Warriors are the only bench that is clearly better. Portland only just became slightly better with the Afflalo pickup and I guess I would consider SA also slightly better, but not based on talent just on how they work as a group. OKC could be in that mix, but that remains to be seen. All in all I don't think it would be crazy to argue we are second, I probably wouldn't go that far, but it's not crazy and think somewhere in the 2-5 mix sounds right. And after all the moaning and groaning in the offseason about how Morey doesn't care about the bench! Were not even gonna make the playoffs with this sorry excuse for depth! Here we are not looking bad at all.
I like the Warriors, Blazers, Clippers, Spurs and Thunder benches more than I like the Rockets bench. Especially since Terrence Jones hasn't played a whole lot this season and Terry has slowed down since his hot start to the season. And then there's Dorsey.
Our starting unit is not rock solid. It is flawed in that we do not have anybody that can create shots when Harden is off (refs, double teams, etc.). Why do you think 99% of us was begging Morey to trade for a traditional starting pg?? Our bench is just fine.
