For starters, Lebron James and Emeka Okafor both turned up to a meeting late and how much court time have they been docked? F*ck all!
Secondly, what happened when Philly benched Iverson last season? Loss after loss after damn loss. What happened when Tracy McGrady was benched? Same deal, except he even put on an injury by the end of it all because he was so sh*tted off with the organisation.
And lastly, when your team gets their arses handed to them by Puerto Rico and let a late lead slip against Lithuania, what harm could there be in trying something different? You know, something that might actually work! This is basketball, not politics.
It's quite simple, Jefferson can't shoot and was only put on the team in the first place because it originally had Jason Kidd on it, of whom Jefferson would feed off. But Kidd didn't come and Jefferson is just another American example of 'Athletic Guys Who Will Never Adapt to the International Game'.