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We all saw what John Wall is capable of on the college level after his mastery of the UCONN Huskies on Wednesday night. He struggled early with foul trouble and only played nine first half minutes and still finished with a career high (sure to be broken) 25 points and six steals.
Hall of Fame Head Coach Jim Calhoun said it best: “(Wall) is no freshman. He’s a great player.”
He is combo guard with a supreme ability to handle and score the ball and the only reason why people label him as a PG is because the ball is always in his hands.
Point Guards (like Chris Paul, Deron Williams, or even Steve Blake) set up offenses, direct players where to go and read defenses; John Wall is the offense and does not care what his teammates do because he is getting to the hole, like it or not.
“I just try to be a point guard,” Wall told the AP. “I struggled some in the first half then picked it up in the second and led us to the victory.”
Although labeled a PG that is what John Wall is not.
Wall took that UCONN game over and refused to lose like all great players do.
He scored 12 of the last 15 UK points and he did it with an array of moves. Stopping and popping like an NBA vet and taking it to the hole with a youthful vigor for a late game AND 1.
PGs do not stop and pop and do not attack the rim like that, I’m sorry.
According to his Head Coach, Wall goes to every class and works the hardest in practice and that is why players love playing for Coach Cal, he does whatever it takes to get them to the next level and will never throw them under the bus, even DeMarcus Cousins.
If Coach Cal is being truthful those are two more reasons why Wall is the clear cut number one pick next season.
UK is now 4-0 in games that came down to the last minute of regulation and it is because they have a very special player. Special players are the difference in late game situations and if they did not have Wall they would have two wins max.
Coach Cal keeps calling his team lucky but you do not need luck when you have this kid. He is the ultimate combination in late games: unguardable and clutch.
There is little doubt Wall will be the number once pick in next season’s draft but lets worry about that then and watch the best college players since Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony.
Sidenote:
– Favorite part of John Wall – 10-16 FGs in just 29 minutes or his tenacious defense on Kemba Walker in the final minutes.
– Least favorite part of John Wall 2 assists 7 turnovers.
