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...middle of the engrossing Larry Bird vs. Magic Johnson portion of the show, an old advertisement for Converse basketball shoes came on. If memory has failed you, this was really one of the first star-specific basketball shoe ads to hit the airwaves...
...starts off with Magic pulling up to a basketball court in a limousine as Larry Bird is shooting hoops. There is some jawing and some challenges exchanged, but this really wasn't what struck me. It was the shoes...
...Larry Bird shoes were very emblematic of him style of play--simple and workmanlike. The shoes were almost completely dark-green--almost black--with white trim. That was about it. Larry's picture didn't appear anywhere. Neither did his number. It looked exactly like the shoes of everybody else on the Celtics during those days--very dark, very simple...
...Magic, Byron, Coop, Worthy and Kareem. Other teams like the Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers had consistency in their lineups as well. It wasn't about the money, it was about winning. It may be a myth, but I remember a story of Larry Bird walking into contract negotiations with Red Auerbach and before Red said a word Larry supposedly signed a blank contract telling Red to fill in the salary. It is inconceivable to imagine anyone doing that today...
...ever seen. There was this undescribable and irrepressible sense of excitement wafting through the building. I couldn't help myself from becoming caught up in the experience. And then, just when I thought it couldn't possibly get any louder, something extraordinary happened: an image of Larry Bird (Larry Bird!), cheering from his court side seat, flashed onto the monitors scattered around the Garden. When the fans saw the basketball legend, they reacted as if God himself had sided with the Celtics; the already overpowering level of electricity in the Boston Garden doubled! The crowd was gloriously bound together...