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The Top 10 Draft Picks in Indiana Pacers History

By William Furr

Dec 5, 2015; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Utah Jazz guard Trey Burke (3) defends against Indiana Pacers forward Paul George (13) during the second half at Vivint Smart Home Arena. The Jazz won in overtime 122-119. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 5, 2015; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Utah Jazz guard Trey Burke (3) defends against Indiana Pacers forward Paul George (13) during the second half at Vivint Smart Home Arena. The Jazz won in overtime 122-119. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports /
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3. Danny Granger

Danny Granger ultimately never became the hero that Indiana Pacers fans wanted, but he was the one they needed.

Drafted 17th in 2005, Granger was tasked with being the guy for a Pacers team desperate for scoring. Granger was a high-volume shooter, never being great at any one thing on offense, but keeping the Pacers from bottoming out (“tank” does not appear to be in Donnie Walsh or Herb Simon’s vocabulary), and getting buckets buckets buckets.

Granger averaged 26 points per game in 2008-09 while making his only All-Star team and shooting 40% from behind the arc for his second straight season.

Knee injuries robbed Granger of the second half of his career — and Pacers fans of being able to see the Granger/Paul George wing combo take off. But while Granger was stuck on a mediocre team throughout his prime, he did bring Pacers basketball back to respectability as the team’s icon in the post-Brawl era and set the stage for the Eastern Conference runs to come after his body failed him.

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