Larry Bird

Larry Legend suffered a pair of significant injuries later in his career, signaling the decline of the Big Three and foreshadowing the franchise’s decline in the ‘90s. Bird’s 1988-89 season ended after just six games when he had surgery to remove bone spurs from both heels. Chronic back problems caused him to miss 59 combined games during the 1990-91 and '91-92 seasons and eventually led to his retirement.