Links: John Wall's New Reebok Commercial And Bold Statement
by Mike Prada on Oct 13, 2011 11:22 AM EDT
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A bunch of links for you to enjoy, many of which feature John Wall.
- Here's Wall's new Reebok commercial, which features the slogan "Power Your Breakout." Many have pointed out the irony in Wall parroting a slogan about breaking out when the NBA season doesn't exist, but truth be told, Wall's kind of broken out in summer league games anyway. [FanShot, DC Sports Bog]
- More significant to me: during a behind the scenes video of the Reebok shoot, Wall says that he wants to be the greatest point guard to ever play the game. He said it so nonchalantly too. [Michael Lee, with some brief thoughts of my own at SB Nation D.C.]
- Tom Haberstroh of ESPN Insider has a really good piece on why John Wall is the next Jason Kidd. Worth checking out if you have Insider.
- An update on what's going on with Josh Howard right now. [Michael Lee]
- This piece by Andrew Sharp on the 100 reasons to look forward to the season that is being locked out will evoke some sort of emotion. Highly recommend it. [SBNation.com]
- The Basketball Jones places odds on which NBA player is this year's Shawn Kemp (i.e. they become really overweight). Andray Blatche makes the list, unsurprisingly. [TBJ]
- A look at where ESPN ranks all the Wizards players and whether those rankings make sense. [Jack Kogod for the Washingtonian]
- Charles Oakley stories are the best stories. Also, some rhetorical questions on why Kwame Brown is still infamous in Wizards lore. [Truth About It]
- Your typical story on how local businesses will be affected by the NBA lockout. [WUSA9]
- Remembering Kevin Porter. [Hardwood Paroxysm]
- Nick Young's poofy hair is poofy. [SB Nation LA]
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ESPN list of Top 500
When one looks at that list, one has to wonder what EG was thinking. It’s Wall and then the great abyss. The only thing we dominate is the 490-500 bracket.
If Pat Riley can get Lebron and Bosh (in addition to D.Wade), why do we settle for Vesely? By trading the 6, 18, and 34 picks, we could have gotten either Kantor or Williams.
The same issue will come up in the next draft. We need to trade up to get somebody like Barnes, rather than settling for some mediocre player.
Perhaps we should wait
to see how all the rookies in the NBA play perform before we assume any of the ones you named will be better than another?
“If Pat Riley can get Lebron and Bosh (in addition to D.Wade), why do we settle for Vesely?” Sorry, don’t understand the connection there.
he may have meant EG did nothing but sit back and see who fell to us
then claim that’s who he really wanted all along.
I think the whole concept of the wizards making themselves into a running team with wall is wrong
wall is a 1 man fastbreak he doesn’t need anybody running with him because they can’t keep up anyways
....What?
First, you compared rookies from a weak draft to one of the biggest free agent years in NBA history. Second, Miami Is a larger market for ball than Washington. And third, only Lebron was a # 1 pick- wade was a five and bosh was a four. Dont get down in our # 6 this year or any of our picks until theyve proven they can’t be trusted
by XAGMNINETY on Oct 13, 2011 1:44 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Miami is only large now because they have had Dwayne Wade for a while
When they suck they will look like the Florida Marlins, Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Rays.
When Washington gets good watch out. We are actually a large market. We just don’t have a top team right now.
Yup. And you better get your Nationals season tickets soon
They are on the verge of blowing up with all the talent they will have, definitely no later than 2 years from now.
You think DC rocks with a great hockey team. Wait until we get a great basketball team. I WILL BE THERE!
Agreed
DC is not a bad market, just one jaded to the Wizards by recent incompetency. We didn’t have a problem filling the building during our “glory years” (used in the most painstakingly relative way possible) with the Big Three, something that markets like Atlanta and New Orleans cannot claim even with their recent success.
From the District of Columbia, home of the hyperbolic paraboloid transitional floating zone defense.
What if all the local teams were top teams?
If the Skins, Caps, Nats, United, and Wiz were all contenders, who would get the support? The Wiz might come out ahead of the Caps, Nats, and especially the United, but it wouldn’t be by much. And of course all four of those teams would just be fighting over the crumbs left behind by the Skins.
Now try that same exercise for other big cities.
Miami vs. Washington
The population of the Washington MSA is larger than that for Miami. The GDP of the Washington MSA is much larger than that for Miami.
There is no reason to think of Washington as a second tier market (other than the performance of its basketball team).
The idea
Is the ambition. And the creativity. Just the idea and boldness to do what Miami did. And then you have Ernie who I feel like is more than willing to sit at number six and take a guy that is unlikely to be more than a role player. This isn’t the only example.
Maybe Ernie can change my opinion on him with a little luck, or making some creative moves in or leading up to the 2012 draft.
I'm a Wizards fan. We've been trying to tell you about Lebron for years. Hated the man before it was cool.
by returnofswagger on Oct 14, 2011 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Anyone care to give a very brief summary of the articles argument for all of us non-insiders?
by BballBrit on Oct 13, 2011 5:20 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
you took the words out of my mouth
by BballBrit on Oct 14, 2011 5:04 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't really like the look of the shoes either
I guess I don’t like Reebok
"My logic fails all the time...especially when talking to females" Rook6980
by Dutch Hoopfan on Oct 14, 2011 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions
there were rumors last season his shoe was hastly assembled and not high quality
could have been part of his foot problems….let’s hope this version is the real deal
Always noticed there were similarities between Kidd and Wall
In terms of court vision, aggressiveness when it comes to rebounding, and size for position, except his athleticism is more similar to Westbrook or Wade. He’s already a better shooter than Kidd was when he was young and Wall’s gonna score more points than Kidd did in his prime.
Couldn’t read the article since I don’t got that insider thing though.
STRAIGHT CASH HOMIE
by everybodylookin on Oct 15, 2011 12:12 AM EDT reply actions
Lockout 'Fro
FTW
"Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time." John Wooden
Haha, well, he has 25 million reasons not to...
I whish he had signed with adidas or nike too but I can understand why he didn’t.
"My logic fails all the time...especially when talking to females" Rook6980
by Dutch Hoopfan on Oct 17, 2011 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
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