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"No one else who can guard me? This is getting ridiculous" - Danny Ainge recalls Larry Bird roasting the Knicks and their coach in MSG
Bird wasn't a loudmouth trying to compensate. He spoke with quiet confidence, throwing out lines that cut deep but didn't beg ...
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"He didn't usually trash talk to Magic, Dr. J, guys like that" - Danny Ainge on why Larry Bird directed most vicious trash talk to coaches
"He just really wanted to motivate himself," Ainge said of Larry's trash-talking. "But the most characteristic one was he ...
"Every game we played, I was trying to find a way just to hit that dude" - Byron Scott admitted his hate for Danny Ainge
So, by the time Scott entered the league in 1983, Ainge had developed a reputation for being a gritty, hard-nosed defender. Though he came off the bench, Scott faced him a bunch of times, so much so ...
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"He's not a Hall of Famer, but he was on that next level" - Bob Ryan on a role player who was never recognized as the Celtics' X-factor in the 80s
Wedman joined the C's midway through the 1982-83 campaign. Though he was a quality two-way player and former two-time ...
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"It's disappointing that so many relationships I had with people fell apart" - Bird on why he won't ever consider a front office role with the Celtics
When Larry joined the Celtics front office in 1992 as a special assistant to then-CEO Dave Gavitt, there was quiet optimism that his presence would lend both credibility and insight to a team in ...
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"It's disappointing that so many relationships I had with people fell apart" - Bird on why he won't ever consider a front office role with the Celtics
For Larry Bird, his storied run with the Boston Celtics ... Despite the many changes the Celtics have undergone in the years since — with Danny Ainge's era, Brad Stevens' rise, and a roster ...
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"There's a large amount of guys that's been successful when their playing days are over" - Larry Bird credited Red Auerbach for making Celtics stars successful as front-office ...
In contrast, Celtics icons like Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Danny Ainge seamlessly transitioned into different roles - a phenomenon that "Larry Legend" credits to the influence on Red Auerbach.