"I've heard Larry Bird use the saying, "a good deed never goes unpunished" a number of times over the years. That saying is front and center right now. Bird no longer has a relationship with soon-to-be ousted general manager David Morway, according to multiple sources. Sources say the fizzled relationship is the one of the main reasons why Bird plans to replace Morway with Kevin Pritchard as general manager once Bird agrees to a new deal with owner Herb Simon to remain as president when the two meet later this week. Pritchard was hired to be the Pacers' director of player personnel last summer. It takes awhile to earn Bird's trust and once you burn that bridge he's done with people. That's the case right now with Morway. The final straw with the Bird-Morway relationship, according to those close to the two, came during training camp when the Pacers failed to land O.J. Mayo and then lost out on free agent Jamal Crawford – option No. 2 to be the team's first shooting guard off the bench – on the same day." Read more: http://www.prosportsdaily.com/artic...ason-bird-wants-to-replace-morway-672315.html
