We shouldn’t expect the world of players coming off of the bench, to be sure — but as the team unexpectedly threw open a contention window widely assumed to be at least another season in the future, expectations had to shift with it.
Our rubric in his case is that each and every player coming off of the bench needs to be providing the team at least one solid area of contributions on a consistent basis to be pulling their weight.
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With that out of the way, let’s take a look at how the veteran bench did this season.