"One school of thought as to why Larry Bird was so beloved was that he represented some type of everyman who doubled as one ...
Boston Celtics great Larry Bird had no boundaries when it came to talking trash. It didn't matter if you were the 12th man on the bench, a role player or a Hall of Famer. Bird was going to give it ...
Long before stat-sheet stuffers like Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic and LeBron James came into the fold, Larry Bird dominated each ...
Larry Bird won two prestigious media awards, and basketball inventor James Naismith published the sport's original 13 rules.
Denver's superstar isn't new to making history. But this specific type of record becomes even more remarkable when you remember how Jokic's career started.
In the process, he surpassed Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird in the all-time 3-pointers list. Dort, contracted with the Thunder under a five-year, $82.5 million deal, is now in the 320th spot in ...
On Tuesday night, the Denver Nuggets are playing the Dallas Mavericks in Texas. Nikola Jokic had five points, nine rebounds, ...
It's like Groundhog Day, another day and another article in which the virtues of Nikola Jokic's game are extolled. But it's ...
Q. Why did Larry Bird retire early? - + A. On August 18, 1992, Bird announced his retirement from the NBA due to a back injury. He spent 13 years playing with the Celtics. Although Larry played ...
The hitch that had been there previously is now gone. It looks a little like how all-time great Larry Bird used to shoot. It’s worked. Jokić has been a more willing 3-point shooter this season.
When he entered the league, Bird was given a five-year, $3.25M deal and with that, he became the highest-paid rookie not only in the history of the NBA but also in sports in general.
NBA.com's Todd Spehr on Bird: "This is the thing that is most difficult to work out about the way Larry Bird played basketball: He often made the simple play, the play that, if you watched Bird ...