244 19 Logosrecieved 9 mo Larry Bird is one of the better players to ever play the game.
He also has something to say to James Worthy in the corner before finding Moses Malone for a dunk, but alas, it's not quite audible.Įven after Bird's playing out of the range of the microphones, it's still worth watching him throw an optical illusion outlet pass to Julius Erving for a dunk or finish with a dipsy-doo on the break.Īs for the trash talk, it's not much, but at least it gives us a taste of Bird at his best. Add in the fact that he’s considered the biggest trash talker of all time along with being, in my opinion, the greatest clutch player of all time. Then he flips in a running left-handed hook over Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon while yelling, "Oh, and one!"Īnd finally he shouts for the ball on the break, catches it in the corner unguarded and decides to torment Olajuwon a little more by hollering, "Bam!" before swishing a 3-pointer over the tardy closeout. Starting at about the 1:15 mark of this Bird-centric highlight reel, we hear him grunt at a bad pass that he saves before drilling a three. This was Bird at the height of his powers, en route to his third straight MVP award, and he plays like it in the East's 139-132 victory, finishing with 23 points, eight rebounds, five assists, and seven steals. Valaninas isnt earning All-NBA honors anytime soon, but Memphiss big man remains a legitimate. Tomase: Is Grant Williams the Celtics' overlooked breakout candidate?įor one half of the 1986 NBA All-Star Game, Bird plied his trade within earshot of the floor mics. Garnett finished seventh in our list but can be cheered to know he is the only active athlete on it.It would be great to hear real-time audio of Bird talking smack, and it turns out a little bit exists. Garnett countered that he had merely said Charlie was "cancerous" to his team. Michael Jordan Bullied a Former All Star Despite Getting Thrashed With Larry Bird Magic Johnson and Scottie Pippen on His Team quot Dukey I Can Get the Ball. What made this a topical top 10 list was the recent he-said/h-tweeted flap involving Boston Celtic Kevin Garnett and Detroit Piston Charlie Villanueva, who tweeted that Garnett had said he looked like a "cancer patient" on the court. 33 was every bit as good at talking trash as he was playing ball, and the stories of him doing just that are the stuff of legend. Sir Charles Barkley probably will be disappointed to know he was a distant fifth, while Mike Tyson may hurt us if anyone tells him that he was only sixth. Jordan and Bird are known for their legendary trash-talking stories, but 'His Airness' credited the. Running second is the man that many of you said "invented" trash talking and often made it poetic - Muhammad Ali.īack to basketball, Michael Jordan is in third and his sparring partner, Gary Payton, in fourth. Michael Jordan once called Larry Bird the greatest trash talker in NBA history.
The violence may be found on the football field but the nasty verbal zingers clearly are on the court.Īnd all hail the king of trash talking - Larry Bird. Three of the four played the same sport - basketball.
Four athletes dominated the list, and none of them are active. That seems to be the obvious conclusion based on your voting for our "top 10 all-time trash talkers in sports" list that you will see below. If there was ever a "golden age" of sports' trash talking, it has passed us by. Butler/Getty ImagesLarry Bird and Michael Jordan are in the top 5 trash talkers of all time, according to readers.
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