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Re: Deepest bench in years?
« Reply #15 on: July 23, 2015, 02:42:45 PM »

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Quote from: Big333223 on July 23, 2015, 01:56:27 PM
It's great that our bench is as deep as it is. It's a shame we don't have any starters.

I think I disagree. We have a few guys that could start on a championship team. Only problem is they would be 4th-5th best starter.
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Re: Deepest bench in years?
« Reply #16 on: July 23, 2015, 03:00:53 PM »

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Quote from: celts55 on July 23, 2015, 02:42:45 PM
Quote from: Big333223 on July 23, 2015, 01:56:27 PM
It's great that our bench is as deep as it is. It's a shame we don't have any starters.

I think I disagree. We have a few guys that could start on a championship team. Only problem is they would be 4th-5th best starter.
Mario Chalmers started on a team that went to 4 straight NBA Finals, winning two of them.  Pretty much any player can start on a title team. 

The real key to your statement is we don't have a foundational piece in place and that is the problem.
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Re: Deepest bench in years?
« Reply #17 on: July 23, 2015, 04:26:17 PM »

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Quote from: Moranis on July 23, 2015, 03:00:53 PM
Quote from: celts55 on July 23, 2015, 02:42:45 PM
Quote from: Big333223 on July 23, 2015, 01:56:27 PM
It's great that our bench is as deep as it is. It's a shame we don't have any starters.

I think I disagree. We have a few guys that could start on a championship team. Only problem is they would be 4th-5th best starter.
Mario Chalmers started on a team that went to 4 straight NBA Finals, winning two of them.  Pretty much any player can start on a title team. 
This! Even Rondo (who was very unproven at that time) started on our championship team back in the 07-08 season even though many people regarded him as a bench player ::)
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Re: Deepest bench in years?
« Reply #18 on: July 23, 2015, 04:39:56 PM »

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Rondooooooooo!
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Re: Deepest bench in years?
« Reply #19 on: July 23, 2015, 04:45:35 PM »

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Another spectacular food fight about our roster  ;D

Bring it on!

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« Reply #20 on: July 23, 2015, 04:58:58 PM »

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Re: Deepest bench in years?
« Reply #21 on: July 23, 2015, 05:15:05 PM »

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Quote from: SHAQATTACK on July 23, 2015, 04:58:58 PM
Quote from: KG Living Legend on July 23, 2015, 04:39:56 PM
Rondooooooooo!


Who?

Chocolate biscuits? What do chocolate biscuits have to do with our bench?

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Re: Deepest bench in years?
« Reply #22 on: July 23, 2015, 05:22:46 PM »

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One good thought experiment to sort the Mario Chalmers from the Chris Boshes on any given roster is to look at the nominal starting five and sub them out, one at a time, for LeBron James (or an equivalent franchise-altering superstar if you don't want to envision James on the Celtics).

So, looking at our nominal depth chart at ESPN:
espn.go.com/nba/team/depth/_/name/bos/boston-celtics

We're starting
Zeller
Johnson
Turner
Bradley
Smart

(the Lee trade isn't there yet)

How much better would our team be if it was
James
Johnson
Turner
Bradley
Smart

or

Zeller
James
Turner
Bradley
Smart

or

Zeller
Johnson
James
Bradley
Smart

Not appropriating for position, just a sheer upgrade in talent -- and you can see which players are, relatively speaking, more or less important than the others, at least in terms of being better for the squad on an individual talent level than their contemporaries by virtue of their hypothetical, vacuumed replacement.
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Re: Deepest bench in years?
« Reply #23 on: July 23, 2015, 05:25:02 PM »

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Re: Deepest bench in years?
« Reply #24 on: July 23, 2015, 05:45:05 PM »

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Quote from: LarBrd33 on July 23, 2015, 02:57:49 AM
Quote from: notbillsimmons on July 23, 2015, 01:03:41 AM
Deepest bench! Our whole roster is a deep bench team.
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Re: Deepest bench in years?
« Reply #25 on: July 23, 2015, 05:56:15 PM »

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Quote from: TA9 on July 23, 2015, 04:26:17 PM
Quote from: Moranis on July 23, 2015, 03:00:53 PM
Quote from: celts55 on July 23, 2015, 02:42:45 PM
Quote from: Big333223 on July 23, 2015, 01:56:27 PM
It's great that our bench is as deep as it is. It's a shame we don't have any starters.

I think I disagree. We have a few guys that could start on a championship team. Only problem is they would be 4th-5th best starter.
Mario Chalmers started on a team that went to 4 straight NBA Finals, winning two of them.  Pretty much any player can start on a title team. 
This! Even Rondo (who was very unproven at that time) started on our championship team back in the 07-08 season even though many people regarded him as a bench player ::)
Yes, I'm being facetious. But you get what I'm saying.
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Re: Deepest bench in years?
« Reply #26 on: July 23, 2015, 06:01:11 PM »

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Obviously people have no idea what depth is.  This team is not deep.
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Re: Deepest bench in years?
« Reply #27 on: July 23, 2015, 06:15:24 PM »

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Quote from: D.o.s. on July 23, 2015, 05:22:46 PM
One good thought experiment to sort the Mario Chalmers from the Chris Boshes on any given roster is to look at the nominal starting five and sub them out, one at a time, for LeBron James (or an equivalent franchise-altering superstar if you don't want to envision James on the Celtics).

So, looking at our nominal depth chart at ESPN:
espn.go.com/nba/team/depth/_/name/bos/boston-celtics

We're starting
Zeller
Johnson
Turner
Bradley
Smart

(the Lee trade isn't there yet)

How much better would our team be if it was
James
Johnson
Turner
Bradley
Smart

or

Zeller
James
Turner
Bradley
Smart

or

Zeller
Johnson
James
Bradley
Smart

Not appropriating for position, just a sheer upgrade in talent -- and you can see which players are, relatively speaking, more or less important than the others, at least in terms of being better for the squad on an individual talent level than their contemporaries by virtue of their hypothetical, vacuumed replacement.

Poor Turner.

Related to the bold, I am completely unconvinced that you are not a psychologist. :)
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Re: Deepest bench in years?
« Reply #28 on: July 23, 2015, 06:18:11 PM »

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Quote from: triboy16f on July 23, 2015, 12:10:45 AM
What do you guys think?

say starting lineup is

Amir
Lee
Turner
AB
Smart

Bench depth

Zeller/KO
Sully/Jerebko/Mickey
Crowder/PJ3
Hunter/Young
IT/Rozier

*one player (likely pf) cut from lineup

out of 10, how would you rate this bench?
The bench is a ten. The starters are a 4
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Re: Deepest bench in years?
« Reply #29 on: July 23, 2015, 08:36:00 PM »

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Play fast, share the ball, and defend aggressively. Run every chance you can, substitute often. When you have a team without standout players, and a deep bench. Push the pace.
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