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Former Pacer said Larry Bird always talked trash, but he couldn't understand it: "I will say this: He barks a lot"

On the court, Bird may have ran his mouth, but unlike other loud players, he also let his game do the talking. More often ...
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"I’m saying, 'You're not going to score'" - Horace Grant recalls regretting trash-talking Larry Bird

Almost every NBA player in the '80s and early '90s had his unique Larry Bird moment. At the same time, nearly every story ends with the same plot: Bird torched them. That was also the case with former ...
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"Well, why shoot if you're making all of them?" - Larry Bird recalls talking smack after making shot after shot at the Pacers' practice facility

Larry Bird's ability to talk trash at the height of his physical powers is as legendary as the man himself. However, as they say, old habits die hard. Bird never lost his gift of gab decades after ...
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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 ...