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"We would have been best friends" - Larry Bird thought he and Magic Johnson would have been "inseparable" if they had grown up together

"You feel honored about everything. Me and Magic came together into this league, we competed in college, we competed trought the league. There's sort of a type of friendship right there. If we lived ...
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Bill Walton raved about the greatest game of Larry Bird's career: "In a game that had tons of guys that were winners of the genetic lottery"

Bill Walton hailed Game 6 of the 1986 NBA Finals as Bird' greatest performance, when he dominated a floor filled with ...
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"If Wayne Gretzky could be traded, anything could happen" - Larry Bird believed the Celtics could trade him at the end of his career

Unlike other aging veterans, Larry Bird was honest about himself when he entered the final season of his legendary NBA career. He knew he could still play at a high level, but the three-time MVP also ...
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Today in Boston Celtics history: Larry Bird's debut; first-ever NBA 3-pointer

Today in Boston Celtics history, the team debuted their sensational new rookie drafted the summer before from Indiana State, ...