Celtics: Most dangerous bench in the EAST?

[manl_lui]

not yet, but we're getting there. I personally think we need ONE more big, preferably one that can rebound and maybe score 4 points

I believe Lee/Jet/Green (When Bradley comes back), can easily be a 20-25 ppg off the bench together, and can also potentially be 30 points on any given night. Pretty dangerous with that alone.

[Brendan]

Deepest, most talented. The C's problem isn't 1-11 depth. It's 1-5 depth.

It's also the matching of talent. If AB comes back Lee will be superfluous, or close to it. And our backup center is either the very limited Collins or an undersized PF.

Composition in a bench is more important than talent often. That being said - Terry, Lee, the PFs, Green, can always be moved again later if the fit isn't there - so I'd rather get Danny get what he can get, rather than wait for the next perfect piece.

[eugen]

I think NYK and Bulls have better bench than us or Miami

[jMo721]

not yet, but we're getting there. I personally think we need ONE more big, preferably one that can rebound and maybe score 4 points

I believe Lee/Jet/Green (When Bradley comes back), can easily be a 20-25 ppg off the bench together, and can also potentially be 30 points on any given night. Pretty dangerous with that alone.

I think our scoring will look something like this next season:

Rondo 10-15 ppg
Avery ~10 ppg
Pierce 15-20 ppg
Bass ~10 ppg
KG 15-20 ppg
JET 10-15 ppg
Green ~10 ppg
Lee 8-12 ppg

That's a combined 88-102 total ppg, with a few more buckets coming from players like Wilcox, Sullinger, Collins . Sure, some guys will be well below the above numbers. But others like Rondo, JET, or Pierce could easily explode for 25-30 on any given night. With our stellar defense, I love the offensive additions Danny and Doc have brought in this offseason.

[crimson_stallion]

Whoa hang on a second...

How is one  15-20 PPG scorer (Ginobilli / Harden) more dangerous then a combo of one 15PPG scorer (Terry) and two 12 PPG scorers (Lee and Green)?  Terry on his own is almost a match for either if those guys production wise.

Spurs are up there but not just because if Ginobilli, but because of the combo of him, Stephen Jackson, Bonner etc.

OKC no..

Knicks are up there with Felton, JR Smith, Camby (Kidd will start and Novak is nothing but a shooter).

Knicks no...they lost Asik and Gibson now is the only guy close to being comparable to Boston's"big 3" off the  bench

Miami could be solid with Cole, Allen, Lewis/Battier, Haslem.

So that's NY, SA and Miami that are competitive worst case scenario (assuming Sullinger and Melo produce nothing, Green shows zero improvement, Wilcox struggles in his return).

Best case scenario green shows his potential for 12-15PPG (which I think he will), Sullinger becomes a productive piece (8 points, 6 rebounds) off the bench and Wilcox returns to last year's form...and in that case only SA can probably compete with us.

Even our worst case scenario (top 4 bench) is pretty [dang] good.

[More Banners]

Terry
Lee
Green
Wilcox
Collins

Wouldn't be too bad of a starting lineup, actually.

That team would be Bobcats bad, or worse.

It's excellent for a bench, though, assuming everyone blends well.  Also, I'm hoping Wilcox plays over Collins, with Sullinger filling the PF slot.

Oh, come on, Roy.  At this point in the season, we're allowed to think every one of our bench guys is a borderline allstar/6th man nodworthy.

That lineup would make a run for the playoffs with Doc coaching.  No doubt.

[Finkelskyhook]

If If If If If.....

And if Rivers gives the bench players minutes instead of running the starters ragged.

Lots of ifs.

[cman88]

on paper, we are one of the deepest teams in the league..if anything the Spurs/Bulls taught us the last 2 years is that if you have a solid bench you can win alot of basketball games in the regular season.

the thing is IMO what has killed us in the playoffs each of the last 2 years is our Depth/Bench. Our starters would build a lead, and then lose it just as quick when the bench comes in.

look at game 7 against Miami...we lead miami at points, and played them pretty much to a tie going into the 4th quarter.

but our guys(KG,pierce,allen etc.) looked gassed leading to our offensive woes.

If you can actually keep/build our leads while resting Pierce even a few extra minutes and get contributions out of more than our top 5 then I think we have a MUCH better chance of having the gas in the tank to Beat Miami and other teams.

[CelticG1]

Really depends on AB

IF AB is a question mark at all that REALLY affects the bench.