12-24-2023, 01:11 AM
(12-23-2023, 11:56 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Idk, man. Seems huge to me, especially when wondering who goes to the bench.
Williams or DJJ?
Given that Exum and DJJ are both primarily point of attach defenders and Grant Williams is a better weak side defender and plays much bigger than both of them I assume the answer is DJJ.
I actually would go even further and say that the question is not who is being replaced between Williams or DJJ but who is being replaced between Williams or Green. The last time this team healthy (minus Kleber) was that win against the Rockets in late November and at that point Kidd was starting Green over DJJ and at the time it felt like it was more because DJJ coming off the bench provided the second unit with a lot more needed size more so than Green earning the spot. Now we’re at a point where Exum is a clearly better option than Green and does all the things we want Green to do AND can still have DJJ add size to our bench. Bringing Hardaway off the bench with either Green or Exum longterm is not sustainable because of how much size we give up.
The bigger story of all of this aside from who’s starting and finishing now that Exum has been so good is what happens to Green. I have a feeling he gets shopped hard.