When Magic Johnson was asked, who is the best player in the N.B.A., he humbly (in my opinion) said, “Larry Bird on the ground and Michael Jordan in the air”.
Larry’s last three seasons were really hampered by pain, but he simply played at a level that disguised it. If you go to his first three seasons...he transformed the way that the NBA was playing. He made the other Celtics better players than what they would have ever achieved. They weren’t just average or great...they were as legendary as Larry himself. You look around today, and what you see is a wasteland. No ticket in the NBA should be valued at more than $15...it’s ‘AAA-league’ stuff.