jconstant99 wrote:
Being the huge fan I am I watch and will watch every game that I can. But its difficult watching us struggle and lose games when were playing with a team that is 20% bench players once our stars return. What our your thoughts on this? I myself do see somewhat of a silver lining though, once the injured players return ( mainly ricky and kevin) they will have more improved backups because bench players have had to play so much. I guess injuries = future depth... I hope
I was just saying this the other night. I would probably trust Malcolm Lee to contribute spot minutes in the playoffs at this point. In no other circumstance can I imagine that being the case.
When our full squad is back, you are going to have 1 All Star - no questions asked (Love), 1 player who will absolutely deserve to be an All Star but probably won't (AK), 2 guys who would be legitimately in the All Star discussion if not for injuries (Rubio and Pekovic), and a guy with no knees.
On the bench, you are going to have a slew of guys who played winning ball for 7 games without their leaders (other than AK and Pek). Ridnour, Barea, Shved, Budinger - all subs. Williams, Cunningham, and Stiemsma? Subs. Malcolm Lee and Amundson have been playing good minutes- subs.
This team has the look of a very deep team and the talent at the top is pretty tough too. 2nd round material if you ask me.