Tristan da Silva News: Starting in preseason opener

Da Silva will start in Saturday's preseason game against the Heat, Jason Beede of the Orlando Sentinel reports.

The second-year forward will get the starting nod against Miami due to Franz Wagner (rest) being sidelined. Da Silva appeared in 74 regular-season games (38 starts) during his rookie season, averaging 7.2 points and 3.3 rebounds while shooting 41.2 percent from the field across 22.0 minutes per game.