But benchings – sitting him on the bench – do. And burying him at the deep end of the bench most certainly does.
If a player is not allowed to play, his value diminishes and come time for a new contract, his chances of getting another fat paycheck would diminish accordingly. Shaq is not a good example here. Shaq is not worried about another contract. His current contract, paying him $20 million dollars annually, has two more year to run and he will likely call it a career by that time. Therefore, Shaq is pretty safe all-round. If not for pride, Shaq would not bother about minutes and playing time. But another player, a younger one, definitely will worry about minutes and playing time (a player's playing time, the time he spends on court each game, is recorded in minutes as a regular NBA game last 48 minutes). Yi Jianlian, for example, will worry about playing time. In fact, being on the court playing – and playing a lot if he could help it – means everything to him. It's his livelihood. Rest assured it won't sit well with him if he is told to sit on the bench all the time. Therefore, benching and burying (if the benching lasts a considerable time, it will be as if the player were buried deep among benchwarmers) will certainly get his attention, that is, force him to learn a lesson.
That's the philosophy of a coach from the old school, an old coach for sure and smart thinking from a cunning old dog.
Well, in these explanations, you've seen "fines", "benchings" and "burying" each in action a number of times. That's how you pick up new words by osmosis, that is, by seeing them often – and gradually let them sink in. The cause is helped if you have a hobby which allows you to follow a particular subject on a regular basis.
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