It says here Larry Bird, who has sold his Indianapolis home and is moving back to Florida where his son plans to finish college, general manager David Morway and Vogel are on the precipice of becoming ex-Pacers.
I’m not saying owner Herb Simon won’t try to re-enlist Bird, though that’s a distinct possibility. Should an offer be extended, however, it definitely won’t be remotely near the $5 million he will have banked for eight straight seasons — more like $1 million, tops, per year for three or four.
And, you know what? Larry Legend is liable to accept such a proposition with pleasure.
When the lone steady job you could get after dropping out of Indiana University was working on a garbage truck, you quickly learn to appreciate that every NBA player, coach and executive is overpaid, it’s just a matter of how much from year to year.
What’s more, during Bird’s lengthy withdrawal from the NBA following his Hall of Fame playing career, he didn’t like it one bit when his young kids would ask him all the time, “What do you do for a living?”
I’m not saying owner Herb Simon won’t try to re-enlist Bird, though that’s a distinct possibility. Should an offer be extended, however, it definitely won’t be remotely near the $5 million he will have banked for eight straight seasons — more like $1 million, tops, per year for three or four.
And, you know what? Larry Legend is liable to accept such a proposition with pleasure.
When the lone steady job you could get after dropping out of Indiana University was working on a garbage truck, you quickly learn to appreciate that every NBA player, coach and executive is overpaid, it’s just a matter of how much from year to year.
What’s more, during Bird’s lengthy withdrawal from the NBA following his Hall of Fame playing career, he didn’t like it one bit when his young kids would ask him all the time, “What do you do for a living?”
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