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Indiana Pacers small forward Sam Young spent the majority of the preseason working with the starters while Danny Granger nursed his injured left knee.

Granger’s out of the lineup indefinitely because of his knee and Young is out the starting lineup with Gerald Green stepping in.

Pacers coach Frank Vogel went with Young with the starters during the preseason because he wanted the second unit, which featured Green, to work together as much as possible to create continuity.

That notion went out the window when the Pacers announced Tuesday that Granger would be out.

“Gerald is higher than Sam on the depth chart,” Vogel said. “With Danny out, it changes everything that we were trying to do during the preseason. Gerald and Paul (George) will get the bulk of the minutes at the wing position(s).”

Vogel will continue to use a 10-man rotation, with Young backing up Green at small forward, but he plans to change up the minutes so that either Green or George is on the court as much as possible. That will keep a scoring threat on the wing.

“We will stagger the rotation so that the second unit doesn’t all of a sudden become Lance (Stephenson) and Sam Young out there,” Vogel said. “They may see some minutes together, but I’ll try to keep Paul or Gerald on the court at one time.”

Vogel emphasized that they can’t have just one player pick up the scoring slack in Granger’s absence. They have to continue to play with a team-first mindset.

“I told them loud and clear, this is not a one man got-to-step-and-fill the role,” Vogel said. “The strength of our team is that we’re a team, we play and share the basketball and we play as one. We don’t want anybody forcing anything because they feel like they have shoes to fill.”

Pacers rookie Miles Plumlee joined Granger on the inactive list Wednesday.

Vogel pointed out that Ben Hansbrough and Orlando Johnson didn’t do anything to earn an active spot on the roster over Plumlee; it was matter of health concerns.

Johnson gave the Pacers an extra wing with Granger out and Hansbrough was active because starting point guard George Hill isn’t completely healthy from his hip pointer, which caused him to miss most of the preseason.

Antonio Davis is joining ex-Pacers Reggie Miller, Jalen Rose and Chris Mullin as an analyst on television.

Davis, who spent six seasons with the Pacers, will be an NBA analyst on ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” “NBA Coast to Coast” and “NBA Tonight.”