Kevin Pritchard

Victor Oladipo is coming off one helluva season. He averaged 23.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists and a league-best 2.4 steals per game while slashing 47.7/37.1/79.9 in his first year with the Indiana Pacers. His performance in the first round against the Cleveland Cavaliers was touch-and-go at times, but his transcendence largely translated to the [...]

More than six months after trading Paul George to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Indiana Pacers are, relative to expectations, sitting rather pretty. They have a firm hold on an Eastern Conference playoff spot, plenty of salary-cap flexibility and, ostensibly, three legitimate building blocks in All-Star Victor Oladipo, Myles Turner and Domantas Sabonis. It seems [...]

Paul George didn’t get traded ahead of or during the NBA draft. This wouldn’t be surprising in most instances; the real shock, typically, is when big names get dealt—a la Jimmy Butler to the Minnesota Timberwolves. But this situation is different. George isn’t only entering free agency next summer, but he has eyes for the [...]

Give Indiana Pacers president Kevin Pritchard this: The man has guts. Shopping Paul George is no easy task. He is a free agent after next season, and everyone expects him to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers. Any team that acquires him will do so under the guise that he’s a rental unless they can [...]

In taking over for Larry Bird as the Indiana Pacers’ team president, Kevin Pritchard is not inheriting an enviable position. Yes, there’s Paul George’s future to consider. But the roster in general is woefully imbalanced. There’s likely no getting out from under the Monta Ellis and Al Jefferson deals, which aren’t terrible, but are just bad [...]

July 21, 2011 – Dane Carbaugh As the credits rolled on ESPN’s 30 for 30 about the rivalry between Reggie Miller and the New York Knicks, I can’t say I was alone in feeling a panging lack of closure. [...]

Are Pritchard’s comments about Darius Miles sending the wrong message to his current young roster? July 27th, 2008 – Dr. Anklesnap There are a lot of fans out there that consider Darius Miles to be one of the biggest unfulfilled child prodigy’s in the history of basketball. There was a time when Miles was a [...]