@AnnaJaneSmith4 @FearTheBrown Yes BI would go out as would Herb and Josh and we’d be stuck with lineups of JV, Naw, Sato, and GT that’s just bad symmetry. When everyone brings up how “bad” he was they bring up the lineups +- never specifically what he did on the court to tank the lineups he was on

@AnnaJaneSmith4 @FearTheBrown Like he wasn’t turnover crazy, competed on the defensive end, shot 38% from 3 for 3 months on 3.5 attempts. Shot selection wasn’t ideal all the time but it feels like he’s being blamed for being on the court when a run happened

@AnnaJaneSmith4 @FearTheBrown Exactly coaches want guys that are consistent that they know will be in the right place and what they will give them on a nightly basis. That was GT just a non impactful positive or negative guy. I can’t blame the guy that’s not hurting us for the other team making a run

@AnnaJaneSmith4 @FearTheBrown Noone ever blames Royce O’neale or Bruce Brown types for why their teams lose. Pels media found +- stat and blamed GT for losses because Willie wouldn’t play TM3 who was shooting 33% from 3 in 2021 and making rookie mistakes. It got louder in January and February when GT fell off

@AnnaJaneSmith4 @FearTheBrown That’s insane then I like Royce O’Neale shouldn’t get any grief Brown either. To me if you’re not the primary or secondary guy winning your mins is out of your control all you can do is make your shots, compete on defense, hustle, and not turn the ball over which GT did

@AnnaJaneSmith4 @FearTheBrown I mean I’m not fighting for GT to be in our rotation this year it’s mostly defending Willie playing him us until mid January last year given the roster and saying that he wasn’t the reason we lost games.

@AnnaJaneSmith4 @FearTheBrown Again without saying +- or on/off because those are team stats what was GT doing to lose us games the 1st couple of months? The way you described Royce is exactly what GT’s situation was just worse (obviously Royce is a better player than him)