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They’ve been playing 5-out quite a bit, actually. With Lively at the top, operating as a dribble hand-off hub. I assume Davis is just as good at it, if not better. I suppose you could say that Lively needs to shoot threes in order for them both to be on the court at the same time, but it’s pretty easy to get there with either/or without either having to be a threat from deep, really. Lively shooting 3's (to the extent Davis can, at least) would allow for the two to be used interchangeably, which could be confusing for defenses and advantageous when creating mismatches, but honestly they can play 5-out really well right now but playing only one of them. And ideally, you wouldn't want them to be the shooters in that offense - they'd be the handlers. I imagine we'll see this a lot since all of their PG types are now arguably as good or better off ball (except maybe Exum).