The Pacers have five guards under contract for the upcoming season: Victor Oladipo, Tyreke Evans, Cory Joseph, Darren Collison, and Aaron Holiday.
With two dynamic playmakers, a pesky defender, an efficient low-volume shooter, and a developing rookie, Indiana’s rotation of ball-handlers is harmoniously diverse but is nonetheless crowded.
Sure, most of them can reliably play off the ball as well as with it. And, yes, Kevin Pritchard imagined Holiday as the team’s third-string point guard. Just the same, there are still only 96 backcourt minutes available in any given 48-minute game, and Oladipo (34.