Isaiah Jackson is a solid center for the Indiana Pacers and deserves a long-term role. But the Pacers will never be able to trust him as their full-time center, especially once they re-enter the title picture.
After Myles Turner shockingly joined the Milwaukee Bucks in free agency, Indiana opted to run a center-by-committee, led by Jackson. The Pacers signed him to a three-year, $21 million deal, even though he was fresh off an Achilles injury and had only been a backup before.
Though this move reportedly baffled some execs, it wasn't hard to figure out why the Pacers did this.