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
hear waiting
We just started the process, but I'm waiting to hear what they have to say.
clear final fine next spoken
In my conversations with Reggie, it is clear he will not play next year. I've spoken with Reggie, and he is fine with it. This will go down as his final assist.
last straw
This is kind of the last straw of a lot of issues.
easy putting timetable work
I'm not putting a timetable on it. These things aren't that easy to work out.
box saying
I'm not going to box myself in by saying something like that.
couple definitely forum happen hope next
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.
david dealt report
There's really nothing new to report on that. We've dealt with the issue, and now it's up to David Stern.
doubt immediate impact mind miss
There's no doubt in our mind he'll have an immediate impact on their team. We'll miss him very much.
discussed draft encouraged involve myriad player talked types
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.
ran
That's when Mel (Daniels) and I ran the workouts.
fact opposite ronnie win
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.
certain deal help hurts knew plausible player wait
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.
asset greatest lift team
Magic's greatest asset is his enthusiasm, the way he can lift his team up.
fresh guy hope maybe needs ronnie sacramento team
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.