thebuzzardman wrote:I think the bench is middling, but a middle of the pack bench should enable Thibs to rest the starters like wound up happening the last few games.
Mainly the bench has some height issues, but it's what it is.
Payne
Deuce
Precious
Shamet is a solid enough 4 man bench.
Thibs is never going 10 deep, so if/when Mitch comes back, maybe there's a world where Shamet sits, Towns & Hart minutes drop a little, and Mitch gets his 18-20 that way.
And Mitch's first 5 games back, he's probably not exceeding 10 mpg, then ramping up to 15, then to 18-20
So, if the goal is to play the starters 34 mpg, that's 70 minutes split between 4 bench players.
They should probably go 18/18/14/14. Some bench player someone likes, either Mitch or Deuce or Precious or even Payne is going to wind up playing 12-14 mpg. Just so the minutes watchers aren't upset.
I think Thibs likes Precious and he's Thibs type of defender, but I still wonder if Mitch returning will just cut Precious minutes only, rather than being more flexible and creative with lineups
