An All-Star History of the Indiana Pacers

Anyone that knows anything about basketball understands that few states have a richer and more illustrious basketball history than our beloved Indiana home. Just last year, Deadspin reported that no state puts out more NBA talent per capita than the Hoosier State.

But as much talent as the state has put out in general, it’s an odd truth that the Pacers actually don’t have an incredibly rich history of All-Star talent. Since 1977, the Pacers have only had 23 players elected to the All-Star team. (Of course, the Pacers were the most dominant team that the ABA saw, winning three titles and producing 22 All-Stars in less than 10 years.) Unbelievably, only the expansion Raptors (12 All-Stars) and Magic (22), and New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets (22) have produced fewer All-Stars among Eastern Conference teams.

In a lot of ways, you could say that All-Star weekend has been a disappointing one of sorts for the Pacers and their fans. Franchise all-time leading scorer and fan favorite Reggie Miller was only selected to five All-Star Games and was notoriously awful in 3-point shoot outs. One-time Rookie of the Year and 3-point specialist Chuck Person was snubbed from the game numerous times. And before this season, only four Pacer squads ever had multiple selections in the same year, despite an extended run of excellence throughout the mid-1990s and early part of the last decade.

But while Indiana players may not have any Tom Chambers circa 1987 All-Star moments on their resumes, they’ve still submitted their fair share of All-Star Weekend memories.

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