"I wasn't a fan of Larry Bird growing up because I thought everything he did was lucky," said Shaq during an interview with ...
"Pete's man runs down and double teams Larry. Larry puts up some (messed) up shot and goes astray." Maravich tried to offer advice but Bird wasn't hearing any of it. "And we come back to the bench ...
People often debate whether Larry Bird was a Top 5 or even Top 10 player ... the year Kobe enrolled at Lower Merion High. But ...
When he entered the league, Bird was given a five-year, $3.25M deal and with that, he became the highest-paid rookie not only in the history of the NBA but also in sports in general.
"If you put all of us in a room -- Magic, Jordan, myself and Bird -- Bird would probably be the guy who walks out of the room at the end of the day," says Isiah Thomas on ESPN Classic's ...