Your respect for Larry Bird just increased

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by MVChiefFan

According to many who played against him, he was quite a trash talker too. I remember hearing about a game he played (against the Knicks if I'm not mistaken) where he put up his first shot of the game, which was a three pointer. He shot right in front of the Knicks bench and as the ball left his hands and was still in the air, he turned to the opposing coach and said "you better get somebody that can guard me", then the ball swished through the net...that's just gross!

X-Man: "he said he's gonna get the ball right here, and I'm gonna shoot the ball right in your face"





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