Originally Posted by shocka43
You can church it up and try to spin it all you want...
X isn't performing as AG wants. He has had one good game and another decent game all season. 9/42 from 3. 7 rebounds in the last 5 games he played. He hasn't shot better than 50% from the field in a single game. Sorry to be harsh, but that is the reason why he got the pine. If you look at the stat lines since returning there hasn't been any reason why he should get the nod. AG says perform or sit. Who knows what is going on in practice either. X isn't stupid and he will be motivated by this. I wouldn't worry too much about it.
AG appears to play who shows up on any given night. That was apparent with Crosby and others all season.
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To me, "benched" = poor attitude, getting in a shouting match with a coach, get an F on a test. It's not shooting poorly from 3. You can certainly be placed on the bench for poor performance, or having your head in the clouds and getting lost on defense, or being in poor rebounding position. To me that's "having your minutes cut because of performance."
Definitionally I'm saying "benched" to me is "put your punk-arse on the pine until you get right, son." That's different from "you need to put in more work in the film room and improve." I'm saying there is no evidence XW has been "benched" under this definition.
