He's made the team, providing the best story of the Pacers' training camp, but Damien Wilkins doesn't feel like he has it made. He's taken too many detours into remote outposts, endured too many disappointments, to feel that way.
"I never have," he said following Monday's practice. "That's why I've always kept fighting. But it's a step in the right direction."
Barring unforeseen circumstance, Wilkins will be in uniform when the Pacers open their season Wednesday against Brooklyn at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. It will mark the first time he's been in uniform for a regular season game since April 17, 2013, when he played for Philadelphia against the Pacers at the Fieldhouse.