It’s clear that Larry Bird and the Indiana Pacers like Joe Young.
Larry Legend has made that clear since he drafted Joe with the 43rd pick in the 2015 NBA Draft. In fact, Larry wasn’t even expecting Joe to be available at that point in the draft, so it was an opportunity the Pacers didn’t pass up on.
“I expect great things out of them this year,” Larry Bird said prior to Joe Young and Myles Turner’s rookie seasons. “Usually, you bring in rookies and you say nice things about them then they don’t play for a couple years.