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Best 2nd String Squad

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by Nimo, Jul 7, 2015.

  1. Nimo

    Nimo Member

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    Browsing the depth charts of the various NBA teams, I started looking at the benches of various NBA teams and how talented they are. Interesting. I'm a secondary Lakers fans and was glad to see Clarkson, Williams, Young, Bass, and Sacre/Hill. Not bad. Not that far from Mills, Manu, Anderson, West, and Diaw. The Warriors aren't that bad except for their front court. Speights and Ezeli are a huge drop off from Green and Bogut.

    Injuries happen and a lot of these backups will be starting at some point during the season. So if you take away all of the starters from each team, who will have the best squad?
     
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    This is an excellent thread idea however impossible to answer without depth charts and too soon in the free agency. In one month or so we could.
    Is Hill still in the Lakers?
     
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    ezili
    speights
    iggy
    barbosa
    livingston

    no one else is even close right now.
     
  4. hoopster325

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    Cleveland, and considering they basically had 2 bench players carrying them through the finals, its not really even close.

    If you had:

    Dellavadova
    JR Smith
    James Jones
    Tristan Thompson
    Anderson Varejao

    That would still be significantly better than whatever Philly is rolling out on a nightly basis.
     
  5. hoopster325

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    Other teams to consider.

    Chicago:
    Aaron Brooks
    Tony Snell
    McDermott
    Taj Gibson
    Mirotic

    Boston (who is really a team stock full of marginal NBA starters):
    Isaiah Thomas
    Evan Turner
    Jerebko
    Sullinger/David Lee
    Zeller

    I actually think the Timberwolves have great depth now too.
     
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    Nick Johnson
    Scrub
    Brewer
    TJones
    Capela
     
  7. Texanasiafan

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    2guys still remain unsigned as of today, one guy may not even able to play and with a garbage co tract, one guy only getting to play because he is Lebrons friend.

    You called it a good bench?
     
  8. Texanasiafan

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    As for Boston,

    no, they dont have a bench.

    Their starters are just the same as their bench and is 100% interchangeable.
     
  9. hoopster325

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    If that is the bench by start of the year yeah its a great bench.
     
  10. hoopster325

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    Agreed, their entire team is #5 to #9 options on a competitive team
     
  11. Nimo

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    Miami has a nice bench.....Winslow, McRoberts, Napier, Chalmers and Chris Anderson
     
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    that bench was carried by one person. that bench sucks
     
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    Thanx! Nice link but its not correct yet. Some of these have not agreed to be resigned or are waived.

    Milwaukees second :
    Vasquez
    Mayo
    Inglis
    Henson
    Pachulia

    Btw bostons depth chart is crazy.
     
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    Well that bench may add joe johnson soon and it already has mo williams instead of delly.
     
  16. YOLO

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    we weren't talking about any additions
     
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    I at first thought the Spurs sacrificed their marquee depth for LMA, they still have a nice second unit:
    Mills
    Ginobili
    Boris
    West

    Obviously still some holes to fill, but who does that better than the Spurs?
     
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    JR Smith, Mo Williams, Delly and Thompson? What?
     
  19. Nimo

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    Is JR coming back? That's a small lineup. Only one front court player. You gotta put Mike Miller in there and maybe Christmas or Varejao.
     
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    LaVine
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    Wowza
     

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