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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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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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.
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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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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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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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Ronnie didn't say he wouldn't go there, in fact he said the opposite was true. He said he wanted go there and win games.
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We just started the process, but I'm waiting to hear what they have to say.
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I don't know that we were predisposed to wait a long time. But we knew it made it more plausible to do what we want to get done. There are certain things you can't do, like get a player to help you now in a deal that hurts you in the future.
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Magic's greatest asset is his enthusiasm, the way he can lift his team up.
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I think he certainly showed he could play when he got playing time.
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Reggie is the one who made our transformation to the NBA real.
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I think that it is important for us to put our past behind us and stop these distractions.
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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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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.