Donnie Walsh
Donnie Walsh
Joseph Donald "Donnie" Walsh, Jr.is a Front Office Adviser of the Indiana Pacers and a former professional basketball coach. He is also the former President of Basketball Operations for the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth1 March 1941
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What he gave to this franchise, this city and this state, for 18 years, puts him among the elite athletes to have played professional sports. No. 31 in the rafters adds another legacy to the great tradition of Indiana basketball.
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I hope we can get something done in the next couple of weeks. But too many things can happen on the way to the forum for me to say we definitely will.
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Maybe this was not the right team for a guy like Ronnie. Really, Ronnie couldn't get out from under it and I hope he does in Sacramento because everyone needs a fresh start.
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There's really nothing new to report on that. We've dealt with the issue, and now it's up to David Stern.
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I do think the commissioner feels like he wants to present a picture to the public that becomes a professional basketball player and a pro basketball league. But even before this, we were on our way. We've just got a lot of young players in this league who need to grow into that role, and most of them are there.
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I think he certainly showed he could play when he got playing time.
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I've talked to a lot of teams, discussed myriad types of offers. Some are player for player, some involve first-round draft picks, some involve savings, some involve a combination of those things. I'm encouraged by some of the things we were offered.
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That's when Mel (Daniels) and I ran the workouts.
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I do think it is a time to kind of break apart and see if he can get a new start somewhere else.
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When I first heard about it, I thought to myself, 'I don't want a chair that looks like a basketball goal.' This doesn't look like that. The pillows are really beautiful. I'm going to put them in my house.
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We hate to let James go, but because of the balance of our team now, it is best for both he and our team to make this move.