2025 NBA Draft Combine and Lottery to take place in Chicago
The 2025 NBA Draft Combine is scheduled for May 11-18 in Chicago. The NBA announced the 2025 pre-Draft events will take place ...
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"And this Bird guy is really good, too" - Kevin McHale reflects on his first practice with Larry Bird and the Celtics
Before the 1980 NBA Draft, Boston traded the No. 1 and No ... However, one name rightfully stood in its own category—Larry Bird. Though only in his second season (as he was drafted in 1979 ...
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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 ...
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On this day: Larry Bird gets dual honor; James Naismith publishes fist rules of basketball
Larry Bird won two prestigious media awards, and basketball inventor James Naismith published the sport's original 13 rules.
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Plain and simple, Bird one of the best
Larry Bird, who called himself "a hick from ... Red Auerbach shrewdly selected him with the sixth pick of the 1978 draft. Bird remained at Indiana State and became the Player of the Year, leading ...
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Larry Bird Once Downplayed Racially-Charged Comments Made By Detroit Pistons
After the Celtics won Game 5, Rodman and Thomas downplayed Bird's talent by saying he was only a star because he was white. "I think Larry is a very, very good basketball player," Thomas said ...
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Tatum draws comparisons to Bird after 40-point triple-double
"Larry Bird is probably the best player to ever wear this uniform," Tatum said. "So any time you accomplish something in the same sentence as him, it's something special, even if you never reach ...