2013-14 NBA Bench Power Rankings

Jared Sullinger can do it all

17. Boston Celtics

The Celtics endured the long-awaited final evisceration of their championship core. Only the shade of Rajon Rondo remains from the once feared death squad. The Celtics bench is going to be one for the ages: Some Brooklyn Nets trash, coupled with the developing joy that is Jared Sullinger and the regressing Courtney Lee. To put it mildly, Lee did not seamlessly transition into a player that made the fans forget Ray Allen. His three point shooting was markedly worse to start and finish the season (with a bump around the time Rondo went down) and his time on the court dwindled as Doc lost confidence in the once supremely promising guard.

Jared Sullinger, by contrast, looks more and more like a San Antonio Spurs level steal. He uses his backside like a wrecking ball and collects rebounds like a champ. It only took three months to prove the naysayers wrong, despite the season ending injury. Jordan Crawford will do everything in his power to emulate Saint Jamal Crawford and Gerald Wallace will hobble to and fro before finally collapsing after crashing one too many times. And don’t believe what they are trying to tell you in revisionist history class: Kris Humphries is not a good basketball player, I don’t care how many “Win Shares” he has, nor will I ever. Sorry Kris. The best thing you ever did was that commercial with James Harden. That was a funny commercial. I would watch it again.