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Stephenson’s Folks Believe Lance Stays
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Lance (Stephenson), the player, says “I’m a Pacer,” and drops no hints that he wants to test the open market. His parents are more blunt.
“We’re optimistic that he will stay here,” Dad says. “I listened to Larry Bird (at the press conference to announce Paul George’s long-term contract last summer) say, ‘Lance, you’ll be sitting here with your dad.’ That’s what we believe. Until otherwise, that’s the plan. Larry Bird said that and we bought into it. We believe it, Lance believes it.”
