Who has the best bench in the NBA?

[Rowe]

I know everyone is going to say Denver, but I think it might be the Miami Heat at this point.

Norris Cole, Ray Allen, Shane Battier, Rashard Lewis, & Udonis Haslem is a very good 2nd unit that would be considered a Playoff team if guys like Allen & Shard were in their prime.

[TMacMagic]

Miami had a beast bench last season, should have an even better one this season.

[Glide2keva]

Da Band

Dylan
Dylan
Dylan
Dylan
Dylan

Why? Because he spits hot fiyah!

[maybeshewill13]

Clippers/Heat/Knicks

[DuMa]

Boston imho.

[stallionaire]

Going off production... Spurs and Nugs.

[sagr32]

Clippers or Nugs

[brandonislegend]

Miami had a beast bench last season, should have an even better one this season.

Joke?

[marion706]

atlanta

devin harris
louis williams
korver
ivan johnson
zaza

[TMacMagic]

Joke?

:biggums:

James Jones (Boss 3-point shooter)

Mike Miller (Boss 3-point shooter)

Norris Cole (Straight up G)

Juwan Howard (Old but you gotta respect his game)

* The rest are scrubs *

[Eric Cartman]

Knicks or Miami.

[funnystuff]

Before the finals, Miami had one of the worst benches. Remember?



(I read these forums months before it actually allowed me to register)

[FireDavidKahn]

:biggums:

James Jones (Boss 3-point shooter)

Mike Miller (Boss 3-point shooter)

Norris Cole (Straight up G)

Juwan Howard (Old but you gotta respect his game)

* The rest are scrubs *
No you don't.:facepalm

[tmacattack33]

:biggums:

1. James Jones (Boss 3-point shooter)

2. Mike Miller (Boss 3-point shooter)

3. Norris Cole (Straight up G)

4. Juwan Howard (Old but you gotta respect his game)

* The rest are scrubs *

1. J Jones hardly got any minutes...because he literally can't do anything besides shoot a three pointer

2. Miller was decent this year, and showed up big at the right time in the Finals. So this is the only person you listed who i agree with.

3. This guy lost all confidence as the year went on and by playoff time he was just a mess. He had like two good playoff games in total lol (and Miami played in about 20-25 playoff games).

4. LOL. The only thing to respect about Howard is his knowledge of the game. He'll be a nice assistant coach next year.

[Freedom Kid7]

Chicago had one of the best benches, not anymore though :cry:

Though, I'd say Spurs probably have the best bench, though Boston and OKC have good benches as well.

[TMacMagic]

No you don't.:facepalm

J-Howard was a boss in his prime :biggums:

Get off the Juwan Hate bandwagon.

[G-Funk]

Heat

[kobron23]

spurs and miami

[jdm_dc_fan]

boston

Jason Terry
courtney Lee
Jeff green
brandon bass
Jarred Sullinger (hopefully)

[FrankTony]

San Antonio

Gary Neal or Patty Mills
Manu Ginobili
Stephen Jackson
Dejuan Blair
Tiago Splitter

[LongLiveTheKing]

Miami, Boston, or Spurs in my opinion.

[NewYorkNoPicks]

:biggums:

James Jones (Boss 3-point shooter)

Mike Miller (Boss 3-point shooter)

Norris Cole (Straight up G)

Juwan Howard (Old but you gotta respect his game)

* The rest are scrubs *

You serious man? What year do you think it is?

[waseem780]

:biggums:

James Jones (Boss 3-point shooter)

Mike Miller (Boss 3-point shooter)

Norris Cole (Straight up G)

Juwan Howard (Old but you gotta respect his game)

* The rest are scrubs *
Smh....you didn't even include their two best bench Players by far in ray Allen and Shane battier... Also rashard Lewis is better than juwan as a pf as well...

[RazorBaLade]

okc needs some love

[ClutchOver9000]

If Lewis plays up to his Magic days, then unfortunately its MIA considering they also have Ray Allen...

[Clippersfan86]

okc needs some love

OKC has arguably the best starting 5 in the entire NBA but the bench is middle of the pack or slightly above that. Harden and Collison are the only good, proven bench players they have next year. Nazi is gone and nobody knows how good Jones will actually be. If Jones is as good as some think he will be they can easily become an elite bench.

