In the realm of NBA legends, leadership is as integral to greatness as talent. Few understand that better than Robert Parish, ...

Great shooters carry a certain ego with them, believing they are the best to ever do it. That's exactly how young Miller felt ...

They did get the three-time champion. But that was all the fuel "Larry Legend" needed. Before Game 4, he issued a simple promise that they were going to get both barrels and guns blazing.

"People don't know how strong that guy is," the Celtics legend said. "Larry would just come into you and grab you. I remember ...

In a single quarter, Bird made more long-distance shots than most teams hit in a full game. He was ahead of his time, both in style and in psychological warfare. Referees, for their part, were ...

Larry Bird saw the NBA explode in popularity during the ‘80s, but behind the rise, he worried live TV broadcasts were draining the game’s raw energy.

Bird was built on effort, and when the organization brought the idea of coasting through home games or being slotted in like a specialist off the bench, he didn't bite. The thought of rationing ...

"People are paying attention but not really 'cause they figured that conference that Indiana State played in wasn't a very ...

Larry Bird and Julius Erving were two players rarely associated with in-game violence. They were intense, competitive and brutally skilled but not the type to swing first. And yet, in November 1984, ...

At that point, Bird was hardly at full strength. He had missed 37 games in the 1991–92 season. ... Why Kevin McHale never appreciated Larry Bird's outlook on his pre-game approach.

McHale reflects on the intense on-court animosity between Bird and Kareem during the Celtics-Lakers showdowns of the 1980s.