a beautiful player to watch. Bird not so much. But who cares, both of them could put a stake in your heart in a split second. And by the way, Kevin McHale doesn’t get much ink. A killer in the low post, maybe the best ever.

And could Mike Tyson have beaten Joe Louis? Could the SF Giants have beaten the ’27 Yankees? Could the current Packers have beaten the 1940 Bears? Could the …… You get the point. What useless drivel for Kobe Bryant to even consider.

why not? Because there are only three players on the 2012 team that would even make the 1992 team: Kobe, Durant, and of course, Lebron. And only Lebron could start on the 1992 team. 1992 team was that good. Kobe and Druant bench players, Lebron a starter. Everyone else from 2012 could be on the 1992 practice squad, and that’s about it.

There are only three players on the 2012 team that
would even make the 1992 team: Kobe, Durant, and of course, Lebron. And
only Lebron could start on the 1992 team. The 1992 team was that good; Kobe
and Druant would be bench players, and Lebron a starter. Everyone else from 2012
could be on the 1992 practice squad, and that’s about it.

There
are only three players on the 2012 team that would even make the 1992
team: Kobe, Durant, and of course, Lebron. And only Lebron could start
on the 1992 team. The 1992 team was that good. Kobe and Druantwould be bench
players, and Lebron a starter. Everyone else from 2012 could be on the 1992
practice squad, and that’s about it.

after Bird, Magic and Jordan stopped playing ball I thought they dissolved the NBA? You mean they are still playing?

would you compare as a point guard Russell Westbrook with the best point guards in the history, Stockton, Magic, etc., just the speed and the quickness of Rusell would destroy thpse slow players even on their prime.

NO WAY the 2012 Team could beat the Dream Team.
The 1992 team had better players. There had 11 Hall of Famers, and they were a REAL united team when they arrived in Barcelona, players that care more about winning and dominating the game that they cared about media attention, minutes played, and so on. There was no jealousy on the 92 team. Even when they had huge egos.
Annnnnnnnnnd, they had two captains that not only were team-oriented players, but also truly respected leaders. They convinced everybody that winning, and only winning, was important. They did it. And HOW they did it.

nope

you must be a bitchmade faggot i can tell by the way your hating on one of the goats, you revert to childish insults, so you should treated like a bitch ass child fucker

Kobe! please take your head out of your ass. Your embarrissing yourself. You and your Dreaming team played the Dream Team you’d be down by 30 at the half. Thats real talk son. Ask Chris Webber how good that team was.

Kobe and Lebron are the only two on the current team that could have made that squad…..they could have replaced Lattner and Barkley with those two and been even better….Barkley was overrated, he rode the coattails of his friends to get on the team and the HOF…what or where did he ever win before the dream team…he was acancer on most teams….Bobby Knight cut his fat rear end suring an olympic try out…..

there is a difference between having high self esteem and being a prick. if you have high self esteem you don’t need to flaunt it and attack other territory.

how’s that workin out for you?

I don’t think Jordan would let them lose the game. Neither would Magic. Bird might still be sidelined with that bad back of his, but could come in and trash talk LeBron out of the game.

how is he attacking another territory? You don’t even make sense! They asked him could they beat the dream team and he said yes. There is nothing wrong with that. How is it being a prick having confidence in your own era of basketball?

you sound stupid af!

He is in the talks of the greatest of all time, he has every right to say that. You idots don’t realize he was asked the question by the media and he gave an honest answer. How is it wrong to think your team can beat theirs? These guys from the past arent Gods wtf! Lebron agreed with him and so did Chris Paul. How is it wrong to have confidence in your era of ball?

and what the fuck is all this rapist talk, like being a rapist has anything to do with playing basketball. First of all he didn’t rape that girl, he was found not guilty. He has no reason to rape anyone, secondly none of these guys were saints off of the court, kobe cheated on his wife, so did Magic Johnson, who caught the Aids virus from infidelity. does that damage his hoops legacy? Michael Jordan had a gambling problem, which led to the death of his father, does that damage his hoops legacy? Hell nah! hypocritical ass people man, smh

In all honesty, I’m confident that the Dream Team, all in their prime, could outdo the greats of today. The game may be different, but the skills are the same. And, frankly, the Dream Team had better skills than those of today. Just look at some highlights and you’ll see the difference.

wHEN u say best point guard in history, don’t include stockton because he is a step or two or three below several others. THE BIG O, THOMAS, WEST, ROSE, PAUL AND MANY OTHERS. HE WAS JUST AN ASSIST MAN

The dream team would have its problem with today’s all stars. Kobe & LBJ at guards, KD & Griffin at fowards and Dwight Howard at center. with reserves such as Derrick Rose, Westbrook, Paul, KG, Wade, Mello, K Irvin, Duncan and several more athletic young players of today’s game. Only one problem that I see, today’s players would have most of its problems matching up with (DA DREAM) Olajuwon at center, who could jump, and even hit fade away jumpers which is still unheard of at 7 ‘ tall. i’M 67 YRS OLD AND HAVE SEEN THE BEST OF THE BEST PLAY THIS GAME ,THEREFORE, YES, TODAY’S PLAYERS COULD BEAT THE DREAM TEAM. Big Liability on defense on the Dream team against today’s team would be Bird, he was slow and couldn’t jump, DURANT, would eat him alive. Jordan would have to eliminate his EGO, and allow Isiah Thomas on the team & drop Stockton (who was only put on the team to replace Thomas cause Jordan refused to play if Thomas was on the team). I would pay big bucks to see that game. All politics aside, placing the best of the best of each era against each other would make a great game