[DaSeba5]

Heat, Spurs, Clippers, and Celtics in no particular order.

[DUP]

Da Band

Dylan
Dylan
Dylan
Dylan
Dylan

Why? Because he spits hot fiyah!
:biggums:

[Kews1]

Boston has a nice bench this year, finally!

[Trentknicks]

Knicks have a great bench in the sense that it compliments the starting lineup well. Talent wise their are a few better ones, would be terrific if they pick up Birdman.

[AAckley1]

Pacers have an underrated bench and spent the offseason improving it as well.

Augustin
Stephenson/Johnson
Green
TH50
Mahimi/Plumlee

That's 3 borderline starters off the bench (Augustin, Green, Mahimi) with another who has starter potential in Stephenson.

The jury is still out on Plumlee & Johnson, but most opinions have been positive so far.

[Jakeh008]

Denver Spurs Clippers are far better then anyone else. They have 2-3 guys that could be decent starters and a few good role players

Other teams like Heat OKC and Boston have a great bench player or 2 but arent very deep after that.

[NugzFan]

Pacers have an underrated bench and spent the offseason improving it as well.

Augustin
Stephenson/Johnson
Green
TH50
Mahimi/Plumlee

That's 3 borderline starters off the bench (Augustin, Green, Mahimi) with another who has starter potential in Stephenson.

The jury is still out on Plumlee & Johnson, but most opinions have been positive so far.

which teams is green and mahimi starting for?

[NugzFan]

and i love the "best bench" thread - we get a couple every year.

just a chance for every fan of any team to list their bench and claim its the best.

oh wow - you have 7 guys on your bench too?! amazing!

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Boston Miami and San Antonio

[kurple]

Heat, Spurs, Clippers, and Celtics in no particular order.
how can you have 4 teams and not include DEN?

Andre Miller
Jordan Hamilton
Wilson Chandler
Al Harrington
Timo Mozgov

Evan Foreigner
Corey Brewer
Q. Miller
Anthony Randolph
Kosta Koufos

our 3rd strings are as good as some benches

not saying it's THE BEST.. But it's top 3 on paper

[kurple]

Denver Spurs Clippers are far better then anyone else. They have 2-3 guys that could be decent starters and a few good role players

Other teams like Heat OKC and Boston have a great bench player or 2 but arent very deep after that.
agree with this

[jdm_dc_fan]

Denver Spurs Clippers are far better then anyone else. They have 2-3 guys that could be decent starters and a few good role players

Other teams like Heat OKC and Boston have a great bench player or 2 but arent very deep after that.
Boston's good bench players are

Brandon Bass
Courtney Lee
Jason Terry
Jeff green

If only two which would you not consider a good bench player? All could be starter. :facepalm

[qrich]

Denver has the best bench to me with, in no order, the Spurs, Clippers and Celtics following.

But don't underestimate Utah with Earl Gawdson being their third point guard and DeMare Carroll off the bench

[Donnybrook]

Boston has one hell of a bench this upcoming season. I am really happy with all of the moves we made in the offseason. Can't wait to see Jeff Green back in action and see what Terry brings to the table. Should be some good rotations going on with these guys. Also, Sullinger looks a lot more promising than I had anticipated.

[Clippersfan86]

I'm with Qrich. Nuggets, Clippers, Spurs and Celtics. Miami will be there too if their bench can stay healthy.

[TMacMagic]

Smh....you didn't even include their two best bench Players by far in ray Allen and Shane battier... Also rashard Lewis is better than juwan as a pf as well...

I was talking about the bench from last season yo.

[Clippersfan86]

Denver has the best bench to me with, in no order, the Spurs, Clippers and Celtics following.

But don't underestimate Utah with Earl Gawdson being their third point guard and DeMare Carroll off the bench

Lmao at Earl. Careful you may attract the most argumentative poster on ISH to this thread.

[ballup]

Boston's good bench players are

Brandon Bass
Courtney Lee
Jason Terry
Jeff green

If only two which would you not consider a good bench player? All could be starter. :facepalm
Bass is a starter. It's Wilcox who will be on the bench. Although he had heart surgery, I don't think he'll miss much of a step. Jeff Green on the other hand, no one is sure of him. He's not even officially resigned yet.

