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Leaf Gets Another Glimpse of Opportunity

Put on your rose-colored glasses, and you can spot a few positive developments to have come out of Myles Turner's four-game absence from the Pacers. TJ Leaf, for example.

The second-year forward - about whom it bears repeating is just 21 years old, for the sake of perspective – played something other than garbage minutes in the previous three games – 15.5 on average. That was long enough to remind everyone what the Pacers saw in him before making him a first-round draft pick in 2016 and offer a rebuttal to those who believe he doesn't belong in the NBA.