resigning favors and exum to those contracts and not resigning jerebko was dumb AF. mirotic or bjelica or some sort of true/mobile stretch 4 would've been perfect next to gobert. the offense plays at a disadvantage w/ rubio or exum in. rubio's defense is overrated but at least exum can guard when motivated. but they still end up playing 4 on 5 offensively when he's in. both he and rubio are also terrible at finishing at the rim. Neto may be better than both. Allen is still learning/catching up defensively but can be great offensively w/ burks if quin will allow him a longer leash to play through rookie mistakes and to run more plays on the move for him as he's adept at attacking the paint (rather than standing in the corner like they've been having him do while watching exum do dumb shyt). An ideal lineup (in the absence of rubio or exum and if allen can improve on defense) is mitchell, burks/allen, ingles, crowder/niang, gobert. That's 3 ballhandlers/playmakers in the backcourt with 2 potentially reliable shooters in mitchell and burks and 3 potentially elite shooters in allen, ingles, and niang. Floor spacing everywhere save for gobert as crowder can be a threat as well when he takes good shots. mitchell, burks, allen would have much easier lanes to the hoop with less help defense compared to having to play next to/with rubio or exum. If you want a primarily defensive lineup, then you can go exum, mitchell/burks, o'neale, crowder, gobert. A trade has to happen. I suspect burks and favors may be on the block as expirers, but finding suitors for ricky and exum is gonna be tough with how bad they've both been.
