Jeff Passan of the Fresno Bee reports: He fidgets. He tugs his uniform. He taps his toes. He toys with his hair. He spaces out. He tunes in. He yawns.
He sits.

Forty-eight minutes zoomed by, and not once did DeShawn Stevenson strip away his warm-ups. They bound him like a straitjacket in the Utah Jazz's victory against the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday and, for the 20th time this season, saddled him with the dirtiest five-letter phrase in NBA lexicon: DNP-CD.

That stands for did not play-coach's decision, something the 6-foot-5, 210-pound Stevenson has come to know and loathe.