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Dominique Wilkins talks to the Herald about his matchups with Larry Bird
Posted on 2/9/15 at 7:35 pm
Posted on 2/9/15 at 7:35 pm
And Bird's fantastic shite talking Wilkins' rookie season. 
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"So now I’m hot,” he said. “I’m hot. I mean, I’m steaming.
“Then a little while later, I came down on a break and he was backpedaling. I just went right after him. I jumped up and he tried to challenge, but I took that right through the rim. He fell and hit the basket support.
“He got up and said, ‘I like you, rookie. You’ve got(guts).’ I was happy for a second, and then he said, ‘But I’m still going for 40 on you tonight.’?”
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Posted on 2/9/15 at 7:46 pm to BluegrassBelle
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“But I got him,” Wilkins said. “He only scored 39.”
Posted on 2/9/15 at 7:48 pm to BluegrassBelle
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“One of the first times I ever played against him, I went out for the opening tip and I went to shake his hand. He just stood there and looked at me stone-faced with his hands behind his back,” Wilkins said recently.
“I was like, ‘Whoa.’ Then we were getting ready for the tip and he says to me, ‘You don’t belong in this league, Homes.’ I couldn’t believe it, but it happened so fast, I didn’t know what to think.
“Then they had the ball and I was on him and he said, ‘I don’t know why they got you guarding me, Homes. You can’t guard me.’ Then, whap, he hit a 3. Then he came down again and said, ‘They made a mistake putting you on me, Homes,’ and he took another 3.”
Bird This post was edited on 2/9/15 at 7:50 pm
Posted on 2/9/15 at 8:02 pm to BluegrassBelle
"You are watching what greatness is all about."
-Brent Musburger during that epic Bird-Wilkins playoff duel in '88.
Musburger is almost as much of a classic NBA play-by-play man as CFB.
-Brent Musburger during that epic Bird-Wilkins playoff duel in '88.
Musburger is almost as much of a classic NBA play-by-play man as CFB.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 8:04 pm to BluegrassBelle
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If you expect that Wilkins would carry a bit of bitterness toward Bird and the Celtics after all these years, you don’t know ’Nique. He carries those moments, even the bad ones, as a badge of honor. “Let me tell you something: I wouldn’t trade that for nothing in the world,” Wilkins said. “You know why? Because those guys like Larry and Doc (Julius Erving) and Bernard (King), they made you a better player. “You know, if you didn’t have the heart, you got destroyed.”
Posted on 2/9/15 at 8:12 pm to BluegrassBelle
That's awesome
Posted on 2/9/15 at 8:42 pm to BluegrassBelle
I loved hearing Xavier McDaniel talk about Bird. In one of their games with 3 seconds left in regulation and the game tied, bird told X "I'm getting the ball right here and shooting a 3 in your face". X said "and the son of a bitch did it".
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:13 pm to BluegrassBelle
Bird was such a great player
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:40 pm to BluegrassBelle
And Larry Bird was a great player... but damn it if he wasn't the goofiest-looking motherfricker in the history of civilization.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 11:39 pm to BluegrassBelle
This is one of my favorite videos of Bird:
Bird scores 60 on Atlanta
The best parts are 4 minutes in, when the Hawks bench starts going crazy for Bird.
Bird scores 60 on Atlanta
The best parts are 4 minutes in, when the Hawks bench starts going crazy for Bird.
This post was edited on 2/10/15 at 12:46 am
Posted on 2/10/15 at 1:55 am to BluegrassBelle
Awesome, awesome story
Posted on 2/10/15 at 9:52 am to BluegrassBelle
LARRY LEGEND BABY!!!!!
Let's go celtics!!!!!
Let's go celtics!!!!!
Posted on 2/10/15 at 10:28 am to BluegrassBelle
That 1988 playoff series,especially the final game of it,was great.
Wilkins really put the Hawks on his back.Came up just short.
He earned a lot of respect from everyone with the way he played.
Wilkins really put the Hawks on his back.Came up just short.
He earned a lot of respect from everyone with the way he played.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 11:02 am to BluegrassBelle
The NBA was so awesome back then.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 8:37 pm to BluegrassBelle
You know why Nique was awesome? And why the NBA was so much better back then? This is why:
A lot of the BS drama we hear about today either 1) Didn't exist or 2) it wasn't broadcast through social media and thus the product wasn't tainted by it. Athletes today largely suck.
I think the product on the floor is more polished and athletes are better in the present, and perhaps it's just nostalgia, but I'd take the old NBA any day.
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If you expect that Wilkins would carry a bit of bitterness toward Bird and the Celtics after all these years, you don’t know ’Nique. He carries those moments, even the bad ones, as a badge of honor.
“Let me tell you something: I wouldn’t trade that for nothing in the world,” Wilkins said. “You know why? Because those guys like Larry and Doc (Julius Erving) and Bernard (King), they made you a better player.
“You know, if you didn’t have the heart, you got destroyed.”
A lot of the BS drama we hear about today either 1) Didn't exist or 2) it wasn't broadcast through social media and thus the product wasn't tainted by it. Athletes today largely suck.
I think the product on the floor is more polished and athletes are better in the present, and perhaps it's just nostalgia, but I'd take the old NBA any day.
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