Rate The Jazz Bench

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Bench:

Harrison/NWG
Clarkson/Oni
Royce (Could be Ingles)/Hughes
Niang/Morgan
Favors/Udoka

Brantley and Forrest on 2-way deals.

Jazz got one of the best bench scorers and the best bench big. Royce is a proven high level defensive player and Niang is a proven shooter off the bench. Oni and Hughes are both potential two way studs. Harrison has intriguing situational potential. Morgan is a defensive alternative to Niang and potentially better overall. Udoka will fill in capably when needed and be a matchup problem. NWG probably gets cut, but I dont think he's that bad.

So overall I'm calling the Jazz bench an A-. Incredibly young, but the unit is led by two bench studs and has strong defensive potential.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I think its definitely Joe off the bench. Now that Bojan is back there are a few mouths to feed in that opening lineup. Could be Mike by end of season.

 

[KqWIN]

Think this has to be one of the best benches in the league, Lakers probably have the best still.

Favors+Ingles+Clarkson is a bench version big 3. Niang proved he can be effective and positive in a spot role last season. If one of Shaq or Oni pan out, this is a very well rounded and deep bench.

Solid A for me because I have a lot of faith in Oni+Shaq.

 

[NAOS]

It’s an annual JFC tradition to overrate the bench. It might be legit this year, though.

I’m gonna drink the koolaid and give it a ****in A

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Bench flame thrower (JC)... check
Bench big to anchor the defense... check
Wing creator (Ingles)... check
Perimeter defender and energy guy... check
Another do it all wing prospect in Oni and a Plan B soak up 15-20 minutes when needed guy in Niang. Then they have some interesting prospects.

Ends up looking pretty nice. Gets an A from me.

 

[cowhide]

I am optimistic about the bench especially if the young guys can play, I like the overall roster and the versatility we have this year. The Jazz are automatically better having Derek as the backup big. I like Udoka and think he will earn some playing time. Bogie coming back makes the bench better because it pushes either Ingles or Royce to the bench. I also like Hughes game and think he can earn minutes during the year. If Brantley, Morgan and Oni have noticeably improved then the jazz grade may improve to A-. Every team is going to need contributions from their bench due to the virus and cramp schedule. I am excited about the team and adding Shaq makes me even more excited.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I am optimistic about the bench especially if the young guys can play, I like the overall bench and the versatility we have this year. The Jazz are automatically better have Derek as the backup big. I like Udoka and think he will earn some playing time. Bogie coming back makes the bench better because it pushes either Ingles or Royce to the bench. I also like Hughes game and think he get earn minutes during the year. If Brantley, Morgan and Oni have noticeably improved then the jazz grade may improve to A-. Every team is going to need contributions from their bench due to the virus and cramp schedule. I am excited about the team and added Shaq makes me even more excited.

Last year there were too many questions...

Ed was a solid vet but can he play the scheme?
Jeff Green?
How good is Niang?
Is Exum alive?

Then we had things we didn't see like... who will Joe run pick and roll with?

 

[KqWIN]

Bench flame thrower (JC)... check
Bench big to anchor the defense... check
Wing creator (Ingles)... check
Perimeter defender and energy guy... check
Another do it all wing prospect in Oni and a Plan B soak up 15-20 minutes when needed guy in Niang. Then they have some interesting prospects.

Ends up looking pretty nice. Gets an A from me.

Plan B is supposed to prevent the minivan

 

[infection]

I'll have to give it some thoughts but preliminary I'd say an A-. Keep in mind one of DM/BB/MC will be running with bench units.

 

[NAOS]

It’s hard to not like Ingles-Favors-Clarkson as the backbone of the bench. That’s pretty legit.

 

[KqWIN]

I'll have to give it some thoughts but preliminary I'd say an A-. Keep in mind one of DM/BB/MC will be running with bench units.

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.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I'll have to give it some thoughts but preliminary I'd say an A-. Keep in mind one of DM/BB/MC will be running with bench units.

Its pretty good imo... our biggest roster flaw is really a bigger dynamic two-way wing. I'd love to have a shooting big but there aren't many I'd say are good enough on defense to be better than Favs.

Outside of like dream scenarios... say Serge Ibaka wanted to come here... then I think we did pretty dang good. It was a bumpy ride to get there and we likely paid to much but I don't care about the price.

 

[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.