Larry bird is the greatest white star in NBA history. He helped Celtic get rid of the depressed market in the late 1970s and led the team to rebuild the dynasty! Bird led the Green Army to win three NBA championships and the 10 Atlantic Division championship. While winning three championship trophies, Bird also won numerous personal honors: he is the third player in NBA history to win the MVP in the regular season for three times in a row, and the first non-center player to win this honor. 12 was selected as an all-star team, 2 finals MVP, 9 NBA first-team players and 4 league free throw kings.
Larry bird was born in West Barton, Indiana, USA. When he was in high school, Bird was already a famous local basketball genius, and when he participated in the school's home game for the last time, he attracted more than 4,000 fans to bid farewell with him!
1974, graduated from larry bird high school. The famous NCAA coach Bobby Knight invited him, and Bird was invited to join Indiana University. Surprisingly, Bird left Indiana University only a few days later. Then he returned to his hometown of Beimu University, but soon dropped out of school. After that, Bird had to do odd jobs for a year and play amateur leagues. A year later, Bird chose to join Indiana University (ISU) and stayed there until graduation.
Bird's enrollment, dropping out of school and repeating his studies in this year had an important impact on his basketball career, because it laid the groundwork for orbach to successfully use the rules to choose him in advance in the future, and let him meet a good teacher and a strict teacher in his career.
Indiana University was not a famous basketball school before Byrd joined, and it never entered the NCAA knockout stage, but Byrd made this team with only 365,438+000 seats at home reach its peak. In his first season at school, Bird averaged 30 points 10 rebounds and 4 assists per game. In the second season, larry bird appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated and became the hottest basketball genius in America.
In the final year of college, Bird led the Indiana Banyan Team to be invincible in the NCAA, winning 33 consecutive victories, until he met the Michigan State University basketball team led by a 6-foot-9 point guard named Magic Johnson in the finals. This is one of the most famous finals in NCAA history, and it is also the most concerned college basketball game in the next 25 years. Although the Indiana Banyan team lost the final, Bird won the naismith College Basketball Player of the Year Award and the John Wooden Award! During his years at Indiana University, Bird led the team to an amazing record of 865,438+0 wins, 65,438+03 losses!
1978, the Pacers won the top prize. It would be a perfect match if we could select a local up-and-coming bird with many fans in Indiana! Unfortunately, according to the regulations of the NBA at that time, NBA teams were not allowed to choose players who had not spent four seasons in NCAA, and Bird also made it clear that he would study in Indiana for another year. Therefore, many NBA teams with high draft, including the Pacers, have backed out.
However, auerbach, the Celtics coach at that time, was keenly aware that Bird had already joined Indiana University before joining Indiana University. Although he didn't play any games for Indiana University, he waited for a year, which should be included in Bird's college resume. In other words, Bird seems to have finished his junior year, but in fact he has been in the NCAA for four seasons and is fully qualified to participate in the NBA draft of 1978.
So auerbach found Bird and tried to persuade him to give up his last year of college and go straight to the NBA. Although Bird rejected such a proposal, auerbach chose Larry Bird on 1978. His move made other NBA teams wake up from a dream and expressed their anger and dissatisfaction. However, auerbach's rational use of loopholes in the rules, coupled with his respected position in the league, also made the top management of other teams dare to speak out.
Facts have proved that it is totally worthwhile for auerbach to take the risk of signing Bird and wait patiently for him for one year. In the 1978-79 season, the Celtics set the team's worst record (29 wins and 53 losses) since the 1949 season, but with Bird coming to Boston in the 1979 season, the Celtics won 32 more games in the following 79-80 season. In a total of ***82 games, rookie Bird ranked first in scoring (2 1 minute per game), rebounding (10.4), breaking the ball (143) and playing time (2,955 minutes), while assisting (4.4% per game). Although Magic Johnson, who entered the NBA in the same year, also made amazing performances to help the Lakers win the championship, Bird was elected as the best rookie of the season and was selected for the first time in the All-Star team.
Bird can be said to be one of the greatest players in NBA history, especially in the 1980s, when he and Magic Johnson were called black and white. They also dominated the NBA in the 1980s. However, such a big bird was only selected as the sixth overall pick in the draft because it was used by "Cardinal" auerbach.
