11 Players you forgot played for the Indiana Pacers
By Josh Wilson
Leandro Barbosa was a Pacers playoff addition
Just a few years before he would become an NBA Champion with the Golden State Warriors, Leandro Barbosa was traded by the Toronto Raptors to the Pacers for a second-round pick.
Barbosa, a former Sixth Man of the Year Award winner with the Phoenix Suns, would serve a similar role in Indiana, playing in 22 games but starting in zero. He averaged 8.9 points and 2.2 rebounds as a Pacer.
His most useful offensive attribute was his shooting, where he shot 42.7 percent beyond the arc in the regular season.
In the playoffs his shooting would escape him, hitting just 15 percent of his shots beyond the arc. Barbosa didn’t hit a single 3-pointer in the team’s six-game second-round series with the Miami Heat, going 0-for-9. He had more fouls than assists or rebounds in the Heat series as well.
Barbosa signed with the Boston Celtics that offseason, and then sandwiched two seasons with the Golden State Warriors in between single seasons with the Suns.