...the little bit I saw him play early on he got pushed around on defense and wasn’t very assertive on either end of the floor. We’re playing a very physical style of basketball, when you watch Barcello work the PNR it’s very physical, same when we’re defending it. Jesse just didn’t seem like he was mentally up to it and didn’t seem to play with any determination.

He was a Dave Rose pick-up so maybe Pope just gave him a little window to earn a spot in the rotation and he just didn’t seize it. With us struggling to find guys who can hit a 3pt shot you’d think Pope would at some point work his way back around to Wade and give him another shot.