Things didn’t go as planned for the Indiana Pacers this season as all of Larry Bird’s recent offseason moves ended up breaking even and not improving the team.
While Jeff Teague and Thaddeus Young were assets for Indiana, Al Jefferson and some of the other recent additions ended up negating those advantages.
Part of the blame goes to Nate McMillan, who didn’t keep Ellis coming off the bench after all signs pointed to his best work coming as a sixth man, but a good deal of the blame goes to Larry Bird for building a team that didn’t make McMillan’s job any easier.