15 NBA Legends Who Were Terrified Of Larry Bird

but Larry Bur was cold, I don't think anyone could hang out with him, he talked trash, against us, he talked trash with everyone, against everyone else, and I'm looking at this guy like he's crazy, you know, when you talk about basketball players the NBA. that would scare other players, the first people that will come to mind will be someone like Jordan Shaq Kobe or maybe Kevin Garnett, but I feel like there is one guy that should be in the top five when talking about the most feared players in the game. NBA and That's Larry Bird, like the trash talk he was having with other players was just disrespectful at its peak, but hilarious and creative at the same time.

Seriously, I'll laugh at the way Bird will make players and even Legends look stupid. The fear that the

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instilled in the players, Hearts, night after night, made him a formidable opponent for the Defenders and even the coaches, Larry, literally told the Defenders what he would do on the field and proceeded to do it. It was exhausting playing

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every night because they would be in a physical and mental battle they had never seen before, so I found 15 NBA

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who share stories about what made Larry Bird so feared by many players and when these Legends They talk, you can see the respect they have for him, so we'll start with number 15 David Robinson, also known as the admiral who left an indelible mark on the NBA with his extraordinary skills and contributions to the game.

There is rarely footage of David Robinson talking about Larry Bird, but there is an interview a year ago when someone asked him who he was. his favorite player to play against and this is what he said and I know a lot of you young people may not remember Larry Bird very well, but that man was a magician and yes, no, he was incredible, he was 69 years old and he had the ability. guard set, he wasn't that fast, he wasn't a great athlete, he had the heart of a lion and, um, playing against him was my first real experience with a man, so I want to do well.

I want to compete against that every day, that's the kind of thing that will make you a monster and there were a lot of great players. Make no mistake, I faced a lot of great players every day, but I think when I came into the league Larry Bird was at his peak and he was amazing at what he did and um and he was humble and he came to work every day and I I admired and think he was my favorite to play with. Particularly at the beginning of my 14th career, we got Gary Peyton, one of the most well-known Trash Talkers in NBA history who had bullied many players in his career, but it's surprising how highly he talks about Bird after all the battles that happened.

Jordan, he'll still choose Larry Bird when it comes to getting inside your head. This man was an expert at trash talking, but the way Larry Bird talked trash was something he never experienced and Larry Bird got shot anywhere if you think about how many times he won. a championship and what he was doing and what he was averaging people don't understand, they said oh, he, he was slow, he wasn't, no, he was just smart, you know what I'm saying, he was smart and he can do it. I can do it he wasn't MVP all those times and all stars all the time for nothing I'm going to take you to this corner I'm going to dribble twice I'm going to smack your ass in your face and and I bet it won't touch the rim wow and then he said yes does it, I'll come back and do it again until I play it, that's how Larry Bird used to come out, crazy, yeah, Larry Bird was the coldest talker that ever lived and Bag him up 'cause he was so cold, that's what you know what I'm saying, so people ask people about it.

Mother used to tell you, boy, you can't do anything with me. I'm too good a mother for this. Wow, I'll give. You're a Christmas present, this jumper in your face, he always says this man. Next we have Dominic Wilkins, the movie The Human Highlight. He was a dominant force on the court who captivated audiences with his electrifying dunks and scoring prowess. He had a versatile offensive game capable of scoring. Various positions on the court in the 1980s Wilkins and Larry B had a fierce rivalry. They had one of the most memorable playoff battles in NBA history.

Dominic Wilkins shared his experience of what it was like to face Larry Bird as a rookie and it was hilarious at first. The time Bird talked down to me was my rookie season, my first game I played against him, so I shook his hand and he put both hands behind his back and I said, "Okay, he's getting ready to play". uh, on the first play of the game, he says: I don't know where they got you guarding me. Holmes and shoots a three. Now he wasn't upset. He did all three. I said, but this motherfucker just calls me holes.

He was angry with you. I know I said he wasn't mad, he got all three right, but he did this. Some just called me at home, you know, so it's set up for a really interesting game because I remember one time I went down there and dunked it on him. on the floor he fouled me and I'm pointing and he said hey Rook, I said what he said what he said I like you, you have, you know, he said you have balls, but I'm still going to get 30 on your ass. I know he got about 38, but I had to pay my debts.

