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Trash Talking
I have two favorite Larry trash
talkings.
1. In a game which had Chuck Person (one of Larry's close
friends) defending him, he told him at the beginning of the game he had a
Christmas present for him. About five minutes later, Person lost track of Larry
and heard him say "Hey Wesley." He turned to see Bird at the other
side of the court on the three point line and Larry drained it. As Larry was
backpedaling by Person he laughed "Merry Christmas."
2. The other being the infamous comment that brought the early
eighties ambassador of basketball, Julius Erving, to brawl with him. Larry had
been taunting him all game and the Celts were beating the 76'ers bad. After
humiliating him on one play, Larry ran by the then coach of the sixers and said,
within Erving's listening range, "Better pull him, the old man can't take
much more."
My favorite Larry trash-talk was from a story told by someone who
was
trying to defend him. It wasn't in your face stuff, but things
like
when you guard him, he'd start yelling "Mismatch here!
Mismatch!." By the
way, it was Michael Jordan who recounted this
experience.
Matt