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It's Turner's Turn to Step Up

The Pacers are a mystery at the moment, having added another handful of new players and losing one extremely significant player. But this much we know for sure: They are Myles Turner's team.

It's a dicey proposition to claim a team "belongs" to one player, unless that player is of the Magic-Larry-Michael-LeBron vintage. You know, the guys for whom the Hall of Fame is barely enough to recognize their greatness. Ideally, a team is a communal effort.

Even communes need leaders, though, and Turner is next in line for the Pacers. He's 21 years old, barely old enough to buy a bottle of champagne to pour over someone's head in a celebrating locker room, and as a veteran of merely two seasons is still figuring things out for himself.