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Skip Bayless ‘already asking if Cooper Flagg could be better than Larry Bird’

"He's so good, so early, I must admit, I'm not ruling that out. Not yet."

"Just as I've acknowledged the dominance of Black athletes … it's time to give some credit to white athletes who are just shattering the mold."

"This Celtics team is as good as any Larry Bird team from the '80s."

"I've always had this theory with Larry Bird: his first nine years I think is the greatest start to a career in the history of the NBA."

On Season Two: 'I think we pushed it more this year because we knew more'

"I saw the games and I was at the games, you were not! You’re watching them on YouTube!"

While Bird certainly qualifies as "great," the 66-year-old Basketball Hall-of-Famer thankfully doesn’t fall into the "late great" category.

Newcomer Sean Patrick Small will now play the Boston Celtics icon.

Leaving Bird off this list probably wasn't the wisest move.

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson are all the rage these days. We’ve had a 2010 HBO documentary about their rivalry,...