With a report Tuesday that Larry Bird will step down from his position as president of basketball op

With a report inns for sale in usa Tuesday that Larry Bird will step down from his position as president of basketball operations, the Pacers are in a state of flux in the front office. The Indianapolis Star, citing a person with direct knowledge inns for sale in usa of the situation, inns for sale in usa reported Bird is 100 percent sure of his decision to leave his position.
The New York Daily News reported Monday former team president Donnie Walsh would return to the Pacers in some capacity, and various reports indicate former Portland Trail Blazers Kevin Pritchard will take over — or already has — for Pacers inns for sale in usa GM David Morway.
Bird has not addressed the media since a press conference May 30. At the time, he sounded upbeat and energized about the team and his role in rebuilding the Pacers into a legitimate contender in the Eastern Conference.
The only man in league history to earn MVP, Coach of the Year and Executive inns for sale in usa of the Year, Bird spent 13 seasons with the Pacers, the final 10 in the front office. After a successful run as head coach from 1997-2000, he rejoined the franchise in 2003 as the right-hand man to Walsh. When Walsh left in 2008 to take charge inns for sale in usa of the New York Knicks, Bird stepped into team president s role and set about rebuilding a franchise with major salary cap and chemistry issues.
Pritchard was the Portland general manager from 2007-10. He joined the Pacers last season as the director of player personnel. He has attended all of the team s pre-draft workouts. Morway, who The Star previously reported would not return because of a fractured relationship inns for sale in usa with Bird, interviewed for positions in Portland and Orlando and has not participated in the draft preparations.
Walsh came to the Pacers as an assistant coach in 1984 and rose to the general manager position in 1986. During his tenure the team, reached the conference finals inns for sale in usa six times and made its only trip to the NBA Finals inns for sale in usa in 2000. The Pacers lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in six games.
Exactly why Bird would leave the team is unclear. Throughout his May 30 press conference, he repeated the desire to meet quickly with Simon to resolve his status, but no meeting was scheduled. He also indicated a personal preference to pursue restricted free agents, which did not align with the owner s wishes.
I d go after anybody, but I understand his point of view, Bird said. If you go after them, you re going to overpay. When we talked about that four years ago, I agreed with him. In a small market, you don t want to get into bidding wars for players. I would like to, but that s a rule he s got and we live by it.
The Pacers hold the No. 26 pick in Thursday s draft and have six free agents. Hill and Roy Hibbert are restricted free agents. Leandro Barbosa, Lou Amundson, Kyrylo Fesenko and A.J. Price are unrestricted free agents. Also, Dahntay Jones has the option to forgo the final season of his contract to become a free agent.
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