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#2 Larry Bird
Larry Bird is a trash-talking legend. He used to talk trash to his defender throughout the game and get into his defenders head and made him look silly.
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He would repeatedly say two numbers to the person guarding him. The number of points he had and the number of points his defender had. By the end of the game, the numbers weren't even close!
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Victims - Players participating in the 3-Point Contest.
In the 1986 season, the NBA added the 3-Point Contest to the All-Star weekend for the first time. This was Bird's chance to prove his greatness. He was so sure he was going to win the contest, he let his opponents before the contest even began that the first spot was already locked up. He famously asked his fellow competitors -
"Who's coming in second?"
He won the contest obviously. But the story doesn't stop here.
The following year, he won the 3-Point Contest again! Throughout the contest, Bird did not even remove his warm-up jacket to show everyone how confident he was to win the contest again.
Victim- Chuck Dailey
For Bird, trash talking players was too basic. So he started talking to Head Coaches. In a game against the Detroit Pistons, Dennis Rodman (one of the best defenders of all time) tried his best to stop Larry Bird. But Bird sunk four straight shots in Rodman's face before asking Head Coach Dailey -
"Who's guarding me Chuck? Is anyone guarding me? You better get someone on me, or I'm going for 60!"
Victim - The Portland Trailblazers team of 1986
Bird had to do the most outrageous things to keep himself motivated because the League just wasn't challenging enough for him. So on Valentines Day in the 1986 season when the Celtics played the Trailblazers, Bird called the media and said -
"I'm going to play this one left handed"
Larry Legend scored every point that game with just his left hand (except for jumpshots). The Trailblazers were completely aware of Larry's promise, but they were helpless as he torched them for 22 points with just his left hand - scoring 47 points in total, 14 rebounds, 11 assists and... THE GAME WINNING SHOT!
From Larry, with love.
