Larry Bird told media members assembled at Bankers Life Fieldhouse he had higher aspirations than most people regarding how far the Indiana Pacers might advance in the 2016 NBA playoffs. Which just goes to show you it’s not always the fans who are delusional.
Bird did not want his action Thursday to be viewed as firing head coach Frank Vogel. His contract expired following the 2015-16 season, and Vogel will not receive a new one for 2016-17. So those are the semantics of the transaction.
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The immediate evaluation: This is so very, very dumb.