When Michael Carter-Williams won Rookie of the Year I really thought he would be an elite point guard. I thought he’d be Rajon Rondo but bigger and maybe with a post game. That’s what I thought.
But for some reason he has regressed to the point of being benched by Bucks head coach Jason Kidd. It’s safe to say MCW has hit bottom and needs to pick himself up.
“I really don’t have any comment on it,” Carter-Williams said in the locker room after the Bucks’ 87-82 loss to Charlotte at Time Warner Cable Arena. “I guess it’s, at the end of the day, what the coach wants. I thought the team played hard today.
“The past couple games my play has been down,” Carter-Williams said. “If I’m a coach, I wouldn’t start me, either. Whatever minutes I get, I’m going to come in and try to help the team, cheer from the bench and try to cheer my teammates on.
“I know it’s hard right now. I think things will get better.”
“I wasn’t surprised,” Carter-Williams said. “In practice, I wasn’t in the starting five. I thought I would play more minutes. At the end of the day, coach is coach. He’s just trying to do what’s best for the team.“
At this point MCW should just focus on what he’s doing wrong and do what he can for the team. He has to be a team player, if they need rebounds, get rebounds. If they need lock down D, give them lock down D.
