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"The league was too black, too many drugs, it wasn't making any money" - Barkley explains how Magic and Bird saved the NBA
"Obviously, Michael Jordan took it to another level, but I'm old enough to remember before Magic and Larry got into the NBA, the league was too black, too many drugs, it wasn't making any money.
"I'd like to see them win it" - Larry Bird surprisingly backed the Lakers in the 1988 NBA Finals
"I'd like to see them win it" - Larry Bird surprisingly backed the Lakers in the 1988 NBA Finals originally appeared on ...
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"I did not shake Larry Bird's hand for 13 years" - Dominique Wilkins on how intense his rivalry with Larry Bird was
Dominique Wilkins and Larry Bird were two of the most electric forwards of the 1980s. They locked horns like rival kings, but ...
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"He can't jump, he can't do this, he can't do that" - Patrick Ewing recalls how Boston fans initially disrespected Larry Bird
Ewing, who grew up in Cambridge just across the Charles River, was raised in an environment where basketball conversations ...
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"It would be a different game for me if he was gone" - Magic Johnson opens up about Larry Bird rivalry and legacy
"It would be a different game for me if he was gone" - Magic Johnson opens up about Larry Bird rivalry and legacy originally ...
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"Larry had told the world he was not coming out" - Former Boston GM reveals how Boston outsmarted the NBA to secure Larry Bird's draft rights
"Larry had told the world he was not coming out" - Former Boston GM reveals how Boston outsmarted the NBA to secure Larry ...