The Pacers did what?

THE `BURBS - Who said the Pacers wouldn't buy out Jamaal Tinsley? Oh, that's right, team president Larry Bird was the one that said that a number of times over the past year. -- "We hear this buyout stuff all the time. I think these guys should earn their money. If you can't trade them, let them stay at home. We're in some situations here where the same people continue to get in trouble. We have to deal with it. We'll deal with it the way we think is appropriate." -Bird to WFNI-1070 AM, July 22, 2008 --"We're not buying him out. He will stay where he's at until we get something done. Jamaal knows that, his agent knows it and we know it. Nothing has changed." -Bird, Sept. 27, 2008. --"Our position stays the same as it's always been. We're still trying to trade him." -- Bird through a team spokesman after Tinsley's agent, Raymond Brothers, asked about a buyout in November 2008. What do you know, the Pacers boug...