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Pacers again deny Larry Bird is leaving team
Updated: Friday, 27 Apr 2012, 11:48 AM EDT
Published : Friday, 27 Apr 2012, 11:44 AM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - For the third time this season, the Pacers are denying that Larry Bird is leaving the team.
CBS Sports is reporting Bird has notified Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon to begin preparing for his departure at the end of the season. But Pacers officials told 24-Hour News 8 Friday, “No decision has been made, end of story.”
CBS Sports reports Bird, president of basketball operations for the Pacers, is said to have told people he is “100 percent” certain he’s leaving the Pacers after this season.
Media reports last surfaced in March about Bird leaving the team. At that time, Bird gave the exact same statement about whether he’d leave.
The news comes as the Pacers are set to begin the playoffs at home Saturday night and after a successful 42-24 regular season for the team.
Bird took the leadership role at the Pacers after coaching the team. He’s been with the Pacers since 2003.
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