Indiana Pacers draft history Puns

The last time the pacers had a draft pick higher than #10 was in 1989 when they drafted George Mcloud at #7. Since then for the last 30 years, they haven't gotten a top 5 pick even once, which is crazy. Do you guys think the Pacers will be a lottery team this year? They are currently at 6-9 and are the 13th seed in Eastern Conference.

Full list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pacers_draft_history

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks

The team has played in the NBA since 1976 (45 years). They played in the ABA from 1967-1975.

https://twitter.com/Pacers/status/1424370012404473862

[Indiana Pacers] TRADE: We have received a future second round pick from the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for the contract of Doug McDermott, a future second round pick and the right to swap second round picks in a future draft.

The last time the Pacers drafted in the Top 9 was 1989, where they selected George McCloud with the 7th pick. Since then, they have had two picks at #10 (1996, 2010), two picks at #11 (2008, 2015), and 6 other picks between 12-14.

Unless they were to trade for a better draft pick (which, let's be honest, is highly doubtful) the streak will continue.

The closest to the Pacers for those who are curious:

• Spurs - 1997
• Heat - 2008
• Clippers, Nets - 2010

The strawpoll: https://strawpoll.com/f3gprcb38

The 12th poll has ended and the 12th pick of this mock draft is Kai Jones.

The mock draft up until now:

No 1 Detroit Pistons Cade Cunningham

No 2 Houston Rockets Evan Mobley

No 3 Clevelan Cavaliers Jalen Green

No 4 Toronto Raptors Jalen Suggs

No 5 Orlando Magic Jonathan Kuminga

No 6 Oklahoma City Thunder Scottie Barnes

No 7 Golden State Warriors Moses Moody

No 8 Orlando Magic James Bouknight

No 9 Sacramento Kings Jalen Johnson

No 10 New Orleans Pelicans Franz Wagner

No 11 Charlotte Hornets Alperen Sengün

No 12 San Antonio Spurs Kai Jones

Just thought this was pretty wild. The last time the Pacers had a top 5 draft pick, they selected Rik Smits 2nd overall in the 1988 NBA Draft. Smits played 12 seasons with the Pacers and was a 1x All-Star selection in 1998.

The second team that comes even close to this record is the Spurs, whose last top 5 pick was Tim Duncan in 1997--nearly a full decade after Indiana. Even more impressive, the Pacers have still managed to achieve a 1361-1115 (.550) record since the Smits pick.

11th Pick - Domantas Sabonis (Magic, traded to OKC)

20th Pick - Caris LeVert (Indiana, traded to Nets)

36th Pick - Malcolm Brogdon (Bucks, from Nola via Sac) ROTY, All-rookie First Team

(Maybe the most '16 class in a single team?)

They are also the only NBA team to never have had a #1 overall draft pick play for them since the beginning of the Lottery Era (1985).

I have been a Pacers fan my whole life. I have also been a huge fan of the NBA draft for as long as I can remember. I often find myself flipping through the draft Wikipedia pages collecting useless information (did you know Kenyon Martin was the last college senior to be drafted #1 overall?). In my most recent journey down this rabbit hole, something dawned on me - has a former #1 pick ever played for the Pacers? I knew we haven’t had a #1 pick but was not sure if one ever suited up for the Pacers. After some research, I discovered that we have not had a former #1 pick ever play for us. After more research, I discovered that we are the only NBA team to have this be the case.

Some other interesting things (information is from lottery era only):

• The 76ers have had the most #1 overall picks play for them with nine.
• Despite having had eight #1 overall picks play for them, the Pistons have never drafted the #1 overall player.
• 1995 #1 overall pick Joe Smith has played for the most teams (12) of any #1 pick. He is the only #1 overall pick to play for Thunder and he only played 36 games for them.
• Teams with only one #1 pick to play for them - Jazz, Thunder, Blazers, and Sonics
• Teams to have never drafted a #1 overall player - Pacers, Hawks, Celtics, Heat, Mavs, Nuggets, Lakers, Grizzlies, Thunder, Jazz and Sonics
• The Pacers have had the #2 overall pick twice. They drafted Wayman Tisdale in 1985 and Rik Smits in 1988. Both played games for the Pacers.
• Kenny Anderson, Evan Turner and currently Victor Oladipo are all former #2 overall picks to play for the Pacers.

