I don't think the guys have given up as much as I think they have given in. This team tried to outrun its problems in the first half of the season - all those miraculous double-digit deficit comebacks. But everyone kept saying "hey, you know we really cant keep this pace up, right?" and they were right. This team burned out waiting for Jefferson to figure out the offense, but by the time he did it was too late. The others covered for it as well and as admirabley as they could, methinks. I just think they wore out in the process. And then the whole thing with Sloan and the DWill trade just blew it all to **** in the end. This is a lost season, which is a shame. We don't have many of these, lets hope it stays that way. Hopefully the draft picks parlay into something of value.