I understand that this is just a preseason game but I dont get how so many people can just dismiss this as nothing or just a stupid joke.
Yes it's nice that he wanted to get a teammate playing time to reward his hard work, but he undermined his coaches to do it. Instead of going to Flip and saying that he wants Nick to start in his place, he lied to Flip, which basically tells Nick Young, yeah youve been working hard, these coaches are just jerks so let me lie so you can get your way. I think its harmful to player/coach relationships on the team when players feel they dont have to respect what the coaching decisions are.
The guys supposed to be a vet leader on this team, and if I was the Wiz management, I'd be biting my fingernails thinking that this is the guy John Wall is learning from every day.