where they grappled with the emerging rookie Dominique Wilkins. Amid an intense three-game series, Larry Bird seized the opportunity to contain the Georgia stud and put him back in his place.

Whether it was during the intense negotiations regarding Bird's rookie contract — Larry got a $650,000 in salary, plus an estimated $325,000 signing bonus— or the extension talks in 1984 ...

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 ...

Larry Bird, who called himself "a hick from French ... In the pros, he turned a 29-53 Boston team into a 61-21 club as a rookie. He took the Celtics to three championships in the eighties and ...

After his first day of training camp as a rookie in 1979, Larry Bird discusses the experience and the challenges that lay ahead, courtesy of WHDH-TV.

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 ... a big chip on his shoulder, Larry feared no one, and wanted ...

Boston Celtics great Larry Bird is one of the greatest players in ... Johnson greeted several players after the upset. Among them was rookie sensation quarterback Jayden Daniels.

Once upon a time, Hall of Fame Boston Celtics big man Kevin McHale had no idea whatsoever who fellow Celtics legend Larry Bird was. Back when the the University of Minnesota alum was first joining ...

In his rookie year, Jokic averaged 21.7 minutes per game. In his second season, he averaged 29.7 minutes per game. Bird, meanwhile, averaged 36.0 minutes per game as a rookie and 39.5 minutes per ...