1978 NBA Draft
... that Larry Bird's hometown team, the Indiana Pacers, did not draft him in the 1978 NBA Draft because they could not convince him to leave college early?
... that <a href="./Larry_Bird" id="mwGNs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a>'s hometown team, the <a href="./Indiana_Pacers" id="mwGNw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>, did not draft him in the <b id="mwGN0"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./1978_NBA_Draft" id="mwGN4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1978 NBA Draft">1978 NBA Draft</a></b> because they could not convince him to leave <a href="./College_basketball" id="mwGN8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="College basketball">college</a> early?