No athlete wants to be call the “S” word!  If you’re named the NBA’s Executive of the Year, is there no filter as to what you’re allowed to say about any team?  This is including your own team, by the way.
Apparently that rule doesn’t apply to Larry Bird, who vented his frustration to reporters after the Pacers were annihilated by the Miami Heat in Game 5 on Tuesday as the series now shifts back to Indiana for a must-win situation.
That tweet came courtesy of Pacers beat writer Mike Wells in the postgame interviews after Indiana’s 32-point loss.
I’m not sure if this was a way to rally the troops for a do-or-die Game 6 coming up in a couple of days, but this doesn’t seem like the best way to do it. We all know how much of a competitor Bird is, and has been for the entirety of his NBA career as a player, coach and now executive.
But when you’re one game away from your season coming to an end, this isn’t the time for words like that. And this surely can’t resonate well with the Indiana players, who feel like they have done everything they can in these last two games to take control of this series by the horns, but haven’t done so.
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WRITTEN BY Danny Webster & FULL STORY HERE
