Brown will serve as the backup point guard in Monday's preseason game against the Spurs, Rob Beard of The Detroit News reports.

EDGE Analysis

It had appeared that Brown had the edge over Ray McCallum to be the team's third point guard entering training camp, and head coach Stan Van Gundy giving him the backup point guard minutes in the preseason home opener confirms that. With Reggie Jackson (knee) out, Ish Smith will start for Detroit and Brown should get a good opportunity to showcase his skills behind him Monday.