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Scott Brooks said John Wall was “by far” the team’s worst defender after loss to Raptors

One of the storylines that emerged after Randy Wittman was fired at the end of last season was inconsistent accountability. As J. Michael of CSN Mid-Atlantic detailed at the time, there were a lot of complaints that veterans were getting passes on things that the young players were not:

As some players saw it, Wittman's refusal to be fair in this regard contributed to his loss of credibility in the locker room. In Wittman's defense, he was in a classic Catch-22. He berated Marcin Gortat for not being Nene on the defensive end every chance he had.