"Big Bird" Larry Bird
English name: Larry Bird
Born: December 7, 1956
Height: 2.06 meters
NBA career: 1978-1992
Position: forward
Main honors:
①1984, 1985, 1986 Regular Season MVP
②1982 All-Star Game MVP
③1980 Rookie of the Year
④11-time All-Star Team
⑤1984, 1986 Finals MVP
⑥Three-time NBA champion
Selected by the Celtics with the sixth overall pick in the first round of 1978
While in college The record is: 30.3PPG, 13.3RPG, 4.6APG, 53.3%FG
The NBA season record is: 24.3PPG, 10.0RPG, 6.3APG, 49.6%FG
NBA The record in the playoffs is: 23.8PPG, 10.3RPG, 6.5APG
11th All-Star selection 1980: Best Rookie 1982: All-Star Game MVP 1984, 1985, 1986: Season MVP 1984, 1986 : Championship Game MVP Three-time NBA champion Larry Bird was born on December 7, 1956. He is 2.06 meters tall. He has won the NBA championship three times, the NBA annual MVP award three times, and the NBA Finals MVP award twice. In the NBA league dominated by black players, Larry Bird was "the hope of white people."
His confrontation and friendship with "Magic" Johnson made basketball show an unprecedented vitality and charm. Byrd was born in West Barton, a small town with just over 2,000 people in Indiana. He relied on hard training since childhood to become the main player of the high school team, and then became a star of the college team. In the 1978-1979 season, Bird was named the best basketball player in the university. A year later, Bird joined the Boston Celtics. In fact, the Celtics selected Bird in the draft as early as 1978, but Bird had not graduated yet and he was willing to give up his studies.
Before Bird came to the Celtics, the team's record was only 29 wins and 53 losses. In the first season he came, he transformed the Celtics. The regular season record rose to 61 wins and 21 losses, winning 32 more games! Bird spent all 13 seasons with the Celtics. He can shoot, pass, defend, rebound, lead the team offensively and defensively, and is the core and soul of the team. In 1980, Bird's outstanding performance earned him the NBA Rookie of the Year award. After that, he won the NBA MVP Award for three consecutive years in 1984, 1985, and 1986, and led the Boston Celtics to win the NBA championship three times in 1981, 1984, and 1986.
In 1992, he and Johnson served as co-captains and led the Dream Team to win the gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics. Bird is not fast, has average bounce, is even a bit clumsy, and walks with a bit of a splayed foot. Such physical conditions are relatively poor in the NBA. But Bird's basic basketball skills are very solid. Whether it is shooting, cutting, passing, grabbing, blocking, or shooting, all his skills are practical but not flashy. In particular, the shooting is accurate and stable, the field of vision is wide, and the reaction is quick. He has won the NBA long-range shooting competition three times in a row. What's even more valuable is that he has excellent basketball awareness and is particularly good at discovering the characteristics and habitual movements of his opponents, and using his strengths and avoiding weaknesses in the confrontation with him. He can always appear in the most critical place at the most critical moment and make the most critical shot, turn the tide, stay calm in times of crisis, be courageous and good at fighting, and is a well-deserved superstar in the NBA.
Before Bird and Johnson joined the NBA, many people predicted that the NBA would die on its own in the 1980s. However, these two superstars completely changed the face of basketball, making this sport ranked third among professional ice hockey, baseball and The fourth professional league after rugby has entered a glorious era.