Larry downplayed the impact he had on the game. "Basketball is always going to be there. Ten years from now, there will be someone better than me, bigger than me, stronger than me," Bird said.

"One school of thought as to why Larry Bird was so beloved was that he represented some type of everyman who doubled as one ...

Boston Celtics great Larry Bird is one of the greatest ... It's why I question if Bird could compete with the athleticism of today's game. Here's my take on Bird from a game from the `80s against ...

he had achieved that one basketball player dream of being NBA champion, multiple times NBA MVP, and a HAll of famer. Q. Why is Larry Bird so famous? - + A. The Celtics forward and a great ...

It looks a little like how all-time great Larry Bird used to shoot. It’s worked. Jokić has been a more willing 3-point shooter this season. His volume — 4.6 attempts per game — is ...

In the process, he surpassed Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird in the all-time ... from beyond the arc wasn't dominant. Bird averaged 1.9 threes per game in his career and shot 37.6 percent ...

After less than a month, before basketball ... game by 34 points, the Lakers took four of the next five. Bird was second in the league in scoring (28.7) and three-point shooting (42.7 percent ...

And former Boston big man Tony Massenburg had a front row seat to Larry Legend in the final years of his career with the Celtics, opening up about his personal experiences playing with Bird in the ...

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson revived the NBA in the 1980s. That title game became one of the most documented finals in history -- it remains the highest-rated college basketball game ever ...

Via The NBA: "With his 8th assist tonight, Nikola Jokić just became the fastest player to reach 15K+ PTS, 7,500+ REB, and 5K+ AST, doing so in just 709 games. The fastest previously? Larry Bird ...

NBA.com's Todd Spehr on Bird: "This is the thing that is most difficult to work out about the way Larry Bird played basketball: He often made the simple play, the play that, if you watched Bird ...