Teams and their #1 overall players (lottery era only)

**Notes team drafted player

Atlanta Hawks

Danny Manning, Glen Robinson, Joe Smith, Elton Brand, Dwight Howard

Boston Celtics

Pervis Ellison, Shaq, Michael Olowokandi, Kyrie Irving

Charlotte Hornets

Derrick Coleman, **Larry Johnson (1991), Kwame Brown, Dwight Howard

Chicago Bulls

Joe Smith, **Elton Brand (1999), **Derrick Rose (2008)

Cleveland Cavaliers

**Brad Daugherty (1986), Shaq, Joe Smith, **LeBron (2003), Andrew Bogut, Derrick Rose, **Kyrie Irving (2011), Anthony Bennett (2013)

Detroit Pistons

Danny Manning, Derrick Coleman, Chris Webber, Joe Smith, Allen Iverson, Kwame Brown, Derrick Rose, Blake Griffin

Indiana Pacers

N/A

**Miami H

The Raptors absolutely dominated the Pacers and ended up with the largest margin of victory with a 46 point win. The previous record was 44 points against the Hawks.

Source

The strawpoll: https://strawpoll.com/7fs14cr89

The 38th strawpoll ended and the 53rd pick of this mock draft is Jay Scrubb.

The mock draft up until now:

No 1 Minesota Timberwolves Anthony Edwards

No 2 Golden State Warriors James Wiseman

No 3 Charlotte Hornets Lamelo Ball

No 4 Chicago Bulls Deni Avdija

No 5 Cleveland Cavaliers Isaac Okoro

No 6 Atlanta Hawks Tyrese Haliburton

No 7 Detroit Pistons Killian Hayes

No 8 New York Knicks Devin Vassell

No 9 Washington Wizards Onyeka Okongwu

No 10 Phoenix Suns Obi Toppin

No 11 San Antonio Spurs Patrick Williams

No 12 Sacramento Kings Aaron Nesmith

No 13 New Orleans Pelicans Cole Anthony

No 14 Boston Celtics Aleksej Pokusevski

No 15 Orlando Magic Tyrese Maxey

No 16 Portland Trail Blazers Sadiq Bey

No 17 Minesota Timberwolves Precious Achiuwa

No 18 Dallas Mavericks Kira Lewis Jr

No 19 Brooklyn Nets Josh Green

No 20 Miami Heat RJ Hampton

No 21 Philadelphia 76ers Tyrell Terry

No 22 Denver Nuggets Jaden McDaniels

No 23 Utah Jazz Jalen Smith

No 24 Milwaukee Bucks Desmond Bane

No 25 Oklahoma City Thunder Theo Maledon

No 26 Boston Celtics Leandro Bolmaro

No 27 New York Knicks Grant Riller

No 28 Los Angeles Lakers Isaiah Joe

No 29 Toronto Raptors Xavier Tillman

No 30 Boston Celtics Tyler Bey

No 31 Dallas Mavericks Paul Reed

No 32 Charlotte Hornets Zeke Nnaji

No 33 Minesota Timberwolves Robert Woodard II

No 34 Philadelphia 76ers Killian Tillie

No 35 Sacramento Kings Jahmi'us Ramsey

No 36 Philadelphia 76ers Malachi Flynn

No 37 Washington Wizards Tre Jones

No 38 New York Knicks Nico Mannion

No 39 New Orleans Pelicans Vernon Carey Jr

No 40 Memphis Grizzlies Elijah Hughes

No 41 San Antonio Spurs Daniel Oturu

No 42 New Orleans Pelicans Cassius Stanley

No 43 Sacramento Kings Isaiah Stewart

No 44 Chicago Bulls Devon Dotson

No 45 Orlando Magic Cassius Winston

No 46 Portland Trail Blazers Ty-Shon Alexander

No 47 Boston Celtics Udoka Azubuike

No 48 Golden State Warriors Jordan Nwora

No 49 Philadelphia 76ers Immanuel Quickley

No 50 Atlanta Hawks Yam Madar

No 51 Golden State Warriors Reggie Perry

No 52 Sacramento Kings Payton Pritchard

No 53 Oklahoma City Thunder Jay Scrubb

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TJ Leaf, TJ McConnell, and TJ Warren are all currently on the Indiana Pacers roster. The only other TJ to play in NBA history was TJ Ford who was a part of the iconic 2003 NBA Draft Class, ironically also played for Indiana from 2008-2011.

Hello Pacers fans! Over the next few weeks I'll be going to each team's subreddit to see who they will take with their respective draft pick(s). So, with the twenty third overall pick in the 2018 draft, who do you think you should take?

FIRE NATE MCMILLAN !

EDIT: I apologize. True fan u/PM_UR_ITTIE_BITTIES mentioned that we've been swept 4 times. You bums need to do your research before you upvote my non-researched post. /s

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