I didn't mind that because you know back then you know as a rookie you know you have to pay your debts. He simply backed up everything he said if he told you so. he's going to take a shot to a certain spot or if he's going to take you to the post, turn around, do a fade, Jay, he's going to do just that and there's nothing you can do about it. Joe Dumars, a Pistons legend whom many called Jordan and a key member of the Detroit Pistons' Bad Boys era, has deep respect for Larry Bird. The intense rivalry between the Pistons and Boston Celtics in the late 1980s was marked by fierce competition and mutual admiration.

Joe Dumar has explained how. The smart and tough Larry Bird was playing against as if it were a game of chess. I said, but please let's not forget how amazing Bird and Sotic were in their prime. I said it was almost impossible to go in there and beat them and they say why I said why. You couldn't make a mistake with them if you turned your head or didn't turn in time or whatever, those guys made you play and it was him like he was a Sant on the court like just a I like two plays ahead on everything, so , I was talking about this, maybe three or four days ago, how hard it was to go to Boston and be the team when BD is at his best.

Dennis Rodman, a renowned NBA Hall of Fame player. Because of his rebounding and defensive PR, he had so many battles with Bird when he was on the bad boy Pistons, and even though he said some crazy statements about Bird, like saying he couldn't play in today's NBA, he still had respect for the game. by Bird. When I was going against him, he actually had a funny welcome to the league moment with Larry Bird in the playoffs, check it out, so I think it was 8 86 87, so we were playing the Boston Celtics in the Conference Finals This, so they gave me the task. of protecting Larry Bird protecting Larry Bird I'm like this 25-year-old rookie in the league, they said Dennis, you gotta protect him and I'm like, you know, I'm saying protect him, so that was all my job was to protect.

The toughest guy on our team on the other teams, so you know, I'm guarding him and every time I turn my head, he's there on the three-point line and he's like, I'm here. Rook. I'm like you know I have to go out and run after it like an idiot, let's go out and try to dispute it, he got all three right. I'm fine, then we have two

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, the car Malone and Isaiah Thomas, who played against Larry Bird for almost his entire career and had intense matchups in the playoffs, shared their stories of how Bird used to talk trash during decisive moments.

I remember sitting on the bench watching Kevin Mcel and Larry Bird and Larry Bird did something to me. I'm still in awe of this and it attracted so many people. It was a timeout and one of our teammates, B Cofold, had a camera and was taking pictures, so Larry Bur came up and looked at our B and said, uh, triple from here, so I'm sitting there looking like a baby. The ceiling already made your decision, yeah, so Isa, I'm sitting there looking, he looked at the floor and held everyone looking at the floor, he liked it like he threw something, he hit a three, you believe it and I remember Kevin kind of looking up.

On the bench it's going to be a long night, we went out to the field and he said who protected me. Larry always calls me corny, right, he's like corny who protects me and I was like, you know, I have Kelly, I have lamb, I have Benson. he's like you don't have any brothers he's like you he's like you you disrespect me that's what he said that's exactly what he said he said hey man you can't put any white guy on me that's pure disrespect right he said no No Don't give me any white guy, so check this out so we can come back next year.

I said I have someone for your ass, right, yeah, he said he who do you have. I told Rob, he's fine, he's a little better, he said, but never put him down. There's no white guy with me because that's disrespectful. Like, Okay, Patrick, a New York Knicks legend and one of the greatest centers of all time is a close friend of Larry Bird and expresses his admiration for Bird's skills, his knowledge of basketball and his leadership in multiple occasions. I told people that Larry Bird's trash talking was real, he talked trash, against us, he talked trash to everyone, against everyone else, but you know, the difference is that he could back it up, he could back it up, you know, he I remember, you know it like I do.

I said growing up in Boston, people used to always talk about how he can't jump, he can't do this, he can't do that, and you know, a lot of my friends were like that, you know, so you know, I have to do it. . the league I called all my friends again I said you know all that crap you were talking about you need to smash all that this man is cool he can he can whatever you're saying for a man who can't jump He he He can, Dem, is demolishing everyone. Here are three legends, Dr. J.

