Free Agent Watching is fun, but....

[celticinorlando]

lets see..james played 40 plus minutes and was gassed. i am saying that if grant hill can allow pierce to limit his minutes AND STILL BE AN OFFENSIVE threat while on the court during the regular season...boston has a much better chance at a title than throwing 2 unproven guys like allen and walker in there.....getting a grant hill will allow pierce to be rested so he can play 40 minutes in the playoffs if needed and doc has a solid proven vet to put in there if he needs to

[KungPoweChicken]

we didn't win because WE HAD NO BENCH! that is our point

So...In your logic, someone G.Hill, etc. coming in to play 8 minutes a game is going to win us a championship?  Because I can guarantee, if Pierce is healthy, he will play 40 minutes a game in the playoffs.  LeBron played 41.4, and Kobe played 40.8.  

I believe I can end this debate quite easily with a few words. Those words--"basketball is a team game".

[Coach]

we didn't win because WE HAD NO BENCH! that is our point

So...In your logic, someone G.Hill, etc. coming in to play 8 minutes a game is going to win us a championship?  Because I can guarantee, if Pierce is healthy, he will play 40 minutes a game in the playoffs.  LeBron played 41.4, and Kobe played 40.8.  

I believe I can end this debate quite easily with a few words. Those words--"basketball is a team game".

I'm pretty sure you can't "end the debate" with those words.

Let me give you a hypothetical, tell me what you think.

Suppose some great statistician came up with an all encompasing basketball stat that gave every player a rank out of 10.  (Work with me here, I know it's impossible.)

Lets then say that you had teams of 8.  (Only 8 really play any amount of minutes).

Let's then say you have Team A and Team B


Team A                    Team B
A = 5                                A = 10
B = 5                                B = 8
C = 5                                C = 5
D = 5                                D = 5
E = 5                                E = 5
F = 5                                F = 4
G = 5                                G = 2
H = 5                                H = 1
Total = 40                        Total = 40.

Team game right?  Teams are equal?

Which team is better?

[42-celticsFAN]

team "b" would look to be better,  but when player "a" or "b" go out with an injury, KG anyone, team "a" then looks better.