Today, December 7, marks the 55th birthday of Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird. Bird, now the Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations, played 13 seasons with the Celtics from 1979-1992 and won three NBA titles in 1981, 1984 and 1986. He is also a three-time MVP winner from 1984-1986, as well as a three-time three-point shootout champion from 1986-1988. He was selected to virtually every all-star game and won the ASG MVP in 1982, not to mention hit the first all-star three-pointer in 1980. Bird was also rookie of the year in 1980, as well as a ten-time all-NBA and three-time all-defensive selection. Selected as one of the 50 greatest NBA players, Bird would be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998. That same year, he won coach of the year while coaching his hometown Pacers. In a three season tenure from 1997-2000, he would lead them to the conference finals each time, reaching the NBA Finals in 2000. The 2011-12 season will be the ninth in his current front-office position with the Pacers. Happy birthday to one of the greatest Celtics ever.
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