Impact Basketball League Update: John Wall Hits Jumpers, Jordan Crawford Gets Buckets

by Mike Prada on Sep 15, 2011 4:06 PM EDT in Player Analysis

We're three days into the Impact Basketball League. Here's what's been happening.

John Wall made his one and only appearance on Wednesday, and boy was he impressive. He dropped 42 points, nine assists and eight rebounds. Most importantly, he was hitting his jump shot! Woo woo! According to BallisLife, he even taunted his opponents by saying "Ya'll better guard me, that's my new secret now."
For more on Wall and the league, this was an interesting read by Ben Golliver.
In Wall's absence, Jordan Crawford has been very solid. He dropped 28 points and 10 rebounds in the team's second game on Tuesday, leading the way for the Wiz squad. With Wall on the team Wednesday, Crawford took a backseat and scored just 15 points. Apparently, he's also been trash talking a lot.
JaVale McGee came by yesterday, scoring 19 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. However, his counterpart, Marreese Speights of the Philadelphia 76ers, scored 30 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dunked on him twice.
Rashard Lewis has put up some good numbers in the first two games. He had 17 in the opener, 29 (with 13 rebounds) in the second game. He slumped to seven points, though, in the third game.
Nick Young has yet to play in any of the games.

Full stats for the Wizards' players in all three games below the jump. These are unofficial and may be off by a couple points or so.

GAME 1

Jordan Crawford: 21 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block.

Rashard Lewis: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.

Shelvin Mack: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.

Larry Owens: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.

GAME 2

Rashard Lewis: 29 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block.

Jordan Crawford: 28 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists.

Larry Owens: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Shelvin Mack: 10 points, 5 assists.

Game 3

John Wall: 42 poins, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals.

JaVale McGee: 19 points, 10 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block.

Larry Owens: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals.

Jordan Crawford: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block.

Shelvin Mack: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal.

Rashard Lewis: 7 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block.

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not much love for shard, but some JCraw and Pierre.

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by DCrez on Sep 15, 2011 4:17 PM EDT reply actions

McGee better not be too worked up on getting dunked on

our stereotype of him shows him as a guy who only wants to dunk, dribble down court and take a long J (he actually can do that much better than most guys his size but I only want to see him do it when it’s absolutely necessary which is almost never), and block shots to the Volkswagen Penthaus

by thewiz06 on Sep 15, 2011 4:18 PM EDT reply actions

Now serving: Kool-Aid

Have they started shipping new WIz uni’s yet?

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by Bullet Nation in Exile on Sep 15, 2011 4:21 PM EDT reply actions

The replicas are available at Dick's

but the swingman jerseys aren’t available yet, and I ordered mine back in May.

by thewiz06 on Sep 15, 2011 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Great

Thanks Mike! I was waiting for this! Micheal Lee also writes that Josh Howard will come to Vegas next week to give it a go. If he’s healthy, I really would like to see him back with the Wiz. But I realize I’m probably the only one around here who feels that way.

by Jaba on Sep 15, 2011 4:21 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Pretty solid numbers from Mack

He brings some defensive toughness that the Wiz sorely need. If training camp opens next month it’ll be interesting to hear what Flip says about him.
Flip has been known to fawn over hard working athletically limited PGs in the past…LLS.

by el freako on Sep 15, 2011 4:27 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Pretty solid numbers from Owens too!

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by Dutch Hoopfan on Sep 15, 2011 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah

I thought the Wiz should bring back Jeffers. But somehow Othyus has disappeared during this summer. Maybe Owens is making a case for himself here.

by Jaba on Sep 15, 2011 5:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Both will be back

They got QO’s from Ernie just before the draft. Unlikely that any other team will go over the QO for their services.

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by Dutch Hoopfan on Sep 15, 2011 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Mack has a 39 inch vertical

Don’t let the physique fool you, this guy can get up, he just plays a below the rim game.

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by averagebro on Sep 15, 2011 4:56 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Side note: Anno Domini Beats is the TRUTH

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Did you hear that violin? Dayum that’s a sweet tune!

