Wayman Tisdale was drafted 2^nd Overall in 1985, and he was a good player, but he sometimes gets maligned as there were players who were chosen after him (Charles Barkley, Chris Mullin, and Karl Malone) who would go on to have Hall of Fame careers.  Looking back, you can see why the Pacers chose him as he was a three-time First Team All-American at the University of Oklahoma, and he did have a good career in the NBA, which of course, began in Indiana.

Chris Mullin went to five All-Star Games when he was with the Golden State Warriors, and he was a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Dream Team.  Those facts may have occurred years before he arrived in Indiana, but he did not become a Pacer with his gas tank on "E."

Brad Miller only played 101 Games for the Indiana Pacers, but in the year and a half he played in the Hoosier State, he was one of the better Centers in Association.

Thaddeus Young was a Second Team All-Rookie with the Philadelphia 76ers in 2007, and a decade later, he would join the Indiana Pacers for three seasons from 2016-17 to 2018-19.