I don't know Cleveland made a good case when their bench almost beat the Sixer starters. But yeah I think we're the deepest team in the NBA.
There are a handful of teams that have a truly deep team, I don't know if the Blazers are the deepest, but I wouldn't be surprised. How would that be assessed? bench points is only part of it, rebounding, blocks, assists, defense, all that stuff.
Everything after the third spot in the East is weak. The East's fourth seeded team, Atlanta, wouldnt even be the eighth seed if they were in the West. I think we are definitely the deepest.