[EnoughSaid]

How scary is it that Miami is in the discussion for the best bench in the league? :oldlol:

[NOHCP3]

Nugs, Clips, Spurs, Heat, C's

[CTulc]

The overrating of Miami's bench needs to stop. How can someone compare their bench to say the Nuggets? (I would use Boston but i don't want to appear biased.)

[Rubio2Gasol]

Celtics for all things considered......followed by the Spurs.

Those 2 teams styles make their benches better, the Clips look good individually, but Del Negro is a bum.

[Clippersfan86]

The overrating of Miami's bench needs to stop. How can someone compare their bench to say the Nuggets? (I would use Boston but i don't want to appear biased.)

Ray Allen alone gives Miami a top tier bench assuming Haslem, Miller are healthier this year. Miller supposedly has said he's significantly better physically after treatment this offseason. Joel Anthony is also a very good bench center.

[CTulc]

Ray Allen alone gives Miami a top tier bench assuming Haslem, Miller are healthier this year. Miller supposedly has said he's significantly better physically after treatment this offseason. Joel Anthony is also a very good bench center.

I guess just personally I feel like Ray pushed them into a mid-tier bench. A washed up Haslem and Miller doesn't put it over the top for me. They aren't elite let alone "the best."

[Trentknicks]

Ray Allen alone gives Miami a top tier bench assuming Haslem, Miller are healthier this year. Miller supposedly has said he's significantly better physically after treatment this offseason. Joel Anthony is also a very good bench center.
:coleman:

[CelticBaller]

Celtics

[KG215]

:biggums:

James Jones (Boss 3-point shooter)

Mike Miller (Boss 3-point shooter)

Norris Cole (Straight up G)

Juwan Howard (Old but you gotta respect his game)

* The rest are scrubs *

And so are 3 of the 4 guys you listed.

[Trentknicks]

Celtics
Could be but still a few question marks before they can be called the best. Fab Melo's ceiling is a back up center, he still has many holes in his game and against popular belief, may not contribute from day 1.

Sullinger & Jason Terry are great pickups but people are getting a little to excited over Courtney Lee. I've seen him play and he is wildly inconsistent. There is a reason he has had 4 teams in 5 years.

Not trying to sound like a hater at all but they do still have some holes in their bench. Definitely top 5, but the jury is still out on whether their bench is the best.

[CTulc]

Could be but still a few question marks before they can be called the best. Fab Melo's ceiling is a back up center, he still has many holes in his game and against popular belief, may not contribute from day 1.

Sullinger & Jason Terry are great pickups but people are getting a little to excited over Courtney Lee. I've seen him play and he is wildly inconsistent. There is a reason he has had 4 teams in 5 years.

Not trying to sound like a hater at all but they do still have some holes in their bench. Definitely top 5, but the jury is still out on whether their bench is the best.

I agree with most of this. I think most of us celtics fans expect Melo to give us 7-8 minutes in regular season with no playing time in playoffs. I think you are underrating Lee a bit. 10 ppg with very efficient shooting and great defense is a spectacular last minute pickup.

[ProfessorMurder]

Could be but still a few question marks before they can be called the best. Fab Melo's ceiling is a back up center, he still has many holes in his game and against popular belief, may not contribute from day 1.

Sullinger & Jason Terry are great pickups but people are getting a little to excited over Courtney Lee. I've seen him play and he is wildly inconsistent. There is a reason he has had 4 teams in 5 years.

Not trying to sound like a hater at all but they do still have some holes in their bench. Definitely top 5, but the jury is still out on whether their bench is the best.

Fab Melo is 3rd string at best, and no C's fan on here expects him to come in and contribute immediately.

[Rubio2Gasol]

Could be but still a few question marks before they can be called the best. Fab Melo's ceiling is a back up center, he still has many holes in his game and against popular belief, may not contribute from day 1.

Sullinger & Jason Terry are great pickups but people are getting a little to excited over Courtney Lee. I've seen him play and he is wildly inconsistent. There is a reason he has had 4 teams in 5 years.

