The Indiana Pacers - The BEST Franchise To Never Win An NBA CHAMPIONSHIP

[@9577frasier]

The cup that hit artest ruined our best chance

[@beans7622]

Great video.I hope I see the Pacers win a championship one day. We truly deserve it

[@6manYT]

You do, I agree, sick of seeing teams like the lakers and co win it... boring

[@youtuber3328]

the best playoff teams ever literally always have + will be the 76ers + celtics championship teams led by the goats tied being wilt chamberlain + bill russell

[@therealrobstark2916]

Yea it’s almost like I haven’t given a shit since Reggie left I was in 6 th grade

[@charlescharliebabynewman6998]

That will never happen

[@cwebed-stuy9951]

@@charlescharliebabynewman6998 yup teams that won ABA titles will never win in NBA. (Pacers, Nets)

[@SparkToast]

This video is amazing. I've been a die hard Pacer fan since I was a kid. I know one of these days I'll see them take the championship, and I know it will be one of the greatest days of my life.

[@CityInTheDark1]

We won 3 ABA championships in a row, but haven’t won since the merger. It sucks because being a Hoosier basketball is just in your blood here. We still hold all sorts of records for most attendance at a high school game, etc. etc. Basketball is huge here so it sucks we haven’t been able to win a title

[@stardemonspacecat]

Indiana Pacers... Always the Bridesmaid, never the Bride :(:(:(

[@eriklakeland3857]

1. Biggest missed opportunity: Malice at the Palace team. I attended Miller’s last game in the ECF loss to the superbly balanced Pistons. Still stings Miller didn’t get a chance with the full 04-05 squad. 2. 2013-14 Pacers shouldn’t have traded Granger. Started off the season looking great, but trading Danny Granger remains a major what-if moment in franchise history. Granger had declined on the court, but he proved to be the glue that held the locker room together. Team chemistry completely fell apart.

[@zoom3248]

I think reggie last game was ECSF i guess....

[@shaft9000]

Their single best opportunity was '99, just after Jordan left and before the Shaq+Kobe dominance. It still perplexes me how the Pacers failed to make the Finals that year.

[@RySenkari]

@@shaft9000 Larry Johnson miracle four point play.

[@daviddolittle4278]

The editing on this video is sick, keep up this type of content and you will blow for sure

[@XPeacefulBeastX]

We deserve better we could of had kawhi AD and PG on the same team 😫😭 just not fair were going to get it one day

[@6manYT]

If you guys can keep this core together and maybe add another piece I genuinely think you are contenders

[@taylorrichardson4566]

Loved this video! Please do a sequel!

[@6manYT]

Appreciate that! definitely coming within the next few weeks :)

[@c.kerns0118]

That pistons/pacers rivalry between 03 and 06 is one the best team rivalries in nba history

[@youtuber3328]

in that era the nba didn't have legends like oscar robertson kareem abdul-jabbar wilt chamberlain + bill russell

[@eriklakeland3857]

@@youtuber3328 those pistons were a legendary team though. They were greater than the sum of their parts.

[@youtuber3328]

@@eriklakeland3857 I see ur point + or points but I refuse 2 agree at all

[@pelegpaz1734]

Also the pistons stole 04 cause of malace in the palace. If stephon jackson, jermaine o neal, and ron artest hadn’t gotten suspened, we would of won the ring

[@zoom3248]

Agree with you

[@kodieegenolf7313]

This video is all the heartbreak I’ve felt my entire life... we always are in the mix and no one sees it but we just lose when the spot light is on the super star against us... great video wish more people saw this... I’d love to see more Pacers content for sure

[@Drummer_Jeff83]

One often forgotten Pacers heartbreak in a postseason is 1995-96 season. Not saying they were dominant in the regular season but they were definitely on a good roll toward the end of the season and finished 3rd in the Eastern conference behind Chicago and Orlando. Reggie was in his prime and they had a great team. Of course that was the year just a few weeks prior to the playoffs those goddamn Pistons came into Indiana. Indiana we're on their way to a good victory until Reggie Miller plowed into Otis Thorpe going after a loose ball. I do believe Reggie suffered a concussion and a fractured eye socket. Either way he was forced to sit out the first four games of the playoffs which gave the Hawks a much needed advantage, and taking the series in five. Not saying Indiana would have steamrolled to a championship otherwise but they could definitely keep up with every team that year, so in my eyes that was just another missed opportunity

[@zoom3248]

As warrios fan. Pacers back in 2010s and especially 2000s they were a nightmare 🔥 but things didnt go well :(

