The Next Derrick Rose
You might have heard that John Wall will be the next Derrick Rose before. He’s a 6-4 point guard with incredible athleticism, great handle, and the ability to hang forever before finishing or finding a teammate around the basket. But this is the first time that we’ve seen him in a truly competitive all-star type event. At the Nike Hoops Summit, Wall put the complete highlight package together against the World team even though Team USA lost 97-89.
Wall’s 13-point, 11-assist, 5-steal performance was one of the US’s bright spots. Findlay Prep’s Avery Bradley (Texas commit) and Xavier Henry also pitched in 21 and 22 points respectively. But the other highly touted Americans, Renardo Sidney, DeMarcus Cousins, and Abdul Gaddy were disappointing. Team USA was destroyed on the boards 48-29, which was perhaps the biggest reason that they were upset.
Wall still hasn’t made his decision about college. Though he was leaning towards Memphis, he opened the recruitment back up after Coach Calipari accepted Kentucky’s monster offer. Baylor, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Memphis, and Miami are all possibilities.
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April 13th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
tangman says:
i don’t think he will be on the same level as rose. like wall is athletic but he doesn’t have that breath taking explosiveness only seen in rose and dwade. he wil be good but not as spectacular as rose.
April 13th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
lifep says:
You forgot about UNC? He’s considering the Tarheels too!
April 13th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Flip says:
Who played on that International team? There big men must have been really good
April 13th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Bruce says:
Their not There, fool!
April 13th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Rafa23 says:
where was lance stephenson?
April 13th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
nic says:
I was there, and Wall hands down was the best player out there. The two big fellas on USA were decent, but besides Wall, Xavier Henry is going to play in the NBA. FOR SURE.
The international team had a guy that looked like Kleiza from Nuggets, and he was dominate, 23 points 16 rebs and 4 assists.
April 13th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
nic says:
Tangman,
Wall is extremely explosive, borderline recklessly dangerous explosive, meaning he could hurt himself he goes to the hoop so fast and airborn leaving him vulnerable.
April 13th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
no j mayo says:
@5–Lance got cut from the squad for being a first class dickwad.
Wall is ridiculous. His high school mix tape 2nd only to Lebron’s of anyone I’ve ever seen.
He will look great during his one season at the University of Kentucky, with Patrick Patterson and Demarcus Cousins down low and Jodie Meeks, Darius Miller, John Hood and DeAndre Liggins on the wing……
Cats cut down the nets in ’10.
Mark it down sluts.
April 13th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Spliff 2 My Lou says:
@Dime Magazine
The Nike Hoops Summit website says John Wall is only 6’1”. Is Dime being generous for sake of argument or did the kid get short changed on the website?
April 13th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Dime Magazine says:
Spliff,
I’ve stood next to John a couple of times, and he’s definitely 6-3. I’m about 6-4, and we were eye-to-eye, so I would even give him 6-4.
- AK
April 13th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Spliff 2 My Lou says:
Cool, thanks. You just never know what to believe anymore.
April 13th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
? says:
lance was probably not picked like when they didnt want him on their summer team because he wont dumb down his game to complement those who are less talented than him
April 13th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
fReSh says:
whatever
rest of the world team beat USA
such a game would be a LOT better than the nba all star game
nash parker nowitzki ming duncan (yeeeees he is virgin islands baby) ginobli ferndandez calderon gasol whoever this would be a presitge game wit lots of attention!
AND rest of the worl would win!
team us nearly lost to spain…..what would they do against rest of the world…………!!!!!
April 13th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Promoman says:
@ Rafa
Lance got cut from the team due to attitude problems.
April 14th, 2009 at 4:52 am
Markito says:
@ fresh,
and team USA would parade the following:
Lebron
Wade
Kobe
Paul
Howard
Etc….
Except for Duncan, I’m not scared of any of the other guys on your team.
April 17th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
bfain says:
John Wall aint 6’4
they measured him barefoot at nike hoop summit
http://www.blazersedge.com/2009/4/10/829755/john-wall-the-future
April 20th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Free Sports Betting says:
John Wall will not be as good as Rose.
April 24th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
flavur says:
Yeah this guy is more athletic than D-Rose but D-Rose has better body control and his explosiveness is about the same its just their body control that I see a difference in. But John ” The Great ” Wall is gonna be a beast by the time he gets to the NBA but I don’t think he’ll lead his college team to the finals like D-Rose did but he will definitely have a big impact on whatever level he plays on