Tyrese Haliburton believes Nancy Leonard will get a memorial banner in Gainbridge Fieldhouse .

The Indiana Pacers star posted on social media after Leonard's death was announced , calling her the "First Lady of Indiana basketball."

"There is no Pacers basketball without Nancy Leonard," Haliburton posted. "Can't wait to see the day her name is in the rafters where it belongs."

Leonard, who was 93, was married to Pacers coaching legend and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Bob "Slick" Leonard , who died in 2021 at age 88. Nancy Leonard served as Pacers de facto general manager in the 1970s and organized the 1977 telethon that kept the team in Indianapolis. She was a fixture courtside as the Pacers reached the 2025 NBA Finals.

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