During his college years, Bird had already become famous all over the United States, averaging 30 points per game and 10 boards. He led Indiana State University to win 33 consecutive victories, setting the highest ratings in NCAA history. A quarter of TV stations in America broadcast his games. As long as he participates in the draft, there is no doubt that he is the first in the NBA.
The No.1 draft of 1978 originally belonged to the Pacers, and the owner of the Pacers personally approached Bird at that time, hoping to persuade Bird to participate in the draft of 1978, because Bird originally went to college in Indiana, and the owner of the Pacers hoped to persuade Bird to participate in the draft of 1978 with his hometown basketball. But Bird refused, saying that he would wait until he graduated from college to participate in the draft (at that time, Bird was a junior at Indiana State University, which means Bird wanted to wait until 1979 to participate in the NBA draft). So Byrd's pacers were not persuaded to trade the No.1 scholar to the Trailblazers.
Everyone except auerbach thought that Bird would take part in the draft at 1979, so 1978 would not have Bird in the top five. But "Cardinal" auerbach took advantage of the loopholes in the draft system at that time. It turns out that Bird studied at Indiana University before attending Indiana State University, but he dropped out of school for a year because of family reasons (it is said that he worked as a cleaner for a year). In the second year, he was attracted by the head coach of Indiana State University, and then entered Indiana State University.
Because Byrd had registered at Indiana University and played an NCAA game for Indiana University at that time, according to the "jungle rules" of the NBA at that time (as long as players automatically participated in the election in senior years), Byrd met the conditions of 1978 NBA draft! And auerbach took advantage of this loophole and stole Bird unnoticed!
This is also the reason why Bird was not selected until the sixth pick, because the pioneers, kings, pacers, Knicks and warriors in the top five picks didn't know this loophole, so "Cardinal" auerbach took it over. Later, in front of Russell, auerbach proudly said that choosing Bird was the greatest act in his life!
Later, in order to persuade Bird to join the Celtics, auerbach not only promised Bird not to enter the NBA before graduating from college, but also signed the biggest contract in American sports history at that time: 3.25 million yuan for five years. And Byrd didn't let auerbach and Celtic down. He led the Celtics to win three championships in the 1980s and became one of the greatest stars in Celtic history!
The draft can't fully represent the true strength of a player, and Michael Jordan, the god of basketball, is not a top scholar, but is recognized as the first person in NBA history! Moreover, high-ranking and low-performing players abound. Bennett and kwame brown were the best candidates, and now they can't find them. To put it bluntly, the draft is a gamble of talents!
Larry bird moves slowly, jumps, and even is a little clumsy, and walks a little splayed. Such physical conditions are relatively poor in the NBA. So it is reasonable not to be taken too seriously. However, Bird's basic skills in basketball are solid, and all techniques such as throwing, cutting, passing, grabbing, sealing and distance are flashy. What's more commendable is that his basketball consciousness is excellent, and he is especially good at discovering the characteristics and habitual actions of his opponents, and making full use of their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses in the confrontation with them. He always appears at the most critical moment, throws the most critical ball at the most critical place, saves the day, keeps up with the crisis, is brave and good at fighting, and is one of the NBA's well-deserved superstars!
Bird's career was short, and he retired due to injury only in 13 season. But in this short 13 season, he won three MVPs, three championships and two FMVP honors, and he was successfully selected for a period of time in nine seasons. If Bird plays in the current league, I'm afraid his historical position will be higher in terms of his ability! ! !
Bird was selected by the Celtics on 1978 and ranked sixth. There are many reasons why he was selected for the sixth place, but in any case, the Celtics found a big bargain. So who were the five people before Byrd? What is the ability to crush byrd? Let's find out.
No.1 Scholar: No.1 Scholar Michael Thompson is not famous, but he has a famous son, Clay Thompson. As a player, Lao Tang played for the Trailblazers, the Spurs and the Lakers, and finally retired from the Lakers. I have played 12935 games in my career, averaging 13.7+7.4+2.3, which is not excellent, but absolutely qualified. Peak also has 20.8+ 1 1+4 data, and finally retired in the summer of 9 1 after the Lakers got two championship rings.
Second place: Fairford played for 7 years and played 482 games, and the rookie contract reached its peak. His career average of 1 1.6 points and 6.4 assists is not bad, but it is not a success. In the end, from the fourth year, his strength declined obviously. When he retired at the age of 29, he only got 1.8 points per game, which can be said to be very poor.
