Peak Period: From 2020-21 to 2023-24.  Haliburton has only played four seasons and is thus in his Peak Period.

Tyrese Haliburton began his career with Sacramento, but a trade to Indiana in the middle of the 2021-22 Season sparked the Point Guard to greatness.   Haliburton went to the All-Star Game the last two seasons, and was a Third Team All-NBA player and Assists per Game leader.  Haliburton is one of the top players under 25, so he should skyrocket this list if he is healthy. 

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023-24 revision of our top 50 Indiana Pacers.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball, we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Indiana continued to improve by making it to the Eastern Championship Finals. There were no new entrants, but three elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. Reggie Miller
2. Mel Daniels
3. George McGinnis
4. Roger Brown
5. Billy Knight

You can find the entire list here.

Veteran Center Myles Turner moved to #12 from #17.

Tyrese Haliburton, who was a Third-Team All-NBA Player last season, vaults to #24 from #47. 

T.J. McConnell jumped to #41 from #50.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

The Indiana Pacers lost a legend today.

George McGinnis, 73, passed away following the complications from a cardiac arrest he suffered recently.

A former Indiana Mr. Basketball and star at the University of Indiana, McGinnis left college early and signed with the Indiana Pacers of the ABA where he became an instant star.  An All-ABA Rookie, McGinnis played a vital role in Indiana’s ABA Championship that year.  McGinnis then anchored the team to their second straight title, winning the ABA Playoff MVP in the process.  The Pacers did not win another title with McGinnis, but in those years, he was a First Team All-ABA Selection and won the league’s scoring title. 

In 1975, McGinnis’ contract with Indiana ended, and he joined the team that drafted him in the NBA, the Philadelphia 76ers.  There, he was a two-time All-Star, and a First Team All-NBA and Second Team All-NBA Selection.  McGinnis was traded to Denver in 1978 where he was again an All-Star, but was traded back home to Indiana the following season where he would conclude his career.

McGinnis was named to the ABA All-Time Team, had his number retired by the Pacers and was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017 and the University of Indiana Athletic Hall of Fame in 2023.

We here at Notinhllloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the fans, friends and family of George McGinnis.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Indiana Pacers.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Indiana again failed to make the playoffs but we have two new entrants and one elevation nevertheless.

As always, we present our top five, which was not affected by the last season:

1. Reggie Miller

2. Mel Daniels

3. George McGinnis

4. Roger Brown

5. Billy Knight

You can find the entire list here.

Myles Turner advanced two spots to #17.

The two new entries are Tyrese Haliburton and T.J. McConnell who debut at #47 and #50 respectively.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

After four seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, T.J. McConnell signed with the Indiana Pacers in 2019, where he has been their back-up Point Guard ever since.

McConnell never had the makeup to be an elite player, as he is undersized and lacks great athleticism, but made up for it with strong decision making, solid pass distribution and a sound defensive game.  In a game in 2021, McConnell set the record with nine Steals in a Game and became to first player to come off the bench with a triple-double in Steals, Assists and Points.  McConnell finished first that season in Steals and Steals per Game.  Last season, McConnell had his first double-digit Points year (10.2) and was seventh in Sixth Man of the Year voting on a team that went to the ECF,

McConnell is still with Indiana and though he is a bench player, can still move up significantly on this list.

Tyrese Haliburton was traded from Sacramento to Indiana in a deal that can best be described as both teams in rebuilding mode trying to see what might fit.  Sacramento made the playoffs first after the deal, but the Pacers landed a player who became an All-Star.

In Indiana, Haliburton had the opportunity to become more of a focal point, and he finished the 2021-22 season with the Pacers with 17.5 Points per Game over 26 contests.  In 2022-23, Haliburton started the year on fire, and he went to his first All-Star Game.  Now the top performer of his squad, Haliburton, who was injured late in the year but had the best season of his life with a double-double average of 10.1 Assists and 20.7 Points.  He was even better last season, earning a Third Team All-NBA, another All-Star, and his first Assists Title with 10.9.  Haliburton also averaged over 20 Points per Game (20.1), and took the Pacers to the Eastern Conference Finals.

As Haliburton is still well under 30, we could see multiple All-Stars in his future.

Pre-2023-24 Rank: #43.

Peak Period:  From 2017-18 to 2023-24.  Siakam is currently in his Peak Period and has entered his first full year in Indiana.

