I read that article and it was interesting. One problem is that statistically Exum is playing better than Mack by almost every statistic out there individually, which was left out of this article. I think he is passing the eye test for being better than Mack as well for most. There are many factors to plus minus and it's not the best stat to me to rely on for how a player is performing. I do think the coaching staff is trying to teach exum a lesson and most of that is about playing better defense. He has slipped defensively for some reason, hopefully he gets back to where he was. Teams also play exum differently than Mack which is a factor. The solution to that is Exum needs to shoot more from 3 when open and start hitting them at a decent clip. He is a streaky shooter this season and he needs to hit that 3 consistently to open up his game and help open up his teammates game. Consistency comes from experience on the court in my opinion. I would rather us lose a couple games now because of Exum and have a much better player towards the end of the season than Mack getting minutes. Although it's hard to say either is a factor in W/L right now for our team especially over each other.
The team has won three in a row after losing four in a row. I don't see that as some big trend towards winning.
