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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. American basketball player (born 1956) For the Canadian football player, see Larry Bird (Canadian football). For the painter, see Larry Bird (artist). For the American politician, see Larry Byrd. Larry Bird Bird in 2004 Indiana Pacers Position Consultant League NBA Personal information ...
He credits Bird's Celtics for giving him the gift of basketball — of life — again. And, man, was it beautiful. My brother probably sends me this five-minute YouTube clip of Walton and Bird's ...
The Boston Celtics selected him No. 6 overall in the 1978 NBA Draft, though he was eligible to return to Indiana State at the time. Bird and the Celtics waited on year, and he entered the league ...
Bird remained an advisor to the organization until 2022, when he stepped down before returning again last year. When the 67-year-old Bird walked in the facility Wednesday, players quickly noticed.
Larry Bird has said that Cooper was the best defender he faced. [11] For his career, Cooper averaged 8.9 points, 4.2 assists, 3.2 rebounds, 1.2 steals, and 0.6 blocks per game. A popular player among Lakers fans, home crowds were known to chant, "Coooooooop" whenever he controlled the ball, and the Lakers sometimes ran an alley-oop play for him ...
Bird captured "Rookie of the Year" in 1980, while Johnson's Lakers won the NBA Championship and Johnson was named NBA Finals MVP. The Celtics took the championship in 1981, the Lakers took it back in 1982. The Celtics would win again in 1984 and 1986, while the Lakers would win the title in 1985, 1987, and 1988.
The YouTube video NBA Players and Legends Explain How SCARY GOOD Larry Bird Was hits 8.2 million views. Another, Larry Bird Trash-Talking, has 4.4 million views.
Yvette dated Julio Iglesias Jr. in the early 2000s. [5] In addition to modeling, she worked for her parents' company, at a hospital, and in real estate. [6] [7]Yvette met basketball legend Michael Jordan while at a Miami nightclub in 2008. [8]