Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and a Hall of Fame list of others had that.
The youngest one contains the numbers of modern Celtics: Larry Bird's 33, Kevin McHale's 32, Robert Parish's 00.
Remember Indiana State's Larry Bird tussling with Michigan State's Magic Johnson in the 1979 championship game (which Magic's team won)?
There are five status levels to complete before gamers are playing with the likes of Dr J, Wilt Chamberlain and Larry Bird.
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Now, Wichita State is the MVC's first Final Four team since Larry Bird led Indiana State to the title game in 1979.
On the local sports scene, even Larry Bird of the NBA champion Celtics took a backseat in 1984--Boston belonged to Doug Flutie.
Larry Bird was the big brother to Michael Jordan in 1993.
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Basketball stars Larry Bird and Shane Battier jumped in and out of their own ventures, as did pro footballers Jim McMahon, Johnny Unitas and Lawrence Taylor.
Former basketball star Larry Bird, comedy actress Sarah Silverman and Star Trek's George Takei have contributed voice-overs to the latter half of the series.
The Boston Celtics were in a tailspin with the retirement of Larry Bird, the death of Reggie Lewis, and the infamous Rick Pitino era.
It was also the year that Magic Johnson and Larry Bird joined the NBA and it began its staggering ascent over the next three decades.
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There are so many examples, but Larry Bird joined a Boston Celtics team that was 29-53 upon his arrival, but a year later the Celtics finished 61-21.
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That wasn't worth much at first, but thanks to Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and, eventually, Michael Jordan, the NBA exploded in popularity in the 1980s and '90s.
With the number two pick in the NBA draft this summer, the Portland Trailblazers passed on Adam Morrison, hailed by many as the next Larry Bird, and snagged LaMarcus Aldridge instead.
Year later that archive, with classic video of Michael Jordan and Larry Bird proved to reflect a prescient understanding of the power of digital assets in a wired world.
When the NBA began to explode in popularity in the 1980s and 1990s (thanks to Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and, eventually, Michael Jordan), television rights fees escalated in concert.
Eleven Hall of Fame players, including Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, David Robinson, Magic Johnson and Charles Barkley, came together to crush international opponents and win Olympic gold in Barcelona, Spain.
Magic Johnson in his prime would be too slow to play point guard in today's locomotive landscape, just as Larry Bird would be too slow to guard any of today's elite small forwards.
James is now the second player in NBA history to post at least 2, 000 points, 600 rebounds, 500 assists and 100 steals in a season twice, joining Larry Bird, who did it three times.
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird and Isiah Thomas were each reviled by at least a few teammates for their brutal verbal takedowns of lesser players --and almost everyone in their respective locker rooms were lesser players.
That's probably why, in the NBA, the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers teams of the '80s, led by Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, respectively, rate higher than the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls clubs of the 1990s.
For the March Madness television coverage, the company not only released more ads in the same formula, but created a new set, where NBA greats Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabar and Bill Russell take the role of the kids.
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His very first draft pick, Magic Johnson, took the league by storm and led L.A. to the 1979-80 title, kicking off a decade of memorable battles with Larry Bird and the Celtics (the two teams combined for eight of nine NBA championships from 1980 through 1988).
With no competition from EA Sports yet again this year, things were looking good until the NBA lockout. 2K Sports knew that was coming and focused on NBA legends like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and Dr. J for the cover as well as new gameplay modes.
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And that's with the advantage of nostalgia as an added selling tool, thanks to a matchup invoking memories of the Larry Bird-Magic Johnson battles of the 1980s (the three L.A.-Boston finals of the '80s averaged a 30 share, as did the six Michael Jordan-led Bulls series in the '90s).
The new collection is comprised of nine different pairs of socks in various team colors, featuring iconic photos of 10 basketball greats: Larry Bird, Julius Erving, Patrick Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dennis Rodman, Kenny Smith, Bill Walton, James Worthy, and one pair that features both John Sockman Stockton and Karl Malone.
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But when they downloaded the Larry The Bird character (which is also an app created by Outfit7), which has a high-pitched tone, they could understand what she was saying.
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