Pacers president Larry Bird hinted on Monday that changes could be on the horizon, but he won't take his eyes away from the future.

Bird gave coach Jim O'Brien a vote of confidence and said that if any changes are made they will come via trades.

However, Indiana won't simply make a deal for the sake of shuffling the roster.

"Something we have to do is really watch everything and make sure, if we make a deal, it's going to be looking forward to the future," Bird said. "We've always been looking. We talk to people, just not every day. With the cap and the (luxury) tax coming down again next year, we're in a situation where we have to be very careful what we do."

The Pacers are looking towards the summer of 2011, when the contracts of Troy Murphy and Mike Dunleavy will expire.