From Cameroon, Pascal Siakam has proven to be a nice surprise for the Raptors over his seven seasons and change. He was a two-time All-Star and a Most Improved Player winner. Siakam was valuable in the Raptors’ 2019 NBA Championship; if a second ring comes his way, it could happen with his new team, Indiana.  As he turns 30 this year, his prime could be closing soon.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021-22 revision of our top 50 Indiana Pacers.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NBA. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Please note, that this is our first revision in two years, and it has yielded one new entry and two significant jumps.

As always, we present our top five immediately, though nothing has changed in this upper-tier.

1. Reggie Miller

2. Mel Daniels

3. George McGinnis

4. Roger Brown

5. Billy Knight

You can find the entire list here.

Domantis Sabonis, who is now a two-time All-Star, rockets up from #47 to #17.

Defensive star, Myles Turner, climbs from #31 to #21.  

The lone new entry is Malcolm Brogdon, who debuts at #48.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Named the Rookie of the Year in 2017 as a Milwaukee Buck, Malcolm Brodgon’s career continued to improve as he was traded three years later to Indiana.

As of this writing, Brogdon has started all 110 of his Games with the Pacers, mostly at the Point Guard position.  Proving to be a balanced player, though not necessarily a superstar, Brogdon provides stability at the Point, and last year he broke the 20 PPG threshold for the first time in his career.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  We have a new one to unveil today, that of the Indiana Pacers. 

Founded in 1967, the Indiana Pacers were an inaugural team of the American Basketball Association, and they were the most successful team in the upstart league with three championships (1970, 1972 & 1973).  They would be one of four teams that would merge with the NBA in 1976, and they would struggle for years.  While the three-time ABA Champs have yet to capture a title in the NBA, they contenders in the 1990s led by Reggie Miller.  

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NBA.

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories.

This list is updated up until the end of the 2018-19 Season.

The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in this article.  They are:

1. Reggie Miller

2. MelDaniels

3. George McGinnis

4. Roger Brown

5. Billy Knight

We will continue our adjustments on our existing lists and will continue developing our new lists.  

Look for or All-Time Top 50 Edmonton Oilers coming next!

As always we thank you for your support.

An NCAA Champion with Duke in 2001, Mike Dunleavy arrived in Indiana as part of a mid-season trade with Golden State in 2007.   He would take over immediately as the Pacers' starting Shooting Guard and did well, as he averaged a career-high 19.1 Points per Game in 2007-08.  Dunleavy would also have a career-high of 17.3 in PER that year. 

Victor Oladipo was expected to do great things on the court when the Indiana Pacers drafted him in 2^nd Overall in 2013.  That didn't quite work out, and he was traded to Oklahoma City, who would then trade him to Indiana before the 2017-18 Season.  It was in Indiana where the promise of Victor Oladipo has come to fruition.

Johnny Davis arrived in Indiana in a trade from Portland, and he would embark on the most productive seasons of his career.  In his first year with the Pacers, he would post an 18.3 Points per Game Average, which would be the best of his career.  His best year would be his second one in Indiana (1980-81), where he had a 14.4 PPG with a career-highs in Assists (6.3) and Steals (1.3).  That year he was ninth in Assists per Game.

Wayman Tisdale was drafted 2^nd Overall in 1985, and he was a good player, but he sometimes gets maligned as there were players who were chosen after him (Charles Barkley, Chris Mullin, and Karl Malone) who would go on to have Hall of Fame careers.  Looking back, you can see why the Pacers chose him as he was a three-time First Team All-American at the University of Oklahoma, and he did have a good career in the NBA, which of course, began in Indiana.

Chris Mullin went to five All-Star Games when he was with the Golden State Warriors, and he was a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Dream Team.  Those facts may have occurred years before he arrived in Indiana, but he did not become a Pacer with his gas tank on "E."

Brad Miller only played 101 Games for the Indiana Pacers, but in the year and a half he played in the Hoosier State, he was one of the better Centers in Association.

Thaddeus Young was a Second Team All-Rookie with the Philadelphia 76ers in 2007, and a decade later, he would join the Indiana Pacers for three seasons from 2016-17 to 2018-19.

Jamaal Tinsley was drafted by the Vancouver Grizzlies (27^th Overall), and then two trades later (on the same day), he was an Indiana Pacer.