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"People might think I'm going to be as good as him" - Larry Bird's brother Eddie opened up about the pressure of carrying the Bird name

Eddie Bird knew what his last name carried. In the small basketball-mad town of French Lick, Indiana, where his older brother, Larry Bird, had already risen to mythical status, being another "Bird" on ...
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"Larry had told the world he was not coming out" - Former Boston GM reveals how Boston outsmarted the NBA to secure Larry Bird's draft rights

"Larry had told the world he was not coming out" - Former Boston GM reveals how Boston outsmarted the NBA to secure Larry Bird's draft rights originally appeared on Basketball Network. In 1978, the ...
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"If I beat you in a game of H-O-R-S-E would you come and visit my school?" - When a college coach challenged Larry Bird to a game during a recruitment trip

As iconic as his career ended up being, Larry Bird didn't always have 'NBA stamped' on him. Bird was a relatively late bloomer in high school, as it was only after a growing spurt between his Junior ...