somerandomdude wrote:carnageta wrote:Imagine if Spo benched Jimmy and we still lost.. ya'll would be doing a 180 and saying he should have rode with Butler due to his defensive instincts and ability to catch awkward inbound passes. Lol
With the kind of night Jimmy was having? You're talking out of your ass to think we'd be upset.
And in case you haven't realized it - we were up by double digits TWICE without him in the game and up by 14 when he checked back in to close the game.
Hindsight is 20/20. If Jimmy was showing a lack of energy or making foolish errors, I can understand. But he was doing a lot of things well, other than scoring. You don't bench your star player down the stretch of a key game late in the regular season just because he's having an off-night shooting. Butler brings a lot of tangibles to the table that don't show up in the box score.
Again, hindsight is 20/20. Put your best guys on the court and live with the results.