The fate of T.J. Leaf, the Pacers' latest first-round draft pick, has yet to be determined, but this much is clear: he's one of the most fateful first-round picks in the franchise's history.
His father, Brad, is from Indianapolis and played college basketball at Evansville. His mother, Karen, is from Evansville, and has several family members there. He played at UCLA for coach Steve Alford, who is steeped waist-deep in Indiana's basketball tradition. And that bright blue suit he wore Thursday night? It matched the Pacers' shade of blue as well as anything anyone else wore at the proceedings in Brooklyn.