PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Enters the 2023-24 season ranked seventh in Pacers NBA franchise history in assists (1,729) and 22nd in steals (366)…Signed with the Pacers as a free agent on July 29, 2019, after four NBA seasons with Philadelphia (2015-19)…Re-signed with the Pacers on a multi-year contract August 6, 2021…Holds career averages of 7.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.2 steals in 627 games (96 starts)…Has posted 26 double-doubles in his career (18 with the Pacers), including three triple-doubles…He is one of only 10 players in franchise history to record multiple triple-doubles in an Indiana uniform…2022-23: Finished with 8.7 points per game to go with 3.1 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.1 steals in 75 games and six starts…Shot career-bests from the 3-point arc (.431) and free throw line (.846)...Ranked 39th in the NBA in steals with 1.1 per game...Scored 20 or more points three times during the regular season, a feat he had only accomplished twice over his previous seven NBA seasons…Scored a career-high 29 points, shot 11-for-16 from the field and made a career-high four 3-pointers at Milwaukee, 1/16...Posted the third triple-double of his NBA career with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists at Phoenix, 1/21...Finished with a single-season career high with six double-doubles on the season…Missed seven games due to injury: One with a sore right knee (10/29), two due to a non-COVID illness (12/4-5), two with a sore back (3/11-13) and two due to a sore right hip (4/7-9)…2021-22: After re-signing with the Pacers during the offseason, McConnell averaged 8.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.1 steals in 27 appearances and eight starts…Posted his second career game with 20+ points as he finished with a season-high 21 points to go with eight rebounds and five assists off the bench in a road win at Utah, 11/11…Scored in double figures a total of nine times…Posted his lone double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 assists in 26 minutes in a win over the Spurs, 11/1…Missed 55 games due to injury and illness from Dec. 3 through April 3: 51 while rehabbing from surgery on a torn ligament in his right wrist and four due to Health & Safety protocols…Returned to the court April 5 against Philadelphia and scored two points to go with four rebounds and five assists in 15 minutes off the bench… Started each of the final two games and averaged 13.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game…2020-21: Set new career highs as he averaged 8.6 points, 3.7 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 1.9 steals over 69 games (three starts) for the Pacers…Shot a career-best 55.9 percent from the field, which led the team and ranked 15th in the NBA…Led the NBA in total steals (128), 20 more than the next-leading player in the league…He ranked second in steals per game (1.86 per game) and 14th in assists (6.6). He led all reserves in the NBA with 434 assists and 120 steals off the bench…Set a new career high with 23 points on 10-for-19 shooting in 45 minutes against Milwaukee, 5/13…Posted his fifth double-double of the year as he finished with 12 points while tying his career high with 17 assists at Toronto, 5/16… During Indiana’s game against New Orleans Feb. 5, McConnell handed out 15 assists, which was the most by any bench player in Pacers franchise history…He finished with nine assists in the fourth quarter, which was the most in the fourth quarter in franchise history and tied for fourth-most in any quarter in team history…Finished with four games with 15 or more assists off the bench. He is the first player in NBA history to record four games with 15 or more assists off the bench in a single season. In NBA history, only John Stockton and John Lucas have recorded four career games with 15 or more assists off the bench…Turned in a historic performance in the win at Cleveland March 3 as he fueled Indiana’s comeback victory with 16 points, 13 rebounds and 10 steals in 36 minutes off the bench. His 10 steals set a franchise record, passing the previous record of nine set by Dudley Bradley on Nov. 29, 1980. He fell one theft shy of the NBA record of 11 steals. McConnell recorded nine steals in the first half, which is the most by any player in one half in NBA history. It was the fifth time in team history a bench player recorded a triple-double and the first time since 1993 (Detlef Schrempf - 34 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists at Milwaukee on Feb. 13, 1993). His performance marked only the sixth points/assists/steals triple-double in NBA history, and the first since April 1998 (Atlanta’s Mookie Blaylock - 14 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals). He became the 24th player in NBA history to reach 10 steals in one game and the first to do so off the bench…Missed three games due to personal reasons (Jan. 9-12)…2019-20: Played 71 games and made three starts during his first season in Indiana…Averaged 6.5 points, 2.7 rebounds and 5.0 assists over 18.7 minutes per game…Shot 51.6 percent from the field, 29.4 percent from 3-point range and a career-best 83.3 percent from the free throw line…Led the team and ranked third in the NBA with an assists-per-turnover ratio of 3.55…Scored in double figures 17 times, recorded 10 or more assists four times and posted two double-doubles…Tied for the team lead and finished with a season-best 17 points to go with five rebounds and nine assists in 22 minutes off the bench in the win over Detroit, 11/8…Posted his first double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 assists in 27 minutes off the bench in the win over Philadelphia, 12/31…Scored 10 points and matched his season high with 11 assists in the win at Phoenix, 1/22…Missed two games with a sore right groin (Nov. 16-18)…2018-19: Appeared in 76 games (three starts) and averaged 6.4 points, 3.4 assists, and 2.3 rebounds in 19.3 minutes per game…Tied career-high 18 points on (9/10 FG) on April 11 vs. CHI…22 games with five-plus assists was fifth among NBA reserves …McConnell’s 21 games with multiple steals off the bench were the second-most in the NBA…Recorded season-high five steals Dec. 12 at Toronto...McConnell’s 78 steals off the bench ranked second in the NBA…2017-18: Appeared in 74 games (one start), averaging 6.2 points, 4.0 assists and 2.9 rebounds in 22.4 minutes per game...First player in Sixers history to record a triple-double coming off the bench on Feb. 12 vs. NY, scoring 12 points, bringing down 10 rebounds and dishing out 11 assists...Season-high 18 points on Jan. 15 vs. TOR...28 games with five-plus assists was third among NBA reserves this season... McConnell’s 22 games with multiple steals off the bench were the most in the NBA…2016-17: Appeared in 81 games (51 starts) and averaged 6.9 points, 6.6 assists, and 3.1 rebounds in 26.3 minutes per game...Recorded a career-high 17 assists on 1/6 @BOS... Tied career-best 17 points while also notching 8 assists at Denver, 12/30... Recorded 10 or more assists 13 times, including four double-doubles...Recorded at least one assist in every single game that he appeared in...Totaled 534 assists, good enough for eighth in the league... 534 assists were the most in a season by a Sixers player since 2012-13 when Jrue Holliday had 625...71 games with at least one steal, including a career-high five on 2/15 @ BOS...134 total steals which was sixth in the NBA...McConnell is the first Sixers player with such assist and steal totals in the same season since Allen Iverson had 596 assists and 180 steals in 2004-05... Career-best 10 rebounds on 12/11 at DET…2015-16: 5.0 assists and 3.1 rebounds in 19.8 minutes per game…Led all rookies with 95 steals...Was only rookie with at least 250 rebounds and 350 assists... His 367 assists were the fourth-most ever in a season by a Sixers rookie (Allen Iverson, Michael Carter-Williams, Maurice Cheeks).

BEFORE NBA

College: Played collegiately at Duquesne (2010-2012) and Arizona (2013-2015)...Held overall averages of 10.2 points, 5.4 assists and 2.3 steals for NCAA career...Led Pac-12 in assists per game (6.3) and total assists (238) his senior season at Arizona...NCAA West Regional All-Tournament Team (2015)...First team All-Pac-12 (2015).

PERSONAL LIFE

Native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...Married to his wife, Valerie, and they have two sons…A 2010 graduate of Chartiers Valley High School in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania...Averaged 34.2 points, 8.2 rebounds and 9.1 assists per game as a senior in earning first-team all-state honors and was the Pennsylvania Class 3A Player of the Year according to the Associated Press, and was the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette male High School Athlete of the Year (all sports)...Played for his father, Tim, in high school...Led the Colts to a 29-2 record, the WPIAL championship, and a berth in the Class 3A state championship game as a senior.

T.J. McConnell