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Larry Bird’s Mistakes Set Up the Indiana Pacers for Mediocrity

By Ben Gibson

May 16, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana Pacers new head coach Nate McMillan and president of basketball operations Larry Bird speak to the press during a press conference at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports
May 16, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana Pacers new head coach Nate McMillan and president of basketball operations Larry Bird speak to the press during a press conference at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 23, 2017; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana Pacers fans cheer who are standing behind Pacers president Larry BIrd and owner Herb Simon in a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers in game four of the first round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Cleveland defeats Indiana 106-102. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports /

Larry Bird made mistakes and many of them came to a head this season. He deserves the lion’s share of the blame for this season’s failure, especially when many of these problems appeared on the horizon before the season started.

Making mistakes is one thing, but between Bird’s wandering criticisms and failure to produce results at a critical time, it is harder to forgive him for building a flawed team. And in a season where you are trying to convince Paul George to stay, this mediocre result is a failure.

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What he and the Indiana Pacers do next determine what happens for the franchise for years to come, so he better get it right this time.

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