UPDATE: Pacers coach Bjorkgren fired after one season, team confirms

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10 thoughts on “UPDATE: Pacers coach Bjorkgren fired after one season, team confirms

  1. Why not also fire the brain trust that brought him in! Isn’t the previous coach fired last year having a successful season with another team? Maybe, just maybe, the problem lies with something other than the coach.

  2. NBA – worst professional product on the market. A less than 5% ratings for the 2020 NBA Finals says it all. But then again, look at who is the face of the NBA- King of Flop! The Pacers and the NBA have some serious work to do!

  3. Kevin Pritchard has a number of good moves under his belt as a Pacer. Unfortunately the decision to hire Nate 2 appears to not be one of them. I remember when most everyone including most players thought this was a good move. Obviously the Pacer brass thought he was not salvageable. Pritchard gets one more try. The players also need to be held accountable. Given all the injuries to this team it’s no wonder they struggled. I think Nate 2 was fired for much more than the record. This group of players gets one more chance to form a cohesive team or else this experiment is over and Pritchard is over as well. Nate 1 is having a good run in Atlanta but it was time for him to go.

  4. While I cannot know for sure I would suspect Pritchard has had his hands full in trying to both secure name talent to please fans with a coach or players and to find someone who actually wants to coach in the Indy market. The Pacers should be prepared to give up coach and GM titles to the candidate who wants to coach a Pacer team.

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