The Indiana Pacers are 9-22 at the bottom at the Central Division in the Eastern Conference. They are 6-9 at the Conseco Fieldhouse and 3-13 when they play basketball on the road in the NBA. The team allows 102.points a game and only scores 97.1 points. They are in trouble.

This is what happens when a team is led by a Scottie Pippen-type, a player that is a superb complimentary player to a star. That player is Danny Granger. The small forward is averaging 24.4 points, 6.1 assists, 2.6 assists, 1.59 steals, and 1.00 blocks a game. He needs to play off somebody though. Players like Troy Murphy, Dahntay Jones, Mike Dunleavy (coming back form yet another injury), and Roy Hibbert (who will take over at starting center pretty soon) are not going to help Granger.

The other major is question for the Pacers is whether T.J. Ford is really the point guard you want running the team. He lacks a jump shot, which is what is needed to help this team. They have a roster full of jump shooters but they need a scorer at point, even if scores by jumpers too.

Rookie Tyler Hansbrough has been a surprise. He is averaging 9.2 points and 5.1 rebounds in 19 minutes a game. Hansbrough is on his way to completely replacing Jeff Foster in the rotation as the bruising rebounder (though, somehow Hansbrough has more offensive skill than Foster).

The one thing about Indiana is that on any night they can get hot and score 120 points from the perimeter. Get your Pacers tickets and try and catch one these nights this NBA season.