No. 94401101

Boston Celtics - NBA Basketbal - Larry Bird - Basketball
No. 94401101

Boston Celtics - NBA Basketbal - Larry Bird - Basketball
This basketball with silver signing is in top condition. Signed in silver by Larry Bird including COA. Beautiful luxury Wilson basketball with Celtics logo. Includes aluminum name tag.
Bird was born in West Baden Springs, Indiana, to the marriage between Georgia and Joe Bird. He grew up in West Baden Springs and the nearby town of French Lick, earning him the nickname The hick from French Lick. Bird began his basketball career on the Springs Valley High School team, where he is still known as the most productive player to ever play for Springs Valley High.
In 1974, Bird chose Indiana University where he joined the team of the famous basketball coach Bobby Knight. However, Bird did not feel at home there at all and decided to leave this university after a month, returning later to play at the college level with the Indiana State University (ISU) Sycamores.
In 1978, Bird indeed participated in the NBA draft. He was then selected as the 6th player in the draft by the Boston Celtics. However, Bird decided to stay one more year to play for the Sycamores. Nevertheless, the Celtics retained the exclusive right to recruit him a year later.
In 1979, Larry Bird led his Sycamores to the NCAA championship final, where he lost in one of the most legendary college games ever to Michigan State University, which was led at the time by Earvin Magic Johnson. In this game, Bird scored 19 points compared to Magic Johnson's 24. This game is still said to be the beginning of March Madness, the contemporary 'madness' surrounding the NCAA championships that take place in March.
At the end of the 1979 basketball season, Bird was named NCAA Player of the Year, averaging 30.3 points, 13.3 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game.
After the bitter loss against Michigan State University, Bird decided to make the switch to the 'big' boys in the NBA, where he ended up with the Boston Celtics thanks to the 1978 draft.
Bird was immediately influential in the game of the Celtics due to his extraordinary leadership skills, game insight, passing, and an incredible jumpshot. He was instantly chosen as Rookie of the Year in 1979, at the expense of the very well-performing Magic Johnson, who also made the transition to the NBA that same year and was chosen first in the NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. Bird primarily played the small forward and power forward positions.
Bird had averages of 21.3 points per game, 10.4 rebounds per game, and 4.5 assists per game in his rookie year. In 1979, already as a rookie, Bird was selected for the Eastern Conference All-Star Team, a feat that would be repeated in the following 12 years.
Bird managed to win the NBA championship three times with NBA legends such as Robert Parish and Kevin McHale. Together with Magic Johnson, he led the popularity of NBA basketball, which had been in decline until that point, to new heights. They did this especially by reviving the long-standing rivalry between Bird's Celtics and Magic's Lakers.
During his NBA career, Larry Bird achieved the very impressive averages of 24.3 points per game, 10.0 rebounds per game, and 6.3 assists per game.
At the 1992 Games, he won the gold medal with the first and most legendary Dream Team.
Bird is still regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the NBA and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998. Bird was named one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time in 1996.
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