Sam Smith handed out his end of year awards here. http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/smith_120423.html
Executive of the Year: Larry Bird, Indiana Pacers. I don’t vote, as this vote is their peers. But from going nowhere, Bird has quietly built the Pacers back to contenders and still has cap room. Yes, Chris Paul was huge for the Clippers, but that’s mostly David Stern. The Spurs and R.C. Buford always do a great job in picking up players. But Bird made some great additions with David West and the trade of George Hill and a nice deadline pickup of Leandro Barbosa. And should Bird win I think you’d have to say he’s the greatest figure in NBA history. Michael Jordan was the greatest player and Red Auerbach was arguably the greatest coach and executive, though Phil Jackson bypassed him as coach. But Bird was the MVP, a multiple champion while the best player in his team, coach of the year and now perhaps executive of the year. There would be no one in league history who could match that excellence in every area and I would hereby suggest Bird now become the new logo for the NBA.
Feel free to debate whether or not Bird is worthy of this honor. My question, what logo would you use? Do you go with the stache, or the mullet or both?
NBA- Form Trumps Fashion
NBA-Win at all costsTried to find a pic of Bird's chin hitting the court in the playoffs. Ditched the trainers and then came back in the game. Caption NBA-CTE is for losers
