Recently when asked about the season, Bird, who will just as soon use the term "good little player" to describe a pro, could not bridle his enthusiasm about Stuckey. "I want him back, too. He was great. Great worker. He worked as hard as anybody. He lifted just about every game. Every thing we asked him to do at the beginning of the year, he did it. He was fantastic," Bird said.
"He knows how much I want him, I told him that at the end of the year."