Power of Caring
  presented by CIGNA

		Dec. 11, 1989 Bird was still showing the effects of surgery he had to remove spurs in both heels, and the aging Celtics were feeling his pain. "Right now I'm struggling," he said. "Everything's new, everything's different. I've got to admit I'm not comfortable." Coach Jimmy Rodgers had installed a new system the previous season, most of which Bird missed, and there were rumors of strife between the two as Rodgers tried to get younger players involved. photography by Manny Millan