The Indiana Pacers' playoff run ended at the hands of LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers just over a week ago. As the team recovers from that first-round series loss and tries to figure out its next steps, another tough situation has been dealt to them.
According to The Vertical's Adrian Wojnarowski, team president Larry Bird is stepping down from his role. He will be replaced by general manager Kevin Pritchard, Wojnarowski reports.
Larry Bird is stepping down as Pacers president, league sources tell @TheVertical. Kevin Pritchard will take over basketball operations.
Larry Bird steps down as Pacers president and is replaced by Kevin Pritchard, source tells @TheUndefeated. @WojVerticalNBA first reported.
Bird is expected to continue on as a consultant, working with Pritchard and the Pacers front office, league sources tell @TheVertical.
Quick story up: Larry Bird stepping down as Pacers President, per @WojVerticalNBA vigilantsports.com/2017/04/28/rep…
Pacers aren’t commenting on @WojVerticalNBA’s report, other than he has a press conference on Monday...
Bird has been with the Pacers organization in 1997, when he was named coach. He first was the president of basketball operations for the Pacers from 2003–2012, winning the NBA's Executive of the Year award in 2012.
