No need for me to comment on Bird. So many great and recognizable players in that era - which means, not only did you have your team and your guy - but you had countless other (great) teams to hate on and enjoy beating. I recall our office in 1985/86, I was a huge Celtics fan - and one of my favorite co-workers was a "Showtime Lakers" guy. And we loved giving it to one another regularly.

Larry Legend!  Heart of a Lion!

They talk like he’s dead. Enough said.

Too much of sports emphasizes certain agility markers.....
But it can never measure the heart, character, determination of a person

If Larry Bird was black he would be considered the greatest basketball player of all time