-28.
That is Dragan Bender’s +/- through two Phoenix Suns preseason games, one of which was against the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian Basketball League.
What is more impressive about this stat line is that it took Bender only 27 minutes to put up such a poor rating.
Being that he didn’t play until the fourth quarter against the Breakers, the Phoenix Suns seem to have finally passed the now nearly 21-year-old Dragan Bender by.
A week ago it would seem foolish to think this, but now it is seems inevitable, that Bender is likely to go many games during the regular season while never leaving the bench.