Josh Smith on Maurice Cheeks benching him: ‘I take real offense to it’
By Dan Feldman
Josh Smith on Maurice Cheeks benching him for the second half of the Pistons’ loss to the Wizards, via David Mayo of MLive:
""It’s an honor for me to play, you know what I’m saying? So when anybody challenges — or anything about the fact that, you know, about me not wanting to play — then I take real offense to it," Smith said."
Smith, via J. Michael of CSN Washington:
""I’m an aggressive person. I’m not passive. So maybe a passive person that takes life that way won’t understand an aggressive person. I really can’t worry about what people perceive of me because they don’t know me on a day-to-day basis so I’m really not concerned about what people perceive about me at all.""
""To me it is over with. But you know some people hold grudges longer than others. I don’t know. I’m not saying he does. I’m not the type of person that really likes to go all the time in coach’s office and have a one-on-one sitdown. I’m more of a team morale guy.""