[@darbzzy]

So many times we lose in the first round, I just want 1 Chip 😕

[@6manYT]

😕😕 soon, I believe in you guys

[@randomguy96]

Darbzzy Yeah and you will continue to lose in the first round for the next 3 years

[@jminer6529]

The first round is cursed for us 😔

[@randomguy96]

Darbzzy You guys are cursed. The Malice at the Palace, George leaving, Oladipo getting hurt, and Sabonis getting hurt

[@johnbelitnikof7476]

Hey it’s Indiana and it’s basketball they go together like peanut butter and jelly

[@SktUGLUB]

I have this argument waaaaaay too much. Thanks

[@mattbailey7049]

This makes me want to root for the pacers now. Reminds me of my Saints in the NFL. They were consistently good all through Drew Bree’s time with them but fell just short so many times, with the exception of the one Super Bowl win. I wanted so much for Drew to get at least one more.

[@brettsinger9565]

The Pacers are like the Eagles of the NBA. They've come so close in their history, that I'm sure it's only a question of when.

[@reggiecyy]

Great video and the Aussie accent makes it even better!!

[@6manYT]

Thank you! you Aussie yourself?

[@reggiecyy]

G'day mate! Subscribed and I am looking forward to your new videos

[@LastOfYou]

It’s facts. It’s facts. Now come on now. It is facts right?

[@tremendoushustle9548]

Not enough talk about the "Malice in the Palace" Brawl that took away possibly the best chance that the Pacers had to win a championship. Also, Oladipo's team in 2018 almost dethroned Lebron's Cavs in the first round. If it wasn't for a missed call by the refs in game 5, they would've had the chance to close them out in game 6 at home. They took them to a close game 7 series though. Oladipo was a #2 overall pick that they did well to acquire but a series of bad events has been the biggest reason the Pacers have never won a championship.

[@rufus1586]

2021 we have chance to WIN... We are stacked really nice TURNER SABONIS WARREN VICTOR BROGDON. Just like 2004 Pistons No Super stars but all allstar players

[@eriklakeland3857]

5 games into season starting 5 looking nice. Taking much easier shots with better spacing thanks to the coaching. Sucks to lose Warren to stress fracture but the Holidays and McBuckets will step up... then Lamb will return soon. Team is so deep.

[@austinchaney1103]

Tuner the only one left now. Hopefully we get a ring soon. I think we’re heading in the right direction direction

[@INKYBG888]

let's go Cassius!

[@jacobtarter2237]

For a team that’s had a top 10 pick like 3 times and never had a top pick, Indiana’s done pretty well. But that was the bad thing never bad enough to get a good pick but never good enough to win a ring

[@rickjones6969]

Pacers on the come up now tho !! Haliburton and #00 Myles Turner,and Buddy stroking like Reggie used 2 , sky's da limit

[@marcusgilmore5211]

We usually get good at the wrong time first it was the Jordan era then we finally make it to the finals we went up against Shaq and Kobe we get good again and we had some tough games with the big three in Miami. I still say our best chance was the year The fight in Detroit I feel like they hurt our best chances. But seeing how things are playing out this year if we keep it up I can see us winning a championship I’m hoping that this is the end of the super teams seems like the game is changing again….

[@giancarlogonzalesdelvalle5150]

Black Swan 🦢 School 🩰🏀

[@zachmcdowell6445]

Crazy seeing games tied at 59 late in the 4th

[@banditonehundred]

Pacers have never had a top 10 star in any season. Sometimes luck goes a long way. But the team is always a threat

[@tj5180]

Pacers were stupid for trading Kawhi for hill they could have got Darren collinson playing at PG instead they traded two way player kawhi for hill even Granger had lots of potential but got into injuries am sure they would have won in 2010 era

[@tommycochran1019]

They never had him. They made the deal before selecting him. San Antonio told them the player they wanted.

[@DocGorilla]

Yeah, The pacers didnt pick Kawhi, San Antonio did.

[@jminer6529]

We are bad in the playoffs 😔😔😔💙💛💙💛💙💛

[@youtuber3328]

the 94 95 + 98 teams all went to round 3

[@eriklakeland3857]

Getting swept a few times recently sucks. McMillan is a good coach but his offensive scheme got exposed in the playoffs when the pace slows down. Heat had so much spacing with lobs and open threes, whereas Brogdon and Warren took difficult, isolation, long 2s. I attribute some of the difficulties in the playoffs to McMillan’s offense - new coach has totally revamped the style of the offense.