Not trying to sound like a hater at all but they do still have some holes in their bench. Definitely top 5, but the jury is still out on whether their bench is the best.

Bradley/Dooling
Terry/Lee/Bradley
Jeff Green/Lee
Jeff Green/Sullinger
Collins/Melo/Sullinger

Nah dude, that's a nice bench what pushes them to the best for me is Doc, he knows how to maximize what he gets out of those guys.

Easily, Easily the best defensive bench in the league anyway.

[AAckley1]

which teams is green and mahimi starting for?

Mahimi would start for atleast the Bobcats, Cavs, Bucks & Hornets.

[NugzFan]

Mahimi would start for atleast the Bobcats, Cavs, Bucks & Hornets.

oh wow - so he might start for some bad teams. that proves that. :facepalm

if the criteria is that weak for who has the strongest bench, then i guess denver does win after all. god knows how many players we have on our bench that could start for a few teams.

[Kews1]

for all the people saying Miami.. wasnt Ray Allen promised a starting role in Miami? i thought i read somewhere that that was one of the ways they convinced him to come?

[hawksdogsbraves]

I'd say Boston, San Antonio, and Denver have the best benches.

If I had to choose one, I'd probably go with the Spurs.

[NugzFan]

Bradley/Dooling
Terry/Lee/Bradley
Jeff Green/Lee
Jeff Green/Sullinger
Collins/Melo/Sullinger

Nah dude, that's a nice bench what pushes them to the best for me is Doc, he knows how to maximize what he gets out of those guys.

Easily, Easily the best defensive bench in the league anyway.

wow..two greens, two sullingers, two lees, two bradleys...

nba cloning ftw.

[SourPatchKids]

I'd say Boston, San Antonio, and Denver have the best benches.

If I had to choose one, I'd probably go with the Spurs.
Yea, knowing popovic, their 2nd round draft pick Marcus Denmon will be a key part of the rotation by december.

[FrankTony]

Yea, knowing popovic, their 2nd round draft pick Marcus Denmon will be a key part of the rotation by december.

No room for him unfortunately, even though i think he will be a good player.

He will play in the Euroleague next season for a French team.

Our guard rotation has too many players right now : Parker, Mills, Joseph, Ginobili, Green, Neal and De Colo.

Maybe in 2 or 3 years we will see Denmon in a Spurs jersey.

[Rubio2Gasol]

wow..two greens, two sullingers, two lees, two bradleys...

nba cloning ftw.

Have you ever heard of this exciting new concept known as a depth chart? It's rumored to have been in existence for quite sometime but Knowledge of this phenomena seems to be IQ protected.

[DStebb716]

:biggums:

James Jones (Boss 3-point shooter)

Mike Miller (Boss 3-point shooter)

Norris Cole (Straight up G)

Juwan Howard (Old but you gotta respect his game)

* The rest are scrubs *

James Jones is a scrub. Juwan Howard is a scrub. Norris Cole was a scrub half the time and the other half he was a decent rookie. Mike Miller was a bum all year. :facepalm

[DaSeba5]

James Jones is a scrub. Juwan Howard is a scrub. Norris Cole was a scrub half the time and the other half he was a decent rookie. Mike Miller was a bum all year. :facepalm

but... but... but... I thought we were stacked and LeBron needed all the help in the world to win a ring!!! :rolleyes:

EDIT: Not saying you said this, but I hate when people do.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Could someone tell me who's on the nuggs bench? I don't follow them too much.

[DStebb716]

NYK:
Jason Kidd
Marcus Camby
JR Smith
Steve Novak
Kurt Thomas
Ronnie Brewer


Damn good bench right there.

[DStebb716]

but... but... but... I thought we were stacked and LeBron needed all the help in the world to win a ring!!! :rolleyes:

Nope. Didn't need the help.. Best player in the world and two of the top 10 guys in the league. Should win it every year without a doubt.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

I guess just personally I feel like Ray pushed them into a mid-tier bench. A washed up Haslem and Miller doesn't put it over the top for me. They aren't elite let alone "the best."

