Bird Trivia: The Awards

So you think you know Larry Bird? Appreciating the fact he was one of the greatest clutch shooters the league has ever seen is one thing, but, in celebration of Larry Legend's 50th birthday on Dec. 7, 2006, we have a few more questions to test just how much knowledge you have about Bird. Show your smarts by answering 10 questions from any of the five categories below. Or, start here and work your way through all 50.

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1.  When Bird won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, which player was not on the All-Rookie First Team?
A. Bill Cartwright
B. David Greenwood
C. Magic Johnson
D. Sidney Moncrief

2.  How many All-NBA First Team selections did Larry Bird earn during his NBA career?
A. 9
B. 8
C. 12
D. 7

3.  Who's the only other Celtics who made more First Teams?
A. Bill Russell
B. Bob Cousy
C. John Havlicek
D. Bill Sharman

4.  Bird won three consecutive MVP awards in the mid-’80s. Who were the only two other players in NBA history to win three in a row?
A. George Mikan and Joe Fulks
B. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Jordan
C. Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain
D. Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson

5.  Who finished second to Bird in the 1984 NBA MVP voting?
A. Bernard King
B. Magic Johnson
C. Isiah Thomas
D. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

6.  When Bird didn't make first team All-NBA for the first time in his career, Karl Malone and what other player earned All-NBA First Team honors at forward ahead of Bird?
A. Kevin McHale
B. Charles Barkley
C. Charles Oakley
D. Dominique Wikins

7.  Bird was named Finals MVP in 1984 and 1986, but who was named Finals MVP when Bird won his first title with the Celtics in 1981?
A. Robert Parish
B. Kevin McHale
C. Chris Ford
D. Cedric Maxwell

8.  True or False, Bird is the only player to have won both an NBA MVP award and a Coach of the Year award?
True
False

9.  How many former Celtics players have been named the NBA's Coach of the Year?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

10.  When Bird was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998, he wasn't the only former Celtics player inducted that year. Who was the other?
A. Bill Walton
B. Bailey Howell
C. Don Nelson
D. Arnie Risen

More Bird Trivia: The Early Bird | The Records | The All-Star | The Awards | Miscellaneous