"Kevin was so calm" - Larry Bird knew Kevin McHale would bounce back from missing two clutch free throws in the 1984 Finals ...

"I thought, well, I'm gonna kill this guy today. He came in late" - Even an enraged Larry Bird couldn't help but admire Kevin ...

Isiah Thoams could never forget how Kevin McHale belittled him when the Celtics beat the Pistons in the playoffs.

"McHale didn't believe in passing the ball back out once he got it" - Robert Parish explains what it was like feeding Kevin ...

"He was probably the most feared guy in Boston" - Julius Erving believed there were many nights when Kevin McHale was the ...

Larry Bird’s legendary trash talk took center stage when Kevin McHale recalled a moment with a young, muscle-bound Anthony ...

"All those muscles aren't gonna help you tonight" - Kevin McHale recalls when Bird trash-talked young and overly-muscular ...

Cedric Maxwell reflected on being overshadowed by Larry Bird and Kevin McHale, despite his key role in the Celtics’ ...

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

Kevin McHale didn’t mince words—he said Larry Bird and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar “couldn’t stand each other” during their epic Celtics-Lakers battles in the ’80s. While Magic vs. Bird grabbed headlines, the ...

"People don't know how strong that guy is" - Kevin McHale on Larry Bird's most underrated trait as a player originally appeared on Basketball Network. Physically, Larry Bird didn't come across as ...

Kevin McHale recently reflected on how the tragic death of Len Bias deeply impacted the Boston Celtics—and specifically, Larry Bird’s career. After the Celtics drafted Bias with the No. 2 pick in 1986 ...