Larry Bird: 'WNBA Players are the Best Talent in the World'

Larry Bird: ‘WNBA Players are the Best Talent in the World’
October 5, 2009 by Nick Gelso

Larry Bird was interviewed last night at game three of the WNBA Finals in Indiana. The man who, in the 1984 NBA Finals, accused his teammates of “playing like a bunch of women” to motivate them to get back into the series against LA, has obviously had a change of heart about women playing basketball.

Bird purchased 9000 tickets to the WNBA Finals game where his home team Fever were playing against the Phoenix Mercury in Indiana. The notoriously cheap Bird gave the 9000 tickets to fans of the Indiana Fever.

When asked what Larry likes about the way the women play the game, he said:

“They’re as good as anyone in the world. They’re are the best talent in the world. They come to play every night. They’re very well coached. They work hard in practice”

Larry, obviously a fan of the WNBA, was very kind. By the way, did anyone notice how much weight Larry lost? He looks good.

Anyway, last nights game went down to the wire as the Indian Fever squeaked by the Mercury to take a 2-1 series lead in the best of seven series.

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