11 teams that have never won an NBA Championship

#2 Indiana Pacers

The Indiana Pacers, who finished 7th in the East last season lost their All-Star Paul George in a trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder at the beginning of this season. Many regarded that as a fateful move as many opined that the Pacers would fall into disarray.

All the doubts were quashed by the uproar of a resilient Victor Oladipo who has taken the NBA by a storm after being acquired by the Pacers in the Paul George trade along with Domantas Sabonis.

Averaging 23.2 points per game, Oladipo leads the league in steals and has led the Pacers to the fifth spot in the East with a 45-31 record.

Being a regular playoffs presence, the Indiana Pacers have reached the NBA finals on one occasion previously in the 1999-00 season. They were fended off by the Los Angeles Lakers 4-2 in six games.

With a good crop of youngsters in Myles Turner, Oladipo, and Sabonis who could all develop into world-class players soon, Indiana Pacers have a sure-shot chance of challenging for the title in the next few years. For the current season, they look most likely to exit the competition in the second round of the playoffs.