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"When a guy shot 44% in my day, we thought they were terrible" - Larry Bird says efficiency standard has decreased over the years

The game looks different now. Faster, flashier, more 3-pointers than ever before. But Larry Bird, one of basketball's purest shooters ever, doesn't see progress when it comes to the art of shooting.

Jalen Rose recalled when Larry Bird had him guard Michael Jordan in the 1998 ECFs: "If he score on you twice, then I'm taking you out"

When anybody mentions Rose today, the first memory of him in the NBA automatically goes to Kobe Bryant's 81 point game ...
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Larry Bird said he was scared before every matchup with Magic Johnson and Julius Erving: "That fear from 2 o'clock in the afternoon to game time"

That said, Bird always felt a sense of fear before every game, especially those against arch-rivals like Magic Johnson and ...
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Klay Thompson Makes His Opinion of Larry Bird Extremely Clear

Larry Bird is arguably the greatest 3-point shooter of his era. The three-time league MVP averaged 24.3 points per game over his 13-year NBA career and won three consecutive 3-Point Contest titles ...