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Wow…GREAT question. Between Kleber’s injury, and the absence of DFS, it’s tough to predict how that 5-out lineup will function on the defensive end, even when Kleber is back.

You’re right - seeing how this plays out will be fascinating.

I am watching Kyrie’s defense and I am hopeful he will help 5 out on defense as well as offense. Candidates who will play in the playoffs for the DFS role are essentially none. But THJ will play and his defense and finishing abilities have improved to a C and a D. He does add offense and effort that we didn’t have last year. Josh Green is way short of DFS as a defender but he does bring even more energy and is vastly improved from last year. 
Maxi is a surprisingly good shot blocker and good defender on bigs but quick scorer types totally overmatched his not so quick feet when we tried him as our one on one perimeter defender two years ago. 
Luka can be a good defender and now that he is not our only superstar he will be forced to help replace DFS defensively. That and his off the ball offense will be extremely interesting. The guy is supremely good so maybe he does show us some more awesome stuff.