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» Monday, April 29 2013

 

» Thursday, April 25 2013

Wall needed the final six weeks of the season to affirm the time he spent last offseason trying to get better. Those early morning workouts with trainer Rob McClanaghan resulted in a player who could play with better pace. His jumper also improved once he gained the confidence to take it in games. “Everything I worked on this summer really helped me,” Wall said. “I finally got there when I got in shape. Missing three and a half months you’re not going to come back in shape right away because you couldn’t run or anything. So it took me a while. It was good to see what I worked on paid off. Just got to keep doing it again this summer.” Washington Post

 

» Tuesday, April 23 2013

 

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» Thursday, April 18 2013

The most interesting nugget likely came when he was asked by Chenier about what the team’s focus would be during the offseason. “Well there’s lots of ways to improve the team: trades, free agency,” Leonsis said. “Obviously — unfortunately — we’ll have another high pick. And maybe we’ll get lucky and move up a couple of spaces so that we can pick 1, 2 or 3 again. We see Bradley Beal, he’s a real player, he was picked third. And you’re right, we’re gonna have a really really good backcourt with him and John. “But free agency, I think, is a way that we can use to improve the team,” Leonsis continued. “And probably the key thing for us is to try and keep Martell [Webster], and see what we’re gonna do with John [Wall] to keep him with the team for a long, long time. I think that the fans would expect that, to try and keep the nucleus of the team together and then add around it.” Washington Post

 

» Wednesday, April 17 2013

 

» Tuesday, April 9 2013

When Okafor attempted to explain afterward why Coach Randy Wittman had to make the decision to give A.J. Price more playing time, Wall snapped back, leading to a heated argument that was audible from the walls on the other side of the training room. “It was just me being young and very frustrated. I wasn’t making anything, turning the ball over, and we lost a lot of games that we should’ve won and I put the toll on me,” Wall explained, as he recalled his emotions before the encounter. “A lot of frustration was coming out. As a veteran and being a leader on the team, [Okafor] stepped up and said something. At the time, it was in the heat of moment. I was upset.” Washington Post

Wall was unaccustomed to having a teammate challenge him, but in hindsight, he couldn’t disagree with anything that Okafor told him: Wittman had to go with someone else if he was ineffective and Wall has to trust that the coach is doing what was in the best interest of the team, which should always come first “It wasn’t nothing bad. I felt like, what he said was right,” Wall said of Okafor “It was all the right things at the right time. 'You’ve got to learn how to control your anger more.' Ever since that day forward, I became more focused. Came to practice the next day, talked to him, put it behind us and I just went out there and tried to play basketball. Didn’t hold no grudges.” Washington Post

 

» Monday, April 8 2013

Roy Hibbert didn’t like what Washington Wizard’s point guard John Wall said about the Pacers big men after they played Saturday night. Hibbert admitted that the Pacers didn’t play well enough to win and didn’t deserve to win. But he also took exception to Wall calling him out, along with the Pacers’ other frontline guys. Unprovoked, Hibbert brought out the ‘soft’ comment before getting to the punch line. “[Washington] went out there and they played hard. John Wall was determined to get around our “soft” bigs, I guess,” he said. “You have to tip your hat off to those guys. They’re changing their season around before they go fishing. “[Wall] can say what he wants to say. He’s entitled to it. He’s a good player. We have a chance to compete for a championship. They have a chance to compete for the No.1 pick.” Pacers.com

 

» Thursday, April 4 2013

John Wall is gracing the cover of D.C. Modern Luxury’s latest issue. The Wizards guard took time to pose for a fashion shoot for the publication’s “Men of Style” feature, and the write up accompanying his photo is all kinds of amazing. Washington Post

 

» Tuesday, April 2 2013

Obama, a former high school basketball player in Hawaii and an avid hoops enthusiast, finally made a layup and left the court after finishing 2 of 22. The miserable shooting display led Wall to share a few jokes while offering to supply some advice. “I told him ‘I’m on a hot stretch this month,’ ” Wall said. “I said you was shooting like I was shooting the first month I came back. He kept saying I’m going to leave for like five minutes, 10 minutes. He didn’t leave until he made one.” Washington Post

 

» Monday, April 1 2013

Rondo is in the midst of a five-year extension worth $55 million he signed in 2009. Curry signed a four-year extension last fall for $44 million. Lawson got a four-year, $48 million extension that kicks in next season. Westbrook's max extension averages $15.5 million per year. Rose was able to get a bigger extension -- five years and just under $95 million -- with his MVP award. "I feel like those are some guys up there," he says. "Those are guys that, I'm not chasing just to go get. I want to prove myself, just like they proved themselves. And hopefully get my team to the playoffs like they're doing." NBA.com

“You guys are in dreamland,” Falk told Mike Wise of The Washington Post. “Because this team [stinks] so bad you guys want John Wall to be someone he will never be. Before Wall becomes Nene, I would trade him and get rid of him. I’m serious. He doesn’t have a feel for the game. He only knows how to play one speed. Magic Johnson had a great feel, a court sense, by the time he was a sophomore in college. Chris Paul had it by the time he was a sophomore in high school. … John Wall will never be as good as Kyrie Irving was in his first week in the NBA. … I just think people want him to be something he’s never going to be. He’s a big tease. He doesn’t have a good enough feel for the game to be an elite player. I don’t think he’ll ever be the player you think he is.” Did those harsh words serve as motivation for Wall? “A little bit,” Wall said. “I know what I can do. You just get better year by year, learning. I know how to play this game. I’m still learning, I don’t know everything, but I knew I had to get myself better before I could help everybody else get better. That’s one thing I knew. When you’re pushing yourself, you can push everybody else around you. I feel like I’m a leader and I can help my team.” HoopsWorld

 
 

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