Consultant, basketball operations, Indiana Pacers. Long time President of the Pacers, from their Reggie Miller glory years to just last year when he filled in for Larry Bird, Walsh is a Vito Corleone figure around the league: a beloved basketball paterfamilias. Any team would listen if he called. He turned the Knicks around, and then was dumped by Jimmy Dolan, so that’s a mark in his favor. Walsh is 72, but has a sharp basketball mind, and is the kind of guy who could save Dan Gilbert from doing rash Dan Gilbert things.