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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I told the teams that I was dealing with out there, that he was going to have a large impact and whoever got him they'd move up in the standings. The only thing that will limit them does not have to do with Ronnie - they do not have enough big people to go up against the teams in the West.
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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.
deal everybody good
We're like everybody else. If there's a good deal out there we'll do it.
behind past stop
I think that it is important for us to put our past behind us and stop these distractions.
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He's always living down his past in this franchise, and so are we. So I do think it's a time to kind of break apart and see if he can get a new start somewhere else. I think it's very important for us to put our past behind us and to stop these distractions so that what I think is a fine basketball team can go on.
chance practice team
He's been cleared. It's all set. He's been working out on his own, separately, all along. Now he'll get a chance to practice with the team again.
nba
Reggie is the one who made our transformation to the NBA real.
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I don't think anyone ever thought this rule would be used for this kind of situation. But having been through it, I can tell you it's an easier way to deal with it because it doesn't force you into doing something you don't want to do. It allows you to play the scenario out.
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If anything, I've probably gone too far with Ronnie because I felt like he was going to learn how to do things. At that point, which I thought was true, that as long as he was here, anything he did would get blown up and affect his teammates and affect everybody.
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My way has always been to try to support players. If anything, I've probably gone too far with Ronnie because I felt like he was going to learn how to do things.
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I think Ronnie is a guy who acts first and thinks later. If he were to do it over again, he might do it differently.
certainly playing
I think he certainly showed he could play when he got playing time.
balance best both hate james team
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.
appreciate good middle players
We have a good roster with good players on the roster. I think they'll appreciate not having this in the middle of their season.