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James Worthy grudgingly concedes Larry Bird's greatness: "If you can back it up, you're not arrogant, you're just good"

Worthy vs. Bird. Worthy wasn't the only Laker who expressed admiration — and a tad of frustration — for Bird's trash-talking.
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"I still can't believe that I did that" - Larry Bird said he was baffled that Donnie Walsh convinced him to coach the Indiana Pacers

Yet while Bird's greatness is well documented, few fans truly know the story behind his surprising leap from player to coach.
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"We don't have players with heart sometimes" — Larry Bird's brutal postgame message that saved Boston's 1984 championship run

Larry Bird wasn't one for sugarcoating. After the Los Angeles Lakers embarrassed the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of the 1984 Finals, Larry Legend delivered one of the harshest locker-room messages in ...
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"You never know, the guy might be a bad shot" - When K.C. Jones made light of Larry Bird's death threat in 1984 NBA finals

A death threat is no laughing matter, but for K.C. Jones, humor was his way of keeping the team loose, even when the stakes were at their highest. As the story goes, Larry Bird received a threat on ...