After considerable negotiations, the Hick from French Lick signed a five-year, $3.25 million contract to become the highest-paid rookie in any sport up to that time.
“I should have told Mr. Auerbach,” joked Bird via the AP’s Dick Braude, “I would have played for nothing.”
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