Rate The Jazz Bench

[Handlogten's Heros]

When I went to rotation, I had Conley coming out early and running with the bench. I think this makes the most sense and it worked well at the end of last season. The bench lineup will be Conley+Clarkson+Ingles+Favors and the 5th will be split between a starter (likely Royce) and the 9th guy (Niang/Oni/Shaq).

Really solid unit to have in between the starter rotations.

I didn't like having DM in that role last year... especially with the hot mess we had coming off the bench. If Mike is starting that is his job now.

 

[KqWIN]

I didn't like having DM in that role last year... especially with the hot mess we had coming off the bench. If Mike is starting that is his job now.

I agree. I think Quin will play him more than this, but if it were up to me, Conley would only be a token starter and run a similar rotation to Favors in 18/19. Gets a stint with the starters, a stint with the bench, and only finishes games situationally. That seems like the right role for him.

On DM...it was horrible. At the time I was getting low on Mitchell because he was getting wrecked in any lineup without Gobert. He didn't seem to have the ability to elevate a bench lineup against bench units, and that was worrying. But looking back, there was something extra funky about those bench minutes. Jordan Clarkson was great, but the bench turnaround had just as much to do with Green and Davis no longer minutes. So maybe I'm too harsh on Mitchell for that.

 

[idiot]

Voted B. Potentially good, but still unproven.

We've basically only replaced Bradley with Favors (at least until Shaq gets his sea legs with us) from a rotational bench that, while improved throughout the year, still had plenty of moments when it looked simply awful .

But I'm cautiously optimistic, and actually most excited to see what the bench can give this year. Should be many more useful options if Quin decides to dip into the deeper bench.

 

[Avery]

I think it's improved from last year, but honestly, had nowhere to go but up. I say B+.

Still a bit apprehensive about the scoring punch outside of Clarkson, but defensively we're vastly improved with Faves/Harrison and if Azy contributes, watch out. I think Ingles comes off the bench this year full-time which helps.

Main thing we'll need is to stay healthy. We're not blessed with tons of shooters but if Conley could find his groove, that would give us three options in the starting lineup alone.

I will stay guarded as I thought last year's lineup was arguably the best 1-10 we ever had, but that obviously wasn't the case.

 

[KqWIN]

The Jazz had the second most effective starting lineup in the league last year. The entire unit returns. I'm not a genius, but great starters combined with great bench seems like a recipe for sucess.

How could this possibly go wrong? (it will somehow)

 

[LoPo]

Assuming the starting lineup is:
Conley
Don
Royce
Bojan
Rudy

3 bench guys who have playoff roles:
Joe
Favors
Clarkson

Then there are the "guys we hope are playoff ready and/or trusted"
Oni
Shaq
Morgan (only played due to Conley and Bojan being out last year)

Then the guys we are grooming for the future who doubtfully see a meaningful playoff minute:
Udoka
Hughes
Brantley

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[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I gave it an 'A.' It took 2 years to put this version of the bench together, and if you look at how much money the starting line-up is soaking up, this is really quality depth.

Now if Udoka comes in and starts dunking on everyone like he's Thanos, that will make it an A+.

 

[NAOS]

Voted B. Potentially good, but still unproven.

We've basically only replaced Bradley with Favors (at least until Shaq gets his sea legs with us) from a rotational bench that, while improved throughout the year, still had plenty of moments when it looked simply awful .

But I'm cautiously optimistic, and actually most excited to see what the bench can give this year. Should be many more useful options if Quin decides to dip into the deeper bench.

But Ingles will probably move to the bench, too. So the composition of the bench has been meaningfully altered.

 

[framer]

The problem with the Bench last year is that we could get into Janky running games with Clarkson or extended play Mitchell working for a shot and playing way too fast. Having the luxury of slowing things down for a Jingles/Favors pick and roll will be so big. Being able to work off this action will lessen the amount of points in transition that would generate from a long contested shot, which was a huge problem last year. Aren't many back up bigs that are going to stop a rolling Favors one on one. Having more play at the rim will also improve offensive rebounding from the bench.

Our bench will finally be able to create mismatches instead of just attempting to solve them.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

I said B+ If Hughes comes in and proves a decent scorer and defender at the wing, it’s a solid A

 

[framer]

Now if Udoka comes in and starts dunking on everyone like he's Thanos, that will make it an A+.

When he's done, half of the NBA will still exist. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

 

[idiot]

But Ingles will probably move to the bench, too. So the composition of the bench has been meaningfully altered.

He came off the bench for more than 1/3 of the season, most especially toward the pre-bubble end, I think.