As Paul George grows into a star for the Indiana Pacers, flashbacks of Reggie Miller taking the Midwestern jewel to the Eastern Conference Finals five times in seven years come to mind.
The last time the Pacers made the conference finals, Reggie Miller was a 38-year-old man, the team was in the process of being handed over to Ron Artest and Jermaine O'Neal (whoops) and Indiana had not yet gone through the infamous "Malice at the Palace."
However, the Pacers had been to five Eastern Conference Finals (but just one NBA Finals) before in Miller's career, building a veritable dynasty of sorts, only to continually fall short nearly every time they made it past the second round of the playoffs.
Of course, this all started way back in 1987, when the Pacers drafted Reggie Miller following a 41-41 season.
Unlike the Pacers of today drafting Paul George in 2010 after a 32-50 season, the Pacers weren't a bad team when they picked up their future franchise player. The ground was really set after adding Rik Smits in the 1988 draft, with Smits starting nearly every game of the 90s at center for the Pacers.
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Comparing Paul George’s Indiana Pacers to the Reggie Miller Years
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