Today marked the end of the Larry Bird era of the Indiana Pacers. Sorta.
Larry Bird is stepping down as the President of Basketball Operation, while Pritchard takes over the position. However, Bird is remaining with the team as a consultant.
But make no mistake, Pritchard is the captain now.
In their press conference today it was mostly the usual pleasantries and compliments of each other, but there were a few things worth paying attention to, or at least getting a laugh from.
It was part of a longer answer, but Pritchard started his response with that phrase.