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“Before Bird I used to vacillate,” says Bob Cousy, now a Celtics broadcaster. “The question didn’t seem relevant. But Bird came along with all the skills, all the things a basketball player has to do. I think he’s the greatest.” […]
At this point Bird seems unconcerned with reserving a throne in the NBA pantheon. He never saw the great forwards of the past, the Baylors and Bob Pettits—Schayes to him is the Nuggets’ Danny, not the Syracuse Nationals’ Dolph—and has watched only a few film clips of Barry, a superstar of more recent vintage.