What It Means:

He started on Wednesday, but was benched early in that game, and looks to have landed pretty firmly in head coach Mike Malone's dog house. We can expect him to return to the rotation eventually, but a trade is certainly a possibility at this point.

Malone has said he's going to shake up his lineups a bit, which doesn't come as much of a surprise with the Nuggets sitting 25th in our nERD power rankings. Faried's numbers have actually been very solid this season -- ranking second on the team in offensive rating and first in defensive rating among players with at least 50 minutes played -- though the coaching staff does not seem to be happy with him.