The 2008-09 season didn’t bring the success that the Indiana Pacers had hoped for, as injuries held the team back and they ended up finishing in 4th place in the Central Division, but a healthy squad means a strong shot at the playoffs in the 2009-10 season. Mike Dunleavy is healed and raring to go, though he’ll be working with some new faces: Marquis Daniels, Jarrett Jack and Rasho Nesterovic have left and been replaced with Dahntay Jones, Solomon Jones and Earl Watson. It’ll be fun to see how it all pans out, so grab your Conseco Fieldhouse tickets and get ready to watch the Pacers in action!

The Indiana Pacers came into the NBA in 1976. Having excelled in the American Basketball Association, winning three league championships in just nine seasons, the Pacers and three other ABA teams made the switch. The Pacers fell upon hard times early on in their NBA campaign. As the merger agreement denied the former ABA teams TV revenue for several years, there was little the Pacers could do to improve themselves at first. Struggling in the new league, the Indiana Pacers posted just one winning season in their first thirteen years. After over a decade of mediocrity, the Pacers finally started to play some good basketball and turned into a force in the Eastern Conference.