The Celtics bench has totally been re-tooled. The only returning players are Marquis Daniels (who missed half the season after his injury), Avery Bradley (who barely played last year), and Sasha Pavlovic (who is returning in only the strictest sense of the term).
We touched on the bench in the Dump, noting how awful Marquis Daniels has been. And there's no getting around it right now, he's been bad. But so has everyone else not named Brandon Bass. Marquis, though, came in with different exectations. His aggressiveness in the two-game pre-season was very encouraging. Granted, it came against a bad Raptors team, but the effort made us feel good about what he was going to give.
And there's no doubt Marquis has something to give. But he's like drilling for oil right now. We've got to find just the right spot for him so we can tap that well of talent he has in there. There's no doubt it exists. We just have to find it. Right now, the best way to f...
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