31to6 wrote:Green89 wrote:CelticsPride18 wrote:
I love IT but he’s washed. He has no explosion he might get you 10 pts but he will allow 20.
Still a better net than Wannamaker getting 2 points and giving up 15. (-10 > -13).

IT net rating of -10, Wanamaker +5 (
higher is better).
https://stats.nba.com/player/202954/Also for the whatevereth time we don't need Wanamaker to score. We have four premier perimeter scorers, two of whom are on the court at any time, and Wanamaker's job is to use his 6'3" 209lb frame to play good D, push it in transition, move the ball, and make open shots.
OR to put it another way, do you want IT taking shots from
a. Tatum
b. Walker
c. Brown
d. Hayward
e. Smart
because after that it's just scraps and we have the 5th highest offensive rating in the league (
https://stats.nba.com/teams/advanced/?sort=OFF_RATING&dir=-1) while also sporting the 3rd best defensive rating (
https://stats.nba.com/teams/advanced/?sort=DEF_RATING&dir=-1) so it seems
highly unlikely we're going to bring in one of the absolute worst defenders in the league (actually he's now out of the league) and play him any minutes.
OMG this times 1 million.
Wannamaker is better in every stat except high volume scoring, which he basically doesn't do unless he's on the fast break, otherwise he passes.
People are so mad that our bench doesn't score, well, they also don't shoot much. We have 4 guys who score 20 ppg and a 5th who tries too. In the playoffs, the rotation will be much shorter. 8 guys, MAYBE 9 as we play 3 centers. Nobody will care about bench scoring. Brad rotates his 4 scorers around where 1-2 are on the court at all times to take up those shots. The bench is just to get them the shots, play defense, and rebound.
People are mad at wannabrickers bad game against the lakers and the bench lack of scoring compared to the Lakers.
Well, our 35mpg all star starting pg was out taking away our main bench scorer in Smart. Lakers have 2 off injured mega stars and a bunch of dudes. Of course they need guys to score off the bench. We have 4 scorers.
Playoffs
Kemba 35mins, Smart 13Min
Brown 35mins, Smart 13Mmin
Hayward 35m Smart 10Min Semi 3min
Tatum 36mpg, Semi 12mpg
Theis 30 MPG, Kanter 18 MPG
Now, Kanter, Semi, Timelord, Grant can all be interchanged depending on matchup and how they are playing, but the point is in the playoffs our starters should play 171mpg of a 240mpg game. That's 69 mins of bench vs the regular season which is more like 30 mpg more bench time. Smart will take up 36 of that leaving 33mins for 2-3 guys.
Unless you are injured or in foul trouble, bench is not as important in the playoffs and Bench scoring is even less to worry about when you have 4 20 ppg scorers.