Duke Basketball Report · Dec 28, 2019
You Tube Gold: Larry Joe College
Larry Bird in collegeLarry Bird had a spectacular NBA career but before then he was a huge star at Indiana State. A lot of people questioned whether he could play in the NBA or not, a debate that ended quickly after his career started.
The Boston Globe’s Bob Ryan called him a future Hall of Famer in his first month in the league.
People did have doubts when he was in college though.
With the benefit of hindsight, when you watch stuff like this, you have to wonder why people couldn’t see it. There are moments in this video that make you do a double take.
Mostly it’s passes. Some of them are breathtaking. Then it’s the shooting.