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That happened once.  DJJ has started every game but that one.  GWill has started every game.  Four of the five games Green started were because either Kyrie or Luka was out.  I’m not sure we can say “Kidd was starting” Green over DJJ when it only happened once.  

Killer is right.  Figuring out which one of DJJ and GWill sits with Exum starting is a big deal (or will be if we can ever field a healthy roster).  FWIW, Exum and GWill are +9.5 in 179 minutes.  Exum and DJJ are +14.7 in 190 minutes.  Also, Exum paired with any of Luka, Kyrie or Lively is double digit positive.  The data says this needs to be tried.  I don’t think a bench unit featuring Green, THJ, and one of GWill/DJJ with a ball handler is too small if you get a good big on the floor with them.  The problem is we don’t have the big that makes that threesome OK.

Green had actually started 3 games in a row before he was hurt but yes it was just the one where DJJ came off the bench when everyone is healthy.  My only point was that it certainly seemed like Kidd was getting to the point of wanting to find some way to bring size off the bench before everyone got hurt and was already starting to tinker with DJJ being that person. Injuries just derailed that experiment quickly.

Agreed that the bench unit you mentioned is big enough with either GWill or DJJ coming off of it. What I don’t agree with is the 82games data you posted that has GWill as the SF next to DJJ, it’s mostly semantics but with DJJ guarding the point of attack and GWill always guarding the biggest wing weak side I feel like it’s hard to label them the way 82games has. I understand the lineup data shows Exum/DJJ as a better +/- than the Exum/Williams pairing but there’s a lot of noise in there and ignores the fact that DJJ simply can’t guard a lot of the bigger wings that Williams can. I guess there can be a thought that maybe Exum can but we haven’t used him like that all that much this season so it feels like the easiest solution would just let Exum be the point of attack defender with the starters and DJJ come off the bench and figure out who should close as the game goes along.