Posts Tagged ‘John Wall’

John Wall, Damian Lillard, Jrue Holiday Star With A$AP Rocky In New Adidas Spot

April 26, 2013  ·  1:00PM

ALL BALL NERVE CENTER – Here’s the latest spot from adidas basketball, set to air during the NBA Playoffs, promoting their Crazyquick basketball kick.

Titled “Quick Ain’t Fair” and narrated by hot hip-hop star A$AP Rocky, the new ad features Washington PG John Wall, Portland’s Rookie of the Year candidate Damian Lillard, and Philly PG Jrue Holiday. The shoe and the ad showcase the crazy quickness employed by all three players, while Rocky spits almost an object lesson in the value of speed.

The shoe features a four-zone quick outsole, which “provides maximum traction and flexibility for quick movements.” The Crazyquick is out May 1 in five colorways and is available for pre-order today at adidas.com.

Because at the end of the day, quick ain’t fair.

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Ish Smith Welcomes John Wall Back

January 14, 2013  ·  11:07PM

by Zettler Clay IV

Washington sports could use an uplifting story. With their football savior set to recover from tearing his knee, the Wizards gladly welcome their franchise savior John Wall into the fold.

Not so fast Wizards stakeholders. It generally takes time to get back into the swing of things. The Magic’s Ish Smith served as a reinforcer of this cliche/truism:
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In fairness, this play was more Smith being spectacular than Wall being rusty. But the night wasn’t done before Wall provided superb get-back of his own:
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The Wizards won their second game in a row by double-digits with Wall back in uniform. A trend may be forming here. District residents can only hope.

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As All-Star Pranks Go, This Is Pretty Good Greg Monroe

February 25, 2012  ·  1:31PM

by Micah Hart

All-Star games are a chance for everyone to get their shine one. If the outcome is no longer in doubt, as was the case in Friday night’s BBVA Rising Stars Challenge, then it’s really time to have some fun. At least, that’s what John Wall figured. Greg Monroe? He had other ideas:



That’s some first-class hating right there. And also hilarious. Don’t feel too bad for Wall though — he still managed to get a few highlights in:



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Picking the Rising Stars Rosters So Chuck and Shaq Don’t Have To

February 9, 2012  ·  10:53AM

by Micah Hart

Earlier this morning Sekou and I put our GM caps on and picked rosters for the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge, trying to figure out what they might look like once Shaq and Chuck get done with them for All-Star Friday night.

Sekou got the first pick because, well, he’s big time, and I’m just a squirrel trying to get a nut.

Here are our squads:

Sekou’s Squad (in order of draft selection):

Blake Griffin
Ricky Rubio
Kyrie Irving
Paul George
Derrick Williams
Evan Turner
Tristan Thompson
Tiago Splitter
Markieff Morris

And mine:

Micah’s Men:

John Wall
DeMarcus Cousins
Greg Monroe
Kemba Walker
MarShon Brooks
Gordon Hayward
Kawhi Leonard
Jeremy Lin Landry Fields
Brandon Knight

Which team do you like the best?

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JaVale McGee Will Yield No Transition Baskets

February 7, 2012  ·  11:48AM

by Micah Hart

Oh, JaVale McGee. I like you, and I want to see you succeed, but sometimes you just make it too easy:



You know the sad thing is, if Wall makes a better pass there, that’s an easy dunk for JaVale. I think he was just trying to create a diversion there … yeah, that’s the ticket, a diversion!

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John Wall shows why he chose basketball

June 18, 2011  ·  12:52AM

by Zettler Clay

Or rather, why basketball chose him. Without further ado:

Well, then. It isn’t as if Mr. Wall was called on stage to sing at a karaoke bar. A few off-key tones to a Boyz II Men ballad would certainly be understandable in that scenario. This is the opening pitch to a Major League Baseball game. In the 24/7-Internet-can’t-get-enough-of-picking-at-rich-famous people on social networks era (just type in “#johnwall” on Twitter and experience for yourself).

And if you really want to parse it some more, it’s at a Washington Nationals vs. Baltimore Orioles game (not exactly Lakers-Celtics or Cubs-Cardinals, but still).

You can call this bold or just plain negligence on his part. I’ll just thumb through a thesaurus and find an obscure synonym for “hilarious” and call it a day.

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Bragging Rights Bracket: No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 3 Kentucky

March 22, 2011  ·  1:59PM



by Micah Hart

For the complete Bragging Rights rules and to vote for other matchups, click here. In this matchup we’ve got some Wildcat-on-Wildcat action as Arizona takes on Kentucky.

