{"podcast":{"title":"NBA History Story Tellers on CLNS","slug":"nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520","podcast_index_feed_id":6383520,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/nba-history","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/@NBAHistoryCLNS","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3e3048d2-e68c-11ed-b851-0fa562f394d8/image/813192d17c6ae67950d58f7865f7ff8b.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Nick Gelso, North Station Media","episode_count":149,"summary":"CLNS Media has become a home for sports history enthusiasts & retired athletes, especially NBA players. With CLNS new VOD initiative, the content team have taken this opportunity to launch several new VOD channels throughout the OTT universe. Now a hosting platform for former NBA MVPs, FINALs MVPs, DPOY award recipients, scoring champs and league title holders, a new, exclusive home for this content in the VOD sphere was in order. Welcome to the NBA Legends’ Vintage Vault Pods, vidcasts & unique, rarely seen footage. Here, you will find new content from the likes of: Cedric Maxwell - 2x champ, 1981 Finals MVP Michael “Coop” Cooper- 5x champ, 1987 DPOY Tony Allen - Defensive Juggernaut & 2008 World Champion Jameer Nelson - Longtime Orlando Magic PG Bob McAdoo - 3x Champ NBA MVP, League Scoring Champ Bob Ryan - Basketball HOF Journalist, Boston Globe Frequent appearances from: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar James Worthy Kendrick Perkins Mike Gorman Doc Rivers Dominique Wilkins Sean David","last_synced_at":"2026-09-28T04:20:45.001660+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520"},"episode":{"title":"Could Larry Bird & John Havlicek have played together? Bob Ryan weighs in","slug":"could-larry-bird-john-havlicek-have-played-together-bob-ryan-weighs-in","published_at":"2026-09-12T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520/could-larry-bird-john-havlicek-have-played-together-bob-ryan-weighs-in","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSM7196112027.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSM7196112027.mp3","summary":"Bob Ryan spends nearly 30 minutes making the case for John Havlicek as one of the most underrated legends in NBA history — the only non-center to guard and outplay both Oscar Robertson and Jerry West as they aged, an 8-time champion who invented his own position, and a guy who averaged 34 minutes a game at age 35 in his final season. Then Bob answers the real question: could Bird and Havlicek have actually played together? His answer — \"ridiculously good\" — plus the stories that make both men legends beyond the stat sheet: Havlicek's near-career as an NFL wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns, his famous thriftiness, and the \"Hondo handfuls\" ice bucket story that still makes Bob Ryan laugh. ☘️ A follow-up to: \"What If You Had to Pick — Bird or Havlicek?\" https://youtu.be/6ALYRV7bco4  00 — Intro 1:14 — Havlicek & Bird debate intro 2:02 — Havlicek's case 3:21 — Enter Larry Bird 4:10 — Bob on Havlicek's greatness 10:09 — PrizePicks 12:22 — Havlicek vs. Bird similarities 17:20 — Havlicek vs. Bird differences 22:27 — Stories about Larry Bird and John Havlicek 26:48 — Outro NBA History on CLNS Media is Powered by 💰 PrizePicks - Sign up at http://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/CLNS & Download the app today and use code CLNS to get $150 in lineups instantly if you win your first $5 lineup! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Bob Ryan spends nearly 30 minutes making the case for John Havlicek as one of the most underrated legends in NBA history — the only non-center to guard an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1856,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520/episodes/could-larry-bird-john-havlicek-have-played-together-bob-ryan-weighs-in/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520/could-larry-bird-john-havlicek-have-played-together-bob-ryan-weighs-in.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}