Bob Ryan: How Good Would Kevin McHale Be Without Larry Bird? 😳

Bob Ryan and Gary Tanguay on the Bob Ryan & Jeff Goodman Podcast: how good would Kevin McHale have been without Larry Bird? Ryan breaks down McHale's game, Bird as the best post feeder he's seen, the 1980 draft-day trade that brought McHale and Robert Parish to Boston, Parish vs. Kareem, and Bill Walton stories.

On June 9, 1980, Boston sent the No. 1 and No. 13 picks to Golden State for Robert Parish and the No. 3 pick, which became Kevin McHale.

🍀 Jeff Goodman on Kevin McHale: "We Will NEVER See Anyone Like Him Again!"
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🍀 Red Auerbach's PUZZLING Trade of Paul Westphal - Bob Ryan Explains
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Coming Up: McHale Without Bird?
0:34 How Good Is McHale Without Bird?
2:11 Bird, the Greatest Post Feeder
3:50 Scouting McHale and the 1980 Draft
5:54 Red Auerbach's Draft-Day Maneuvering
7:08 Parish: The Other Half of the Heist
8:20 Kalshi Break
9:40 Parish vs. Kareem and Artis Gilmore
12:20 Why Bird Trusted Parish: The Jordan 63-Point Game
14:07 Parish Plays Through Injury vs. the Lakers
14:55 McHale Off the Court: Springsteen and Nils Lofgren
15:48 Bill Walton, the Dead, and Bird's Pickup Truck

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