The newest inductee into the JerkishBehavior Hall of Fame is the baddest white boy to ever step foot on the hardwood and one of the greatest shooters along with basketball players of all time, none than other the great Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics. Larry Bird grew up in poverty while living in a small blue-collar town in Indiana. Larry Bird’s upbringing is what made him one of the hardest workers in the game and the quintessential gym rat. Larry Bird had one of the prettiest shooting strokes in the game and had an array of moves to get his shot off any time he wanted to. Larry Bird proved his status as best shooter in the game by winning an incredible three 3-point shooting contests in a row during All-Star weekend. However, Larry Bird’s under appreciated versatility, unbelievable instincts and one of the greatest clutch performers ever while having no problem talking trash and tell you all about it in process makes him one of the baddest cats to ever put on sneakers. Larry Bird was very quietly a triple-double machine throughout his career while finishing 5th all-time in the category. Larry Bird once had a triple-double at halftime and he was one steal away from accomplishing the Holy Grail of versatility in a quadruple double (This is when a players gets double digits totals in 4 different categories and only 4 players in NBA history have ever gotten one). Larry Bird could have easily obtained it but he put this ridiculous stat line of 30 pts, 12 rebs, 10 asts, and 9 steals in only THREE quarters and sat out the 4th quarter, BANANAS. Bird earned the nickname “Larry Legend” for his legendary trash talking and clutch performances. Like the one time where he went on an unbelievable scoring binge against the Atlanta Hawks that even the Hawks players on the bench was wilding out and cheering for him (which cause them to get a fine from their coach but said it was well worth it). There’s also the time where Bird’s teammate Kevin McHale scored a Boston Celtics franchise record 56 points and asked what he felt about it. Mchale said “It won’t last long because Larry will probably break it in a couple of games.” Well he was right because Larry Legend broke it while scoring 60 points a mere 9 days later, WOW!! How about the time in a tied game versus the Seattle Supersonics where he told Xavier McDaniel exactly where he was going to hit the game-winning shot then proceeded to hit the shot from that spot in McDaniel’s grill for the game. Larry Legend shined brightest not only when everything was on the line but also when it mattered most and that’s playoff time. Larry Legend was involved in one of the greatest one on one duels versus Dominique Wilkins in game 7 of the 1988 Eastern Conference semifinals where Dominique scored 47 points while Larry Legend scored only 33 points but 20 of those on 9-10 shooting came in the deciding 4th quarter, clutch my name is Larry. There’s also the infamous steal and assist versus the Detroit Pistons in game 5 of 1987 Eastern Conference Finals that lead them to victory and eventually the NBA Finals. Larry Legend led his team to five NBA Finals during his career and won 3 NBA championships including one against his career rival Magic Johnson. This is the stuff legends are made for and Larry Legend was exactly that by winning an unbelievably ridiculous 3 NBA MVP award in a row as the best player in the world during the 80’s. For such legendary feats and accomplishments under his belt, the newest inductee into the JerkishBehavior Hall of Fame is none other than Larry “Legend” Bird.
5 JerkishBehavior Moments
1. In regards to white players guarding him: Larry Bird said, “ Do you have a problem with your coach? Did your coach do this to you? Because this is disrespectful and you got no chance at guarding me. At least put a black player on me because at least he has a chance, hilarious. What a JERK!!!
2. In the locker room for 1986 All-Star 3-point contest, Larry Bird told all the contestants that he was winning it tonight and was just looking around to see who was going to finish second. Larry Bird proceeded to win the contest including taking the last shot of the finals and walking off holding #1 to the crowd before the shot even goes in, which it did. Oh by the way, he did all of this while never taking off his warm-up jacket, WOW, who does that?
3. During the 1986 NBA Finals, Larry Legend won his 3rd championship along with his 2nd NBA Finals MVP award while damn near averaged a triple-double with stats of 24 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 9.5 assists, LEGENDARY!!!
4. Larry Bird is the only person in NBA history to have a NBA MVP and NBA Coach of the Year award.
5. Larry Bird never declared but the NBA draft but the Boston Celtics still drafted him as a junior in college but he proceeded to play his senior year for Indiana State University.
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