The Pacers have filled their front office opening, hiring Chad Buchanan away from the Charlotte Hornets. Buchanan worked under Kevin Pritchard with the Portland Trail Blazers from 2007-2010, starting as a scout and rising all the way to interim GM before the Blazers hired Neil Olshey in 2012.
More recently, Buchanan served as the assistant general manager for the Charlotte Hornets, reporting to Rich Cho.
Buchanan has been working in NBA front offices for over a decade, and naturally has been involved in some fairly significant transactions in that time. Let’s go through a few of them to get an idea of who is joining the Pacers staff.