Who is the greatest player in the history of the Boston Celtics? That is a question that will get you a few different answers. Some will say Bill Russell; some might say 2007-08 Kevin Garnett. But the most common answer is likely Larry Bird.
The league's first superstar shooter, the Indiana farmboy with a killer instinct and the most ruthless trash talking in basketball, the player who resurrected the NBA's most successful franchise and won three MVPs and three titles in the 1980s? That is Larry Bird.
Ask Celtics fans what the single greatest team in franchise history is, and they will almost certainly say the 1986 Boston Celtics.