Larry Bird has said a lot this summer. He's laid out plans for the Pacers to fundamentally change their playing style. He made very pointed remarks about Roy Hibbert's apparent obsolescence in that new system, and he has routinely expressed his expectation that Paul George transition to the power forward position to make his vision for next season a reality.
Up-tempo. Faster. Smaller. These are the words Bird believes will make his team more competitive as well as more compelling when put into action next season. His expectations for the coming year, then, are twofold:
1) "I want to run a little bit more," Bird said, via CBS Sports.