Exploring flowers: Rick Robbie is also a short-lived player. He retired after playing 493 games for 8 years. He is only 30 years old. 7.6+4.7 career data is not good for the center. However, this guy played with Bird for several years and won the 80-8 1 season championship, which is considered a complete merit.
Four players: Richardson played as a star player for 8 years, and made great contributions to the Knicks and the Nets. The data of 14.8+5.5+7+2.6 proves that he is an excellent swingman, with four All-Stars in his career, 1 assists, three steals and two honors of best defense. He is the highest among the first four times and the best striker in this period.
Five: Puweishan is also an excellent swing point guard, playing for Warriors, Rockets and Nets. He played 842 games in 12, averaging 17+4+2.5. He was not selected as an All-Star at the peak of 28+4+5, which only shows that the strength of the West is really outrageous. But salt definitely deserves the fifth place.
Sixth, we are familiar with larry bird. Thompson, Richardson and Salt are the people who really deserve their ranking in front of him. The reason why Bird ranked sixth may also be related to his status as a white boss. After all, at that time, the team's first choice was black, and a big white man floating outside was not so popular.
There is no second choice in history. Think about it. If Bird is really selected by the top draft, then the confrontation between Bird and Johnson in the West is doomed to bury a player. Bird's coming to the East Celtic was the best choice of the times, which started the black-and-white debate in the 1980s.
I'm Sun Shisan, and I like attention! Regarding the question "Why Biniao was selected in the sixth overall position", it should be noted that the overall strength of the players is not represented by the overall draft position. Many players were not optimistic before taking part in the draft, and their positions in the draft were not high, but they became famous after entering the NBA, and Bird did not belong to this situation.
Bird should have been chosen as the top pick, but his special college experience led to his vague situation in the year of the draft. Orbach, the "leader in red" of the Green Army, took advantage of the rules and successfully selected Bird with the sixth overall pick. The details are as follows:
Unlike those players who made a name for themselves after entering the NBA, Bird became famous at a young age. Although there is no outstanding physical talent, but the shooting ability is particularly outstanding. He is very comfortable with middle-distance shooting and three-pointers. He also has a high basketball IQ. Although he is a small forward, his ability to organize the team's attack is even better than that of the team's defender. In his sophomore year, he led his team to a record of 19 wins and 2 losses when he was injured, and became a local celebrity.
In high school, Bird was always the man of the hour. When he was about to leave school, 4000 spectators came to watch his game. Such excellent players soon received an invitation from Indiana University and won a full scholarship. Born in Indiana, Bird soon accepted the invitation of the best local university.
However, Byrd, who was autistic at that time, was frightened by the huge scale of the school. After staying at school for 24 days, he chose to drop out of school and return to his hometown. After a while, he entered Beimu University, but soon dropped out. At that time, for some unknown reason, Bird particularly resisted the atmosphere in the university and let him drop out of school twice. I don't know how his character later grew into the king of garbage.
After dropping out of North Wood University, Bird took odd jobs and played amateur leagues to make money. A year later, he finally figured it out and finally entered Indiana University. In his first season in college, Bird averaged 30 points and 65,438+00 rebounds per game. In the three years of NCAA, Bird led Indiana University to an amazing record of 865,438+0 wins and 65,438+03 losses.
1978, the pioneer holds the champion sign, the king holds the champion sign, and the walker holds the flower-exploring sign. Kings, Trailblazers and other teams all want to win the top draft bird through upward trading, but Trailblazers are not stupid. Who doesn't want a player like Bird? But they don't know whether Bird was qualified to participate in the draft at that time. If he can't play for the team after choosing Bird, it will waste a high-ranking draft pick.
At that time, the NBA stipulated that all teams should not choose young players who had not attended college for four years, but Bird actually played only two seasons in the NCAA. 1978. Those teams with high draft picks feel it is a pity that they can't choose Bird with good draft picks, but they can only choose from the rest of the players.
However, auerbach of the Green Army found that although he only played in the NCAA for two seasons, he had four years of college experience. In the previous two years, he took part in the competition, quit the competition and re-participated in the competition, so he did not participate in the NCAA competition. Because the NBA didn't make it clear, auerbach thought they could take advantage of this loophole to win Bird. They were holding the No.6 draft pick. Under normal circumstances, they can't get birds, but their wealth needs to be in danger.
