With Tyrese Haliburton out for the season with an Achilles injury, a lot of pressure immediately went onto Andrew Nembhard, who is the Indiana Pacers' starting point guard for this season. And finally, he has taken that next step as a playmaker and passer that the team was desperately hoping to see this season.
In his 12 games before the start of December, the Canadian native averaged 6.2 assists and 2.4 turnovers. This is far from ideal, but it was always expected that he would go through some growing pains as he got comfortable in his new role.