After upsetting the legendary Dream Team in a scrimmage, Allan Houston remembered Larry Bird delivering a short but ominous warning.

"We barely shook each other's hand. I did not shake Larry Bird's hand for 13 years. That's just the way it was. As a great player, you did not want any other players to get that close to you.

Bird never truly left basketball. His influence can be traced in every team that prioritizes passing, in every forward who stretches the floor, in every kid who learns to shoot before they dunk.