The Anatomy of a bench
I really like where the Blazers are going. They have a solid core in LaMarcus Aldridge, Nicolas Batum, and Damien Lillard. The only things keeping them from being next years Golden State Warriors is horrible defense (specifically Damien Lillard), playing in a stacked conference and a potentially stacked division, and a decent enough bench. With that being said, I thought it would be fun to dissect one of he leagues deepest teams in the Clippers and see exactly what goes into a good bench. From there, we can find how the Blazers can build there broken bench into a bench of the highest quality. Because whenever Sasha Pavlovic is getting any minutes ever something needs to be done. So lets start with at the second point guard off the bench for the Clippers, Eric Bledsoe. Eric has enjoyed a breakout season for the Clips and teams will be looking to steal the guard away to have him run there team. I'm not sold on Eric's potential as a full time starter, but he is a phenomenal