The stories of Boston Celtics great Larry Bird talking trash are endless. One of the best, however, was when he faced the Denver Nuggets during the mid 1980s. Bird thought Nuggets coach Doug Moe ...

While Tatum is well on his way to taking the torch from modern legends like James, Curry and Durant, his quest for greatness is also motivated by a Boston legend: Larry Bird. “Wearing a Celtics ...

It's also a place for erraneous claims. That was displayed with a recent meme of NBA great Larry Bird and Kyle Korver. It suggested Bird would be the equivalent to Korver in today's game.

Celtics Hall of Fame center Robert Parish is acknowledging he harbored bad feelings toward legendary teammate Larry Bird, and demonstrated his disappointment by letting Bird take a beating in a ...

Celtics Stats (@celtics_stats) February 21, 2025 After the game, Tatum was asked about Celtics legend Larry Bird (h/t CLNS Media Boston Sports Network). Reporter: "When did you decide to chase ...

Jayson Tatum is a scoring machine from the Midwest who plays forward for the Boston Celtics, so it makes a lot of sense why he would idolize Larry Bird. Everyone needs someone or something to ...

Despite all the championships Bill Russell piled up, Tatum preached to those around him that Larry Bird deserved the title. Advertisement During the conversation, which also included some ...

"I think he is almost – to me, he’s [Larry] Bird-like, a little bit. Except he is quicker, faster, more athletic, doesn’t shoot it as well, but his shot’s coming," Boeheim said during a ...

By stuffing the stat sheet in back-to-back games, Doncic has replicated a feat last achieved by Celtics legend Larry Bird in 1982. Doncic's "revenge" game also saw him create a bit of NBA history.

He wants to be the greatest Celtic of them all. For him, that means surpassing Larry Bird, his fellow Midwesterner who proved long ago that playing forward didn’t preclude being a supernatural ...

Larry Bird’s journey from a small-town kid in French Lick, Indiana, to an NBA icon is nothing short of amazing. Before dazzling fans on the court, he worked regular jobs—like collecting ...

Still a relatively young player at 26, his goal is to be regarded as one of the NBA’s premier talents and, ambitiously, to sit alongside Larry Bird in the pantheon of all-time Celtics greats.