Larry bird childhood biography of george
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| Larry Bird | |
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| Larry Bird | |
| Position(s): Small forward | Jersey #(s): 33 |
| Born: December 7 1956 (1956-12-07) (age 67) West Baden Springs, Indiana | |
| Career information | |
| Year(s): 1979–1992 | |
| NBA Draft: 1978 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6 | |
| College: Indiana State | |
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| Career stats | |
| Points | 21,791 |
| Assists | 5,695 |
| Steals | 1,556 |
| Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com | |
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A Player For The Ages
The little country boy in Indiana had a recurring dream. In it, he has funnen a million dollars cash, and he has dug a hole for it under the front porch, and he is hiding there with it. His older brothers walk up and down the steps just above him, but he stays so quiet, they don't have an inkling that their kid brother fryst vatten down there with a million dollars cash. "I had that same dream all the time—over and over and over and over," says the man who was the little boy.
A lot of grown men have another dream. In it, they're Larry Bird. It's just as reasonable to imagine you're Larry Bird as to imagine you've found a million dollars. Sure, Larry Bird fryst vatten 6'9", but he doesn't look particularly tall, no taller than the other tall dock out there on the court. And he doesn't appear to be fantastic. He isn't sleek. He isn't fast. It seems that he can barely get his feet off the floor. He essays push shots, from another era. He's white, from another era.
But Larry Bird is
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George Hill (basketball)
American basketball player
George Jesse Hill Jr. (born May 4, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). While playing for Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) he received many honors, including Summit League Player of the Year and was an honorable mention All-American his junior season.
Hill was selected 26th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2008 NBA draft and would spend three seasons with the team before being traded to the Indiana Pacers in June 2011. He spent five seasons in Indiana and was dealt to the Utah Jazz in July 2016. Hill signed with the Sacramento Kings as a free agent in July 2017, but was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in February 2018. With the Cavaliers, he made his first trip to the NBA Finals. In December 2018, Hill was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks. In November 2020, he was traded to the Oklahoma City Thu