Comments on: Top 5 Second Units In The NBA

By: justlovethegame

justlovethegame — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:48:18 +0000

I’m surprised both the Lakers and the Cavs are not in your top five. Their benches look pretty solid to me.

By: Ryan Conte

Ryan Conte — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:16:58 +0000

Toronto

-Jarett Jack PG
-Marco Belinelli SG
-Antoine Wright SF
-Reggie Evans PF
-Rasho Nesterovic C

Good enough

By: srb

srb — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:12:56 +0000

This should have said something more like Celtics have the best bench despite it having Tony Allen available to dribble the ball off his knee.

By: WetNurse

WetNurse — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:46:12 +0000

Hands down. Orlando has the deepest squad. 2nd unit should be one of the most efficient giving their specific roles:
Williams= playmaker
Barnes= wing shooter/ slasher(at times)
Pietrus= shooter/dunker/ slasher/Defense
Bass( if he comes off bench)= rebounder/ inside power
Gortat= defense/blocking/inside-medium shooter
JJ Reddick’s another shooter… shooting happpens to be essential to 80% of orlando’s plays too

The only other team I’d mention…and this is because they’re up and coming, would be the Blazers. Here’s a little more depth:

Miller- playmaker/creative scorer
Fernandez- shooter/ slasher/ finisher
Outlaw- Defense/Blocking/Rebounding/ shooting- did i mention their most clutch next to Roy???
Webster- shooting
Pryzbilla- rebounding defense

*Not to mention, this line up gives Portland a very different momentum when matching up with other teams.
The starters in blake/roy/batum/aldridge/ oden are a solid half court team. Along come the second unit, they run, run , run and score, tiring out the other team, then come the starters again and switch it up… They do look dangerous

By: c

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:44:17 +0000

Seriously, how could you forget the Lakers? I’m pretty sure they have a better bench than some of the teams mentioned.

By: T.J.

T.J. — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:55:00 +0000

No ATL? I coulda swore our bench would have made it

Jeff Teague
Jamal Crawford
Mo Evans
Joe Smith
Zaza Pachulia
Jason Collins

I thought we would at least be an honorable mention

By: AB_40

AB_40 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:47:03 +0000

I still can’t believe the red haired armada both had starts in the nba last season brian scalabrine and matt bonner. I’ve got big quistion marks with the lakers bench. GSW has 12 bench guys

By: Diego

Diego — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:14:40 +0000

@ Heckler (post 23): Josh Smith is; Joe Smith isn’t.

By: flavur

flavur — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:50:56 +0000

I say the magic bench is deeper than the celtics, the bulls have a pretty good bench GSW has a pretty good bench also and the lakers bench should be here becuase they have a lot of versatile players that can play different positions.

By: Heckler

Heckler — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:20:47 +0000

a better question to this is:

WHICH TEAM HAS THE BEST 5 ON THE COURT WHEN THE GAME IS ON THE LINE? 5 MINUTES OR LESS IN THE 4TH QUARTER?
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interesting for the lakers. do they put a point guard on the floor? or do the go with Kobe, Artest, Odom, Gasol and Bynum?

what about boston?…will there be a better final 5 than Rondo, Allen, Piece, Garnett and Wallace?

in cleveland, how do you surround lebron on the frontline? do you go with shaq and parker as a shooter? do you go with big z who can stretch a defense when lebron drives the lane? do you go with neither and put varejo at the 5, lebron at the 4 and either parker or moon at the SF spot?

what about dallas? if you have kidd and jason terry in the backcourt and dirk upfront, where will josh howard and shawn marion be? with no brandon bass anymore, do the mavs just use 7ft dirk at center?..and go with marion at the PF and howard at SF?

in atlanta…what do you do with jamal crawford at crunch time? keep a 20pt scorer on the bench? if he plays, then who sits?..bibby?..joe johnson?..marvin williams?

Nevermind the best 2nd unit…

WHO IS GOING TO FINISH GAMES ON THESE TEAMS?!!?