{"product_id":"framed-autographed-signed-larry-bird-35x39-boston-green-basketball-jersey-psa-dna-coa","title":"Framed 35x39 Autographed\/Signed Larry Bird Boston Celtics Green Basketball Jersey PSA\/DNA COA","description":"\u003cp\u003e🏀 \u003cstrong\u003eFramed Autographed Larry Bird Boston Celtics Green Basketball Jersey PSA\/DNA COA 35x39 — 13 Seasons of Larry Legend in Boston Celtics Green, 3x NBA Champion (1981, 1984, 1986), 3 Consecutive NBA Most Valuable Player Awards (1984, 1985, 1986), The Boston Garden, The Parquet Floor, The Magic Johnson Finals Rivalry, PSA\/DNA Authenticated — Framed 35x39, Wall-Ready, Hang It Today\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Boston Celtics green. The color of 17 championships and the parquet floor and the Boston Garden and the loudest building in basketball — and for 13 seasons, the color of Larry Bird. Signed by Larry Bird, authenticated by PSA\/DNA, framed at 35x39 inches. Wall-ready. The most decorated individual career in the history of the Boston Celtics uniform. Three championships. Three MVP awards in a row. The player who transformed the Celtics franchise from post-Russell uncertainty into the defining dynasty of the 1980s NBA. Larry Legend. Hang it today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🌟 \u003cstrong\u003eThe Boston Years — What 13 Seasons in Celtics Green Produced\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Boston Celtics selected Larry Bird with the 6th overall pick in the 1978 NBA Draft — before his senior season at Indiana State, in a territorial claim on a player who might have gone elsewhere — they were making a bet that Bird's combination of basketball intelligence, passing, shooting, and competitive intensity would translate directly into the Celtics tradition of championship basketball. The bet paid with interest. Bird arrived in Boston for the 1979-80 season and the Celtics improved by 32 wins over their previous year — the largest single-season turnaround in franchise history. He won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. The Green was already his color. By 1981, it was his championship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1981 NBA Championship — the first of three in Bird's tenure — came against the Houston Rockets, with Bird averaging 15.4 points and 13.0 assists per game in the Finals. It was the proof of concept: the Celtics were back. The 1984 NBA Championship, against Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers, is considered one of the greatest Finals series in basketball history — a seven-game war that reached its peak in a physically brutal Game 7 in Boston Garden that the Celtics won 111-102, Bird named Finals MVP. Magic and Bird. The two sides of the 1980s NBA. The rivalry that had been seeded at the 1979 NCAA Championship at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, now playing out on the largest stage the professional game could provide. The Celtics won that Finals. Larry Bird was the reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏆 \u003cstrong\u003eThree Consecutive MVP Awards — The 1986 Celtics — The Peak of Larry Legend\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe three consecutive NBA Most Valuable Player Awards — 1984, 1985, 1986 — represent the peak of what any player in the NBA can individually achieve in a defined period. Only two players in NBA history have won the award three consecutive times: Bill Russell and Larry Bird. In 1986, the Celtics finished 67-15, the best record in the league, and won the NBA Championship against the Houston Rockets with a team that many basketball historians consider one of the greatest assemblages in the sport's history: Bird, Robert Parish, Kevin McHale, Dennis Johnson, Danny Ainge, Bill Walton, and a supporting cast that covered every facet of the game. Bird averaged 25.8 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 6.8 assists per game in the regular season. The 1986 Celtics are the argument for the best version of Larry Bird and the best version of the franchise he spent 13 seasons building into a legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐ \u003cstrong\u003eThe Back Injuries — The Retirement — The Legend That Belongs to the Green\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe back injuries that Bird played through beginning in the mid-1980s are as much a part of the Larry Bird story as the championships and the MVP awards. Bone spurs in his feet, ultimately severe back problems that required surgery, reduced his mobility and eventually ended his career after the 1991-92 season — the same year he played for the 1992 USA Dream Team in Barcelona in one of his final competitive chapters. He retired in 1992, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998, and went on to coach the Indiana Pacers to the 1998 NBA Finals and serve as president of basketball operations for the franchise. But the jersey — the Boston Celtics green — belongs to the 13-year chapter. The three championships. The three MVP awards. The Boston Garden. The parquet. Magic vs. Bird. Larry Legend. PSA\/DNA authenticated. Framed 35x39. Hang it today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e📦 \u003cstrong\u003eItem Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eItem: Framed Autographed Larry Bird Boston Celtics Green Basketball Jersey. Frame: FRAMED 35x39 — wall-ready, hang it today. Authentication: PSA\/DNA COA included. Player: Larry Bird (Larry Legend). Born: December 7, 1956, West Baden Springs, Indiana (raised French Lick, Indiana). College: Indiana State University Sycamores (NCAA Championship Game 1979). Draft: 6th overall pick, 1978 NBA Draft, Boston Celtics. Career: Boston Celtics (1979-1992). Accolades: 3x NBA Champion (1981, 1984, 1986); 3x NBA MVP (1984, 1985, 1986); NBA Finals MVP (1984); 12x NBA All-Star; Hall of Fame 1998. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏀🏆 The green. The Boston Garden. The parquet. 1979. The rookie. The 32-win improvement. 1981. The first championship. Houston. 1984. The Finals. Magic vs. Bird. Game 7. Boston. The Celtics win. Larry Legend named MVP. 1985. The second consecutive MVP. 1986. The third. The 67-15 season. The championship. The greatest version of the team. The back. The injuries. The surgery. The 1992 retirement. The Hall of Fame. The career that belongs to the green. Signed. PSA\/DNA authenticated. Framed 35x39. 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