Pg: Cole
Sg: Allen
Sf: Battier/Lewis
Pf: Haslem
C: Pittman (they will probably add another C)

[RoundMoundOfReb]

NYK:
Jason Kidd
Marcus Camby
JR Smith
Steve Novak
Kurt Thomas
Ronnie Brewer


Damn good bench right there.

Who's gonna start at 2 guard?

[Rubio2Gasol]

NYK:
Jason Kidd
Marcus Camby
JR Smith
Steve Novak
Kurt Thomas
Ronnie Brewer


Damn good bench right there.

Once again, Mike Woodson is a dud, but since the bench is mainly defenders and it has Jason Kidd, it might work.

[DStebb716]

Who's gonna start at 2 guard?

Iman Shumpert when healthy.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Iman Shumpert when healthy.
Oh yeah. I thought we were assuming he was out.

[DStebb716]

Once again, Mike Woodson is a dud, but since the bench is mainly defenders and it has Jason Kidd, it might work.

Well JR and Novak Strokenit are their bench scorers. Then a lot of solid defense in there.

[DStebb716]

Oh yeah. I thought we were assuming he was out.

He'll be back in January.

[SourPatchKids]

No room for him unfortunately, even though i think he will be a good player.

He will play in the Euroleague next season for a French team.

Our guard rotation has too many players right now : Parker, Mills, Joseph, Ginobili, Green, Neal and De Colo.

Maybe in 2 or 3 years we will see Denmon in a Spurs jersey.
Ah, that sucks. Enjoyed watching him at Mizzou.

[AAckley1]

oh wow - so he might start for some bad teams. that proves that. :facepalm

if the criteria is that weak for who has the strongest bench, then i guess denver does win after all. god knows how many players we have on our bench that could start for a few teams.

Well that's how most people consider someone a starter-level player when they're a bench player. If you'd be a starter for greater than 10% of the league, that's "starter-level"

Similar to how a few years ago, Gortat was a "starter-level" backup big.

[DaSeba5]

Andre Miller >>> Cole Jet >>> Cole
Corey Brewer < Allen Lee = Allen ( both spot up shooters)
Chandler > Battier Green > Battier
Harrington > Haslem. Sullinger < Haslem
Koufos = Pittman Wilcox > Pittman (not by much honestly)

Denver and Boston beat them in bench production hands down.

Sure but people overrate Miami's bench more than Heat fans do. It's a good bench, but it's far from a stacked team like people make them out to be.

[NugzFan]

Have you ever heard of this exciting new concept known as a depth chart? It's rumored to have been in existence for quite sometime but Knowledge of this phenomena seems to be IQ protected.

:oldlol:

nice try.
just admit you were trying to make boston look deeper than they really are.

[CTulc]

:oldlol:

nice try.
just admit you were trying to make boston look deeper than they really are.

It's just as pointless to say that Denver is "3 men deep" since those 3rd stringers are clearly scrubs who get zero minutes.

[NugzFan]

Could someone tell me who's on the nuggs bench? I don't follow them too much.

brewer, chandler, fournier, hamilton, harrington, koufus, miller, mozgov, randolph, stone

[NugzFan]

Well that's how most people consider someone a starter-level player when they're a bench player. If you'd be a starter for greater than 10% of the league, that's "starter-level"

Similar to how a few years ago, Gortat was a "starter-level" backup big.

so you could start for 4 teams, wouldn't start for 26 teams and thats "starter-level"

ok, got it. :rockon:

[NugzFan]

It's just as pointless to say that Denver is "3 men deep" since those 3rd stringers are clearly scrubs who get zero minutes.

never said they were "3 men deep". (although we actually have 3rd stringers that can play regular minutes...many teams do not...unfortunately our starters arent as good as many teams but our 6th-11th men are very good comparatively speaking)

but putting half their bench guys on there twice to make them look deep = :oldlol:

[CTulc]

never said they were "3 men deep". (although we actually have 3rd stringers that can play regular minutes...many teams do not...unfortunately our starters arent as good as many teams but our 6th-11th men are very good comparatively speaking)

but putting half their bench guys on there twice to make them look deep = :oldlol:

Yeah I can give you that. Those 6th - 11th guys can be quite helpful. I think Fournier can become a hell of a player. I wanted him over Fab Melo.