After a breakout season with the Suns in 2014, Gerald Green seems to have taken a step back. With only a few games left on the season, Suns head coach Jeff Hornacek has glued Green to the bench. After playing 28.4 minutes in his 2014 campaign, Green is now only playing 18 minutes per game.
“He never really seemed to get it going and then it comes to the point where, if you’re not scoring and if your defense isn’t picking up, it’s hard to stay in the game,” Hornacek said.
“The next guy is going, ‘I needed help here and the guy wasn’t here.’ We’re trying to develop something for the future, not just being out here for everybody to play in the game. We want to get to a top-notch winning level and you’ve got to do it on both sides.”
Hornacek’s criticism of Green isn’t sitting well with him and it seems like he is uncertain of his future with the team.
“I want to be here but I just don’t know if they want me here,” Green said. “Because if you want somebody, you show them. I didn’t think I was playing that bad and now we’re here.”
