Kings Bench rated #10 in league

[CruzDude]

In a John Hollinger article for ESPN Insider yesterday, he rated the Kings with the 10th best bench in the league ahead of a bunch of playoff bound teams. Sorry folks, thats all I can dangle. But speaks loudly to the improvement the Kings are slowly seeing. In the bottom 10 are 3 of the top teams in the league too!!

 

[Bricklayer]

Well good and all that, and with platoons at nearly every position it makes sense. But:

1) I wonder how it determiend who actually WAS part of our bench given that we ourselves don't know who is and isn't going to start from game to game

2) having three of the top teams in the league in the bottom 10 might actually be a good argument about how much more important it is to have top starters than a top bench

 

[bajaden]

Well good and all that, and with platoons at nearly every position it makes sense. But:

1) I wonder how it determiend who actually WAS part of our bench given that we ourselves don't know who is and isn't going to start from game to game

2) having three of the top teams in the league in the bottom 10 might actually be a good argument about how much more important it is to have top starters than a top bench

I don't think its ever good to have your bench at the bottom of the league, but in this case it does make some sense. The Heat for instance didn't much money left for a bench after signing the big three. And as you implied, if your starting unit is all averaging 38 minutes a game, your bench isn't going to see many minutes.

My first thought about the Kings was, how in the hell do they even know who our bench players are. It changes so often I can't even keep up with it.

 

[Andre87]

imagine where that bench would have been if Donte actually got any minutes from our dearest coach...

 

[RookieOfTheDay]

That may have something to do with them being the only team in the league with a 12 man bench.

 

[Prince_XY]

In a John Hollinger article for ESPN Insider yesterday, he rated the Kings with the 10th best bench in the league ahead of a bunch of playoff bound teams. Sorry folks, thats all I can dangle. But speaks loudly to the improvement the Kings are slowly seeing. In the bottom 10 are 3 of the top teams in the league too!!

I don't see this as an improvement, especially with our record standing worse than last year. Being a young team at the bottom of the win-loss column, and yet being rated as having the 10th best bench tells me a different thing.

I see this as somewhat of a validation of the difficulties Westphal is undergoing whenever he decides who to start every game. With the exception of Evans who clearly should start as our PG or SG, nobody amongst our new/young players really deserves being called starter-caliber player yet. Cousins was close enough, but his immature behavior at times and the availability of another starter-caliber veteran center Dalembert somehow prevents him from being one. I wish Westphal would start and develop Cousins at PF for now, so we could have 3 clear-cut starters at 3 positions.

Our team seems like a bunch of second stringers that it does not really matter who you start.

 

[vikinginferno]

I don't see this as an improvement, especially with our record standing worse than last year. Being a young team at the bottom of the win-loss column, and yet being rated as having the 10th best bench tells me a different thing.

I see this as somewhat of a validation of the difficulties Westphal is undergoing whenever he decides who to start every game. With the exception of Evans who clearly should start as our PG or SG, nobody amongst our new/young players really deserves being called starter-caliber player yet. Cousins was close enough, but his immature behavior at times and the availability of another starter-caliber veteran center Dalembert somehow prevents him from being one. I wish Westphal would start and develop Cousins at PF for now, so we could have 3 clear-cut starters at 3 positions.

Our team seems like a bunch of second stringers that it does not really matter who you start.

HORRIBLE idea IMO. Cousins is not, nor will he ever be, a PF. Trying to develop a 6'11, 270 pound player as a PF does not make any sense. Cousins has the possibility of being one of the best centers in the game and there is no reason to try and turn him into a power forward, even just for the short-term. This will only hurt Cousins' development as a center by placing him at an awkward position guarding much quicker players. I want to see Cuz guarding the biggest players in the league and develop as best he can right in the paint on D.

 

[kingsboi]

That's dandy and all but what is our bench exactly? 0_o

 

[TheWileyVet]

With the way Westphal is always changing lineups how do they even know who the bench is?

 

[mr. moustache]

imagine where that bench would have been if Donte actually got any minutes from our dearest coach...

Have you watched Donte play this year?