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Starters (all stats per 48 minutes):

Andre Iguodala, Sixers: 18.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 8.4 assists, 0.7 blocks, 2.1 steals
Richard Jefferson, Spurs: 17.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.7 blocks, 0.8 steals
Channing Frye, Suns: 18.4 points, 9.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.5 blocks, 0.9 steals
Chase Budinger, Rockets: 21.4 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 0.5 blocks, 1.2 steals
Jason Terry, Mavericks: 24.5 points, 2.9 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 0.2 blocks, 1.7 steals

Missed the cut: Gilbert Arenas, Magic; Jerryd Bayless, Raptors; Mike Bibby, Heat; Jordan Hill, Rockets; Mustafa Shakur, Wizards; Luke Walton, Lakers

Team synopsis: Leave Agent Zero on the bench? Am I crazy? Maybe. But this competition wants the players currently playing the best, not who has the best resume. Arenas just isn’t playing at the same level anymore, and both Budinger and Frye are having better seasons. This is a dangerous Arizona team, with a lot of players who can fill up the stat sheet in a number of ways.

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Don’t know about a thousand, but this picture talks, Part III

February 17, 2011  ·  9:30AM

by Zettler Clay

Last night, the Washington Wizards – owners of NBA’s worse road record – visited Disney World. The outcome of the game didn’t come as any surprise (Magic won handily) but this sight might.

Either a foul was called, causing play to stop while J.J. Redick got his freebie in or Redick delivered a Tim Hardaway-like crossover and finished with a left hand flush over the interested Wizards’ D.

The body language of the three Wizards – John Wall (l), Kirk Hinrich (c), Andray Blatche (r) – says more than I can. Well actually, Hinrich could give us a little more on the apathy end.

However, he did manage to exact some get-back on the former Blue Devil later in the game.

(For sake of time, forward to the 1:50 mark.)

J.J., hardwood. Hardwood, meet J.J. And that smothered laughter you hear… is not from Stephen Curry.

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Last night in a…dance

November 3, 2010  ·  10:04AM

by Micah Hart

Wizards rookie point guard John Wall is famous for his basketball abilities, and also for the dance sensation that swept the nation last year while he was a freshman at Kentucky. But last night during the introductions before his home debut against the Sixers, Wall decided it was time to go in a different direction. Roll it!

Wall went on to drop a near triple-double (29 points, 13 assists, 9 steals) in a 116-115 overtime win, letting Blake Griffin know the race for Rookie of the Year is on.

I wonder if Wall learned to do the dougie from the Warriors…

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Extend, trade or cut – #1 Draft picks

October 11, 2010  ·  10:48AM

by Micah Hart

And we’re back with another installment of the hit game Extend, Trade or Cut!

Just to refresh you on the rules (there seemed a bit of confusion last time), picture yourself as the GM of a mythical NBA franchise, and pretend that you have to choose between three players. One player you can extend with a new contract, one player you can trade for some mythical asset(s), and one player you must cut from your roster for eternity (it’s a harsh world). You may choose each option only once.

Today’s scenario asks you to consider some recent #1 picks in the NBA Draft: The Wizards’ John Wall (No. 1 in 2010), the Clippers’ Blake Griffin (No. 1 in 2009) and the Blazers’ Greg Oden (#1 in 2007).

Some pros and cons on each to help start the discussion.

John Wall: An electrifying talent with almost unlimited potential, Wall is preparing to take the nation’s capital by storm. However, he’s very young, and has only a year of college ball on his resume. The NBA is littered with seemingly can’t miss prospects who did, in fact, miss. Do you know enough about Wall to say he won’t be one of them?

Greg Oden: He may look 56, but the Blazers’ big man is still only 22 years old. A myriad of injuries have derailed each of his three NBA seasons, which means the information on him feels incomplete as well. Still, the light bulb did seem to turn on a bit last year before his latest injury (from which he has yet to return), enough that many think that if he can just stay healthy (a big if) he could still blossom into the dominant pivotman everyone thought he would be coming out of Ohio State.

Blake Griffin: Griffin was one of the most dominant college players these eyes have seen in years. He personified the expression “a man among boys” in his sophomore season at Oklahoma before declaring for and becoming the top pick in the 2009 Draft. Unfortunately, the curse of the Clippers befell him, and his subsequent knee injury forced him to miss the entire 2009-10 season. Like the other two (notice a theme here?), not much is known yet about whether his brilliance will translate to the NBA.

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