Soooo....our bench looks pretty terrible

If you have 8 guys that can play, that's all you really need. Teams don't play all 13 guys every night.

I think you're a bit off

Ajinca has looked quite solid when he's gotten PT(looked really solid tonight) and his per 36 last year was a double double. He's a good #2 that'll be good in 10-15 minutes.

Rivers has been up and down but he's hit his FTs at a very good rate(18-24 so far I think) and he's always been a solid defender.

Jimmer was quite productive in his first few games. He should replace morrow fine.

Back up SF is a problem but tyreke is back so we just need 10 decent minutes.

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Like I said, this is the only game I've seen, but if Rivers is our top guard off the bench we're in trouble this year

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One of the top 3 guards will likely play the bench at times anyway.

I think Rivers will be fine. He at least won't have the mental screwups and be a matador like Roberts.

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I don't have enough of a sample size of seeing Jimmer to know about him

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I like what I've seen so far. Outside shot is as advertised and his D hasn't been awful.

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Ajinca is more or less a big body out there

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Nah. He's got a solid offensive game and great length. Fouls are still a bit of an issue but that's no big deal in 15 min.

He was head and shoulders above withey+steam last year(I know that's not saying much) a few months after coming over from euro.

He's also quite a decent passer that'll help Jimmer and Co get good looks.

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Salmons, Miller, Withey, Patric Young look like they should be thanking God we're giving them employment

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young showed promise but he's a UDFA so he won't be perfect. Miller was half decent tonight and he's useful if he hits 3s and plays D. Withey..Meh.

Smith has a good deal of upside but there's not enough minutes.

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Oh gee. You're complaining.

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I like to think about it as generating discussion

Don't cry about it bruh, just trying to grease the wheels of this board coming back to life again

he's being talked up a lot up here. they like him. i liked him in NOLA, but I think he was just put into a really shitty situation starting when he's just not a starter.

as for Rivers, I just want to see some sort of consistency out of him.

1.Brow
2.Reke
3.Sandy
4.Ryno
5.Holiday
6.Asik

7.Rivers
8.Ajinca
9.Fredette
10.maybe Smith

There's a clear division in talent after the first 6, but we have a 4th big, and enough guards to fill minutes at pg, sg, and sf if we stay healthy.

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and in the last 3 games he's 13/15 from the FT line.

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Like I said, I didn't see any other games

He didn't look good running the offense tonight, at all

Loomis got this shite Baw.... Loomis' playing Chess while everyone else is playing Checkers.

Jason Smith put up 0 points on 0-5 shooting and pulled down an impressive 2 rebounds in 11 minutes tonight.

Neither of those guys will play any meaningful minutes this year unless they're forced into the lineup.