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"Could do almost anything and everything by himself" - Bill Walton says Larry Bird sacrificed his stats to make the Celtics a winning team

"Could do almost anything and everything by himself" - Bill Walton says Larry Bird sacrificed his stats to make the Celtics a winning team originally appeared on Basketball Network. Considering that ...
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Bill Walton was glad to be Bird's servant in Boston: "Be sure that his shoes were fine and his uniform was folded neatly"

The Boston Celtics were well aware that Bill Walton was already past his prime when they brought him on board in 1985. Nevertheless, they also knew that the former league MVP would still add some ...
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"After that 1986 championship, everything fell apart" - Larry Bird on why he felt the Celtics were never the same after winning the 1986 title

As the Boston Celtics celebrated their 1986 title, little did they know that it would take three decades before they hoisted the Larry O'Brien trophy again. That Celtics team is considered one of the ...
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When Larry Bird put a $1200 bounty on posterizing Manute Bol: "The first one to dunk on Manute would get all the cash"

Interior defense in the NBA is a tough job. It gets even tougher when an entire team sets its sights on you. That was the fate of the late Manute Bol in 1985–86, courtesy of the Boston Celtics — or ...

‘All the cash’ – Larry Bird put stunning bounty on opponent’s head after intense struggle against phenom

Manute Bol was a giant and had to be stopped at all costs. That was the view of Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird, and he was so determined to stop Bol, he devised a special tactic in order to ...