Speaking of Larry Bird, as long as he is an NBA fan, he will not be unfamiliar, nicknamed "Big Bird", he once supported the ratings of the entire league in the 80s with the magician, and the Celtics led by him and the Lakers led by the magician have played each other in the Finals for many years, which is also the biggest source of income for the NBA. However, in the offseason of 1992, the 35-year-old Bird suddenly announced his retirement, to know that in the 91-92 season before retirement, he could still average 20.2 points and 9.6 rebounds per game, close to 20 +10 data, according to Bird's style of play, even if the transformation of the late career, when an outside fixed point battery, organize the team's offense, still can make outstanding contributions. So why did Bird suddenly announce his retirement at the end of his peak?
In fact, Bird's career has been plagued by waist injuries, because the natural spine is narrower than ordinary people, so Bird's back injury actually plagued his entire career, but due to the conditioning of the Celtics team doctor and trainer, Bird has always been able to reduce the trouble caused by injuries, so Bird can always shine in the NBA's highest intensity stage finals, becoming a 3-time championship and 2-time FMVP winner.
At that time, many experts also predicted that although Bird had a congenital spine injury, if the playing style remained unchanged, according to the Bird organization forward + projection playing style, referring to the younger Nowitzki, at least until the age of 40 was no problem! However, in the offseason of 1992, Bird completely withdrew from the NBA stage due to a back injury, which made many players and fans feel very surprised and regretted.
So, why did the good-looking Bird suddenly have a back injury recurrence, or even serious enough to retire? People who are familiar with Bird's personality know that when he was a player, he was a garbage king, and his personality was also very paranoid, in other words, he loved to wear X. In addition, Bird is also a very filial person off the court, especially for his mother, but also very respectful.
At that time, Bird had promised his mother that he would personally build a road in front of the garage of her house, and in order to round off his own bragging bull, Bird really started to do it in the offseason of '92, and had not yet hired any workers! As a result, Bird's back injury recurred in that offseason, so serious that there was no way to continue such a high-confrontation game as the NBA, so he could only announce his retirement.
But in fact, there is another reason for the rumors of Bird's retirement, that is, his nemesis in the NBA and also his best friend on the field, Magic, retired in 91 because of the detection of AIDS, Bird felt that his old enemy was no longer in the league, and his existence was meaningless, so he simply retired directly in the next year. Therefore, due to Bird's early retirement, fans can't enjoy the picture of the peak Jordan vs Bird, but those are also later words. （ikuet）