Andre Drummond got benched twice in the Pistons’ loss to the Mavericks on Sunday.
What gives?
Vincent Goodwill of The Detroit News:
"Drummond didn’t want to speak to the media after the game. He was clearly bothered by what happened."
Maurice Cheeks, via David Mayo of MLive:
"“It was about his play, just about his play,” Cheeks said of the quick hook. “He went right back in. It’s a learning experience to do what we’re trying to do out of a timeout (actually halftime), and I don’t think he did it right. We took him out, we put him right back in.”"
"“He just had a bad game,” Cheeks said. “The guy’s 20 years old. We’re not going to expect him to be like a machine every night, to go get 18, 19 rebounds. He’s 20 years old. He didn’t have a good game.”"