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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.
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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.