Guiding an NBA team often means helping new players adjust as quickly as possible. One of many occasions Larry Bird faced that task was when the late Bill Walton joined the Boston Celtics ahead of the ...
Larry Bird used to spare no one, including himself, in the name of winning. Roughly a year after criticizing his Boston Celtics teammates’ collective hearts, he went all out in criticizing his ...
Larry Bird was never the kind of in-your-face leader that Michael Jordan was - a leader who pushed buttons, tested his teammates' patience, or aggressively challenged them when they weren't performing ...
Grew up in the town of French Lick, Indiana. Nicknamed the “Hick from French Lick” and “Larry Legend.” Wore the number 33 on his basketball jersey in high school, college and with the Boston Celtics.