(Photo : Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) SPRINGFIELD, MA – Larry Bird appears on throughout the 2018 Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony at Symphony Hall on September 7, 2018 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Basketball legend Larry Bird returned to the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday afternoon, serving as a crew guide.
Larry Bird is again within the constructing serving as a guide. pic.twitter.com/kp4z974X0S
— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) May 30, 2023
This will not be the primary time that Bird has been concerned with the franchise. He was employed because the crew’s head coach in 1997 however mentioned he would solely do the job for as much as three years.
Bird was named the NBA Coach of the Year and coached the Eastern Conference within the All-Star Game in 1998 after main the Pacers to a franchise-best 58-24 file.
He additional led the Pacers to a berth within the 2000 NBA Finals however misplaced to the dominant Shaq-Kobe-led Los Angeles Lakers. The basketball nice stepped down from his function instantly after that season.
The Pacers rehired Bird because the president of basketball operations in 2003. He was awarded because the NBA’s Executive of the Year in 2012 however stepped down the identical 12 months for well being causes.
The Hick From French Lick returned to the function in 2013 earlier than stepping down once more in 2017. Bird remained with the crew as an advisor till 2022.
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Myles Turner Gets Nervous within the Presence of Larry Bird
With the basketball legend current within the Pacers’ coaching facility, heart Myles Turner couldn’t maintain his nerves. However, the 6-foot-11 massive man used the vitality as an inspiration, calling it “a blessing.”
Speaking From Experience This Was Probably The Most Nervous I’d Ever Been During A Workout With LB In The Building… Looking Back That Nervous Energy Was A Blessing 💙💛 https://t.co/JKlcim2k0j
— Myles Turner (@Original_Turner) May 30, 2023
Turner, who led the league in blocks in 2018-19 and 2020-21, was drafted by the Pacers in 2015 because the eleventh general decide.
Bird beforehand praised Turner in 2017, noting the continual enchancment of his sport.
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