NBA News: Bench? We Talking About The Bench?


If I can't start, I can't play. It is as simple as that. It ain't about that at all. It's easy to sum it up if you're just talking about the bench. We're sitting here, and I'm supposed to be the franchise player, and we're talking about the bench. I mean listen, we're sitting here talking about the bench, not starting, not the starting line-up, not starting, but we're talking about the bench. Not the team that I go out there and start for and start every game like it's my last but we're talking about the bench man. How silly is that? ... Now I know that I'm supposed to lead by example and all that but I'm not shoving that aside like it don't mean anything. I know it's important, I honestly do but we're talking about the bench and splinters. We're talking about the bench man. We're talking about the bench. We're talking about the bench. We're not talking about starting. We're talking about the bench. When you come to the arena, and you see me start, you've seen me start right, you've seen me give everything I've got, but we're talking about the bench right now. ... Hey I hear you, it's funny to me too, hey it's strange to me too but we're talking about the bench man, we're not even talking about the the starting line-up, when it actually matters for my ego, we're talking about the bench ... How the hell can I make my teammates better by sitting on the bench?