On Thursday Malcolm Brogdon and Goga Bitadze joined Pacers head coach Nate Bjorkgren for a post-practice conference. Questions surround the team as to how they'll perform in their first preseason game on Saturday. But both Bjorkgren and the players gave fans some reassurance about one component of the squad.
The defense is looking good.
"Defense is definitely ahead of the offense, which dictates how practices have gone," Bjorkgren said. "Offense is coming. We put more and more in every day. I think it's really important for a team to establish team defense first thing."
Brogdon went into more detail about what he sees on the court as part of the potential starting five.