When the 28-man roster of invitees for Team USA was announced last week, one of the first omissions that jumped to mind was John Wall. While his career didn’t get off the start off as quickly as many would’ve liked, he has come on strong over the past couple of years.
The Wizards are right there in the playoff hunt in the East, and Wall should be named as all-star reserve. However, none of that earned him a spot on the Team USA roster and he’s using that as motivation.
“I been through it before. The main thing for me is try to be professional. I went out there and played. I did it the right way,” Wall said of his experiences with Team USA minicamp. “I just use it as more motivation. It’s nothing I could do. It’s nothing I can say, and I don’t want nobody to babysit me or try to make it work for me. They made their list, they made their decision and that’s what they’re happy with, and I just have to look past that. It’s more motivation because I didn’t make McDonald’s game. I wasn’t national player of the year. I wasn’t rookie of the year. So those are just tabs I keep to motivate myself to prove people wrong.”
H/T: Washington Post
