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"I see it happen with Larry Bird more often than any player" - Danny Ainge hails Larry Bird as the most unstoppable scorer of his era
Throughout his illustrious NBA career, Larry Bird proved that even elite defenders couldn't decipher his unique style of play ...
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"No one else who can guard me? This is getting ridiculous" - Danny Ainge recalls Larry Bird roasting the Knicks and their coach in MSG
Bird wasn't a loudmouth trying to compensate. He spoke with quiet confidence, throwing out lines that cut deep but didn't beg ...
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"He didn't usually trash talk to Magic, Dr. J, guys like that" - Danny Ainge on why Larry Bird directed most vicious trash talk to coaches
"He just really wanted to motivate himself," Ainge said of Larry's trash-talking. "But the most characteristic one was he ...
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Larry Bird admits Danny Ainge showed him the value of 3-point shot: "You could shoot 35, 36 percent and do better if you shot 50 percent from the 2s"
Even the league's best shooters, including Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird ... his teammate Danny Ainge. Bird recalled Ainge being one of the first players to stress the importance of developing ...
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Kevin McHale on the duality of Danny Ainge: "He's one of the most impulsive people as a person, but as GM, he's unbelievably calculated"
Once, he implored Red Auerbach to trade McHale and Larry Bird after the Celtics superstars were already shells of their former selves. Red didn't listen to Danny, but Ainge demonstrated early on ...