5 reasons why the Pacers will let it fly more often from deep this season

The old guard aren’t bad 3-point shooters, either

The new guys are fun to talk about, but Victor Oladipo, Darren Collison, Bojan Bogdanovic, Thaddeus Young, and Myles Turner aren’t a bad group of guys to launch most of your team’s 3-pointers.

Again, their rate was low, but the accuracy was there. The lack of 3-point attempts as a team is easier to fix than hoping the entire roster suddenly got better at 3-point shooting.

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Collison was the most accurate one in the NBA, Bogdanovic made 40.2 percent of his, and even the limited number of attempts T.J. Leaf had found the basket 42.9 percent of the time.

Oladipo’s 37.1 percent is high enough to attract attention and if the Pacers blend in Evans with him, there may be more chances for Victor’s team-high 5.8 attempts to go down.

Among centers, Turner’s 2.4 attempts a game and 35.7 percent accuracy rank in the top 12.

The only real “weak” point among last year’s starters is Young, as his 32 percent mark isn’t intimidating, but he was making nearly 40 percent of his attempts before he hurt his wrist in his first season with the Pacers. If he finds the stroke he had before his wrist injury two seasons ago, perhaps he can become enough of a threat once again to help Indiana’s spacing, and in turn, the team’s 3-point shooting numbers.

If the Pacers get a slight increase from any of last season’s players, then they would be headed in the right direction. With the team’s new additions, however, there’s little doubt Indiana will take — and make — more 3-pointers this season.