Last time the Indiana Pacers selected a player inside the top 10 of the NBA draft? Hint: A long time ago - ESPN

Entering Tuesday's NBA draft lottery, the Pacers have the fifth-highest odds of winning the top pick. It's unfamiliar territory for a franchise that has resisted tanking over the years.

It's one of the oddest streaks in the NBA, the type of factoid that doesn't seem believable at first and might even prompt some to try to disprove it. But after 33 years, it's about to come to an end… [+3863 chars]

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