a historic level of injuries to key players, yet the team still won 50 games and returned to the playoffs. Pritchard was relieved of his general manager duties on June 24, 2010. About one hour before the 2010 NBA Draft, Kevin Pritchard was notified by Paul Allen that he had been fired, but wanted to make it clear that he needed to stay for the draft. Pritchard made a trade and two draft selections, which satisfied Trail Blazer team officials. Many people expected the release of Pritchard to take place, as they felt the firing of Tom Penn, who was the assistant general manager, was a "drive-by" warning for Pritchard. Joe Freeman, of The Oregonian newspaper, broke this story early in the four o'clock hour of draft day to "Trail Blazers Courtside", an official Trail Blazer show offering live draft day coverage. It was reported that the Trail Blazers officials told the show's hosts to stop talking about Pritchard immediately. Allen's plan was to announce the firing the next day, but word got to the media and the Blazers were forced to address the situation. In a press conference after, team President Larry Miller fielded all questions. No reasons were given as to why Pritchard was fired. Pritchard authored an open letter to Blazers' fans in which he thanked Paul Allen and the Blazers for the opportunity to help turn around the team. Indiana Pacers In July 2011, Pritchard joined the Indiana Pacers to become their director of player personnel. Later on, he was promoted to general manager in June 2012 to replace David Morway. On May 1, 2017, Pritchard took over the role of president of basketball operations, while retaining his general manager duties, when Larry Bird resigned. Head coaching record |- | style="text-align:left;"|Portland | style="text-align:left;"| |27||5||22|||| style="text-align:center;"|4th in Northwest||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed Playoffs |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"|Career | ||27||5||22|||| ||—||—||—||— References External links NBA stats @ basketballreference.com 1967 births Living people American Basketball Association (2000–present) coaches American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Spain American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players Basketball players from Indiana Bayer Giants Leverkusen players Boston Celtics players Golden State Warriors draft picks Golden State Warriors players Indiana Pacers executives Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball players Liga ACB players Miami Heat players National Basketball Association general managers Philadelphia 76ers players Point guards Portland Trail Blazers