1984 MVP – Boston beat Los Angeles, 4-3
1986 MVP – Boston beat Houston, 4-2
What he’s doing: Bird was named the NBA’s Executive of the Year this season as the president of basketball operations for the Indiana Pacers. He’s been on the job since 2003, and before that kept his word by limiting a coaching stint with the team to three years. He stepped aside in 2000, but not before his selection as NBA Coach of the Year in the 1997-98 season. Although he considered stepping down at the end of the current season, he decided to stay on to oversee a
young team on the rise. He lives part of the year in Florida, but maintain his business interest in Larry Bird’s Hotel and Restaurant in Terre Haute, Ind., where he starred at Indiana State University.
