It looks like Chicago is not the only place where the youthful players are struggling and are frustrated.  Earlier this week, like like Eddy Curry of the Bull, Kwame Brown of the Washington Wizards saw himself demoted from the starting lineup and playing much fewer minutes off the bench.  Brown, who started the season on fire, went from the team's starting power forward to it's third string power forward in one swoop, a move which has him confused.

"I don't know how to take it," Brown said. "Like it's my fault we were losing. [Collins] said he's trying to get my confidence back, but putting me from first to third string isn't what I would call a confidence helper. Whenever he puts me in, I just have to go in and play."

The move came after the Wizards went on a six game losing streak.  Coach Doug Collin's decision to bench the younger players for a more veteran lineup does hold water, however, after the team immediately went on a two game winning streak.  Brown still feels the frustration, his complaints an exact replica as the ones which have been coming out of the Windy City.

"It's a tough situation knowing under that pressure if you do something wrong you're coming out. I know how it is. Once something's working and if I'm not involved in what's working, I probably won't see the floor. You never know."

"What we're trying to do is win games," Collins said. "At the same time we've got to get our younger players better. Throughout the league teams playing a lot of young players struggle. We can't do that. It's a balancing act and right now we're playing some of the older players."

"You can put younger players in a game and if they play well I'll keep them on the floor," Collins said. "You can't just throw young players out there because they're high draft picks and say, 'Play.' That has to be earned."