But had the Larry ... not game shape." We might never get Bird to admit that teammate (and future Boston general manager) Danny Ainge was right about trading away Bird and the rest of the 1986 ...
Larry Legend began his career as a very durable player. In his first nine in the NBA, Bird sat out only 21 out of a possible 738 regular season games. That's when the wear and tear of playing ...
The Chicago Bulls scraped over the line to reach the 1986 NBA playoffs. Second-year pro Michael Jordan, the saviour of Chicago basketball, broke his foot in the third game of the year, causing him ...
While it might not have been as exhilarating as it was when Hall of Fame Boston Celtics small forward Larry Bird took the court ... are a lot brighter in the games than when you are practicing.