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As the Indiana Pacers president, Larry Bird mentored incoming rookies, but not everyone was receptive to his teachings.
"He tells me, 'Fly, bird'" - Larry Bird once humiliated Brad Daugherty with two savage words and a cold-blooded jumper ...
"I'd like to see them win it" - Larry Bird surprisingly backed the Lakers in the 1988 NBA Finals originally appeared on ...
"It was the most rejection I'd felt since my first high school dance" - Dan Shaughnessy recalls getting humbled by Larry Bird ...
"I did not shake Larry Bird's hand for 13 years" - Dominique Wilkins on how intense his rivalry with Larry Bird was ...
The No. 1 overall pick in the 1991 NBA Draft out of UNLV said Converse’s original idea was to have him share the screen with ...
NBA legend Larry Bird, known for his ruthless trash talk, revealed later in his career that he had to scale it back—not ...
Before Larry Bird became an NBA legend, Boston fans were skeptical of his abilities. Patrick Ewing recalls how Bird was ...
Jerry “Mr. Clutch” West was scoring poetry. A master of footwork, subtle pivots, and mid-range precision, he delivered 27.0 ...
Cedric Maxwell reflected on being overshadowed by Larry Bird and Kevin McHale, despite his key role in the Celtics’ ...
The Los Angeles Lakers icon named his top five picks for the NBA's best players of all-time, leaving out Shaquille O'Neal and ...
Those periods of equitably distributing the titles were the exceptions for most of the NBA’s first 70 years. The Lakers and ...