Who's The Dirtiest Player Of All Time???

[KevinNYC]

I just did a google search of "Larry Bird dirty" and I'm not seeing any evidence of this reputation as a dirty player.

I did find this though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx_kqvy9nZA

The Pistons style in place as early as 1985

[DuMa]

Stockton and Mailman deserve a mention. dirtiest duo ever

[DaHeezy]

From what I recall, Laimbeer wasn't the dirtiest. Dirty in a crafty way, like Stockton. I thought the dirtiest player on the Bad Boys was Rick Mahorn

[DKLaker]

Exactly who thinks Larry Bird was a dirty player? This is the first I'm hearing of this.

Is this some story that has persisted in minds of LA fans?

Can anyone point me to opposing players or coaches accusing Bird of being dirty?

Yeah.....that's news to me too......Bird was never dirty.....tough yeah, dirty no.
McHale was dirty. Laimbeer has to be the winner here. Maurice Lucas was dirty and that was his job as an enforcer.
Stockton????WTF......he was too little to be dirty.

I wish someone could find the video of Karl Malone knocking out David Robinson cold with his elbow.........that was some real Mike Tyson Sh!t!!!!!!

[CavaliersFTW]

Yeah.....that's news to me too......Bird was never dirty.....tough yeah, dirty no.
McHale was dirty. Laimbeer has to be the winner here. Maurice Lucas was dirty and that was his job as an enforcer.
Stockton????WTF......he was too little to be dirty.

I wish someone could find the video of Karl Malone knocking out David Robinson cold with his elbow.........that was some real Mike Tyson Sh!t!!!!!!

Can't find it but here's friendly little Johnny Stockton doin work on D-Rob. I also mentioned that duo earlier in the thread - and some other people mentioned them too on this page. When you've got a 6 foot point guard leveling David - The Saint - Robinson, and then complaining to the ref's as if the Admiral was the guy who started it all then you know something's not quite right


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcGk-TjlHwc


The physicality of that era in basketball is so different than today.... I don't think the psyche of new age HS to PRO superstars could handle the kind of abuse dished out back then. It would basically be grown men targeting and abusing the fragile impressionable minds of some 18 and 19 year old teenagers that that were used to being treated like royalty by Nike and McDonald's sponsors in High School.

[KevinNYC]

Besides Larry Bird????

So I just did a google search and looked a couple of pages with listings of dirtiestplayers (not all were limited to the NBA) including this list of the top 50 dirtiest players in NBA history

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/5...istory/page/51

And I don't see Bird's name. So Bless Mathews are you just trolling or have you heard that Bird was dirty player?

Players whose names I did see on more than one list were Laimbeer, Rodman, Bowen, Malone, Stockton, Reggie Evans and Kobe.

[SilkkTheShocker]

Danny Fortson or Oakley

[Punpun]

It's either Sheed or Sloan. Aka the two guys with most technicals ever.

[Kovach]

And people wanted to fight Laimbeer a lot. I wonder if he got into more fights than any other player in the 80s?

I am reasonably sure Isiah Thomas has him beat in that category.

And major props to the only person here to mention Danny Ainge.

[NumberSix]

It's either Sheed or Sloan. Aka the two guys with most technicals ever.

Most of Sheed's are for complaining with refs.

[gengiskhan]

Reggie Miller played ugly as hell on defense

[Bless Mathews]

So I just did a google search and looked a couple of pages with listings of dirtiestplayers (not all were limited to the NBA) including this list of the top 50 dirtiest players in NBA history

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/5...istory/page/51

And I don't see Bird's name. So Bless Mathews are you just trolling or have you heard that Bird was dirty player?

Players whose names I did see on more than one list were Laimbeer, Rodman, Bowen, Malone, Stockton, Reggie Evans and Kobe.

Aks magic....

Bird was SUPER dirty , super deceitful dirty which is why I think he is.

I played against him. Duh...

Study the game tapes when he s getting in peoples faces , all that "s.h.I.t. talking" was mufuuccas saying "if you elbow me again, I'm gonna knock your white ass out."

Trust me. I was there.

[KevinNYC]

Aks magic....

Bird was SUPER dirty , super deceitful dirty which is why I think he is.

I played against him. Duh...

Study the game tapes when he s getting in peoples faces , all that "s.h.I.t. talking" was mufuuccas saying "if you elbow me again, I'm gonna knock your white ass out."

Trust me. I was there.

You played against Bird? So fill us in with your hard-earned wisdom.

[Bless Mathews]

You played against Bird? So fill us in with your hard-earned wisdom.

Look at my avatar...

[MavsPoke]

Oh yeah, and - every single one of these guys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSpcLo4rG3Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSPIQiFAe6U

First of all - GREATEST.BASKETBALL.VIDEO.EVER

Second - Any dumb punk kid that posts on ISH acting like the players from previous eras can't hang athletically with players of today can really just suck it after watching this video. As I watched this video I imagined what some of the current players would do when the league was like this.