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Jamal Mashburn recalled how Larry Bird responded to trash-talk at a ‘Dream Team’ practice in 1992

Though Larry Bird retired from playing basketball decades ago, stories are still filtering out about his legendary trash-talking.

The latest example came from former NBA All-Star Jamal Mashburn in an interview on Players’ Tribune podcast “Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles.”

Prior to entering the NBA, Mashburn was one of the top college players in the country at Kentucky. Given his talent, he was chosen to play with a select team of other college players in training against the U.S. men’s 1992 Olympic basketball team (later known as “The Dream Team”).