Media day is for posing for endless photographs and saying all the optimistic things you're supposed to say before training camp opens. For the Pacers, there was the additional task of clarifying – finally, perhaps – their star player's role in their new offense.
Paul George didn't hesitate to express his hesitation about playing the "four" position in interviews last week, but everyone seemed to be on the same page, or at least reading from the same book, on Monday when the media gathered at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. George, in fact, has already adjusted his focus to another concept: becoming the NBA's Most Valuable Player.