Greatest trash talkers of all time
 

My pick would be larry bird of the boston celtics. During one game on christmas day against the indiana pacers, before the game bird told chuck person, who was also a lethal 3-point shooter, that he had a christmas present waiting for him. During the game, when person was on the bench, bird shot a three pointer on the baseline right in front of person. Immediately after releasing the ball, bird said to person, "merry fucking christmas!" and then the shot went in.

One of the first that comes to my mind is Mike Tyson. Others might have done it with more frequency, but no one else went as far as Iron Mike. He was absolutely nuts. Seem to be a lot of boxers that talk smack; Ali, Mayweather, etc.

Gary Payton. What makes him one of the worst is that his mouth was so huge, and although he was good, he never reached The Summit. Joke's on you!

Rasheed Wallace. He might not have talked the most, but his words pissed me off the most. Perhaps it was because his Pistons had my Pacers number and they were the reason we couldn't get a Championship?

Sir Charles. He was entertaining. And one of the first to claim, "I'm not a role model."

I'm going to have to go with Fred Smoot. The guy couldn't cover worth shit but sure liked to yet shit fly out of his mouth. Oh wait....he could never back up his trash talk. Actually I just posted him for an excuse to show this:

Ali

Hands down.

Gotta agree with Bird and Ali. Of course you can't forget Shaq either ("Tell me how my ass tastes")

Joey Porter, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Shannon Sharpe.

TO, but generally only in his first few seasons with a team - thereafter he trash-talks his teammates and his coaching staff, which gets kind of ugly (but is nonetheless entertaining).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6pzqdnncu0

Esa Tikkanen

hands down

we can't understand him in America, so he's disqualified