“We created lifelong memories and friendships that can’t be replicated” - Magic Johnson names the epic battles against the Boston Celtics as the favorite memories from his glittering career
“Bird was laying on the ground with a bad back… He’s got knee inflammation? Oh my god, this is the NBA playoffs” - Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo says he’s shocked Jimmy Butler missed Game 5 against Hawks
Revisited: Larry Bird chucks the ball violently at Bill Laimbeer, throws hands at Dennis Rodman during Boston Celtics vs Detroit Pistons 1987 playoff series
“For me, being in the studio with Biggie, that’s my platinum… that little check ain’t doing nothing for me” - Shaquille O'Neal says he’s the best athlete rapper, calls himself a terrible actor
“He wanted the light on him, he wanted the focus, and he wanted the ball” - Bill Walton on Larry Bird’s legendary work ethic, says he was the first to enter and the last to leave
“He can beat you mentally, he can beat you physically…I know in my time, he was better than all of us” - Larry Bird says Michael Jordan could beat everyone in different ways
“But I have to agree with Rodman, if he was black, he’d be just another good guy” - Isiah Thomas sarcastically jokes about Larry Bird, recalls Pistons loss to Bird's 1987 Celtics
"I went from wrong to wronger to wrongest about Larry Bird" - Skip Bayless opens up on getting his predictions about Boston Celtics legend wide off the mark
"I want to see how everybody else will practice and compete in that environment with no cameras" - Michael Jordan reveals his motivation for joining the Dream Team
“Brady Manek has really kind of changed the way that Hubert Davis has constructed North Carolina” - Jon Rothstein believes Brady Manek is the difference-maker for UNC
"Y’all being disrespectful to me" - Charles Barkley shares an amusing anecdote about Larry Bird, mentions the Celtics legend got offended when he was guarded by a "white guy"
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