They also did the freakishly awesome beats for my all time favorite hoopmixtape….(tip 1: violins again!, tip 2 he went # 1 overall ;-)

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by Dutch Hoopfan on Sep 15, 2011 5:41 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs

Here's the Day 3 recap:

http://hoopmixtape.ning.com/video/john-wall-goes-off-for-42-points-at-the-impact-league-day-3-rec-1

Layup by Crawford at 1:23 is one of the most acrobatic I’ve ever seen.

1:26 is the spin 2-handed dunk by JaVale someone was looking for.

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by DMVLeGenD on Sep 15, 2011 6:10 PM EDT reply actions

Two things

Isaiah Thomas can ball…I think he was a steal for the Kings—too bad he’s gonna have to fight for minutes with all those combo gaurds.

People will see why the Knicks took Shumpert in the first round. He can gaurd/play 3 positions legitimately. And it looks like he’s been working on that jumper…

by tw10 on Sep 15, 2011 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Ah, but as acrobatic layups go, few can compare to this.

by satchmore on Sep 15, 2011 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions

My Bad

DCrez already posted a recap on the first comment. Didn’t see it.

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by DMVLeGenD on Sep 15, 2011 6:10 PM EDT reply actions

Wall's jumper is beginning to start looking a bit wet...

I like…

btw-does anyone else get the sense Nick is starting to separate from the team due to an eventual moving on…I guess he and Pierre still hang out, but who knows…

by DavidDunn on Sep 15, 2011 6:20 PM EDT reply actions

how much should Nick really play given he is a FA?

health is the most important thing for NY

by DCrez on Sep 15, 2011 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Here's some other players you won't see.

Tyson Chandler, Nene, David West, Carl Landry , Tayshaun Prince, Jason Richardson, Jamal Crawford, Shane Battier, Andrei Kirilenko

And any other Free Agent that has a chance in hell of getting a half way decent offer next year…
The last thing you want to do as a FA is get hurt in the off-season.

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by Rook6980 on Sep 15, 2011 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Kirilenko's playing in the eurobasket for russia though...

by daca on Sep 16, 2011 7:32 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

and going full tilt at that...

He was bowling over Serbs like tenpins. Let us see how he does against the Bleu Frogs today. I think his match-up against Hot-Plate Diaw will be fun. Maybe Keveen will get a shot at him too (he sat out against Greece).

On that note, don’t you think some NBA owner ought to give David Blatt a shot at a head coaching job? The guy really, really understands the game and if a hyper-intense Jewish guy from Ny can get the attention and respect of 15 Russian toughs, he will do fine with NBA players.

by khrabb on Sep 16, 2011 8:03 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

But then hes got insurense via the Russion team

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by Dutch Hoopfan on Sep 16, 2011 8:33 AM EDT up reply actions

would be nice if Vesely develops into a Kirilenko type of player

he is a guy that just does a little bit of everything and every team could use a guy like that!
and David Blatt is a great coach i think he could very well be an NBA coach.

Seraphin didn’t log a single minute today and i doubt it that he will get any minutes in the finals…

And it sucks that serbia got kicked out. but as i was watching and rooting for them i had the same feeling as when i was watching a wiz game lol. especially after todays game against greece i caught my self screaming for McGee to get that rebound (while Kosta Perovic didn’t grab the ball with both hands). After that 34-8 first quarter it felt like the wiz getting blown out by a top team like the spurs.

by daca on Sep 16, 2011 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions

More good news from Impact

@jimmywa11 with an unofficial 42 in his 2nd game here at @impactbball

by oakhillswag on Sep 15, 2011 7:17 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Heard most of them were from jumpers

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by DMVLeGenD on Sep 15, 2011 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions

we are angry about that most of the time

But here, I like that actually and the further away they are, the better.

by thewiz06 on Sep 15, 2011 9:39 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

I can't believe it- JaVale actually pump-faked. Twice.

Not that he fooled anybody… but that was one more pump fake from him than in all the games I saw last season.

If he does nothing else this offseason except actually learn to fake his man off his feet, and also get his free throws up to 70%, he will take a big step forward at the offensive end.

by goober nackulum on Sep 15, 2011 8:33 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs