AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — After making more 3-pointers than any of his Detroit teammates this preseason, Austin Daye will be in the starting lineup — at power forward.
The versatile second-year man from Gonzaga can give opposing teams fits with his ability to play on the perimeter, and the Pistons are hoping he'll hold his own defensively. At 6-foot-11, 200 pounds, Daye can play several positions, but power forward is where Detroit needs him right now after Jonas Jerebko went down with a torn Achilles' tendon. That injury left Daye and Charlie Villanueva as the likely candidates to start.
Coach John Kuester said Monday that Daye was his choice, at least for now.
"He's …
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