Stephen Jackson is in for a little culture shock after his trade from Golden State to Charlotte. He escaped the turmoil with the Warriors, but going from playing for Don Nelson to playing for Larry Brown is as big of an adjustment as you'll ever have in this league.

First, there's the pace. Jackson went from the fastest team in the league to the slowest. Averaging 103.6 possessions per 48 minutes (the only team over 100), the Warriors easily lead the league. The Bobcats rank last, averaging just 89.8 possessions per 48 minutes.

And as anyone who watched Brandon Jennings drop a double-nickel on Golden State can tell you, Nellie isn't exactly focused on defense. Brown, on the other hand, has long been a defense-first kind of guy.

Jackson isn't unwilling to defend -- he normally took on the toughest assignment with the Warriors. But with the Bobcats, team defense is more of a priority. That focus will have him rewinding his career to the days when he played for Gregg Popovich and Rick Carlisle.

Brown hopes Jackson can defend well enough to help make up for the departure of Raja Bell, the team's best defender. But the coach also needs his newest player to give the team a lift offensively. The Bobcats are a very good defensive team, ranking fifth in the league by allowing just 97.4 points per 100 possessions. But the Bobcats are dreadful on offense, scoring just 91.2. Only the winless Nets, who have practically been playing with half a roster for the last two weeks, have had a harder time scoring.

The Bobcats are shooting just 40.6 percent and 29.2 percent from 3-point range, but what bothers Brown the most are the times his team doesn't even get a shot off. Even at the league's slowest pace, Charlotte leads the league with 17.6 turnovers per game. They cough the ball up on one out of every five possessions. They've recorded as many turnovers (194) as assists this season.

On Wednesday, the Bobcats turned the ball over 19 times in a two-point loss in Philadelphia and failed to score on their last four possessions, blowing a late three-point lead. After the game, Brown was clearly frustrated with his team's execution.

"I've got to do a better job of getting people shots and coach these point guards better," he said, "because they're not getting us into anything, especially at crucial times. But that will come."

Turnovers are a double-edged sword. They not only keep the Bobcats from getting a chance to score, they weaken their defense.

"When you turn the ball over, it's hard to get back," Jackson said Wednesday. "For being a half-court team, we're doing pretty good. Teams struggle scoring against us in the half-court. I think if we take care of the ball, we won't give them so many fast-break points, and that's what kills us."

Without much offensive firepower, the Bobcats; margin of error is small. But of the 89.1 points the Bobcats allow per game, 19.3 (22 percent) are coming off turnovers.

"We've done a pretty good job defensively," Brown said. "It's just that when you turn it over and you don't make shots, you're putting so much pressure on your defense. We've got to do a better job in those areas. We've got to get better shots and take care of the ball."

Getting better shots and taking care of the ball becomes difficult without a a lot of talent on the roster. Before they acquired Jackson, the Bobcats had no one who had ever averaged 20 points per game, and only one (Gerald Wallace) who had averaged more than 15. Jackson gives them someone who can score on his own, but the most he's ever scored is 20.7 points a game, while playing with the fast-paced Warriors.

Withouth players who can draw double-teams and open up things for their teammates, offensive execution becomes more difficult. But center Tyson Chandler believes the Bobcats can survive without a guy who draws extra defenders every time he touches the ball.

"I think we've just got to learn how to play as a team," Chandler said. "Right now, we're shooting ourselves in the foot. The turnovers and the mistakes that we have, they hurt."

With a slew of training camp injuries and now a mid-November trade, the Bobcats hope that all they need is time. But they were in a similar situation last season and their ability to score only marginally improved as the season wore on. They ranked 29th in turnover rate last November and in March/April.

The Bobcats have lost six straight as they prepare for Friday's visit to Milwaukee. In 11 games, they've cracked 90 points just four times.

If they're expecting to get the offense going, they have to hope that Jackson brought just a little bit of Nellie-ball to Charlotte.

John Schuhmann is a staff writer for NBA.com. You can e-mail him here or follow him on Twitter.

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