[@jminer6529]

@@eriklakeland3857 I think this year we will make a better run!

[@Ousvec]

My clips in the video!

[@diehardoutdoors]

Jalen rose and Reggie should of stepped up in finals we had game 6 in LA I watch every couple years just to see how close we was

[@austinchaney1103]

They got swept 4-0 by LA what are you talking bout

[@shaft9000]

It's so painful because Indiana was ABA dominant, and should have some NBA titles fer fucksake.... but the franchise is no better off than the Clippers or the Kings are in that dept. On the bright side, at least it's not Charlotte, The Horn-cats is every other sad franchise's sole consolation.

[@johnbelitnikof7476]

By the way Kawhi Leonard and Paul George We’re both drafted by the Pacers

[@INKYBG888]

maybe this year--with a new Nate

[@bmuddie]

I never thought I’d respect a pistons fan 😂

[@ericmcandrews3547]

The all tim pacers team would be a very good team in nba history Pg.Olidipo, M.Jackson Sg. Miller, S.Jackson, Rose Sf. George, Artest, Harrington Pf.O’Neil, Sabonis, West C. Smits

[@ericmcandrews3547]

I forgot granger put him at sf take off harrington

[@zoom3248]

Im sure J.O will take the PF spot

[@zoom3248]

I wan tmiller at pg but ik he cant do that but i want artest in the lineup tho

[@cactusmanbwl1990]

Fantastic video

[@6manYT]

Appreciate that brother

[@drewb9620]

Man 2018 too, they took LeBron to 7 games and then he waltzed through the rest of the east, would have been finals for sure! Warriors though would not have been pretty.

[@drewb9620]

Just checked haha guess the Celtics went to 7 games too, just remembered LeBronto and figured the Cavs had no trouble after the Pacers that year.

[@djboyer8092]

I would love to see the video on how we have stayed good

[@6manYT]

Ill definitely make that

[@teetee4769]

Our day will come....... Soon!

[@6manYT]

Yes it will!

[@danielwomack9821]

You do realize that your Pistons team had Chauncey Billups the 3rd overall pick from 1997?

[@youtuber3328]

reggie miller who i did do + or will hate hate didn't dominate like other hall of famers therefore didn't come close to an mvp award or getting on the 50th anniversary team in 02-97

[@youtuber3328]

the goats tied literally always have + will be both wilt chamberlain + bill russell

[@Andy-lq7ky]

At one point paul george had 4 other all stars on his team

[@kingsleyjackson8287]

Game 7 of ‘98 was Jordan’s 3rd

[@toneluv7659]

Video is cool but u need to do a lil more research Chauncey Billups was number 3 pick in draft when he was drafted in 97.

[@6manYT]

He was to the celtics though, so pistons didn't actually use that pick to get him, I should've clarified that still but I wouldn't count him

[@youtuber3328]

my all-time favorite male athletes/jocks are were + or will be #1 tied wilt chamberlain + bill russell #2 kareem abdul-jabbar + #3 hakeem olajuwon

[@eriklakeland3857]

Would’ve loved to see Olajuwon duke it out with Arvydas Sabonis if the latter was allowed to join the NBA in his prime. That battle would’ve sent shockwaves throughout the basketball world.

[@youtuber3328]

@@eriklakeland3857 sabonis wasn't elite at all

[@eriklakeland3857]

@@youtuber3328massively disagree with you on that one. If it weren’t for the Cold War, Arvydas Sabonis’ greatness would’ve hurt the resumés of Magic, Bird and MJ.

[@youtuber3328]

@@eriklakeland3857 that would've been virtually impossible

[@eriklakeland3857]

@@youtuber3328 I agree, but that what if was to show how elite Arvydas Sabonis was in response to your previous comment. The guy would’ve massively changed nba history - he was that good.

[@daviddolittle4278]

🔥🔥

[@JoeCnNd]

Remember the pacers drafted kawhi.

[@WheatsTsu]

Pacers top 3 draft picks in terms of pick #, have been kawhi,PG, and chris durante

[@donniejohnson2075]

Great

[@jacobtarter9020]

The pacers have always been a good team not a great one nor really that bad of one

[@dutchpackdior2178]

#PN4L

[@pelegpaz1734]

Reggie miller is a top 20 player of all time don’t @ me

[@eriklakeland3857]

He was ahead of his time. Miller is a perfect fit for today’s NBA, he would shred it. His off ball movement and shooting would thrive in the better spacing, faster paced, more 3 point heavy league.

[@jamesthemaniac3293]

Serieses? Lol