do celtics have a top 10 bench right now?

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Going into the season, it looked like Portland would have a strong bench with Jerrod Bayless, Wesley Matthews, Marcus Camby, and Rudy Fernandez.  They traded Bayless and Camby was thrust into the starting lineup by another Oden injury.

I can see how some people would like the Bucks bench better the the Celtics.  The Rockets have a deep bench that they rely on more than the Celtics.  Just because the Mano Ginobelli is starting now, that doesn't mean the Spurs have a crap bench.

The main flaw of the Celtics bench is lack of scoring.  If you treat Shaq as a starter, Boston has only one player (Nate Robinson) scoring more than 14 points per 36 minutes.  Many teams have 3-4 players on their bench scoring at that rate.  I don't look at Robinson, Davis, or Daniels and think that any of them should be starting on many NBA teams. 

Given a lack of a near All-Star level player who could start but is coming off the bench and a lack of offense, the Celtics bench is going to be undervalued by people.  I don't see anything wrong with someone saying Boston doesn't have a top five bench.  I also think it is not so far-fetched for someone to honestly believe that the Celtics bench isn't top ten.

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Going into the season, it looked like Portland would have a strong bench with Jerrod Bayless, Wesley Matthews, Marcus Camby, and Rudy Fernandez.  They traded Bayless and Camby was thrust into the starting lineup by another Oden injury.

I can see how some people would like the Bucks bench better the the Celtics.  The Rockets have a deep bench that they rely on more than the Celtics.  Just because the Mano Ginobelli is starting now, that doesn't mean the Spurs have a crap bench.

The main flaw of the Celtics bench is lack of scoring.  If you treat Shaq as a starter, Boston has only one player (Nate Robinson) scoring more than 14 points per 36 minutes.  Many teams have 3-4 players on their bench scoring at that rate.  I don't look at Robinson, Davis, or Daniels and think that any of them should be starting on many NBA teams. 

Given a lack of a near All-Star level player who could start but is coming off the bench and a lack of offense, the Celtics bench is going to be undervalued by people.  I don't see anything wrong with someone saying Boston doesn't have a top five bench.  I also think it is not so far-fetched for someone to honestly believe that the Celtics bench isn't top ten.

Some good points.  For one, I'm really surprised that we don't have a wing-scorer on the bench (or is that what Quisy is supposed to be?).  The conventional wisdom is that wings are a dime a dozen, but it seems to be our most notable hole.

Injuries are surely a big part of this, but who didn't know going into the season that JO and Delonte were going to be hurt and miss a considerable amount of time?  What's the over/under on Quisy playing 60 games this year?

We're not talking about the roster, we're talking about the bench-the players who play.  And we're pretty thin on bodies, and surely thin on size as well.