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    http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/1...layoff-benches

    Unsurprisingly, the San Antonio Spurs have the best bench by either measure. Counting Pau Gasol, the Spurs have four players who have rated as worth at least 3.0 WARP this season, with Patty Mills, Manu Ginobili and David Lee
    TEAM BENCH TEAM TOP 3
    SAS 7.2 SAS 12.4
    MIL 12.0 MIL 10.1
    MIA 10.3 MEM 6.3
    HOU 8.3 HOU 4.6
    NYK 8.1 BOS 4.3
    DAL 7.3 ATL 4.2
    TOR 6.3 SAC 3.5
    DEN 6.2 NYK 3.5
    MEM 5.1 CHA 3.5
    SAC 4.0 UTA 3.2
    LAC 3.7 DEN 2.9
    PHX 3.2 DET 2.6
    CHA 3.1 OKC 2.3
    GSW 3.1 TOR 2.2
    BOS 3.0 MIA 2.1
    ATL 2.7 LAL 1.8
    CHI 2.4 CHI 1.8
    DET 2.3 PHX 1.8
    LAL 2.2 DAL 1.0
    BKN 1.7 CLE 0.9
    CLE 1.4 MIN 0.8
    UTA 1.2 NOP 0.3
    MIN 1.0 POR 0.3
    POR 0.9 WAS 0.2
    OKC 0.0 BKN 0.0
    NOP -0.1 GSW -0.3
    PHI -0.5 ORL -0.5
    IND -1.0 LAC -0.7
    WAS -1.7 IND -1.5
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    best beach

    The riverwalk ?

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    best beach

    The riverwalk ?
    Ha ha my bad.

    4;30 AM here after St. Pat's. Could be a much worse post, tbh.

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    Discussing WARP without actually watching games is stupid and I assume the guy barely watched any of the games.

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    I wasn't aware there were any beaches in San Antonio.

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    Thanks for sharing.

    The 3 of them.. and if you add in GAsol, 4 of them have been excellent.

    Even when you plug in some end of the bench guys if you need to, the bench has been playing great.

    Spurs issues are with the starters: Tony injured, Lamarcus slumping, Danny being very streaky and mostly in a slump the past couple of months too, and Dedmon being a limited offensive guy.

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    Delete this. The Spurs are a one-man team.

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    The Riverwalk is filled with trash and Mexicans. Crappy "beach", tbh.

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    Well, there's a sliver of port to Los Angeles at the Pacific Ocean. I think it's only there for them for marketability's sake. But they definitely don't have the best beach.

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    Well, there's a sliver of port to Los Angeles at the Pacific Ocean. I think it's only there for them for marketability's sake. But they definitely don't have the best beach.
    Miami does tbh.

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    Its not a beach, it's a dirty creek, Erneh - Charles Barkley to OP probably

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    The Riverwalk is filled with trash and Mexicans. Crappy "beach", tbh.
    Hey, fat Mexican women need a good in' too... and once they're 25 and still single they're extremely horny and willing to take your with no condom, and they enjoy it.

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    Son of a beach give our friend Bill a break at 4:30 am on St. Patty's Day! Now the peaches in San Antonio mainly come from Fredricksberg and are quite flavorful. A wee sip of Irish whiskey and a Guinness and the beach is in reach!

    As for the bench we will need them greatly so it's good to hear. I think it can be a big difference maker in a 7 game series.

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    All this tells me is that other team's beaches suck even more than ours. Considering that roations generally shrink in the playoffs , it really doesn't give us much of an advantage.

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    Son of a beach give our friend Bill a break at 4:30 am on St. Patty's Day! Now the peaches in San Antonio mainly come from Fredricksberg and are quite flavorful. A wee sip of Irish whiskey and a Guinness and the beach is in reach!

    As for the bench we will need them greatly so it's good to hear. I think it can be a big difference maker in a 7 game series.


    You really know who your friends are after a typo.

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    Don't worry op I misread this as "bench" anyway.

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    You really know who your friends are after a typo.
    It's the leach I could do!
    Also I'm like heyheymymy rock roll will never die in that I read " bench" too.

    Now i know rotations will shorten in the playoffs, but nobody is playing 48 minutes a game in the playoffs. I do think our bench will play a bigger role than many teams.

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    Dedmon or Gasol should be included in the analysis. Either way, both have been good.

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    Dedmon or Gasol should be included in the analysis. Either way, both have been good.
    Definitely

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    Discussing WARP without actually watching games is stupid and I assume the guy barely watched any of the games.
    Eeeehhh, say what you want about our guys, but they really are the best bench (among contenders). Cleveland's bench sucks. Same with Golden State, it's just not obvious because they have the luxury of having two all-stars on the court at all times.

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    There's a lot of beached whales tho

    But seriously - thanks for sharing, Bill.

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    Hey, fat Mexican women need a good in' too... and once they're 25 and still single they're extremely horny and willing to take your with no condom, and they enjoy it.
    Yep, just ask Porker, who has banged every chick in SAT.

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    Sadly the bench's role is heavily reduced once we enter compe ion with other contenders (WC Finals, Finals). We only have one star player and thus are outmatched in that regard by GS and Cleveland ... that will be the breaking point

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    Sadly the bench's role is heavily reduced once we enter compe ion with other contenders (WC Finals, Finals). We only have one star player and thus are outmatched in that regard by GS and Cleveland ... that will be the breaking point
    TBH. Benches are seriously overrated in the playoffs. Especially when a team like GS has a relatively young starting 5 that can play 40 minutes a game if need be.

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