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Larry Bird Broke 10 Years Of Silence Just To Tell Bernard King He Cost Him A Ring
Prior to that, Bernard King had already built a Hall of Fame résumé. A prolific scorer with the Knicks in the mid-1980s, he ...
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"It's disappointing that so many relationships I had with people fell apart" - Bird on why he won't ever consider a front office role with the Celtics
When Larry joined the Celtics front office in 1992 as a special assistant to then-CEO Dave Gavitt, there was quiet optimism ...
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"One day I would wake up and the pain would finally be gone, but I was wrong" - Bird on struggles with his health even decades after retirement
Larry's decades-long battle with chronic back pain led to a spinal fusion surgery that finally gave him relief.
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"It wasn't like that and it doesn't have to be" - Larry Bird opens up about not being close with Celtics teammates
However, "Larry Legend" was keen to clarify an important distinction: the synergy that existed among them did not equate to ...
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Cedric Maxwell on Larry Bird reportedly approving Boston Celtics trading him to Clippers
During the resurgence of awareness of that era of Celtics basketball thanks to the HBO docuseries "Celtics City," a claim was ...
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"People say, 'You're jealous of what Larry did.' I'm not!" - Cedric Maxwell on how he never received the credit he deserves
Cedric Maxwell sets the record straight about his role in the 1981 championship run and why the "Celtics City" documentary ...
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"They're both winners" - Larry Bird highlighted the biggest difference between the two coaches who shaped him
When Bird arrived in the NBA in 1979, it was under the guidance of coach Fitch that he took his first steps into becoming ...
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"He hit 20 out of 20" - Peja Stojakovic recalls 50-year-old Larry Bird showing the Indiana Pacers how to shoot 3-pointers
Peja Stojakovic's brief tenure with the Indiana Pacers is a chapter in his NBA career he will always remember mostly because ...
‘I’d take a cut’ – Michael Jordan wanted to team up with Celtics icon Larry Bird in blockbuster trade
The Chicago Bulls could have been even more dominant. Before LeBron James’ Miami Heat ‘Big Three’ and Kevin Durant’s Golden State Warriors ‘Big Four’, Michael ...
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Larry Bird risked angering Celtics fans by voicing true feelings on Knicks
NBA legend Larry Bird once claimed he “belonged” in New York before getting drafted by the Boston Celtics. Bird is widely ...
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"Maybe it's because we've already won one championship, or maybe we're getting old" - Larry Bird got honest when he talked about the 1985 Finals against the Lakers
Maybe it's because we've already won one championship, or maybe we're getting old." Making matters worse for the Celtics was ...
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When Larry Bird ripped into Stephen Jackson over his antics with the Pacers - "I was embarrassed at times"
But that's not true — it's also about handling people and, sometimes, tough personalities.Larry Bird knows this better than ...