Brendan Malone's tenure as an assistant coach with the Indiana Pacers ended late Thursday, when he signed a contract to rejoin the New York Knicks in a similar capacity.
It's a return to roots for Malone, who'll rejoin the franchise he left three years ago to join Isiah Thomas' staff. He will be reunited with his son Mike, an assistant coach/advance scout, and Knicks coach Don Chaney, whom he worked for in Detroit in the 1990s.
Malone saw it as an opportunity to return home.
"That's the bottom line for me," Malone said Friday. "I'm a New Yorker; this is home for me.
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Brendan Malone is returning to the Knicks to reunite with his son and Don Chaney.
Malone has left the Pacers and agreed to terms to become one of Chaney's assistants, The Post has learned. According to league sources, his son Mike Malone, now an associate, will also be promoted.
The Post mentioned the elder Malone as a possible Knick candidate the day after Chaney fired three assistants. Malone, a New York native, was Chaney's assistant in Detroit in the early-to-mid-1990's.
The Knicks, who have not announced the hiring, declined to comment. Chaney is expected to add one more assistant.
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Even before the Pacers had been eliminated from the playoffs, naysayers had coach Isiah Thomas' job on the line, and they have continued to spread rumors that team president Donnie Walsh would fire him.
There was even speculation that Walsh was scheduling a news conference on Friday to announce that Thomas was out.
"That's bull,'' an enraged Walsh said by phone. "I've been denying those rumors since the fifth game of the playoffs.''
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Pacers May 2003 Archive
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Indianapolis Star | May 24, 2003
Pacers president Donnie Walsh said he wants to upgrade the backcourt, an opinion already expressed by free agent forward Jermaine O'Neal and coach Isiah Thomas.
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Indianapolis Star | May 24, 2003
Ron Artest was the most publicized Pacer last season, often for undesirable reasons.
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Indianapolis Star | May 24, 2003
Donnie Walsh's major project for the summer will be to re-sign free agent Jermaine O'Neal, who has established himself as one of the league's elite front-line players.
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Indianapolis Star | May 24, 2003
Indiana Pacers president Donnie Walsh heads into his 18th off-season as the team's primary decision-maker with an aggressive mind-set that's tempered by experience.
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Indianapolis Star | May 23, 2003
Twenty-two days after the Indiana Pacers' season ended, team president Donnie Walsh will conduct his first postseason meeting with the media today.
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New York Daily News | May 20, 2003
Dave Cowens was in town yesterday but the Knicks would neither confirm nor deny that the former Celtic great was being interviewed for a job on Don Chaney's coaching staff.
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Indianapolis Star | May 20, 2003
Indiana Pacers' guard Reggie Miller underwent what was described as successful arthroscopic surgery on his right ankle Monday and is expected to make a complete recovery.
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Indianapolis Star | May 16, 2003
Rik Smits hasn't worn an NBA uniform since the Indiana Pacers lost Game 6 of the NBA Finals to the Los Angeles Lakers on June 19, 2000.
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Indianapolis Star | May 16, 2003
Jermaine O'Neal, Tracy McGrady and Tim Duncan as teammates? It will happen in August when all three suit up for the U.
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Indianapolis Star | May 14, 2003
The 14-foot by 19-foot mural Pamela Bliss is painting at Conseco Fieldhouse is not the largest project she has undertaken, but it certainly will be one of the most recognizable.
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Indianapolis Star | May 10, 2003
The New York Knicks are considering Indiana Pacers assistant coach Brendan Malone for a similar position on Don Chaney's staff.
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Indianapolis Star | May 7, 2003
As you wake this morning to your coffee and daily newspaper, you have just one question to ponder: What can I do today to make sure Jermaine O'Neal stays with the Indiana Pacers?
This is not just a sports issue anymore.
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Indianapolis Star | May 6, 2003
Pacers beat writer Mark Montieth examines three off-season questions facing the franchise, which was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the third consecutive season.
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Indianapolis Star | May 6, 2003
Reggie Miller will have arthroscopic surgery on his right ankle May 19 to clean out loose cartilage, scar tissue and bone spurs.
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Indianapolis Star | May 6, 2003
Pacers' Thomas says he'll return as coach
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Indystar.com | May 5, 2003
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NBA.com | May 5, 2003
O'Neal Includes Pacers
on List of Three Options
After cleaning out his locker Friday, Jermaine O'Neal met with media representatives for an extended question-and-answer session on topics ranging from the reasons for the team's post-All-Star-break collapse to coach Isiah Thomas' status to the priorities that will factor into his free-agent decision this summer.
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AP | May 5, 2003
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Jermaine O'Neal is considering the possibility of playing with Tim Duncan or Tracy McGrady.
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Hoopsworld.com | May 5, 2003
The Pacer Report By Marc Roberts
for HOOPSWORLD.
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Rochester Democrat & Chronicle | May 5, 2003
The NBA conference semifinals begin tonight, and Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O’Neal and Boston Celtics scoring machine Paul Pierce have some things to prove.
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Chicago Tribune | May 5, 2003
You've got to hand it to the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution | May 4, 2003
When they were 34-14 and cruising through the NBA East, you could believe that Donnie Walsh had built something special in Indiana, and that Isiah Thomas was that special coach the Pacers needed.
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Indianapolis Star writer Bob Kravitz | May 4, 2003
It's a little-known fact that when you get a column gig, you also get the title of General Manager For Life.
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Indianapolis Star | May 3, 2003
As Jermaine O'Neal stripped off his jersey after the Indiana Pacers' final playoff loss in Boston on Thursday, the thought crossed his mind.
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Indianapolis Staff | May 3, 2003
Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest received an indirect apology from the Boston Celtics on Friday and laid to rest any perceived conflict with player personnel director Mel Daniels.
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Indianapolis Star | May 2, 2003
Indiana forward Ron Artest was pelted by debris from fans at the FleetCenter as he headed to the locker room after the Pacers were eliminated Thursday.
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Indianapolis Star | May 2, 2003
Indiana Pacers management has given no strong evidence that it is planning a coaching change.
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Boston Globe | May 2, 2003
It started with an offensive flourish -- a pair of 3-pointers from Walter McCarty -- and the Celtics quickly put together a run that suggested this would be a different type of game than Tuesday night's Game 5 in Indianapolis.
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Boston Globe | May 2, 2003
He had carried his team in the NBA playoffs before, but this time he seemed to bury them.
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New York Times | May 2, 2003
The move was so breathtaking that even the Indiana Pacers had to acknowledge its excellence.
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Indianapolis Star | May 1, 2003
The memory of a singular momentous failure in last season's playoff series with New Jersey has stuck with Jermaine O'Neal.
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Indianapolis Star | May 1, 2003
There was a feeling among the Boston Celtics late Tuesday night as they left town that they'd squandered a wonderful opportunity.
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Boston Herald | May 1, 2003
The Celtics might have lost a golden opportunity to end Indiana's season Tuesday night, but coach Jim O'Brien doesn't see an ominous sign in the series being extended to Game 6 tonight at the FleetCenter.
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Boston Globe writer Dan Shaughnessy | May 1, 2003
If you are the Celtics, you have to hope you win tonight, or even Saturday.
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Boston Globe | May 1, 2003
Disappointed? Yes.
