Larry Bird Research Paper

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Speech Critique Larry Legend, Kodak, The Great White Hope, The Hick from French Lick, these are some of the nicknames that were given to all-time NBA great, Larry Bird, throughout his decorated NBA career. Many nicknames for a man of many talents. Sharpshooting, flashy playmaking, hustle, and trash-talking were among the many skills Larry Bird possessed in his NBA career and they would take him far. Larry Bird's accolades include 12 NBA All-Star Selections, 10 All NBA Team Selections, the 1979-1980 Rookie of the Year Award, 3 NBA All Defensive Team Selections, the 1981-1982 All Star Game MVP Award, 3 regular season MVP Awards, and 3 NBA Championships trophies, 2 of which he won the NBA Finals MVP award in. As previously stated, Larry Bird is a man of many attributes, and for the Boston Celtics, the forward out of French Lick, Indiana is a Hall of …show more content…

Bird did a good job of his speech, sprinkling humor throughout the speech. He got the crowd’s attention with a short joke about the length of Bill Walton’s speech and a humorous anecdote about him on the team plane as a rookie. The crowd seemed to enjoy both jokes. Bird didn’t make use of any formal purpose statements outside of short comments, noting how he was going to talk about his rookie experience or tell a story about his high school career. Lastly, he had a good zinger at the end about his coaching career and how the Indiana Pacers owner “bit the bait” and Bird was back in Indiana once again. As for the content and material throughout the speech, it all proved effective for the speech. Pretty much every point Bird brought up was a relevant anecdote from his career or a humorous anecdote that the audience enjoyed. All these points transitioned between each other well and felt natural and relevant within the

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