First off, i LOVE our starting 5. But our bench is just full of tweeners, undersized players and guys who are not that athletic. One of the reasons we won in 08 is because we had length, Posey and PJ Brown provided that. It was extremely apparent during game 7 that we got KILLED on the boards, due to our lack of length and only lost by 4 points. If we had a long 4/5 or even a good 6'8" small forward, we might just of blown the Lakers out.
Danny's obsession of undersized guys like Baby, Gomes, and now Harongody is one that i truly dont understand. I got love for Baby, but he hurt us that night on the boards. We need to get longer at the 4 spot and its a few months til we start the season and we still have NO help in that position. Not to mention our huge gaping HOLE at the wing spot.
If Marquis is our main backup going into next year, we're pretty screwed. We watched guys like Raja Bell, Matt Barnes, and Dorell Wright (yea hes young, but he still has potential) all go to other teams. I don't know what Ainge is going to do, but us starting the season with Marquise and Jarvis Hayes makes me feel pretty [dang] uneasy. I want Battier, can we get him? I doubt it.
The bottom line is this is IT, we need to pull out all the stops this year and not be cheap. As it stands KG, PP, and Ray are going to be ran into the ground like 09. We all know how that turned out. Right now, i dont feel good about our bench at all.