Do the veterans (obviously not counting Jamison and Butler) really deserve to be defended so much? The Wizards are 7-27; this isn’t some team that’s on the cusp of rattling off several wins in a row. It’s not one group’s fault or the other because, for the most part, they’ve all contributed to the awful start. But that doesn’t mean that McGee should be punished because he’s not a veteran. He’s a rookie, and he’s played better than Thomas, so shouldn’t he be getting Thomas’s minutes? And why was Stevenson playing over ANYONE on the Wizards’ roster with the way he played to start the season? He was horrible; he wasn’t earning his minutes.

I really don’t understand how the Wizards play sometimes. Instead of worrying about other team’s matchups and who’s doing what, maybe they should just try to do what they want and make other teams adjust for once. Put a lineup of Crittenton, Young, McGuire, Blatche, and McGee out there once in a while — see what the hell happens. Will they do poorly? It’s possible, but let them get a chance. The organization needs to find out who can play on this team, and if Arenas ever comes back, they’ll need to know who can and can’t compliment the big three in the near future.

Me submit to what will be will be.

If Tap wasn’t the interim already I’d say he should be fired just for these comments. This can’t possibly be what Grunfeld wanted when he put Tap in there, can it?

And none of the “press” called him on that? Where are the hard questions?
With a team record of 7-27, there should be some very hard questions – and even harder follow-up questions when the first answer is a cliche filled, “puddle of muck”.

Like: What do you mean “meritocracy”? Do you mean that players that are not performing, like Etan Thomas, DeShawn Stevenson and Darius Songaila will be replaced with players that have performed when given minutes….. Like Nick Young, Javaris Crittenton and JaVale McGee?

And when he says something like:
“We’re trying to give them a chance to grow up and learn to play, but not at the expense of winning basketball games. So they have to contribute.”

Why wasn’t there a follow up question like: Then are the young guys, who have better stats, higher plus/minus numbers and seem to bring more energy; Why are they benched for 3 games if they take one bad shot?
Where’s that question?