John Wall To Play In Impact Basketball League In Las Vegas, According To Report

by Mike Prada on Aug 26, 2011 1:23 PM EDT in Links

You may have heard about this Impact Basketball summer league in Las Vegas, in which trainer Joe Abunassar is trying to recruit a number of professionals to play in a pro-only two-week league in September. John Wall's name was one of many listed in the original HoopsWorld report about the league. Now, he has confirmed to Michael Lee of the Washington Post that he will be playing.

He also might recruit a number of his teammates. Via Lee's story:

Abunassar said he expects Wall to reach out to some of his Wizards teammates to participate, which could give the league the feel of a mini-training camp. Nick Young and Jordan Crawford both work out at the Impact facility in Reseda.

"A guy like John, he's going to get on the phone and get a couple of his teammates here, so they can play together," Abunassar said. "The guys in Vegas, they are already dividing their teams.

The league is probably going to be capped at 64 players, which would allow eight teams of eight to play. It looks like games will begin on September 12, with streaming video a possibility. Lee has the full list of players involved, and from the sounds of it, guys like Wall, Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant and others are trying to get their teammates to play with them.

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Yessssssssssss!

Crawford and Wall playing together , even if it were just a pickup game, is good! Hope guys like Singleton and Mack will also show up and get a little chemistry going! This can only help! I doubt Vesely will be able to join, and Seraphin might already be mixing it up in Europe, but I’d like to see guys like McGee, Young & Jeffers come to Vegas to play.

by Jaba on Aug 26, 2011 1:44 PM EDT reply actions

Love to see

John Wall with Crawford and Nick Young… Add JaVale, Blatche, Booker and Singleton for the “Wizards” team.

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by Rook6980 on Aug 26, 2011 2:08 PM EDT reply actions

Would be nice, but given that the league is being capped, it's probably unrealistic

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by Mike Prada on Aug 26, 2011 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh well

I’m already happy if I see Wall and Crawford out there. If any of the others join – then fine!

by Jaba on Aug 26, 2011 2:51 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

hopefully those games will be on utube

I like how Crawford can complement Wall in the way that he’s able to initiate the offense and create for others.. when John on the court with a lineup like young, lewis, blatche and McGee he practically has the dominate the ball the whole possession cause the other 4 guys can’t create for others and aren’t that great at creating for themselves.

BRING BACK DA BULLETS

by everybodylookin on Aug 26, 2011 3:20 PM EDT reply actions