Chuck speaks the truth here:

“Magic Johnson and Larry Bird are the two most important people in NBA history. If it wasn’t for these guys, the NBA wouldn’t be what it is today. Obviously, Michael Jordan took it to another level, but I’m old enough to remember, before Magic and Larry got into the NBA, the league was too hot, too many drugs and no money generating. What he and Larry did can’t be put into words. You can’t thank enough.”

“I love LeBron, Kobe, Tim Duncan, Patrick Ewing and all those guys, but the two most important figures are Magic and Bird.”

I agree with Barkley, Magic & Bird are the most important/influential players in league history

Lucky for me, I had the pleasure of seeing it live

Not to mention Chuck’s other Bird stories……

On the Dan Patrick show, Chuck talked Larry memories and memorable moments

Dan Patrick: “Larry never talked trash to you Chuck, did he?”

Chuck: “Omg, Larry talked to everybody. I remember one game in particular jogging down the court and Larry’s mumbling under his breath. I said, Larry what going on with you?

He(Larry) said, ‘ y’all are being disrespectful to me.’ I says what are you talking about? He says ‘ y’all are putting a white guy on me, that’s disrespectful.’

I just started cracking up, I had no comeback to that one. First time I can remember cracking up laughing in the middle of the game.

Larry was great!”