I will begin by saying what I have been saying throughout the course of today.

And that is that as somebody who grew up in this town, I have such a pride for the teams in this city.

And in addition to that, the way that this city has embraced sports and really built its identity around sports.

And it is my belief that perhaps the strongest pillar in all of that was Nancy Leonard.

And without Nancy Leonard and her vision for the Pacers, her vision for being able to cement

them within the NBA coming from the ABA, I don't know that you get expansion of the

convention center and

the building of the Hoosier Dome and eventually an NFL franchise and all of the things that we now

enjoy. And it is a sad day, but a day that we celebrate Nancy Leonard here in Indianapolis. And joining

me now on the program, he is the president of basketball operations for the Indiana Pacers.

Kevin Pritchard joining us. Kevin, on what I know is, again, a sad day, but at the same time,

a celebratory day. I appreciate your time in being able to reflect on Nancy Leonard.

I'm glad to be on, Jake, and congratulations to you and your success.

And, you know, coming from Indianapolis and growing up in Lawrence and Noblesville,

I remember going to fifth grade basketball camp with the Pacers

and meeting Nancy and Slick at that time and they were just they were bigger than

life and you know if you met them you'd think that you were their best friends and you know

throughout my tenure I've been very blessed to work with Donnie Walsh and Larry Bird and like the foundational piece that they're about is people first.

And, you know, I'm getting a little sad talking about it because it's such a blow to not just the Pacers organization, but what the Leonard's and specifically Nancy has done for this community,

it can't be measured.

You just...

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