Auerbach found Bird and advised him to give up his college studies and enter the NBA one year ahead of schedule, but Bird wanted to get a college diploma and then play in the NBA. In this case, adventurous auerbach chose Bird in the draft. When they chose Bird with the No.6 logo, the other teams were first surprised-would Bird choose it?
When they saw that the league didn't intervene, they all felt sorry for the loss of Bird, a talented player, and they were very angry at the Green Army's behavior of drilling loopholes in the rules. However, the rules really don't specify whether players need to stay in college for four years or participate in NCAA4 for four seasons to participate in the draft. In addition, auerbach's position in the league made them angry.
At that time, the five players ranked higher than Bertrand did not score more than 18 points per game. Thompson, the top scholar, performed fairly well, averaging 13.7 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists in his career, which is incomparable with Bird. Show No.2 and Show No.5 are both parallel imports, and Show No.4 and Show No.5 are at best the starting level, and they can't compare with Bird.
After being selected by the Green Army, Bird didn't report to the team immediately, but waited until he graduated from college. In the first year, he grabbed the best rookie from the magician. He averaged 265,438+0+65,438+00+5 for six consecutive seasons, and averaged 28.7 points, 65,438+00.5 rebounds and 6.6 assists in the peak season. 49686.86868686666
Under the excellent leadership of Bird, the Green Army won the championship three times, and Bird was elected MVP in the finals twice. For three consecutive years, 1984, 1985 and 1986 were elected MVP of the regular season. He is the third player to win the MVP in the regular season for three consecutive years after Chamberlain and Russell, and the last player so far. Looking at Byrd's performance, and then looking at the performance of the top players he selected, and recalling the draft scene of 1978, many teams will be indignant but helpless.
Bird: I will continue to study! Auerbach: Can't I take you first? In 1980s, the duel between Magic Johnson and Bird became the main theme of NBA. Their black-and-white opposition created that crazy era. Both of them have made great achievements in their personal careers. Bird won the regular season MVP for three consecutive years from 1983 to 1986. He is also the only player in NBA history who won the regular season MVP for three consecutive years. But a strong player like Bird was only selected as the sixth overall pick in the draft. Why?
At that time, the top five in the draft were Michael Thompson, phil ford, Rick Robey, Mitchell Ray Richardson and Puss Salt. Although these five people are not nobody, there is still a big gap between their achievements and Byrd's. Top scholar Thompson is the father of active player klay thompson. In the third season of his career, he averaged 20.8 points per game, 1 1.7 rebounds and 4 assists, which were mediocre in other seasons. He only played as a substitute when he won the championship with the Lakers in 86-87 and 87-88. Ford, the third runner-up, can get 1 1.6 points and 6.4 assists per game in his career, which can only be considered quite satisfactory; Robbie won the championship with the Celtics in 80-8 1 season, but the best season in his career was 12.4 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, and his career was always only 8 years, which was relatively poor. Richardson, the fourth overall pick, won the assists, three steals and four All-Star performances. Unfortunately, his career is short and he has no other honors. In the Fifth Bookstore, Soter once averaged 20+ for four consecutive seasons and 28 points, 5.438+0 rebounds and 3 assists in a single season. Unfortunately, he didn't achieve much in his career.
The above five people didn't achieve much in their careers, but they suppressed Bird in the draft. This is not because Byrd is weak, but because the draft rules and Byrd's choice were not perfect at that time. 1978, Bird said that he would take part in the draft after finishing college, but auerbach of Celtic took advantage of the imperfection of the draft rules to occupy the sixth position of Bird in 1978, and then waited for Bird to finish reading. So, that's why Bird ran away at 1978, but only started playing the league in the 78-80 season.
However, with the improvement of the draft system, the Celtics' occupation of Bird in advance will never happen again, but auerbach's practice in that year gave the Celtics the capital to compete with the Lakers. Can only say that his approach is really wonderful!
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Because the Green Army was headed by Cardinal auerbach at that time, and the Celtics only ranked sixth, auerbach had a good eye for Bird. In order to prevent Bird from being selected in advance, the old man talked about Bird's shortcomings before the draft, and Bird might not be able to apply for the rookie season at that time, which confused everyone. I have to say that this old man is really fierce.
