“Me personally, I definitely thought he should have played. I’m not trying to stir up anything with coach or the organization. I don’t know who made the call. But sometimes one game is a smaller thing. What was on the line the day before yesterday was way bigger than us playing the Mavericks, and that was Z breaking the record to become the franchise leader in games played.
“I stand behind Z and whatever Z feels at this point in time, I definitely — if I was in control of it — would have put him in, probably would have started him. You could have easily started him and subbed him right out and had the standing ovation from the fans with a timeout. If you didn’t want to play him, there were a lot of ways for that accomplishment to be accomplished.
“It’s a sensitive subject. I’m not one to raise havoc or raise fire into the locker room or our team. But, for me, I speak the truth. I stand behind Z and I feel like Z not playing wasn’t the right thing. As a friend of his, I was very upset, and I know he was also.”
This topic is getting me more angry by the minute. Brown is erratic, his substitutions are the work of a mad scientist. Why not just put in Z? It makes zero sense. I bet we are eventually get a statement from the front office. Dan Gilbert and Ferry are classy (I think?) and should apologize or something.