[Willie Green]

Spike Lee: Larry Bird Most Overated Player in NBA History.

Hogwash, Spike.

Bill Walton wasn't worth a crap and you KNOW it.

[John Lenin]

High School Playing Highlights:

• Averaged 30 ppg and 17 rpg during his senior year
  
• In one particular game, scored 54 points with 38 rebounds
  

College:

• Indiana University (1974-75)
• Indiana State (1975-79)
  

College Playing Highlights:

• Played three years at Indiana State (1976-79)
• The Sporting News College Player of the Year (1979)
  
• Naismith Award winner (1979)
  
• John R. Wooden Award winner (1979)
  
• The Sporting News All-America First Team (1978, 1979)
  
• Led Indiana State to the 1979 NCAA championship game against Michigan State
  
• Led Indiana State to an 81-13 record, including a 50-1 record at home
  
• Holds 30 Indiana State records, including most points (2,850), steals (240) and rebounds (1,247)
  
• Graduated as the NCAA's fifth all-time leading scorer (30.3 ppg)
  
• U.S. Team member, World University Games (1977)

Pro:

• NBA Boston Celtics (1979-92)

Pro Playing Highlights:

• NBA Rookie of the Year (1980)
  
• NBA Most Valuable Player (1984-86)
  
• All-NBA First Team (1980-88)
  
• All-NBA Second Team (1990)
  
• NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982-84)
  
• Twelve-time NBA All-Star (1980-88, 1990-92)
  
• NBA All-Star Game MVP (1982)
  
• Long Distance Shootout Winner (1986-88)
  
• NBA Finals MVP (1984, 1986)
  
• Scored 21,791 points (24.3 ppg) in 897 professional games, including a career-high 28.1 ppg in 1987
  
• Scored a career and team-high 60 points against the Atlanta Hawks in New Orleans on March 25, 1985
  
• Led the NBA in free throw shooting (1984, 1986, 1990)
  
• NBA championships with the Boston Celtics (1981, 1984, 1986)
  
• In a 12-year time span, Bird teamed with Kevin McHale and Robert Parish to form
  one of the greatest frontlines in professional basketball history
• The trio compiled a 690-276 record, won nine Atlantic Division titles and five
  Eastern Conference championships
  
• NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996)