“That’s A Bad White Boy”: Larry Bird Consistently Got Respect During Barbershop Talk, Says Byron Scott

Byron Scott was a member of the Showtime Lakers during the 1980s.

So he had a front-row ticket to the iconic rivalry between Magic Johnson and The Hick from French Lick.

Scott actually won two of his three NBA championships by beating Larry Birds Celtics in the NBA Finals.

But Scott and his Lakers also suffered a Finals loss at the hands of Bird in 1984, so the former NBA star knows just how great Bird was on the court.

He telling you what hes gonna do and hes doing it, so its just him being a prophet , Byron shared on the All the Smoke podcast.

Bird gained infamy for his unique brand of trash-talking as he would tell his opponents exactly how he planned on beating them.

But according to Scott, the fact that he would still follow through and score an unguardable bucket was what made him a legendary figure.

Time has a way of making people forget about the past...

Im 60 now, 63, but if you go back 20 years and when I was 40, you ask guys about Larry Bird, theyd tell you.

You know brothers at the barbershop, Oh thats a bad white boy...

So if you go way back, he probably would be in the top 10 , Scott commented on the three-time MVPs all-time status.

Its not even an overstatement considering the Hall of Famers ridiculous resume.

He remains, and probably will remain, the only player in NBA history to win Rookie of the Year, MVP, Finals MVP, All-Star MVP, Coach of the Year, and Executive of the Year in a single lifetime.

Byron Scott saw plenty of Larry Bird during his career From 1983 to 1992, Scott had to face Larry Legend 33 times on the NBA hardwood.

He would win 20 of those matchups, but there was nothing he or any player on his team could do to stop Bird from averaging 24.2 points, 11 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.9 blocks in those appearances.

B-Scott credited Birds incredible box scores to his innate ability and intuition with the basketball.

Dude couldnt jump, wasnt fast, wasnt athletic, but you look on the scoresheet after the game he got 25 points, 15 rebounds, nine assists, a few steals.

The dude just knew how to play, the 2008 coach of the year said.

The thing that I loved about him was that he was a s**t talker ...

The dude would just tell you where hes going, shoot it in your face, talk s**t to you and run back down the floor, Scott shared on the Off the Dribble podcast.

Birds unique game and iconic rivalry with Magic Johnson ushered the NBA into a new era.

Byron Scott got to be a part of that history and he clearly remembers it with reverence..

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