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Pacers President of Basketball Operations Kevin Pritchard spoke with reporters after the 2017 NBA Draft late Thursday, into Friday morning. The Pacers had drafted three players, including UCLA\u2019s T.J. Leaf at No. 18. It was his first draft with the organization as president, elevated to this role after Larry Bird decided to step down.\nBut for more than 17 minutes, the conversation centered around Paul George and his change of heart, according to Pritchard, who spoke candidly but was obviously frustrated.\n\u201cFor me it was a gut-punch,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a total gut-punch because we\u2019d had many conversations over the summer about players that we\u2019d like to add, a little bit of the style that we\u2019d like to play, and I was, in my opinion, very inclusive with him. And the message over the summer, up until this weekend was \u2018Let\u2019s build a winning team.\u2019 And so when that came in that he wanted to look at another place, it was a gut-punch for us.\u201d\nWith the draft now over, George remains a Pacer. Pritchard, admitting that George\u2019s message couldn\u2019t have come at a worse time, is still confident they will get a good deal done.\n\u201cWe\u2019re not going to make a bad deal. We want to get what we want and that\u2019s what we pursue. We\u2019re going to do something that we feel comfortable with.\n\u201cRight now there\u2019s enough on the board that we feel good about, that we could pull the trigger at any time.\u201d\nWatch as Pritchard discusses the\xa0situation and what\u2019s next:\n\nAUDIO: