First of all, it's someone who plays with a a recklessness and intensity that are as unfathomable as they are unfashionable. It's someone who, like Muhammad Ali, challenges himself by boasting. And it was. Bird took over the game, and the Celtics won 130-123. It's someone who, though disciplined and studious in his approach to the game, lives for its spontaneity and freshness.
Bird confirms that.
I do get bored. He has been able to make it interesting for a variety of reasons, reasons that transcend whatever he lacks in natural quickness and jumping ability. You come up with nothing. All-Star Game weekend proved that. But that is part of his game, part of his aura.