November 1992 Beckett Basketball #28 - Larry Bird

There are certain players in sports who just have that special something — the kind of player you couldn’t help but like, even if they were beating your team. Larry Bird was one of those guys.

“The Hick from French Lick” wasn’t the most athletic, he wasn’t the flashiest, but he was as tough and competitive as they come. The way he played the game — the swagger, the confidence, the trash talk and the skill to back it up — made him impossible not to respect.

Bird isn’t just a Celtics legend… he is a basketball legend. The kind of player who made you love the game a little more every time you watched him play.