Larry Bird to stay with Pacers

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    Larry Bird will get to see his rebuilding project through, after all.

    The Indiana Pacers announced Tuesday that they will keep Bird as team president after he met with owner Herb Simon in Los Angeles.

    The Pacers made their first playoff appearance since 2006 this season in the final year of Bird's contract, and the future looks bright. Danny Granger, the veteran starter, is 28, and none of the remaining starters -- Darren Collison, Tyler Hansbrough, Paul George or Roy Hibbert -- is older than 25.

    Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=6521954
     

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