12-19-2023, 08:29 PM
(12-19-2023, 03:40 PM)mvossman Wrote: If Derrick and Exum can maintain decent shooting, its hard to argue not having both in. Along with Lively they are our best defenders. Jones is already regressing towards his recent average and Exum is still a very small sample, but even with average shooting they are probably best options. I don't think a Lively/DJJ/Luka/Exum/Kyrie lineup will be too small in the playoffs. In a very small sample (22 minutes) that group is +71.
As you said it is really early to make firm judgements. I have been very happy with Jones so far. One of my favorite closing lineups was when Green and Jones finished against Houston and really made hustle plays as Luka and Kyrie took care of the scoring. I just worry about Jones finishing games against a lot of the bigger teams in the west. I think the lack of size and rebounding are concerning. But lets see. We don't really have a ton of options currently.