Your respect for Larry Bird just increased

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Because there just weren't enough models of white success and dominance in other, non-sports venues.

Shut. Up.

[RNR]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Joking aside, you're not the only one. To this day, the Celtics are looked at as the white man's team, while the Lakers are the black man's.

That is true, few seem to want to admit the simple truth. The Lakers were Show Time and were like a fancy sports car. They made it look effortless. Boston was like a 4x4 truck. They just ran on horsepower and force. The NBA came back from almost dead because of Magic and Bird. If people wish to ignore the race factor, they are being disingenuous~

[Demonpenz]

bird was perfect example of john woodens "Be quick, but don't hurry"

[fan4ever]

...Bird was great even before you could take 4 steps without being called for traveling...

[Amnorix]

Doc Rivers (before he was the C's coach), among others, talking about when Bird dropped 60 on the Hawks. One of the sickest shooting displays you'll ever see. You'll also see the Hawks players on the bench reacting -- laughing and such -- to his crazy shots going in.

Coach Fratello after the game: "it's one thing to be in awe, it's another to root for the other team"





longer clip of Bird destroying the Hawks that night.

Watch the absurd shots at 4:10 seconds (and the Hawks bench reaction), then at the 5:00 mark,