Ernie Grunfeld Team Quotations

Young players, a lack of depth, personnel changes, chemistry problems. I really don't know. It just has taken awhile for a lot of teams to come together.

It is very unfortunate that an injury like this occurred. Larry has been playing extremely well, but I am confident that his teammates will step up in his absence.

Larry Hughes's agent informed us that Larry is not returning to Washington, ... He rejected our final offer which we regarded as very fair and very meaningful. We have a lot of outstanding players on this team including All-Stars Gilbert Arenas and Antawn Jamison, and we will add players that will continue to make us a very competitive ball club. Our goals remain the same which is to be a perennial playoff contender.

We had him ranked as a first-round talent, ... We think he really has a good upside with the use of the NBDL. This makes it a better situation for all of us. We have a deep team and we're going to be able to bring him along slowly.

Jarvis is a big part of our team and it is unfortunate that this injury hasn't healed properly. After reviewing Jarvis' progress, it was decided that the best course of action was to have the injury surgically repaired. We expect Jarvis to make a full recovery.