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Troy Murphy was part of an eight-player deal that saw him join the Indiana Pacers in the 2006-07 season. Murphy would take over the starting Power Forward role for the Pacers, where he would play for three and a half years. Murphy averaged 12.2 Points per Game in his first full year in Indiana, but he increased that to over 14 Points in the next two years. Murphy's rebounding numbers went up in those two campaigns to 11.8 and 10.2 and would finish second and seventh, respectively. He was traded to New Jersey after the 2009-10 season.
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When Metta World Peace was Ron Artest, he was traded in his third year in the league from the Chicago Bulls to Indiana. It was a good fit, and in what was his first full season as a Pacer, he would earn a Second Team All-Defensive Selection, while leading the league in Steal Percentage, the second year in a row he would do so.
The best seasons of Derrick McKey were when he was with the Seattle SuperSonics, but the Small Forward would spend eight seasons as a Pacer, the first four where he was their starter.
Jalen Rose was a member of the University of Michigan's famed "Fab Five," and it was with the Pacers where he first showed what he could do an elite level. It didn't happen right away as he was clashing with the Pacers' coach, Larry Brown, as to what his role should be, and he would actually see fewer minutes than he had in Denver, which was where he played his first two years.