Recently, ESPN’s JJ Redick made comments on Larry Bird & Steph Curry that had NBA legends and legacy fans up in arms- how day JJ attack one of the few NBA \u201cuntouchables.\u201d<\/p>\n
JJ told Stephen A. Smith and Chris “Maddog” Russo, “When I watch, let\u2019s say Steph Curry, for example,” Redick continued, “When I watch Steph Curry off the ball in a playoff game getting grabbed and held by Marcus Smart, they\u2019re attached to him at all times.”<\/p>\n
On the day of his retirement from the Boston Celtics, when asked by reporters, Bird replied that Michael Cooper of the Los Angeles Lakers’ was his most formidable opponent. Larry Bird said, “The best defender I ever faced was definitely Michael Cooper.”<\/em><\/p>\n Considering Larry Bird’s rare praise of an opponent, it’s understandable that the always polite and mild mannered defensive legend,\u00a0 would take some offense to these thoughtless statements by Redick. “Coop” didn’t just get pissed off but, after Dominque Wilkins of the Atlanta Hawks called JJ’s statements to be<\/a> “idiotic,” Bob Ryan of Goodman Ryan Tanguay Podcast questioned Redick’s basketball IQ<\/a>, Nick Gelso, founder of CLNS, went on an extra-ordinary BoomerRANT<\/a>, the 8x All-Defense and the league’s original “3 and D” player felt VERY talkative on the matter.<\/p>\n Mad Dog & JJ Reddick. This is gonna be a classic ?<\/p>\n [?: ESPN\/youtube] pic.twitter.com\/PprjLkPzkQ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 SplashBrosMuse (@SplashBrosMuse) February 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n