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Larry Bird recalls the most disappointing moment from his rookie season: “Felt bad about getting beaten so early”
Larry Bird navigated through intense negotiations ... the Boston Celtics decided to make the 6'9"6'9" forward the highest-paid rookie in the league's history at the time. He lived up to the ...
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"Go back to the bench and sit down" - Larry Bird's blunt warning to rookie Dominique Wilkins during a bench-clearing brawl
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.
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'He said he'd be coming up to rookie camp' - Red Auerbach on how excited Larry Bird was about Len Bias joining the Celtics
"Larry Bird was so excited, he said he'd be coming up to rookie camp," Auerbach recalled after the Draft, per SJI. As the name suggests, "rookie camp" is for NBA debutants only. The fact that a ...