"An interesting but unknown fact about Larry Bird is that when he was about 18, he hired his little brother, who was in a band at the time, to come to his b-ball games with a guitar and an amplifier. Whenever Larry went up to dunk it, his lil brother wailed so hard on that guitar that the whole place went wild.
"But one time, when he went up for a dunk and his brother wailed on that guitar, Larry fell short and didn't even touch the rim or anything, and he was so embarrassed he vowed then and there never to play basketball again."John continues:
"So I didn't know if Larry Bird had really gotten a basketball for his Christmas present once when he was real young, and his brother and him dribbled it so much that they wore it out that day.
"But it was true, I just saw it on a TV program.
"The next day, Larry made his gym coach look like a clown when he went up and dunked on him so bad, it looked unorthodoxed. That was the first time Larry made a grown man cry, but certainly not the last."
Fascinating. Thanks John.
