Poll: How many games would the Celtics' bench unit win in a full season?

[DefenseWinsChamps]

Just curious how green the green-tinted lenses are.

Here is the bench unit as I am projecting them. I base this off the projected closing the game lineup of Irving-Brown-Tatum-Hayward-Horford.

Guard: Rozier, Smart, Wanamaker
Wing: Bird, Lemon
Swing: Morris, Ojeleye
Bigs: Theis, Baynes, Williams, Yabusele

It seems to me like this team would struggle to score 100 points, but their defense would be pretty good.

[jdrocko]

I went with 21-25; even if I think they would put up a fight every single game the total lack of reliable offense should be too huge to overcome in the long period (not mentioning a pretty clear hole at the SF) .
Assuming there are no injuries, they would need Bird to be a scoring threat, Yabu a solid double double PF and Williams a difensive anchor to consistently win games.

[Rakulp]

A lottery team in all likelihood.

An injury to Rozier or Morris would absolutely devastate their offense.

I'm thinking win total in the teens at best.

[Sophomore]

I went with 21-25; even if I think they would put up a fight every single game the total lack of reliable offense should be too huge to overcome in the long period (not mentioning a pretty clear hole at the SF) .
Assuming there are no injuries, they would need Bird to be a scoring threat, Yabu a solid double double PF and Williams a difensive anchor to consistently win games.

Those games would be really, really painful to watch. Think of this lineup when the reserves are in: Smart, Wanamaker, Ojeleye, Theis, Baynes. Pity the poor rims! When your best creator is Marcus Morris and the defense can key in on him, you have a serious problem.

[Roy H.]

I think they’d challenge for the worst record of all-time.  11 or 12 wins.

[Donoghus]

Less than 20.

[Emmette Bryant]

Assuming Brad is still the coach, I guess 38.

[BitterJim]

Starting lineup would be something like Rozier/Smart/Ojeleye/Morris/Baynes (Theis may replace Ojeleye as a starter), with a bench lineup of Wanamaker/Bird/???/Theis/Williams

We would get creamed most games, and be odds-on favorites for the #1 lottery spot.

[DefenseWinsChamps]

If CBS goes with a more traditional lineup with Baynes starting and Brown on the bench, how does that change your opinion?

Smart-Rozier-Brown-Morris-Theis with Williams-Yabusele-Ojeleye-Bird-Wanamaker off the bench.

[ederson]

That is one bad team. 15w ....probalby biased though

[Moranis]

If CBS goes with a more traditional lineup with Baynes starting and Brown on the bench, how does that change your opinion?

Smart-Rozier-Brown-Morris-Theis with Williams-Yabusele-Ojeleye-Bird-Wanamaker off the bench.

very little for me.  maybe a couple of more wins from that team, but not enough to make any real difference.

[DefenseWinsChamps]

If CBS goes with a more traditional lineup with Baynes starting and Brown on the bench, how does that change your opinion?

Smart-Rozier-Brown-Morris-Theis with Williams-Yabusele-Ojeleye-Bird-Wanamaker off the bench.

very little for me.  maybe a couple of more wins from that team, but not enough to make any real difference.

I'm with you. I like Brown a lot. I think he would help that unit's scoring a lot, but I'm not sure it changes much.

[Fafnir]

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2016.html

I mean the floor is probably 10 in the Modern NBA if you bother to pick up replacement level d-leaguers.

I guess a lot depends on does this hypothetical team try to win? Then they'd probably get to 20, just because they'd be playing teams deliberately trying to lose late in the season.

[nickagneta]

I went with less than 20. There is a reason why they are bench players.

[slamtheking]

less than 20.  no reliable scoring at all and only really 2 guys that might break 20 on a given night in Rozier and Morris. 

D would probably be pretty decent for the most part but if either Bird or Lemon is a starting SG, you're team is toast.