how we feeling about the bench mob now? the idea that they could hang with sub-.500 teams is really being put to the test here.
What are the lineups for each side?
End of our bench vs. their starters
but that's the point; people were so gaga over our bench that some even suggested they'd be able to hang with sub-.500 teams.
well, this is a sub-.500 team, and they can't even get a shot off, let alone make a shot.
No..what people were saying is that the 6th through 11th players on our team could stick with a 500 team...this is the 11th through 16th players on our team ie. the guys who wont even play. They didnt come back against Quis, wilcox, bass, dolling, etc.
yeah, and i agree with you as far as the unit out there right now is concerned . . . but the run that started this comeback began when key members of the bench were still out there, and those guys very noticeably could not score to save their lives.
That's not what I saw. Our key bench guys have dominated most of the game tonight.
a couple of the bench guys did well when they were mixed with starters (which, admittedly, is how they are going to be played 90% of the time). but im just pointing out, this bench is not as amazing as some people were saying. put things in perspective a little bit here. there is no go-to guy on the bench that we can rely on to score consistently against starter-level players.
that doesn't mean the bench is bad, but it means it's not necessarily a big strength, either.
To be fair, all the comments that I've seen regarding the strength of our bench were from before Green was out. Since he went down, I dont think anyone has indicated that our bench would be a strength.
I think our normal bench players (bass, wilcox, quis, dooling) looked great today. The others are basically just trying to prove they can play in the same league. From that...Moore looked good, and the Bradley experiment should be put to an end. The problem isnt that we were trying to force him to be a PG, when he's a shooting guard...the problem is that we're trying to convince ourselves that he's a legit NBA prospect, that was worth a 17th pick, when he just isnt. His shortcomings on offense are too large to be made up for with his defense.