Question: John Irving was drafted by a team that competes in the NBA as a member club of which division?

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Indiana Ice: The Indiana Ice is a dormant Tier I junior ice hockey team and member club of the United States Hockey League (USHL) that was formed in 2004 when the Danville Wings were purchased and moved from their location in Danville, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana.  The Ice captured the regular season division titles in the 2007–08 and 2013–14 seasons and won the 2009 and 2014 Clark Cup titles.  The USHL has placed the team in a "dormancy status" since the 2014–15 season while the organization focuses on development of a new facility and permanent home, the Lyceum Pavilion, in the Indianapolis area.  During this time, the Indiana Ice organization has remained a member club in the USHL, with membership on its board and full rights to participate in the business and operations of the league.  From 2012 to 2014, the Ice split their home games between the Bankers Life Fieldhouse and the Pan American Arena.  Before the 2012–13 season, the Ice played their home games at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum.  The Ice played in the Eastern Conference/Division of the United States Hockey League.

John Irving (basketball): John Irving (May 24, 1953 – April 12, 2015) was an American college basketball player best known for his career at Hofstra, which lasted from 1974–75 to 1976–77.  He also spent one season (1972–73) at Arizona before transferring.  Irving, a 6 ft , 215-lb (98 kg) power forward/center, recorded 1,018 points and 1,186 rebounds during his three-year career at Hofstra.  He holds career per-game averages of 13.2 points and 15.4 rebounds at the school, and is the last Hofstra player to average a double-digit number of rebounds in three consecutive seasons.  He led NCAA Division I in rebounding during his sophomore year of 1974–75 with a 15.3 per-game average.  Irving was a member of two NCAA Tournament teams, and after he graduated was selected in the third round (58th overall) by the Detroit Pistons in the 1977 NBA draft, although he never played in the league.  Previously, he was also selected by the Phoenix Suns in the ninth round (150th overall) in 1976.  He is still only one of two players in Hofstra University history to accumulate both 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds during his career (Bill Thieben is the other), and has been honored as an inductee in the school's Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the 2011 class.

Indiana Pacers: The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana.  The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division.  The Pacers were first established in 1967 as a member of the American Basketball Association (ABA) and became a member of the NBA in 1976 as a result of the ABA–NBA merger.  They play their home games at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.  The team is named after Indiana's history with the Indianapolis 500's pace cars and with the harness racing industry.

John I. Taylor: John Irving Taylor (January 14, 1875 – January 26, 1938) owned the Boston Red Sox from 1904 until 1911.  He was the son of General Charles H. Taylor, publisher of the Boston Globe.  He purchased the team from Henry Killilea on April 19, 1904, with his father Charles serving as a minority owner.  In September 1911, the Taylors sold half of the stock in the team to Jimmy McAleer and Robert B. McRoy with McAleer taking over as team president.  On December 21, 1913, Joseph Lannin, Frank P. Cooper, and John R. Turner purchased McAleer and McRoy's half of the team with Lannin becoming team president.  On May 15, 1914, Lannin bought out all of his partners and became sole owner of the Red Sox.

Orlando Magic: The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida.  The Magic compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division.  The franchise was established in 1989 as an expansion franchise, and such notable NBA stars as Shaquille O'Neal, Penny Hardaway, Patrick Ewing, Grant Hill, Tracy McGrady, Steve Francis, Dwight Howard, Vince Carter, Rashard Lewis, and Hedo Türkoğlu have played for the club throughout its young history.  s of 2017 , the franchise has played in the NBA playoffs for exactly half of its existence (14 playoff appearances in 28 years), and twice went to the NBA Finals, in 1995 and 2009.  Orlando has been the second most successful of the four expansion teams brought into the league in 1988 and 1989 in terms of winning percentage, after fellow Floridian team Miami Heat.

Detroit Pistons: The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit, Michigan.  The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division.  The team plays its home games at Little Caesars Arena and was founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne (Zollner) Pistons in 1941, a member of the National Basketball League (NBL).  The Pistons joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1948.  In 1949, the NBL and BAA merged to become the NBA, and the Pistons became part of the merged league.  Since moving to Detroit in 1957, the Pistons have won three NBA championships in 1989, 1990 and 2004.

Canadian Pacific Navigation Company: The Canadian Pacific Navigation Company was an early steamship company that operated steamships on the coast of British Columbia and the Inside Passage of southeast Alaska.  The company was founded in 1883 by John Irving (1854-1936), a prominent steamboat man, businessman, and politician of early British Columbia.  In 1901 the company was purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway, becoming the steamship division of the CPR.

J. Irving Whalley: John Irving Whalley (September 14, 1902 – March 8, 1980) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Milwaukee Bucks: The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball franchise based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division.  The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and play at the Bradley Center.  Former U.S. Senator Herb Kohl was the long-time owner of the team, but on April 16, 2014, a group led by billionaire hedge fund managers Wesley Edens and Marc Lasry agreed to purchase a majority interest in the team from Kohl, a sale which was approved by the owners of the NBA and its Board of Governors one month later on May 16.  The team is managed by Jon Horst, the team's former Director of Basketball Operations, who took over for John Hammond in May 2017.  The team is currently valued at $675 million according to "Forbes", ranking fourth-to-last in the league.

Brooklyn Nets: The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.  The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.  The team plays its home games at Barclays Center.  They are one of two NBA teams located in New York City; the other are the New York Knicks.  The team was established in 1967 as a charter franchise of the NBA's rival league, the American Basketball Association (ABA).  They played in New Jersey as the New Jersey Americans during their first season, before moving to Long Island in 1968 and changing their name to the New York Nets.  During this time, the Nets won two ABA championships (in 1974 and 1976).  In 1976, the ABA merged with the NBA, and the Nets were absorbed into the NBA along with three other ABA teams (the San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers and Denver Nuggets, all of whom remain in the league today).

Supporting paragraphs: John Irving (basketball) Detroit Pistons
Answer: Eastern Conference Central Division