Kevin Pritchard is paid to make difficult decisions and last week he had to make one of the toughest calls in his professional career.
Pritchard, the Pacers' President of Basketball Operations, decided to relieve Nate McMillan of his duties as head coach after Indiana on Wednesday, two days after Indiana was swept out of the first round of the playoffs by the Miami Heat.
It was not a decision Pritchard took lightly. He and McMillan have worked together for over a decade between their time together in Indiana as well as Portland, where Pritchard was the general manager of the Trail Blazers for much of McMillan's tenure as head coach.