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Mike Wells: Pacers president Larry Bird and owner Herb Simon won't meet until next week now, according to sources. Twitter

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Just as fascinating are the segments showing competing teams kneeling in front of the Dream Team before the game for pictures. One player takes photos of the team during a game, and one guy even shakes Magic’s hand right before he shoots a free throw. Have we forgotten how awe-inspiring this team really was? There’s a little thing that didn’t make it into the film where Larry Bird talks about the bus on the way to the gold medal game. The opposing team’s bus pulled over so their bus could go past them. And even Larry Bird, he was almost embarrassed by it. They’re going to fight for a gold medal and the other team’s already deferring to them on the road to the game. Things like that really blew those guys away. Time

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Mike Krzyzewski (Team USA assistant coach): The first meeting as a coaching staff, Chuck says to P.J. and I, "Both of you guys have got to learn one thing." So we've got our notebooks, and we're ready to write this down. And he says, "Both of you have to learn to ignore." We said, "What do you mean?" "You college guys—you're looking for every little thing, and you make big things out of it. We're not going to be sticklers. These guys are men. If there's something that's big, we'll take care of it." Chris Webber (college squad player): I rode from the airport in a limo with Larry Bird, and that was such an honor. We talked about playing against the Pistons, different moves, all this stuff. He was just a great dude. Then, as we got out of the car and I was getting my bags, he goes, "Make sure you get your sleep, because tomorrow I'm gonna bust your ass, and you're going to remember it the rest of the week." GQ.com

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Bird no longer has a relationship with soon-to-be ousted general manager David Morway, according to multiple sources. Sources say the fizzled relationship is the one of the main reasons why Bird plans to replace Morway with Kevin Pritchard as general manager once Bird agrees to a new deal with owner Herb Simon to remain as president when the two meet later this week. Indianapolis Star

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The final straw with the Bird-Morway relationship, according to those close to the two, came during training camp when the Pacers failed to land O.J. Mayo and then lost out on free agent Jamal Crawford – option No. 2 to be the team’s first shooting guard off the bench – on the same day. Indianapolis Star

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The Pacers had agreed to a sign-and-trade deal that would have sent Josh McRoberts to Memphis for Mayo because the Grizzlies were trying to shed salary. Sources say it was Morway that caused the deal to “fall apart” because he pushed the Grizzlies to take swingman Brandon Rush. Morway often negotiated with teams, and then Bird would step in and make the final decision. Bird was seething over the blown deal, according to sources. He had lost any remaining trust in Morway after that. Indianapolis Star

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Sources close to the situation confirmed Yahoo! Sports Adrian Wojnarowski’s report that Kevin Pritchard, the Indiana Pacers director of player personnel, has positioned himself to become the new general manager. The promotion is contingent on Larry Bird staying on as team president. HoopsWorld

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Despite Morway’s best efforts to work together cohesively, Pritchard consistently went behind his back to Bird and owner Herb Simon in attempts to cut him out of the picture according to sources. Pritchard was the catalyst behind the George Hill and Leandro Barbosa trades. HoopsWorld

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Mike Wells: Multiple sources say Bird will push to make Pritchard GM if he returns as president. First reported by @Adrian Wojnarowski. Twitter

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Mike Wells: Bird and owner Herb Simon are expected to meet sometime next week Twitter

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As Larry Bird finalizes his deal to continue as Indiana Pacers president, he plans to elevate Kevin Pritchard to become the franchise’s general manager, multiple league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Yahoo! Sports

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Pritchard has become a favorite of Bird’s since his hiring as the Pacers' director of player personnel a year ago. Pritchard’s promotion will spell the end of David Morway’s successful tenure as GM, sources said. Despite joining the organization as a subordinate to Morway, Pritchard rapidly usurped power and influence since his hiring a year ago, league sources said. Pacers owner Herb Simon and Morway were wary of bringing Pritchard into the organization, sources said, but Bird trusts Pritchard’s counsel and has pushed for this change. Yahoo! Sports

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Will Larry Bird stay or go? I'm told either way, Donnie Walsh -- who's pulled out of the GM search in Orlando, according to a source -- won't be coming back for a reunion, feeling the Pacers have a strong enough front office in place for a seamless succession. NBA.com

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The future is bright. He's still passionate about his job. And Larry Bird had a drama-free team. Now all the Indiana Pacers president needs to do is make sure he and team owner Herb Simon are on the same page before deciding if he will return next season. "(I want to talk to him about) the direction of the team, what kind of job he thinks we're doing, if there's anything he sees that we should be doing better," Bird said during his season-ending news conference at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Wednesday. "Just a number of questions. I've got a lot of them written down to ask him and hopefully we can get the answers we like and move on." Indianapolis Star

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Personal salary isn't an issue for Bird. He went from making $5 million during the 2010-11 season to $1 million this season. Bird wants to make sure Simon agrees with him on the direction of the franchise. Simon is willing to spend on players -- except restricted free agents -- if he knows it will benefit the franchise. Indianapolis Star

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Simon said he would like Bird to stay with the franchise in some capacity, even if Bird decides to step down as president. Being a consultant isn't an option, according to Bird. "If I'm going to get paid to work, I'm going to work," he said. "I don't know what that will be. I've got some ideas. Maybe it's time for a fresh start for someone if that goes that way. I understand that." Indianapolis Star

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Former New York and Indiana general manager Donnie Walsh was expected to be a leading candidate for the job, but a source close to the Indiana resident said he was waiting for the Pacers situation to unfold before possibly heading elsewhere. Front office sources had said for quite some time that Indiana president Larry Bird was expected to leave the team after this season, and those sources said he even told people close to him to prepare for his departure. But he told local reporters Wednesday that he wanted to meet with owner Herb Simon before making a final decision. SI.com

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Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird sounds like he wants to run the team for a few more years. He's just waiting to work something out with team owner Herb Simon. Amid several earlier reports that Bird would yield control of the Pacers' day-to-day operations when this season ended, all of which Bird denied, he told reporters Wednesday that he loves his job, likes his team and would prefer coming back if Simon wants him. MSNBC.com

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Larry Bird’s future as president of the Indiana Pacers remains in the air. But Bird sounds like a person who is open to remaining as president as long as he and owner Herb Simon are on the same page. Indianapolis Star

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“(I want to talk to him about) the direction of the team, what kind of job he thinks we’re doing, if there’s anything he sees that we should be doing better,” Bird said today during his season-ending press conference. “Just a number of questions. I’ve got a lot of them written down to ask him and hopefully we can get the answers we like and move on." Indianapolis Star

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