"I never wanted to leave there" - Larry Bird says the Boston Celtics prematurely broke up the Big Three of him, McHale and Parish

"I never wanted to leave there" - Larry Bird says the Boston Celtics prematurely broke up the Big Three of him, McHale and Parish

Larry Bird says the Boston Celtics ended the Big Three era with him, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish too soon, despite increasing injuries

Larry Bird said ex-Thunder star shares the same curse as him in rare comparison

Few men could ever be compared to Larry Bird. The NBA great won three championships with the Boston Celtics and went toe-to-toe with Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan in the 1980s. Russell Westbrook, James Harden and Kevin Durant, left to right, didn’t win a ring with the Thunder A three-time MVP, he is one of the best ever to do it. Bird was known for a fierce competitive streak, once threatening to retire if MJ dropped 77 points on his team. Ok…