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Years ago
Dominique Wilkins on Larry Bird's trash talk
Came across an article on News.com.au where Dominique Wilkins spoke about his first game against Larry Bird.
I miss the good old days.
"One of the first times I ever played against him, I went out for the opening tip and I went to shake his hand. He just stood there and looked at me stone-faced with his hands behind his back," Wilkins told the Boston Herald.
“I was like, 'Whoa.' Then we were getting ready for the tip and he says to me, ‘You don’t belong in this league, Homes.’ I couldn’t believe it, but it happened so fast, I didn’t know what to think.
“Then they had the ball and I was on him and he said, ‘I don’t know why they got you guarding me, Homes. You can’t guard me.’ Then, whap, he hit a 3. Then he came down again and said, ‘They made a mistake putting you on me, Homes,’ and he took another 3.”
“So now I’m hot,” he said. “I’m hot. I mean, I’m steaming.
“Then a little while later, I came down on a break and he was backpedalling. I just went right after him. I jumped up and he tried to challenge, but I took that right through the rim. He fell and hit the basket support.
“He got up and said, ‘I like you, rookie. You’ve got (guts).’ I was happy for a second, and then he said, ‘But I’m still going for 40 on you tonight.’”
But it also reminded me about Kevin Durant's stinger to Chris Paul the other day.
After hitting a shot over Durant, Paul held his shooting arm up and glared at Durant.
Durant responded: “You’re down 20, homie”.
