"Joseph Donald "Donnie" Walsh, Jr." is a consultant for Basketball Operations 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.

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Our goal was to hang around where we are right now until we got everybody back. I think our team and the coaching staff have done a remarkable job keeping us [afloat] under the circumstances.

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We're like everybody else. If there's a good deal out there we'll do it.

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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.

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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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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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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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The way we look at is when [the Detroit brawl] went down on Nov. 19, we thought we had a chance to be champions. The core of our team is 25. With long-term contracts. They will come back at some point.

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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.

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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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