Am I saying bench him? No.
You have to see if he's going to have one of his hot games.
But once it becomes clear, as it has the last three games where he's been 1-5, 1-5 and 1-7, that he isn't bringing anything on offense then Painter has to be willing to give him less time and put in other players like Heide or Colvin or more Gillis.
Because he's not just not providing much anywhere else, not rebounding, not assists, not ball handling, not defense, he's actively hurting us.
Again, start him and tell him to shoot, but once he's clearly not hitting, there just haven't been a lot of games in his career where he's gotten hot after a cold start, and Painter has to be willing to go somewhere else.
Jones has shot poorly to start too but the difference is he HAS shown he can get hit later in the game and he at least provides defense.
We have more problems than Loyer. I'm not putting it all on him, but he's too inconsistent on offense and too bad on defense to get as much leash as he gets.
You have to see if he's going to have one of his hot games.
But once it becomes clear, as it has the last three games where he's been 1-5, 1-5 and 1-7, that he isn't bringing anything on offense then Painter has to be willing to give him less time and put in other players like Heide or Colvin or more Gillis.
Because he's not just not providing much anywhere else, not rebounding, not assists, not ball handling, not defense, he's actively hurting us.
Again, start him and tell him to shoot, but once he's clearly not hitting, there just haven't been a lot of games in his career where he's gotten hot after a cold start, and Painter has to be willing to go somewhere else.
Jones has shot poorly to start too but the difference is he HAS shown he can get hit later in the game and he at least provides defense.
We have more problems than Loyer. I'm not putting it all on him, but he's too inconsistent on offense and too bad on defense to get as much leash as he gets.