Because Bird said at the time that even if he was selected, he would have to play in the NCAA for another year before he could enter the NBA. At that time, the top draft team was unwilling to choose him, and he had to wait another year. Moreover, the news of finger injury came from the projection of Bird's fame, and it was true. I just didn't expect that the injured bird was still much more accurate than others.
Bird Bird is one of the greatest players in NBA history, and now he is better than Little Emperor James. Who is the first small forward? Everyone has different opinions.
Then, why did such a successful player with good skills and a good mouth gun only get the sixth place that year? 1978 is a year of great gods gathering? The answer is no, none of the five players who ranked before Bird could become a qualified star, and the only one with high grades, Ray Richardson, was banned for life for taking drugs. As for the No.1 scholar, we only know that he is the father of klay thompson, averaging only 65,438+065,438+0 points and 6 rebounds in his career, which is completely incomparable with Bird.
Isn't Bird's performance in high school not good, and the teams are not so optimistic about him? The answer is still no, Bird was a super god in college, averaging 30 points 10 rebounds and being the most popular candidate for the top spot.
Then why did such a powerful Byrd student end up sixth in the so-called draft year? That's because in 1978, Bird made it clear that he would finish college before entering the NBA, so all the major teams expressed their understanding and were willing to wait. However, auerbach of Celtic didn't think so at that time. When Byrd didn't take part in the draft, he locked the future superstar with the No.6 draft in his hand. Although this caused an uproar at that time, because of the loopholes in the league draft system, major teams had to protest against the ineffectiveness of bitter swallowing.
So, 1979, Bird officially put on the Celtic jersey and began his great career of dominating the NBA with skill and mouth.
At the end of 1970s, NBA finally changed from video mode to live broadcast, and Magic Johnson and Bird became the first pair of superstars to enter the TV sets of thousands of households! In fact, based on Bird's performance in the university, it is almost certain to become the No.1 scholar, but the loopholes in the draft mechanism let the Celtics take a loophole and let Bird fall to the sixth place!
Auerbach chose larry bird as the 78th pick one year ahead of schedule: Michael Thompson may not be familiar to everyone, but his son klay thompson is familiar to everyone. Unlike clay, old Thompson plays the position of inside center. He spent the first seven seasons in the Trailblazers, with a peak of 20+ 10, but failed to win any honor. After moving to the Lakers, Thompson won two championship rings as a substitute for Jabbar, and it was a success!
1No.2 show in 978: phil ford's rookie was selected as the second best team in his first year, which was regarded as the peak of his debut, but his subsequent development took a sharp turn for the worse. Since the fourth season, Ford has never averaged double digits per game. Ford 1983 moved to the Rockets, but only one year later he announced his retirement due to injury!
Flower Show in' 78: Rick Robbie was selected by the Pacers and traded to the Celtics after only 43 games. His career is almost a substitute. Fortunately, in the second year of coming to the Celtics, Robbie won a championship ring with larry bird, and then Robbie was injured and 1983 was traded to the Suns. During his three years with the Suns, Robbie only scored three points per game.
Show 4 in' 78: Michael Ray Richardson was a famous dual-energy guard in the early NBA, with a height of1.96m, but he often played point guard. He averaged 7 assists per game in his career, especially in the 79-80 season. Richardson averaged 15.3 points and 6.6 rebounds 10.6438. However, his career is very short. In the 85-86 season, Richardson was seriously injured and had to leave the NBA. In the last season of NBA, Richardson still got 15.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 2.66 steals, which was considered as an excellent player destroyed by injury!
1978 Show No.5: Puvis Short Puvis was a famous scoring expert in the NBA in the 1980s. At his peak, Puvis could score 28 points per game. His technical style is somewhat similar to that of Demar DeRozan this year, with CIC as the main one. In the 88-89 season, Puvis briefly joined the Rockets, but at that time, Puvis averaged only 7.4 points per game, and then Puvis shot 1990 and announced his retirement!
Therefore, the above five people are no better players than Bird, especially considering their performance in college. If 1978 Celtics don't choose Byrd, by the time of 1979 election, perhaps Magic Johnson's position as the No.1 scholar is really unstable!
If Bird and the magician take part in the draft in the same year, who do you think will be the first choice?