Been saying since this summer that this bench wasn't good.
I think it was Brads fault for staying with unfamiliar unit.
It has nothing to do with this game. It's always been a bad offense, little experienced bench. Smart and Rozier are just BAD offensive players. Morris is very much a me type player and doesn't really fit the system. Theis and Baynes are great role players but sort of redundant and limited. Nader, Larken, Allen and Bird are just bad.
The injury to Hayward hurt the bench because Tatum isn't coming off the bench but he's never been an offensive focus when playing with the bench. 2 bad offensive players, Smart and Rozier, are the offensive focus with the bench unit.
Luckily, with Hayward hurt, we know we aren't going anywhere this year. So we live with what we have and try to develop bench players but, there is little to develop.