Re: Oh No!

[Bob Miller <bob@pointofchoice.com>]

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DALLAS - The Dallas Mavericks are interested in pulling some Washington
Wizardry of their own and hiring an NBA legend for an executive position,
according to Tuesday's Chicago Sun-Times.
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Bird has expressed interest in becoming the Pacers' president of basketball
operations. Current president Donnie Walsh said he gladly would step aside
to keep Bird in the organization.
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My understanding is that Bird's moving up in the Pacers' organization 
was agreed to when he became coach. As part of his contract, he would 
coach about 3 years and move on up, in a way similar to Pitino's 
contract. All this talk about Bird coming to Beantown, Dallas, etc, 
seems off-base as he has a signed contract (hello, Bill Belichick).