LeBron James in tears as he calls out Larry Bird and other NBA legends and makes shocking bombshell announcement

Larry Bird on trading for LeBron James’ teammates: “I ain’t takin’ any of them fuc*ing guys up there”
Larry Bird believes some of LeBron James teammates only looked good because he made them better

Larry Bird explains why he didn’t want to trade for LeBron James’ teammates during his time as the Pacers president
Larry Bird didn’t want to trade for LeBron James’ teammates during his time with the Pacers

LeBron James makes his teammates better. After all, he is the only player in the 30K point, 10K rebounds, and 10K assists club. But just how significant is his impact on the players around him? According to Larry Bird, it’s deceiving.

Larry Bird’s comments on James’ teammates
When Bird was the president of basketball operations for the Indiana Pacers, he had the final say as to who the team signs or trades away. During the same time, the team’s general manager David Morway was batting to get JJ Hickson to play for Indiana. Celtics legend rejected it on the idea that LBJ’s teammates were just glorified beyond their real value.

In his podcast, Zach Lowe talked about it and quoted Bird in the book entitled “The Soul of Basketball: The Epic Showdown Between LeBron, Kobe, Doc, and Dirk That Saved the NBA.”

“Morway was trying to get me to trade for them [J.J. Hickson and a selection of other teammates of James], but I ain’t takin’ any of them fucking guys up there. I said ‘you don’t understand son. Them guys playing with LeBron James look a whole lot better than what they really are.’”