I'm curious, nick: what lineup would you have run out there in the games both Bynum and Haslem were injured?
I'm guessing:
Scola
Chandler
Budinger (?)
Manu
Felton
The lack of any sort of big man depth would have hurt once Haslem went down, but StartOrien is right: your starting lineup was definitely stellar (injuries to Bynum aside).
Seems reasonable. Also, Mahinmi would probably go from 6-8 MPG to about 15-20 during that period simply because he was the only center we would have had.
Lots of small ball and lots of three pointers during that stretch as we probably would have gotten outrebounded by a wide margin every night.
Of course, that was the beginning of the season when both Scola and Chandler were rebounding like monsters.
If Haslem can get back this year(big if I know)I would have liked this team's chances to win it all in our league. Meeks and Barbosa shooting from outside, Felton, Buddinger and Chandler doing their things, Scola, Bynum and Haslem down low and Manu as the star to make it all work. Pretty nice playoff rotation.
Again, I don't remember anyone else's rosters but I would put up this team versus any given what happened this year. I seem to remember the big tear down on this team was Bynum's ability to perform and stay healthy. I think that was answered.