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Larry Bird admits Danny Ainge showed him the value of 3-point shot: "You could shoot 35, 36 percent and do better if you shot 50 percent from the 2s"
Larry Bird mastered the 3-point shot after learning of its true value before the rest of the league caught on.
Basketball Network on MSN7h
Larry Bird on his first time teaming up with Magic Johnson before their rivalry began: "He wouldn't give me the ball"
A while before their names became synonymous with NBA greatness, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson shared a court in relative ...
Basketball Network on MSN14h
"No one ever asks me about Kareem" - Magic Johnson talks about fans always asking him about Larry Bird
Have you talked to Larry?' No one ever asks me about Kareem or James Worthy or Bryon or Coop. It's always Larry. We've gotten ...
Basketball Network on MSN17h
Larry Bird took issue with a bold player comparison early in his NBA career: "It wasn't really fair to either of us"
In a 2011 interview with SLAM Magazine, basketball legend Larry Bird was asked about a recurring trend in NBA discourse — ...
Walter Clayton Jr.’s Legendary Performance Sends Florida to Title Game
The senior guard scored at least 30 points in the regional final and national final, the first time since Larry Bird, to help the Gators rally over Auburn.
Basketball Network on MSN3d
"I thought Cedric Maxwell and Kevin McHale talked more junk than I did" - Larry Bird admits his teammates were bigger trash talkers than even he was
Larry Bird was one of the NBA’s greatest trash talkers, but he insists that Kevin McHale, Cedric Maxwell, and Danny Ainge ...
Basketball Network on MSN4d
"His elbow was killing him…He won't say anything" - Kevin McHale recalled how Larry Bird fought through injury to lead the Celtics in 1985
Larry Bird was as tough as nails and didn’t let injuries slow him down. For as long as he could bear it, “Larry Legend” would ...
Longtime Florida whooping crane sent away, leaving only 4 in the state
Only about 830 whooping cranes exist in the world but they used to number in the tens of thousands in North America alone.
Longtime Osceola whooping crane sent away, leaving only 4 in Florida
Like so many others, the Northern transplant flew to Florida for warmer temperatures, landed in Osceola County and stayed for ...
Why Coach Larry Bird Once Left Two Key Players At Airport For Breaking Rules
Larry Bird was not only a Hall of Fame basketball player, he also had success as a coach in the NBA. Bird coached the Indiana ...
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UK Notebook: Pope recalls time with Pacers; Oweh a fan of Weetabix
While at Kentucky, Pope and the Wildcats played two games at the RCA Dome, defeating Indiana 89-82 in 1995 and Clemson 79-72 ...
Fadeaway World on MSN13d
Larry Bird’s Coldest Autograph Denial Ever: "I Guess She’s Married To A Dead Man"
One story, originally shared by Dan Shaughnessy who wrote 'Wish It Lasted Forever: Life With the Larry Bird Celtics', perfectly captures Bird’s legendary no-nonsense demeanor. B ...