We here at Notinhalloffame.com are always suckers for cool nicknames. 

Here is another admission: corny ones work too.

While Paul George may have had better seasons after he left Indiana, it can’t be forgotten that he cut his teeth as a Pacer and developed his All-Star form there.  The blunt truth is that he became one hell of a player in Basketball's Heartland.

The Indiana Pacers fanbase was scratching their heads when their team traded for Jermaine O'Neal and gave up Dale Davis to get him.  O'Neal had been in the NBA for four years and had only started 18 Games for Portland, averaging only 11.5 Minutes per Game, so why would they trade for him?

Here's why.