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I think there is still so much unknown, its hard to answer that question.

Is this who Exum is?  Can he hit 3s at decent rate?  If so, I don't know how you keep him out of the starting lineup.
Is this who DJJ is?  He is taking twice the number of 3s at a wildly better percentage.  Can he come close to maintaining that?
Is Maxi done, or can he get back to his old self?  Can he stay healthy?
Can OMax develop into a rotation level player?  How soon?
Can Holmes hold down the backup center role?

I'm not sure we will know many of these answers by the TDL.  I think we will have a lot better grasp of all of these questions at the end of the season/playoffs.  Part of the reason why I am hesitant to do anything before then.

As someone who has watched Exum last season in Europe(probably more than 40 games both Euroleague and Aba league) I feel confident saying that Dante is a good shooter. He was a 40% 3pt shooter and a 90% FT shooter. His game was always more suited for the NBA, so yeah, don't expect 20+ pts, but around 12-13 pts on good efficiency with a great allaround game is not an unreasonable expectation.
I would prefer to bring Dante from the bench and have 2 of Luka, Kyrie and Dante on the floor at the same time

I think that on defense DJJ is what he is. When it comes to shooting, DJJ takes the majority of his threes from the corner, where he was already over 37% for his career.  Also for now, majority of his threes are open which helps his % . I also think that the starting role and playing carrer high MPG(more minutes means it's easier to get in your rhytm) helps him with his confidence. I can see his 3PT% drop 1-2%, but it's still great.

Maxi - I think/hope he still has 10-15 mpg in him, come playoffs.

I am 100% sure that Omax will be a rotation player, the defense he has shown is enough for him to stick in the league. Also from all that I have seen, he's a hard worker. When? I think he's a rotational player by next season

As for the Wiggins talk.. I don't trust his defense. He played with(what I consider) the best defensive player of the last 10 years in Draymond.