Bench Points

[diddle]

Are they worth more than regular points?



Announcers suck and these lame ass stats suck

[tbach24]

Not worth more, however a good bench is pretty important to have because it can make an average starting lineup into a great team (see Celtics0.

[Vince Young]

You could make the same argument for every single stat besides total points...

[banditbdl]

The danger of the bench stat, and falling too much in love with it, is when you have a team like the Spurs bringing Ginobli off the bench, or when the T-Wolves were bringing Szczerbiak off the bench. This kind of thing where you're taking a guy who is going to play starter every night off the bench can make a team's bench points waaay inflated. But having 3 or 4 guys who can come off the bench and give the starters a lift is always a huge plus.

[tbach24]

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The danger of the bench stat, and falling too much in love with it, is when you have a team like the Spurs bringing Ginobli off the bench, or when the T-Wolves were bringing Szczerbiak off the bench. This kind of thing where you're taking a guy who is going to play starter every night off the bench can make a team's bench points waaay inflated. But having 3 or 4 guys who can come off the bench and give the starters a lift is always a huge plus.

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Agreed. I love having Ricky come off the bench because if he starts, he's solid but not great. However, against tired starters/bench players he looks like an all-star.

[Cyrus]

Stats per bench-warming ass measure depth more accurately. Someone already posted about the numbers of the whole bench getting inflated because of an otherwise starter-quality player getting off the bench for some reason.