![]() He had to lay down because of his back and said ‘Young fella, look like ‘84 huh?’” Left the court to go lay down because he couldn't sit on a bench. “He scored nine times or eight times in a row. “One dribble pull-up, going left off glass. With Magic feeding him the ball, and Rodney Rogers giving his best defensive effort, Bird was catching the ball and telling Rogers exactly what he was going to do before he did it. While the naive college students thought nothing of the comment, they set something off in Larry Legend. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Rodney Rodgers went up to Bird, Magic Johnson and a group of Dream Team members and said “Hey Larry! You ain’t hit a jumper since ‘84.” The young, hungry college kids came out and punched the Dream Team in the mouth, and before the legendary squad could make their comeback Chuck Daly ended the scrimmage.Īccording to Mashburn drama ensued shortly after the scrimmage. The scrimmage, now an infamous moment among basketball circles, did not go the way most thought it would. It all started when Bird, well known for his trash talk, approached Mashburn and Chris Webber and asked if they were “those college guys.” When Mashburn and Webber responded that they were Bird “looked at (them) and said ‘get some (expletive) rest, it's gonna be a long week.” It's always fun when longtime NBA players share incredible stories about some of the game’s greatest players.ĭuring a recent episode of "Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles," 12-year NBA veteran Jamal Mashburn shared a story about an encounter he had with Larry Bird in 1992 when USA Basketball brought several college standouts, including Mashburn, Allan Houston, Rodney Rogers, Eric Montross, Chris Webber, Bobby Hurley and Grant Hill, to scrimmage the Dream Team.
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