No bench, or stacked bench? Which one is better

[TheCalmInsanity]

I remember when the Clippers used to have a great bench (when they were called "a tribe called bench", with Bledsoe and company), everyone was like "Clippers are gona be **** in the playoffs cause you barely use your bench ever".

Now, they have no bench and everyone is saying "they're gona be **** in the playoffs cause they have no bench".

Which one is true, and why do people keep flip flopping about it?

[navy]

Stacked bench is better because you can bring in guys to play with your starters.
The Clippers are lucky that they have the starters advantage, because of they didnt and they had no bench they would be fvcked.

[TheCalmInsanity]

Stacked bench is better because you can bring in guys to play with your starters.
The Clippers are lucky that they have the starters advantage, because of they didnt and they had no bench they would be fvcked.

Then why did people conveniently believe that having a stacked bench is bad for playoffs since the rotations shorten? Conveniently the year that the Clippers had a great bench? Makes no sense.

I think people just want to find reasons to hate them no matter what it is

[navy]

Then why did people conveniently believe that having a stacked bench is bad for playoffs since the rotations shorten, the year that the Clippers had a great bench? Makes no sense.

I think people just want to find reasons to hate them no matter what it is

Anyone who thinks a stacked bench is bad has no idea what they are talking about to be honest. It's never a bad idea to be stacked.

[JimmyMcAdocious]

When is too much depth ever an issue? Rotation shortening during the playoffs is giving more minutes to the best players. That doesn't necessarily imply only the starters.

[Lebron23]

Stacked Bench. If your starter got suspended or went down with an injury. You can easily find a good replacement off the bench.

[TheCalmInsanity]

You guys have to also factor in that if you have a stacked bench (unless they were all steals from the 2nd round and/or players that have overachieved the small contracts that they were given) you can't have as much money to pay good starters.

I think you can make an argument for either one (stacked starting 5, poor bench vs decent starting 5, stacked bench), but I made this post because it's just funny that both arguments are only used to hate on a specific team.

[MellowYellow]

If they didn't severely misuse Spencer Hawes they would have a stacked bench. Their glaring hole at the small forward position is their biggest weakness imo. Imagine if they had someone like Pierce instead of Hawes though, probably woulda beat the spurs in 5.

[b0bab0i]

If they didn't severely misuse Spencer Hawes they would have a stacked bench. Their glaring hole at the small forward position is their biggest weakness imo. Imagine if they had someone like Pierce instead of Hawes though, probably woulda beat the spurs in 5.

Or Garnett

[finchyyy]

Sometimes having too many guys can be a bad thing, for example, the '83 Celtics were STACKED. But they had too many guys that needed minutes and couldn't get the balance right, which killed the team. The next year they made a few trades (amongst other things), and won the title. Sometimes less is more.

[Legends66NBA7]

Strong starting unit or Stacked starting + no bench > So-so starting or Fringe strarting unit + stacked bench


Coaching matters a lot here too.

[lilandywiggins]

Obviously a stacked bench. It is up to the coach to actually utilize it though.

[sp6r=underrated]

Then why did people conveniently believe that having a stacked bench is bad for playoffs since the rotations shorten? Conveniently the year that the Clippers had a great bench? Makes no sense.

I think people just want to find reasons to hate them no matter what it is

You assume the same people are making both arguments. the people who think bench play was irrelevant in the past still probably believe so now. Believers in bench play probably never made the who care about the bench argument in the past.

[jimmybball]

You assume the same people are making both arguments. the people who think bench play was irrelevant in the past still probably believe so now. Believers in bench play probably never made the who care about the bench argument in the past.

I don't know, Pop has made bench play more popular than ever.

[MJistheGOAT]

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