Tag: Larry Bird

  • How the Clippers Ended Up Owning Larry Bird’s Draft Rights

    During one brief moment in the summer of 1978, the Buffalo Braves (now the LA Clippers) owned Larry Bird’s draft rights. How this highly improbable circumstance came to be involves a Hollywood mogul, some legal technicalities, and the only franchise swap in NBA history. This is the story. The Origin of Bird Rights A controversial…

  • How Larry Bird’s Worst Game Made Me a Better Person

    Larry Joe Bird is a basketball god. But even gods have off days and shoot bricks sometimes. In the worst game of his pro career, the namesake of this site was held scoreless for an entire game and frankly I am a better person today because of it. The absolute savage and roundball savant known…