RCF's Bench Player of the Year

[Karma]

Who do you believe was our best player coming from the bench this season? Our bench play was very inconsistent, so the decision will be tough.

 

[Karma]

I took Robert Traylor. His game was never anything outstanding, but every time he was on the floor he had a presense. He takes this just from Varejao, as Anderson didn't see quite enough time. Traylor gave us an option on offense down low form a bench group that lacked scorers. This combined with his solid defense makes him my bench player of the year. Snow gets an honourable mention along with Varejao.

 

[aggressivestyle]

i took traylor as well

 

[Kypus]

Anderson Varejao, you could count on him breaking the opposition's 1st play after he came in. The other good defenders fed off his energy as well, Newble, Traylor and Snow. I loved having him on the floor with Traylor for defense, and Sasha played much better offensively alongside AV too. Giving him the nod because overall team chemistry improved with him on the floor.

 

[The Disector]

I'll Definitely take Varejao.

It just seemed everytime he got in the game the team played with more energy and Andy made energizing plays!

 

[MarkPrice25]

Tough call between Varajao and the Tractor, but I took Traylor. He had a rough month in the middle of the season, but he was solid before the All-Star break and was lights out in the final month. Next to LBJ, nobody on that team wanted to win more.

 

[Karma]

The fact that Traylor is receiving a good portion of votes justifies my claims that his option must be taken up. A guy who played as he did for under 2 million is a no brainer to keep.

 

[King]

I voted for AV. The Cavs would look lifeless and lethargic, and all of a sudden when he would come in he'd chase a couple loose balls and grab some offensive rebounds and everyone would be playing with energy again. He would sometimes change the whole momentum of the game for us. Snow and Traylor also deserve some recognition too though.

 

[aaronr]

Varejao over Traylor because he was good more consistently, though I guess you could argue for Traylor since Varejao missed a lot of games. I thought Traylor was streaky--when he was good, he was very good, but when he was bad, he was very bad.

 

[CleveRocks]

Its a tough call, but I took Trac. Really both AV and Trac were not expected to give the energy they did. I think traylor did all the things a role veteran does to help his team win (forget the stat line).

 

[Hurl Bruce]

I picked Tracylor. I just try to imagine what an impact he could have had if the refs didn't scrutinize his game so much and call a foul on him every two minutes.

 

[NarlCavs]

I went with Traylor too. They were really no great choices. The Cavs bench was inconsistent all season and gave nothing on some nights.
The bench should show improvement next season with a couple of additions and the development of young players.