All-time Celtics great Larry Bird didn’t make the cut, ceding his No. 33 to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The Mitchell & Ness folks make a point to note how competitive a number 33 was, citing other ...

Larry Bird was one of the most fundamentally sound basketball players that the NBA has ever seen. ... a number that would likely increase if he had played in the 2020s. Passing.

"It would be a different game for me if he was gone" - Magic Johnson opens up about Larry Bird rivalry and legacy originally ...

That's the lens NBA Hall of Famer Julius Erving looked through when he offered a reminder about Bird's place in history as one of the greatest shooters. "What I notice right away about Larry, even ...

And while Tatum may never be Bird in the collective mind of the Boston masses, he, at 24, appears destined to have his number, 0, join Robert Parish’s 00 in the rafters.