News

Basketball Network on MSN4d
"When a guy shot 44% in my day, we thought they were terrible" - Larry Bird says efficiency standard has decreased over the years
"When a guy shot 44 percent in my day, we thought they were terrible. Guys aren't working on their shots the way they used to ...
Basketball Network on MSN6h
"If we'd won this championship, this would have been one of the great ones" - Larry Bird was proud after the Celtics lost to the Lakers in the 1987 Finals
"If we'd won this championship, this would have been one of the great ones ever and we knew that. You can talk heart and ...
Basketball Network on MSN2d
"I didn't feel I had to score for our team to win" - Bird thinks he would've had a lot more records if he focused on scoring
A marksman with icy poise, he didn't need acrobatics or flashy moves to pile up buckets. Everything he did on the court was ...
Basketball Network on MSN11d
"He played with my eight $20 bills in his shoe and lit up the 76ers" - Larry Bird won a shooting bet against journalist with all five fingers wrapped up
Larry Bird once taped all five fingers together and still won a free throw bet against journalist Dan Shaughnessy.