Bass is just a better bench player than he's a starter. Other than in a situation that there's really no viable option to start someone over him, he's more useful to us off the bench. I've enumerated various reason for this various times already.
Depending on what the players show through training camp, I think the clear starter should be Wilcox, with Green and Sullinger having an outside shot.
But Bass is simply a better bench player from both a productive and chemistry standpoint.
I disagree for a variety of reasons.
1) If Wilcox starts at the 4, that means Collins is playing 20 mpg at the 5 spot. While I like Collins, I think it's a far better utilization of talent to play Bass, Sullinger, and Green all the 4 minutes and then give Wilcox all the backup 5 minutes. Wilcox can't do that if he's starting with KG.
2) I think Bass plays much better as a starter. The two things he's really good at is shooting that elbow jumper and finishing around the rim. He's not going to get those looks as well playing with the bench players.
3) I like Wilcox, as I already said, as a bench player because I'd rather see him getting minutes at the 5 than Collins. Playing Wilcox at the 4 essentially means Collins is taking 20 minutes that one of our more talented power forwards could be playing. But aside from that, I also like Wilcox coming in with Green and Terry and running with Rondo after the old guys come out. Wilcox and Green together on the break with Rondo running and Terry trailing would be scary.
1. Sorry, but that's completely false. Collins won't be getting any playing time regardless of Wilcox starting or not, only for situationals and garbage time. Unless Sully, Bass, or Wilcox are playing like crap, Collins will be on the bench. If Collins is playing is because Doc likes him over someone else, but it won't be because of Wilcox starting or not.
2. That's just false. Bass played better off the bench, was more productive off the bench, and was better utilized. Also, his butter hands make him often a liability when playing alongside Rondo, despite the good looks he gets with his jumpers. That said, he shot better off the bench last year. Here are his splits:
http://espn.go.com/nba/player/splits/_/id/2745/brandon-bassSo, Bass being better as a starter is a complete false myth based on logical assumptions rather than reality.
3. Once again, Collins doesn't clue in this at all. You're jumping to false conclusions.
I see the advantage of having Wilcox off the bench too, but I think he brings more to the starter's unit than Bass does, including better chemistry and pairing that with Bass' better productivity with the bench, then I see it as a no-brainer that Bass needs to come off the bench somehow.
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