no, but who the eff cares? what does it matter if none of the bench players clearly stand out over one another? this isn't elementary school. its not a feel-goodery. its about wins. its about developing chemistry and consistency. you don't dole out minutes based on some cockamamie notion that every guy on the bench "deserves" them. you pick a tight rotation that can become dependable through protracted usage, no matter who gets left out:
thomas
evans
johnson
thompson
cousins
thornton
brooks
hayes
robinson
garcia
i'm giving keith smart ten guys in this scenario. TEN!! that's more than enough, with garcia being the tenth man off the bench, the flex guy who receives spot minutes per his utility. nobody else needs minutes, except in garbagetime. yes, outlaw never sees the floor in this scenario. completely fine by me. yes, tyler honeycutt is permanently your 13th man. no objection there. and yes, jimmer's also on the outside-looking-in. that would certainly pee off his contingent of fans, but again, who the eff cares? blame geoff petrie. bringing aaron brooks to sacramento in the offseason complicated an already-muddy guard rotation. without brooks, jimmer becomes your ninth or tenth guy off the bench. as it is, you just have to make a decision. if coach decides to move brooks into the starting PG spot, and brings jimmer off the bench to spell, while sidelining thomas, i'm okay with that, too, as long as he makes a goddamn decision. no more of this lottery ball lineup ****...
