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Originally Posted by SHARK DOCTOR
yes - and youre absolutely brilliant.lol
Im not doubting good player have come off the bench...Im just questioning your motives behind this move, thats all. I strongly feel you made this move to only strengthen your (weak) argument for "Best Defnsive Team". Its obvious - your Basketball IQ is through the roof - so I apologize a thousand times sir for insulting your intelligence. and when I say apologize I mean spit on the ground you walk on.
You dont have a slasher or mid range shot in your starting lineup...especially not at the caliber of Martin...I dont see the logic of benching him unless you want to attempt to sound extra smart or make an arguement for "Best Defensive Team".
lol i'm not even going to get into a pissing contest right now....
So I will explain as best I can without doing so
First off Deng is a slasher and can hit a midrange shot as well, so you're wrong. Second McHale is also a very good if not great midrange shooter so you are wrong with the midrange comment as I have 2, and wrong with the slasher comment (I have 1 in Deng, and Billups can drive to the hoop as well although I wouldn't call him a great slasher).
My starters have enough offense as is, I have 1 great offensive player (McHale), 1 very good offensive player (Billups), and 1 pretty good offensive player Deng. I also have Bell who can knock down 3pters at a very high percentage, and Perk who can offensive rebound/dunk.
I need scoring off my bench, so I moved my probably 2nd best scorer (Martin) to the bench to give me that, so when my starters come out I can have Martin fresh coming in and able to score very efficently (I plan on having at least one of Billups/McHale/Deng out there with Martin as well so I have at the very worst 2 very good options).
Yes Martin going on the bench improves my starting lineup's defense, but it is not the main factor in the move, the main factor is to provide my team better balance so we don't go through scoring drouts when my bench comes in. Martin will also be able to guard weaker offensive players off the bench as well, and will be able to get the ball in his hands more (he wouldn't be getting the ball nearly as much with McHale/Billups/Deng on the floor with him).