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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1313472, member: 40"]
JB gives more rope when he trusts players.  IMO, that primarily stems from the defensive end--but it also applies offensively.  He'll tolerate a bad shot or two, and give players more rope when they are consistent.  I'm not talking about game to game variation--players don't have it every game; some games they do, some they don't--and PT will get adjusted accordingly.

But when players don't contribute, they aren't accorded the benefit of the doubt to play through mistakes.  Its hard to argue against hypotheticals.  Did BJ benefit via PT when Roberson got injured?  Sure.  But then he produced.  And because he produced, he got more PT.  And because of that, more latitude to play through mistakes.

For a significant--and we aren't talking a slump, or a few games worth of dip in conference play--but for the majority of the season, BJ literally couldn't buy a basket.  Even times when he got offensive rebounds and had point blank stick back opportunities, they didn't drop, he'd get blocked, or he'd turn the ball over.  BJ didn't get run because BJ couldn't produce.  Period.  He was given extensive opportunities earlier in the season--especially after he became a starter, only to squander that opportunity--but when he couldn't produce, he got benched.  The coach isn't to blame for that lack of production, or that there wasn't even a MODICUM of production for the majority of the season.  The poor execution is on BJ.

Glad to see he's worked his way out of the doghouse.
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