Kelly Krauskopf had been through a whirlwind of a Monday and it wasn’t even 2 p.m. yet. Earlier in the day, the Indiana Pacers announced that she’d been hired as their new assistant general manager. She spent the morning starting to get up to speed on the new job, fielding inquiries from the press, and, most importantly, meeting the team.
“I don’t think [the team] was aware of the announcement, so that was a fun moment,” Krauskopf says on the phone once she got a moment to breathe. “That’s the lifeblood of the whole organization, you know?