Nikola Jokic and Larry Bird are comparable NBA players, says former player Jeff Teague

Retired NBA player and current high school basketball coach Jeff Teague sees some of an Indiana legend in one of today's best players.

Revisiting Larry Bird's Near-Perfect Shooting Game 40 Years Later

Celtics great Larry Bird capped a torrid Texas Triangle trip with an unforgettable shooting performance in San Antonio on March 13, 1986. Athlon's Thomas Neumann attended the game and revisits the ...
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Larry Bird admitted how being too competitive shortened his NBA career: "That's the way I play, and I'm not going to stop playing like that"

Ever since Larry Bird entered the league as the 6th overall pick in the 1979 NBA Draft, one thing was immediately clear — his competitiveness was unmatched. Any time he stepped on the court, Bird went ...
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Celtics' Hugo Gonzalez makes basketball history only done before by Larry Bird

This is about the best company you can keep.
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Larry Bird, Magic Johnson More Responsible for NBA’s Success Than Michael Jordan: Stephen A. Smith

For decades, Stephen A. Smith has unapologetically placed Michael Jordan #1 in every major category. But the veteran ESPN reporter knows that before MJ took his first step in the league, it was Magic ...
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Larry Bird Is One of the NBA’s All-Time Greats. He Nearly Threw It All Away

Larry Bird should have been excited about attending Indiana University in the late summer of 1974. The man who had recruited him to come there, Dave Bliss, had been chasing him for more than a year, ...