<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Pacers chief executive Donnie Walsh will leave the team after this season. Walsh said Monday he will finish the season and will not comment on his plans. Team president Larry Bird will take over many of Walsh's duties. Walsh said at a news conference at team headquarters the time is right to go and he has enjoyed his 24 years with the club. That includes the last few years, when the team has dealt with a series of legal problems involving players. Walsh said the announcement should not come as a surprise, since he has said previously this would be his last season. Earlier this month, Pacers co-owner Herb Simon made it clear that there would be some sort of upheaval within the organization by season's end, saying "everything but the owner" would be addressed. In the past few seasons, the Pacers have endured a litany of incidents involving players getting in trouble with the law or behaving badly. "We're talking about restructuring, rethinking, all the things you do when your team is in crisis," Herb Simon told The Indianapolis Star. "We're going to be having a series of meetings, and we're going to make changes, yes." Last month, the Pacers faced more unwanted attention with the arrest of a murder suspect after he had been at the home of one player and a reported rape at the home of another.</div> http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3309745
I heard the Knicks want him, but theres also been rumors, that Hawks management have been in contact with him.