If politics were not involved Bird would never beat out Griffin or Durant on an all star team then or now. A coach would have a hard decision whether to star Bird over Garnett or Tim Duncan also

besides shaq nobody else is a hall of famer that kobe won with…. magic, bird , jordan, duncan, all had hall of famers on their teams…

bird is small forward… the only small forward on ur list is durant…. the rest are power forwards…. and please dont mention blake griffin in the same breath as larry bird…. its not even close.

leroy, please tell me ur kidding about kobe not being in top 50…this has to be a joke….right?

Greatness requires more than athletics. It also requires skills that Westbrook’s still developing. Please, let me know when he can pass half as well as Magic. Also, let me know when he stops taking more shots than his teammate and scoring champion.

When basketball was a game and not a show. B-ball sucks today. I saw the Celtics beat the Lakers in game 7 at the Garden in ’86. That was the last time I gave a crap about the game. Now it’s all about the players and not the team. No finesse, nothin. Makes a man sad.

You didn’t see that game because the Lakers weren’t in the finals that year. Perhaps you’re thinking of 1984?

You are correct, sir/madam. Damn brain just turned 50.

Larry could lead the ’92er’s on a SLOW break and still beat their azz.

racist? serious?? no comment about the ignorance of Mary’s comment? someone please tell me who there will be another one of??? Mary, there will never be another you either!

Larry has always been ove rrated.

@ Jomo U might be 67, well I’m 52. Perhaps Bird cound’t jump but he was a GREAT defender and played with more heart and determination than anyone ever. Do I detect some racism here? Either that or your smoking some distilled buffalo shit. Hell griffin and Durant have been in the league for how long? Bird was winning championship(s) pretty much when he hit the floor. Don’t throw me this I’m 67 shit. Hell Bill Russell would eat these big men alive today. I do however agree the games would be close. The dream team would win 7 out of 10 times. How you leave Bird out of the question when even guys like majic and MJ give him his due just sounds stupid. BTW.. I do agree with you about Olajuwan however. Bird was a basketball player not a freak dunk show. THERE WERE NO WEAKNESSES in his game. NONE!!!

Underrated maybe.

Kobe is just a ball hog. He takes 50 shots in a game and the rest of the team take 20 combined. Hell, If I took 50 shots in a game, I can put in 15 and be a 30 point/game player. He might have 4.8 assists per game. He’s not a team player. He just cares about padding his own points stat.

Ur an idiot. Kobe is definitely a rapist, an asshole, and a world-class douche-nozzle, but he is also one of the Top 10 greatest players of all time. No argument can be made against his greatness on the court. Saying he is maybe a Top 100 player, Top 50 at best is an insult and wreaks of your ignorance and hatred towards him. You may not like him, but he is that good for sure.

You sir are an absolute jackass. Playing dirty does not equal playing well. Your qualifications of great teams are ridiculous. You sound like a person obsessed with gay. Its ok if you are. Its actually quite obvious that you are. Its ok, anyone with 2 middle names is bound to be a pole-smoker. Accept yourself. Embrace your queerness. Fag lol

Kobe’s name wasnt even mentioned when Jordan was on the court cuz Kobe wasnt even in the league yet jackass. Kobe didnt play in the league til ’96. He played only at the very end of Jordan’s reign in the NBA. They are compared only by their positions, scoring ability and number of rings won, but they literally never faced each other on the court for more than a few minutes. Their careers can be compared objectively by their on-court accomplishments and records, but subjectively is where the eternal debate will lie, as to who is the greatest of all-time, setting aside all verifiable records and achievements and basing opinions solely on what people think is the most important qualifying measures… Who knows..

Actually, that was Stan Musial who said that – not Ty Cobb.
Get your facts straight. You just really upset this Cardinals fan. But I’m also an Indiana resident – and Stan Musial’s quote was the first thing I thought of, too, and obviously it popped into Larry Bird’s head, too, since he grew up in Cardinals Country, too.

The Jordon, Magic, Larry Dream Team would certainly easily handle the current Dream Team.
But this is not saying Kobe or Labron are not great players. Kobe, at the end of his career is certainly at least a top 50 or the greatest 100 players ever, but where he lands is up to other people to determine. Labron still needs to make his legacy to see where he is placed in the list of all time greats. But at his current rate he will right up there at the top somewhere.
The real difference I see in today’s players compared to those of the Magic/Bird era is the desire to win, the heart, the refusal to lose. Ability wise there may not be much difference, but when it comes right down to crunch time, who do you want with the ball, who do you want making that shot from wherever. My first choice is Jordan or maybe Bird. Not because they were more gifted but because they refuse to lose.

