9. Bill Sharman, guard. Unlike names like Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, or Bill Russell, many basketball fans might not know the name Bill Sharman, but they should.
Don Nelson: βHeβs the best player ever to play the game.β ever, ever be another Larry Bird.β - Earvin Johnson at the 1993 retirement ceremony for Bird in Boston Garden.
Vote up the best teammates Bird ever had. McHale was selected third overall in the 1980 NBA draft by the Celtics, and spent his first six seasons as a valuable bench player, backing up forwards Cedric Maxwell and Larry Bird, being twice named the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year. After Maxwell was traded
Larry Bird was one of the best shooters I've ever seen, period. And you know, his trash talk was legendary. He'd tell you exactly what he was going to do to, and tell you that you have no chance to stop it.. then go and do it. As a Cavs fan who remembers the 80s and early 90s well, there were 2 players that I feared. MJ and Bird.
Happy to share this highlights compilation of, stated by Larry Bird himself: "the best defensive player that ever guarded me was Michael Cooper". Enjoy some
A skilled scorer, passer, rebounder and clutch performer, Larry Bird is No. 7 on Nick Wright's list of the Top 50 NBA Players of the Last 50 Years. Bird was a three-time MVP, won a pair of
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