Crazy Larry Bird clip

[G8trwood]

And more or less helps end his career by putting in a driveway for his dad. By hand.
Nothin but net

 

[Gatordiddy]

I’ll be 81 next month!

Thought you might have been a Naismith lean, but yeah, agreed.

 

[Gulfstream]

Mashburn is a pretty good story teller.

 

[Gator By Marriage]

I love the clip of him throwing the ball at Laimbeer. While the video is about Bird, that clip was really about Laimbeer. I bet he could’ve inspired Mother Theresa to throw a ball at him like that.

 

[Detroitgator]

I love the clip of him throwing the ball at Laimbeer. While the video is about Bird, that clip was really about Laimbeer. I bet he could’ve inspired Mother Theresa to throw a ball at him like that.

Guess which team won that game 122-104?

 

[Gatordiddy]

Guess which team won that game 122-104?

Irrelevant, your Honor.

Laimbeer was, and will always remain a large penis.

 

[lagator]

While I agree that Eminem is the best rapper, even for his color or especially because of his color, the desire to compare Bird to Mathers is like saying hogshead cheese is as good as mortadella because they both go on white bread.

 

[AuggieDosta]

 

[Gator By Marriage]

Guess which team won that game 122-104?

The Lakers?

 

[jeeping8r]

Think "King James" could handle the Detroit bad boys? How about the real showtime? Doubt Kareem, Magic, Rambis, Scott and Worthy would be awed by him
Mike and Scotty in their prime
Hakeem the dream
Dominique
The postman

Players back in the day were much tougher and earned their money IMO.

 

[lagator]

Think "King James" could handle the Detroit bad boys? How about the real showtime? Doubt Kareem, Magic, Rambis, Scott and Worthy would be awed by him
Mike and Scotty in their prime
Hakeem the dream
Dominique
The postman

Players back in the day were much tougher and earned their money IMO.

 

[Gatordiddy]

Think "King James" could handle the Detroit bad boys? How about the real showtime?

And he could, in no way, handle Stockton’s short shorts.

 

[Gator By Marriage]

Think "King James" could handle the Detroit bad boys? How about the real showtime? Doubt Kareem, Magic, Rambis, Scott and Worthy would be awed by him
Mike and Scotty in their prime
Hakeem the dream
Dominique
The postman

Players back in the day were much tougher and earned their money IMO.

James is a phenomenal athlete who would’ve excelled back then as well. His style is a product of today’s NBA where the rules are very different for the elite players. He’d be a different type of player if the league hadn’t changed, but he’d still be a superstar.

 

[gator1946]

Comparing Bird to James is like comparing Sayers to Csonka. Who would you rather see play. For me it's hands down Bird and Sayers. But then again I think Bird may be the best basketball player I've ever seen. And I go way way back.

 

[gingerlover]

The amount of disrespect people have for Bird and guys from that era is insane when you see things on social media trying to prop up the current group, and then all of them are getting worked over by Joker and other unathletic eruo guys on a nightly basis. Its like the Jordan vs James arguments. James would have been good in any era, but getting calls when air touched him and sitting out who knows how many games to rest helped prolong his career. Jordan would have been savage in a league that wasn't allowed to touch him.

 

[soflagator]

I’ve only watched highlights of Bird in this thread, but his over the backboard shot and passing make him the best I’ve ever seen. And I turn 106 next Tuesday.

 

[Detroitgator]

I’ve only watched highlights of Bird in this thread, but his over the backboard shot and passing make him the best I’ve ever seen. And I turn 106 next Tuesday.

You some kinda Benjamin Button or sumthin'???? Hell, by July, you'll probably lap Burl Ives!

 

[Gatordiddy]

I’ve only watched highlights of Bird in this thread, but his over the backboard shot and passing make him the best I’ve ever seen. And I turn 106 next Tuesday.

Interesting
I had you firmly in the Bob Cousy camp.

 

[soflagator]

Interesting
I had you firmly in the Bob Cousy camp.

I barely know some of these names you and @Detroitgator are throwing out, so I’m can only assume your ages and I’d love to sit down with you guys and pick your brains. Like where were you when McKinley was shot?

 

[Homer J]

Think "King James" could handle the Detroit bad boys? How about the real showtime? Doubt Kareem, Magic, Rambis, Scott and Worthy would be awed by him
Mike and Scotty in their prime
Hakeem the dream
Dominique
The postman

Players back in the day were much tougher and earned their money IMO.

You're talking about a man with menstrual cramps in the NBA finals.