Kevin mcel and Bill Walton, explaining Bird's impact on the game and his mindset when he plays. Pay attention to Mel's story, especially since it shows what Bird will do when the game is on. line and he's not having the best night, you know this guy, I think he was born to play basketball, watching him come in and make adjustments early, taking a team that had won 20 games the year before and you know, the year after, I mean to you. I know they are over 40 and next year they are 60 60 plus nothing bothers them. An incredible competitor. Excellent hands.

Great vision. Great feel of the game. And you know, he could go out every night and just play at an incredibly high level. He didn't have to throw the ball very well have a good game because he did so many different things I'm out I'm getting the ball in Larry we walk we drop a play we walk out Larry says I'm going to shoot three I'm going to win right here I'm like Larry no no no no just shot just make two just let's go to overtime I'm thinking oh my god you haven't made a shot the whole game don't do that now so we walk over there and Larry walks by the bench and tells the Phoenix bench that He said no, I'm getting ready to jump all over here, ruin your game and knock you down for a three. and he goes home and um, the bench looks at him and stuff, then Larry breaks the play, jumps, puts the ball right, you know, in front of his bench on the three-point line, shoots as he releases it, looks at the bench . and he said, I told you so, so he starts running to the locker room, the ball breaks, we win by one and the bench, the bench coaches have this.

Bian has this look on his face like, honestly, like he's seen a ghost, he's just sitting there and I'm walking. I do it all the time, he just shakes his head, but that was classic Larry, a willingness to gain an incredible amount of confidence, but the best thing is that he had no idea what I was thinking in my mind, am I really going to launch? I tell him he hasn't taken a shot the entire fourth quarter and when he came running in and when I walked in he had already had a beer, he had a beer in his hand, he was laughing and I just walked up to him. and a hug came and he said man, you are someone that no one worked as hard as Larry, he was the first to arrive, he was the last to leave, he exhausted that body with the jumpers, the races, the movement, the concentration and the focus , the discipline and the sacrifice that he had, he wanted the light on him, he wanted the focus and he wanted that ball and if it ever got to the point where Casey Jones, a coach that we love and who would do anything if Casey ever said the someone else's play Larry would just say no, no, I'm throwing this ball and he would do two seconds on the throw.

BL Bird wants a free, he gets it then. We have two NBA legends who are in my top five. Of all time, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul Jabar, they both said that Larry Bird was the best they ever played against and listening to how they describe Bird's game, you can tell it was War when you were getting ready to play against that man and you had to be prepared. your name at all times um, the best guy I've ever facedI played could have been, you know, Larry Bird, someone like that, how good the people were. I don't think people look at him and think he's a white guy, a slow guy, a chubby white guy, he wore us out.

You know, because he was just this muscle here, the one between his ears, yeah, that was his best moment, you know, because he made the threes and had assists and stolen rebounds. He was always in the right place at the right time. on the court, you know one of the great players, you know, I had the opportunity to play against nobody that I've ever played against that I love and respect more than Larry Bird, the man, listen, you couldn't give him an inch or he'd just shoot. . Right in your face he was dominant on both ends of the court, so Larry Bird made me a better player and I think I made him a better player and together we made the NBA better and now we have the last two legends on this list, John Stockton and Charles Barkley, them.

The two shared hilarious trash stories when facing Bird and you can watch Charles explain exactly what made NBA players fear him in a game. He's just the only guy that came to Utah when I was a young player and said, "I think I'm going to have 43 tonight, I told our whole team that on the bench and he came in and he had 43 tonight, so I don't know, I have to give the thumbs up to Delara, this one don't feel bad because I was the tiebreaker in the poll question and I also chose Larry Legend, so I'm in the same company, so God bird speaks. rubbish with everyone, but didn't he got to a point where he had respect for what these people always say this story about Larry Bird I remember, he was cursing under his breath and I said, Larry, what? what's going on with you?

He says you guys are being disrespectful to me and I'm like, what are you talking about? He says you guys are being disrespectful to me that's disrespectful wait who's the white guy. What did you name him? I don't remember who it was. I just started laughing. I had no response when he says it's disrespectful when you name me a white guy. Me and I are sitting there like I'm laughing in the middle of a game, like Larry beats you with his will and his mind, but he didn't have the athletic ability that Kobe, Michael, LeBron and those guys had. and his team to win so guys I hope you enjoyed the video and show everyone this if you are asleep about how good Larry Bird was because there are 15 NBA legends that can attest to so comment below your favorite bird story and until next time.