Larry Bird will talk to team owner Herb Simon about a number of issues when the two meet next week before he officially agrees to return as Indiana Pacers president.
One of those issues will be hiring a new general manager.
Bird wants to replace general manager David Morway with Kevin Pritchard, according to multiple people with knowledge of the situation.
Morway has worked with Bird since former Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh left the organization for the New York Knicks in 2008.
Despite having Morway as general manager, it has been Bird who has made 100 percent of the basketball decisions -- good or bad -- over the past four years.
Morway recently interviewed for the Portland Trail Blazers general manager's job that went to Neil Olshey.
Pritchard, a former general manager in Portland, was hired as the Pacers' director of player personnel last summer. He had had more input than most with that title because Bird likes his basketball knowledge.
Bird and Pritchard were teammates with the Boston Celtics.
Bird talked like a person ready to return as president during his season-ending press conference as long as he and Simon are on the same page.
"Just a number of questions (for Simon)," Bird said during the May 30 press conference. "I've got a lot of them written down to ask him and hopefully we can get the answers we like and move on."
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