Ok, after tonight's grand entrance, by Marbury, I rest my case about the bench.
The Bird Celts were a completely benchless squad, and the result was that they'd lost both '85 and '87, as a result, and possibly '84, if it weren't for Henderson's steal. Think about it, the Bird years could have been '81 and '86, two years with a series of losses in the middle.
In '85, both MacAdoo and Kupchak, did the grunt work while the Lakers starters were resting and by '87, Thompson and Green. By '88, the Pistons had a Microwave, along with Edwards.
Now, we have what Bird didn't have, Starbury not Wedman, off the bench. Imagine if KC Jones had a 20 ppg, shooting combo guard, off the bench, for all those years? The Celtics would of had a quattropeat ('84-'87).