1988 Three Point Shooting Contest

It's 1988, All-Star Saturday in Chicago. Bird had won the three-point contests in '86 and '87 and is looking for the three-peat. Bird was slated to compete in the three point shootout… …But he was late.

Locker room was packed, laces were tied, warmup jerseys were on. So where the hell was Bird? 

All of a sudden the door swings open, and in walks Larry Legend. He stops in the middle of the room, looks around, and smirks. "So… Who's coming in second?"

He breezes through the first few rounds, then eyes down Dale Ellis in the final matchup. Ellis goes first, and drops a cool 15 points. Bird steps up, and starts off cold…

…Then catches fire on the second-last rack. By the time he hits the last money ball, he's tied with Ellis at 15 a piece…

…Puts it in the shooting pocket, lets it fly, and immediately begins walking to center court with a single finger raised in the air:

 #1.

By the time he reaches half court, the ball hits the mesh. It might have gone down to the wire, but that contest was over before it started. And there wasn't a single person in the arena that night who couldn't recognize Bird for what he was: The biggest boss in the basketball world. 'Cause bosses do three things that no one else does:

They make bold demands.

They make bold promises.

And then they create bold performances that reverberate through the basketball world for decades to come. Larry Legend? Larry BOSS

Lance Stephenson of the Indiana Pacers

The Pacers are 3-9 in their last 12 games and GM Larry Bird recently spoke out against the focus and behavior of the team. A lot of the locker room tension stems from a Pacer loss to the Rockets on March 5th, 2011 where Danny Granger and Dahntay Jones got uber pissed at Rookie 2nd Round Pick Lance Stephensen as they "took exception to comments" made by him.  Apparently, as the above article points out, Dahntay had to be restrained from going after Lance during an in-game huddle.

So who is this Lance kid?  I'm glad you asked:

Lance grabbed ass and titty of a girl in his high school while she punched and kicked him
Lance pushed his girlfriend and mother of his child down the stairs
Lance ditched out on paying a twitter whore $1000 for a 3some

Nice draft pick Larry!  I'm sure his teammates in Indiana love this guy as much as the Anaheim Kings love DeMarcus.

1987 NBA Finals Game 4 Intro

Bob Costas really knows how to create drama with his tone setting stories and CBS let him ramble. The incomparable theme music (well, it's not quite as good as John Tesh's Roundball Rock), a hobbled McHale, great Worthy highlights, Larry Bird getting out of a sweet looking Caddy: this video RULES