Why Omri Casspi should be on the Pacers’ radar

Because the Indiana Pacers are heavily dependent upon speed to compensate for what has mostly been confused defense and inconsistent floor spacing, they routinely find themselves faced with the same ultimatum: Force turnovers or risk losing.

According to Basketball-Reference, the Pacers are 6-3 when they cause at least 15 turnovers and 1-5 when they don’t. They’re 2-4 when they commit more turnovers than their opponent.

Unfortunately, the team’s narrow focus on pace has placed undue pressure on the already iffy defense to create points off turnovers by gambling.