Peter Griffin, a.k.a. The Family Guy, in an attempt to prove to himself that he was still more dominant than his offspring, challenged his son to a game of one-on-one basketball.  During this game, he referred to himself as "the white Larry Bird." 

Ben Affleck was interviewed on ESPN at some point in the past, and when asked who the greatest basketball player of all time was, he went unequivocally with Larry.  They asked him why.  "I'll tell you why.  Because he made the players around him better."  (The fact that ol' Ben is from that Boston area was not a factor.)  Two reasons why his statement is ludicrous: 1) every great player, every great leader, every great person has this effect on the people around them.  Is he really saying guys like Bill Russell and Magic and Michael didn't make the players around them better?  2)  It proceeded from the mouth of Ben Affleck.