The FUNNIEST Larry Bird TRASH TALK Story - THE FULL STORY!

This is awesome! I thought I’d seen all the interviews about Bird, but I hadn’t seen this one. Super enjoyable!

That was an old, beat-up Larry at that point, but he just had to re-adjust the rookie's mindset. But then he picks the kid up by offering to help him in the offseason. Class. BTW, Shawn was a beast!

Kemp was a legit phenom, this interview was something I've never seen, thank you!

I’d like to preface this by saying that I played basketball in NYC in an all primarily black high school and got my nick name from the brothers playing at The Cage and at Rucker Park. We were all trying to emulate what Larry Bird was doing on the playground and it was impossible for us. However, I remember hearing what Pat Riley said, “If I had to choose a player to take a shot to save a game, I’d choose Michael Jordan, but if I had to choose a player to take a shot to save my life, I’d take Larry Bird."

Something about Kemp's face makes you want to smile. He's got a 'cat that ate the canary' kind of smile.😏

Love your Larry Bird videos! Congratulations on another great one.

JJ Reddick says this guy was overrated. When I think of Reddick I believe he is overrated every way possible.

LeBron ain't larry

Kemp had 6'10" height ,over 7' wingspan, a 42" Vert and 20 year old energy. Legend still ate like a king!

Loved the Reign Man, so much fun to watch. He and Nique were the first guys that dunked with artistry and force. Love the fact Bird a slow unathletic dude humbled Shawn. Imagine the guys in the locker room after the game teasing him about getting busted by Larry.Also Shawn is a great story teller too. Hes also has some nice cannabis stores in Seattle

Great video. I sure do miss Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton playing for the Seattle Supersonics. Those were good times.

The sun rises and the sun sets, and so it is with every athlete's career. Every once in a while a very special athlete comes along that has the magic combination of huge self-driven motivation, an abundance of talent and an unstoppable work ethic, and we kid ourselves into thinking they will play forever. We forget that their level of play takes a huge physical toll on them. But it sure is sweet when that player, in the sun set of their career, steps up and reminds us why we loved them so much in the first place. Larry Legend my personal choice for 👍🐐👍

its cool that bird gave props to kemp for his effort and reached out to him.

A 40 point triple double? Thats disgusting lol.

It's so insane to hear all this, and then at the end it's like "oh he got a triple double and played insane defense too"

When players sat out rather than face Larry it was known as Bird Flu!

My Nephew who was a natural athlete and no longer with us was a Sean Kemp fan when he was a boy. He wore a Celtics hat, but there was a Sean Kemp poster in his room. Man, basketball back in the day was so much better. I am not trying to be an old head, but basketball had that little more grittiness and people stayed on their respective teams instead of jumping around. Side note I hated the Lakers, but to this day I will tell you they were the best I ever watch play. Reason I think Bird is the greatest to play the game was the fact he could even find a way to beat that Lakers team in the 80’s. They were just that good.

You do so well with piecing together all available clips, helps tell the story well

Dude was for real a master trash talker

I can understand how he did not 'know' who larry bird was. I wrestled someone in HS who became an Olympian 6 months later. I lost very quickly, and had no idea who he was until after.