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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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"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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"Players make lousy general managers" - Mark Cuban strongly warns against letting superstar players have all the say in the organization
But according to former Dallas Mavericks majority owner Mark Cuban, not every legend is cut out for boardroom politics — and ...
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"He's not a Hall of Famer, but he was on that next level" - Bob Ryan on a role player who was never recognized as the Celtics' X-factor in the 80s
Wedman joined the C's midway through the 1982-83 campaign. Though he was a quality two-way player and former two-time ...
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"Every game we played, I was trying to find a way just to hit that dude" - Byron Scott admitted his hate for Danny Ainge
Los Angeles Lakers rivalry took center stage in the 1980s, most headlines were dominated by the epic showdown between Larry Bird and ... one of them being Danny Ainge, whose energy and playing ...
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"There's a large amount of guys that's been successful when their playing days are over" - Larry Bird credited Red Auerbach for making Celtics stars successful as front-office ...
In contrast, Celtics icons like Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Danny Ainge seamlessly transitioned into different roles - a phenomenon that "Larry Legend" credits to the influence on Red Auerbach.