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Dominique Wilkins shares awesome Larry Bird trash-talk story

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by Rocket River, Feb 9, 2015.

  1. Rocket River

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    http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on...ns-shares-awesome-larry-bird-trash-talk-story

    Never a big Bird fan .. but this makes me like him more

    Rocket River
     
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    Outside of KG, is there anybody in the league that would try this today? Guys try too hard to be each other's friends out there.
     
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    Another one involving the Hawks:

     
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    Maybe Westbrook
     
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    You're all forgetting Beverly... :)
     
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    Is Bird Hispanic?

    haha thanks for sharing
     
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  7. Rashmon

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    Dissing the Mavs...

     
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    Westbrook can back it up....Bev....not so much. ;)
     
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    I too enjoyed the liberal use of the word "Homes."

    Furthermore, that's racist.
     
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    Cool story, Homes.
     
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    Did this occur in the same game Bird got destroyed by Wilkins?

    [youtube]vD_DXgjIq8o[/youtube]

    The 1988 Game 7. Bird (34 pts) v. Wilkins (47 pts). Also... McHale (33 pts, 13 rbs).

    [youtube]IfLjD5ft6o4[/youtube]
     
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    two years ago I woulda said Kobe.
     
  14. Rocket River

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    Rockets '81
    Rockets '86

    Rocket River
     
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    Nah it was a joke. Read it again, try to decode.
     
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    Big Bird is a Bird fan.

    [​IMG]
     
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    All I see is homes.
     
  18. meadowlark

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    Great stories. Really enjoyed reading them. More, more,...
     
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    If Bird was young and playing today and tried to pull that on us, D-Mo will just go "huh? I don't... I don't understand" and shrug it off before dream shaking his way to a basket. Then Bird will probably miraculously block it while yelling homes.
     
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    Mitt Romney, is that you?


    Seriously though, I love Larry Bird stories. Thanks.
     

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