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Does Keith Langlois Know Something We Don't About Pistons' Lineup?

Just a short while ago, I read Pistons.com editor Keith Langlois' "Pistons mailbag", and came across an interesting excerpt involving a question about Tobias Harris' place in the rotation for the upcoming season. The question, and Langlois' answer, are as follows:

"Brenden (@BrendenWelper): Will Tobias continue to come off the bench?

Langlois: Stan Van Gundy hasn't said anything one way or the other on this score yet. My hunch is that he starts. What could change that? If Van Gundy is concerned about the lack of scoring off the bench. With Avery Bradley a more proven scorer at shooting guard next to Reggie Jackson, maybe Van Gundy will feel Harris will get more shots and be more valuable off the bench. If Harris is in the starting lineup, then the second unit probably is Ish Smith, Langston Galloway, Boban Marjanovic, Jon Leuer and maybe Reggie Bullock or Luke Kennard. Van Gundy usually went with a nine-man rotation last year and - when both Harris and Marcus Morris were starting - would usually get Morris out of the game midway through the first and third quarters in order to bring him back to start the second and fourth quarters as the scoring anchor of the second unit. Maybe he'll use Harris similarly this season."

I find it interesting here that Langlois, when naming the potential second unit including "Ish Smith, Langston Galloway, Boban Marjanovic, Jon Leuer and maybe Reggie Bullock or Luke Kennard", doesn't mention Stanley Johnson. Does this mean he assumes (or knows?) Johnson will start at SF and Tobias will start at PF? Or am I missing something here?

More than likely this is all speculation, and I could be wrong about all of this or simply confused, but from what I know there has been no definitive word on who will be starting game one of the upcoming season and many here have debated whether Johnson should start or not.

What do you think?

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