So many people seem to have so much to say but no real knowledge of basketball. MJ was the greatest player of the era and at least 5 of those players will go down as top 20 all time. The current team may end up with 2 or 3 at most. Barkley was the best player during the 1992 Dream Team statistically and he wasnt even one of the 5 best of that team. No team will ever be loaded like they were and no team in today’s league will ever mesh like they did. Players are far more selfish today then they were 20 years ago.

Jordan, Magic, Bird > Kobe, Lebran, Durrant in every way possible it isn’t even worth the debate. Then you add the rest of the 2 teams in and it becomes a land slide for the Dream Team.

If Jordan didn’t ‘retire’ to play baseball, it would have been more. He missed the season the Bulls went for their fourth straight and came in the middle of the next season. If not for that, the Bulls would have won 8 in a row, probably nine, they would have kept the team together for that record.

Kevin Durant is a great SCORER, but the ONLY thing Kevin Durant has over Larry Bird (and not by much) is that he’s a better scorer. Bird was the far superior player, in passing, rebounding, making his teammates better, AND shot a higher percentage too.

Vinnie Johnson?? I think you mean Dennis Johnson. The year before Bird joined the Celtics, the Cs had the second worst record in the league. When Bird joined the team–before McHale, Parish or DJ came aboard–it marked THE greatest W-L turnaround in league history.

The team was basically the same team, but because of one player (Bird), the next year the Celtics had the best record in the league, Bird’s rookie year. THAT’S how nasty Larry Bird was!

Marciano or Ali? It is pointless to argue these topics.

You can’t be serious. What did MJ win w/ out Scottie Pippen (top 50 greatest of all time & arguably one of the most athletic & versatile of all time), Dennis Rodman (one of the best rebounders of all time), Horace Gant (one of the best defenders of his era, Tony Kukoc (best European of his time).. What did Larry Bird win w/ out Kevin McHale (top 50 Greatest of all time), Robert Parish Hall of famer, Dennis Johnson, was much better then what he showed in Boston, he led the Sonics to their only NBA championship & when he came to Boston, he change his game to blend in w/ the Celtics. Tim Duncan, learned from & won his 1st NBA championship w/ one of the 50 Greatest of all time in David Robinson. Like it or not, believe it or not, GREAT players do not win championships alone.

You might want to take a look @ what else took place that year. McAdoo was a cancer on that team & never wanted to be a Celtic, he was traded for M.L. Carr who the Celtics needed as a defensive stopper @ that time. Most people only remember him as a towel waving bench player, but in his day he was an athletic defensive stopper. They also grabbed Gerald Henderson that year, a point guard they needed @ the time to run the show again because Tiny was on his last leg the year before. W/ Gerald Henderson, Tiny didn’t have to be the work horse, him, Ford & Henderson was one of the best backcourts in the league during Birds rookie year. Starting 5 of Larry Bird, Dave Cowens, Cedric Maxwell, Tiny Archibald Gerald Henderson or Ford was a very good starting five w/ M.L. Carr coming off the bench as a defensive stopper.

MJ did have two hall of famers in Scottie Pippen & Dennis Rodman.

Who and the hell was they going to sit for his ass…and that’s if you even know the starting lineup

ok read alot of comments sum good points sum wtf are dey talkn about, here goes the greatest comment for the greatest playa all dose guys won champioships with great coaches MAGIC JOHNSON WON 2 CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 3 YEARS WITHOUT A COACH WESTHEAD WAS REPLACEMENT THEN HE WAS REPLACED WITH PAT RILEY A THROW-IN CAUSED JERRY WEST DIDN’T WANT TO DO IT. NOW MIND YOU MAGIC WAS 19 THROUGH ALL THE MAJOR SPORTS WHO HAS LED THEIR TEAMS TO A CHAMPIONSHIP AS KID U GONNA B HARD PRESSED TO FIND SOMEBODY LIKE THAT JUST THINK ABOUT THAT WINNING WITOUT A COACH AIN’T CRAZY BOUT BOOBY KNIGHT BUT HE MAKES APOINT ABOUT GREAT PLAYERS WINNING WIT A GREAT COACH. NONE OF MAGIC COACHES FIRST COACHES WHERE EVEN HEARD OF. STFU ALL AROUND GREATEST EVER MAGIC=SHOWTIME ASK LARRY BIRD HE’LL TELL YA

The greatest of all time was the Big O. The most dominant was Wilt.

he was great, but also the beginning of the end of the nba with that showtime bull’ish…good thing the league also had other great players that weren’t in Hollywood at that time, or the nba would’ve never seen the money it did. so sad, yet true.

which brings up another classic by Bird……
Just prior to that game Issah had suggested that if Bird were black he would be just another average player.
After the Celtics won (due to Birds last second steal of Issah’s in-bounds pass) Issah apologized to Bird who stated he didn’t mind the comment but that “his mother was very upset”. LOL…. Issah than apologized to Bird’s mom.

Say what? Did you forget that Bird is a 3 time MVP? Not beat out Griffin? Making jokes today huh? And he was all around a better player than Durant is