After years of painstaking efforts, finally piecing together a championship-contending team for the Pacers, if you must ask what Bird feels is still lacking in this team.
Bird would certainly tell you that this team clearly lacks a fearless winner's heart.
Judging by the team's record and performance on the court so far, the Pacers have indeed become a championship contender.
But if this team lacks the courage to strike at the divine...
How can they possibly laugh until the end?
Bird hopes that the team he personally built would at least have the courage to punch the divine.
Thus, upon arriving in Oakland, Bird immediately expressed to the media, "We came here to defeat God."
"Larry, you're just putting unnecessary pressure on the players," Pacers head coach Frank Vogel complained to Bird, "Oaklanders will never allow their deity to be desecrated by outsiders."
Upon hearing this, Bird shrugged and said, "So what?"
