Every summer league, Joe Young was a star for the Indiana Pacers. He always showed flashes of being a brilliant scorer and offense initiator, and it gave fans hope that he could one day become a useful point guard for the team.
But when the real games started, it never worked out. Young didn’t get a ton of opportunities in his first two seasons, and for good reason; he wasn’t hitting his shots. In his rookie year, he made 36.7 percent of his field goals, and that figure dropped to 36.1 percent in year two. That wasn’t cutting it.