Indiana Pacers: 15 best scorers in franchise history

2. George McGinnis, 1971-75, 1980-82

Pacers scoring: 19.6 ppg, FG: 46.2%, 3P: 27.6%, FT: 65.0%

George McGinnis was a legend everywhere he went, Indianapolis’ Washington High, Indiana University and then the Pacers.

His first four-year run with the Pacers was dazzling. Another Pacer who was well before his time, McGinnis would have been a fantastic modern Center.

McGinnis averaged 27.7 points per game between his second and fourth years with the Pacers. In 1975, Big Mac accounted for 26.4 percent of the Pacers points scored the highest any one player has accounted for in franchise history.

All-in-all McGinnis led the Pacers in scoring three times. His 9,545 points puts him at the seventh-most in franchise history.

McGinnis, when he first arrived with the Pacers, was the essence of graceful athleticism. He was imposing on offense and defense.

Physically, he resembled a 1970’s version of LeBron James, minus the all-time great aspect.

During his second tour of duty, he was almost literally half the player he was when he left for NBA stardom. His 3-point shot was respectable for a player his size at the time.

Most of the players in the top five had longer peaks with the Pacers than McGinnis did, what elevates McGinnis over them was that he was a completely different force that had not been seen in Indiana or anywhere at the time.

Opposing defenses had no answer for McGinnis, he just rolled them over. Still, Indiana has never had as dominant a power forward as McGinnis was (with all do respect to O’Neal, Kellogg, Dale Davis and David West, in no particular order).

McGinnis’ dominance was so overwhelming that it dwarfed everything else in the scoring department, except one.