When asked if he would be "surprised" if the Wizards made a deal involving Wall or Beal, Brooks responded: "I mean, like I said, the start that we're having, there's going to be rumors. It's just part of the business. It's just part of it. I've been in the league a long time, that's just always been the case. We haven't played well. Nobody's hiding from it, nobody's running from it. We have to play better. I have to do a better job. Our guys have to do a better job as well. Regardless of what we hear out there, that has nothing to do with what we have to do each day and that is to prepare and to improve and to figure out ways in which to get some wins."