Reggie Jackson

Detroit Pistons guard Reggie Jackson (1) is expected in Orlando for summer practices.

(AP Photo | Paul Sancya)

AUBURN HILLS -- While his front-office staffers filled out the Detroit Pistons' roster for Orlando Pro Summer League, president of basketball operations and head coach Stan Van Gundy rounded up his veterans.

Reggie Jackson will be a restricted free agent on Wednesday but plans to be there when the team convenes today in Orlando and begins two-a-day practices Tuesday, Van Gundy said.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope also is coming in as the Pistons expect to have their starting backcourt in Florida to practice with their 2015 draft picks and other young players and prospects.

The Pistons have twice-daily practices scheduled Tuesday through Friday before opening against the Orlando Magic's "White" entry with a Fourth of July game at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Games are played in the Magic's practice facility at Amway Center and closed to the public, but are televised by NBA TV.

The highlight of the Orlando event, after the Pistons were criticized for drafting Arizona's Stanley Johnson and bypassing Duke's Justise Winslow in a choice of small forwards, is a 5 p.m. July 6 game between the Pistons and Miami Heat.

Winslow went to the Heat at No. 10 overall, two slots after Detroit picked Johnson.

In the six days preceding that game, the Pistons are scheduled for eight practices and two games.

Quincy Miller, a small forward with a partially guaranteed contract who can be released at different stages for different levels of wages over the course of the summer, may have the most at stake in summer league.

Summer business could dictate the decision, but the Pistons want to get a good look at Miller and hope he entices them to keep him for training camp in October.

"We like where we are with him and he's had really, really good workouts," during the offseason, Van Gundy said. "We're anxious to get down there and see him play."

Miller may play some brief runs at small forward in Orlando, and that is his position by team design, but most of his playing time will come at power forward during summer league.

"We'll probably play him mainly at the four down there," Van Gundy said. "A large part of it is you just want to get these guys all on the floor as much as you can."

Most playing time at shooting guard and small forward will go to second-round draft pick Darrun Hilliard, a 6-6 guard from Villanova picked No. 38 overall; Adonis Thomas, a 6-7 wing who played with the Grand Rapids Drive in the NBA Development League; and Johnson.

"They'll probably take up most of the 80 minutes at those spots," Van Gundy said, "then we'll play Quincy at the four so we can get him out there 30 minutes a night."

Spencer Dinwiddie, the Pistons' third point guard if Brandon Jennings returns healthy, will play extensively in an important first summer league for him. Dinwiddie was sidelined last offseason with a knee injury suffered 17 months ago in his final college game for Colorado.

Dinwiddie will get backup help from Billy Baron, formerly of Canisius, who signed with the Pistons for summer league.

Also on the Pistons' summer roster so far are shooting guard Steven Gray, formerly of Gonzaga, and a European pro since 2011, most recently in France; and small forward Julian Washburn of Texas-El Paso, who went undrafted Thursday.

Andre Drummond was willing to participate in summer practices but the team encouraged him to spend the next six weeks training at P3 Santa Barbara, the elite training and sports science complex in California, instead.

Van Gundy said he talked with new Piston Ersan Ilyasova, the veteran power forward, about joining the team in Orlando for some practice.

Ilyasova, acquired from Milwaukee in trade this month, lives in West Palm Beach, but told MLive he was not inclined to go to Orlando this week.

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