Many basketball historians credit Bird and Johnson for changing the game of basketball for the better, meeting numerous times ...

Larry Bird says he didn’t follow the NBA growing up, highlighting how the league transformed from a struggling product to a ...

"I don't mind it, they was on him (Larry Bird) when we went to LA" - Magic Johnson knew he would face heckling Celtics fans ...

It didn’t take long for Magic Johnson to realise Michael Jordan was the best player in the NBA. Before Jordan’s Chicago Bulls ...

"Magic is still in my dreams" - Larry Bird admitted he struggled a year into his retirement originally appeared on Basketball ...

In Johnson’s case, the Los Angeles Lakers built the team around his ability to run the fast break and find people for easy ...

Isiah Thomas is one of the few NBA players who can claim they beat Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird in the Playoffs. A few other players may claim they have done so, but what makes ...

There’s nothing left to say. You’re Larry Bird,” said the now 63-year-old NBA vet. “I got that kind of seasoning from Magic Johnson, too,” he added. “Because I was right there in town.

But Jordan himself did not appreciate this when a reporter once asked him if he had surpassed Magic Johnson and Larry Bird . No. I think, that’s something that I really can’t say can be ...

Revisiting Magic Johnson and Larry Bird's rookie showdown at Boston Garden originally appeared on Basketball Network. Boston Garden was a special place before its demolition in 1998.

The league rode the momentum of their dueling legacies — Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, East vs. West, Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers — and the sport, once seen as a floundering product ...