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Basketball Legend Quotes

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"Nobody talks about that Rick Fox real [ __ ] for throwing that assist BR legendary."
"Larry Bird is the only person in NBA history to win league MVP, Coach of the Year, and Executive of the Year all in his career."
"Larry Bird was the epitome of hustle, consistency, and excellence."
"Kobe, he was an MVP, he won multiple titles, he's one of the all-time greats."
"Steph Curry, the greatest 3-point shooter ever."
"Michael Jordan has become the first billionaire player in NBA history."
"There's never been a force like Michael Jordan."
"He literally had seven years of being one of the top five players of all time."
"I've just seen God disguised as Michael Jordan." (Larry Bird's post-game comment)
"Michael Jordan when he's in the zone, unstoppable."
"But for what he represented and for all the things he did, Kobe Bryant is the greatest Laker of all time."
"Kevin Durant has retired from the NBA after 21 years."
"Kobe was one of the most lethal scoring assassins in NBA history."
"He's the best shooter ever, emphatically as we saw in Game 4."
"Michael Jordan is the avatar of sport... the most dynamic show in the world during the end of the century."
"LeBron James has officially become the NBA's all-time leading scorer."
"It's gotta be one of the greatest basketball players of all time, hence Numero Uno."
"Michael Jordan Finals MVP eight-time Champion."
"Dirk Nowitzki, the greatest international scorer of all time."
"LeBron has one of the most dominant seasons of his career, winning his fifth NBA MVP."
"Allen Iverson left his body, everything that he was on the biggest stage erupted into being as he went nuclear."
"I've never in my life heard a better argument that Michael Jordan is the greatest player of all time than that one right there."
"Michael Jordan left the game as the best player ever."
"It will never ever get another and I go on record and it will never be another John Stockton ever."
"It was like I was possessed by Michael Jordan in that moment."
"There will never, ever, ever be another Larry Bird."
"...when you talk about Larry Bird, you see those intangibles become real palpable results."
"Larry Bird... three championships... three regular season MVPs... twelve All-Star selections."
"Reggie's hit more shots in crucial times than about anybody I've ever seen."
"Michael, clutch, defense, heart of a warrior, monster."
"Peak Michael Jordan, at his best, was better than everyone, plain and simple. He would score, defend, and play in such a way that made winning the second nature. No one else has ever tasted the air at the top of Peak Jordan."
"Rest in peace to the Mamba, Kobe Bryant."
"Steph Curry proves that he is one of the greatest players to ever play basketball."
"The loss of basketball legend Red Auerbach who passed away Saturday."
"Magic's nickname was so good and it fit his persona so well that it literally just replaced his first name in the minds of everyone."
"If that's the last image of Michael Jordan, how magnificent."
"LeBron is golden, bro. His longevity is insane."
"LeBron making it to the finals eight straight seasons is absolutely insane."
"Michael Jordan's exceptional leaping ability allowed him to make dunks from the free throw line."
"Larry Bird gets the nod, Bird won three rings while owning a complete all-around game matched by very few throughout NBA history."
"LeBron James has been the best player in the world."
"Then he gave me one of the best defenders in NBA history, Dennis Rodman."
"Michael Jordan was the greatest scorer ever."
"He's the fourth greatest player of the last 50 years, Magic Johnson."
"He's the fourth greatest player of the last 50 years, also the fourth greatest player ever, Ervin Magic Johnson."
"The most hyped high school basketball player of all time is undoubtedly none other than LeBron James."
"You're Michael Jordan to them, you're Michael Jordan to us, we're in this room, and we're getting some pizza."
"Jordan is the best thing that ever happened to the sport of basketball."
"Michael Jordan announces at the general surprise that he stopped his career."
"Every time I watch a Jordan video, I get closer and closer to saying he the GOAT."
"LeBron James is a top two player of all time, he's incredible."
"He's like a reincarnation of Larry Bird, who does everything, he's amazing."
"LeBron James did it in a bigger moment and it meant more."
"Wilt Chamberlain's individual dominance is so extreme that he is one of the few players that everybody pretty much unanimously agrees would translate to the current era."
"The only player he ever saw the whole league fear was Michael Jordan."
"The legend of Michael Jordan is one of a man who never, not one time, got outworked."
"Allen Iverson is one of one, nobody's like Allen Iverson."
"He is an absolute all-time great, not just one of the greatest centers ever played this game but one of the greatest basketball players ever."
"Kobe Bryant is a five-time NBA champion."
"Kobe, in my opinion, is one of the greatest offensive weapons in the history of the NBA."
"One of the greatest defenders ever, one of the greatest prep to pro players ever."
"Mike Jordan changed the game all the way around, whole basketball game changed it all."
"Chicago, six rings, they have the greatest player of all time, Michael Jordan."
"Kobe is one of the best evers, a legend in his own right."
"When you tell the story of basketball, Steph Curry is not only in the book, he's on the first page."
"Every shred of evidence points to Jordan."
"If Larry Bird played today, he'd be such a beast."
"Larry Bird is one of the most skilled players of all time."
"Michael Jordan, the best that ever was, published in 1989."