DeAngelo Hall Talkin’ Crazy About J.J. Redick
In case you didn’t know, DeAngelo Hall can ball. And for years, the Washington Redskins cornerback has bragged about the time when he won an AAU state title over J.J. Redick’s squad. Dan Steinberg from D.C. Sports Bog caught with Hall who had some ridiculous things to say about that infamous matchup:
“I used to do J.J. Redick,” Hall said when discussing his amateur hoops career. “I used to give him that work.”
Come again?
“Kill him,” Hall explained.
“He was like the best player in the state,” Hall recalled. “He had averaged like 32 a game. I went for like 31, he had like 12….He was so easy [to guard]. You just deny him the ball. You know what I’m saying, he wasn’t quicker than me, more athletic than me. I don’t know why guys didn’t just do that the whole season, just deny him the ball. We went box and 1, that’s all we did, and I manned him up.”
Wow. Other than alerting the Pause Police after his first comment, Hall is definitely talkin’ crazy at a guy who played well for the Magic last season. While Redick isn’t on that level anymore as being “the man” like he was in high school and at Duke, he can certainly still get buckets.
While that was back in high school, Hall says that if they were to play today, “He couldn’t get by me. I don’t think he could score on me.”
What do you think?
Source: D.C. Sports Bog
August 25th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
KT says:
That bum needs to worry about WRs getting by him and toasting that arse for 6 instead talking about JJ.
August 25th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
KT says:
That bum needs to worry about WRs getting by him and toasting that arse for 6 instead talking about JJ.
August 25th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Scott says:
Nobody has ever claimed JJ could do much else outside of shooting. I can easily see Hall manning up Reddick. Its not like Hall is some bum from High School working in an office and out of shape thats coming at JJ through the net, this dude is in NFL game shape.
August 25th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
No J Mayo says:
jj would eff him in his face
August 25th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Sho-Nuff says:
I’ll side with D. Hall on this one. D. Hall was crazy fast in HS, hell he’s fast now. Just can’t cover one on one like he says/thinks he can.
August 25th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Celts Fan says:
DeAngelo may actually be the fastest guy in the NFL, but JJ would end him
August 25th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Patrick Cassidy says:
JJ deals with guys who are just as athletic as DeAngelo every single day. The “I don’t think he could score on me” thing is nonsense. Plus, Hall is listed at 5-10! The average guard in the NBA is what, 6-5?
August 25th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Chicagorilla says:
JJ sucks. He still can’t dribble and he’s been in the L for 3-4 yrs. I know elementry school (Boys&Girls) with a better handle. Sure he can shoot, but you can’t get a shot off on someone that plays real defense if you can’t dribble. Again, JJ sucks
August 25th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Chicagorilla says:
to quote a friend of mine, Dime you can have this quote
“He is as booty as all the p^ssy in prison”
August 25th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
mike oxlong says:
deangelo would get torched for 30 nowadays
August 25th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
AB_40 says:
he can certainly still get buckets.
I just puked in my mouth
the guy sucks he isn’t a great shooter. if your form is good and your missing you’re not a great shooter therefore he is not a great shooter. he plays terrible D. if it wasn’t for his duke pedigree he would be out of the leauge.
he can be great in europe. but I don’t think they’ll go with white american players. don’t ask me why I just havn’t seen white americans do anything good in bball ANYWHERE.
August 25th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Jayo says:
Why is there an article about a journeyman NFLer commenting on a soon to be journeyman NBAer? Besides Hall gets paid to strictly play defense in the NFL & he isn’t good at that. So why should we believe he can switch sports & play better defense?
August 25th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
nick says:
jj’s ability to easily shoot over the top of him gives hall no real chance at guarding him now. jj is what 6-4 and hall is 5-10 thats a big height difference. in hs they were probably close to same height.
August 25th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
LakeShow84 says:
cracks me up when someone says “no way he’ll score on me”..
IN BASKETBALL YOU CAN ALWAYS SCORE IF YOU ARE EVEN DECENT ON O.. But what Hall did is what more people seem to be forgetting about defense.. Ball denial is half the battle.. last week we was hoopin and i held my boy down just by keeping the ball out his hands.. Shit Kobe used to shut down Iverson like that when he could keep up with him..
but yeah a decent scorer should always get at least ONE bucket.. i aint NEVER been shut out..
August 25th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Michorizo says:
I bet Hall is just infatuated with JJ … in due time, he’ll get over it and move on to another white shooter.
August 25th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
lifep says:
Wow..didn’t he get kicked off the Raiders!…the Raiders??? Young man needs to guard WRs like he “alledgely” guarded JJ.
August 25th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Notorious says:
Guess D.Hall only played defense in highschool hoops. This trash talking buster is now grasping at straws to get some media attention. One decent year in Atlanta and then his fall to journeyman began. Maybe the Redskins could just tell him it is a green basketball court to see if he can man up again. Buster.
August 25th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
J.Tobias says:
Full Article
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2009/08/deangelo_hall_vs_jj_redick_and.html
August 25th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
shake&bake says:
He’s talking about what great defense he played on him, but he said they played a box-and-1. That doesn’t mean that Hall shut him down, it means that the team’s defensive game plan revolved around 1 player. Not that impressive to me.
August 25th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
kevin k says:
D hall… an athlete with the brain size of a peanut. 1 person, no matter how much quicker or athletic, can’t deny a person from getting the ball the entire game unless the entire team focuses on 1 player. the other team will have screens and plays for their shooter to get their shots. D hall also talks about buckets… i remember a game in college where Stephen Curry scored 0 so i guess he got his ass handed down to him…
August 25th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Scott says:
@ AB 40 … you haven’t seen white Americans do anything good in bball anywhere?
Ever heard of a country boy from French Lick named Larry Legend???
Hall is clearly on crack … in his box and 1 example of shutting him down JJ clearly never got the rock. If he has to match up Reddick 1 on 1 JJ will have the ball in his hands and he’ll torch him
August 25th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
bballinca says:
#19 set it straight. Hall your steam played a box and 1 on him. If you were that good your team would have played him straight up.
August 25th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Seven Duece says:
For a team to even HAVE to play a box and 1 on you, you have to extra nice. People are judging JJ’s game based on his NBA career. I’m guessing D. Hall is trying to get some publicity or something. Cute.
August 25th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Jason says:
Give me a break here. Dime must be grasping at straws if this is news to them b/c I live in DC and no one is talking about that or Hall for that matter. Dude got bounced from the Raiders (Nuff said) I remember pretty clearly JJ (even though i admit im a lakers fan) playing well in the finals and actually playing decent D on Kobe. He was giving 100% the entire time and playing pretty well. Also with Vince attracking wing defenders JJ should light it up this year with open looks.
August 25th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Jason says:
@AB40
Really why do people like you exist? I asked God and am waiting for the answer. No whites good as basketball??? Don’t know about the rest of you but I find College BB way more entertaining then Pro. College guys play with heart and for pride and not a paycheck. It’s a TEAM game and can’t get enough of watching it. Every game means something. I see Morrisson, JJ, and Hansborough all have PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS recently. Guess they couldn’t ball. And for you to say you never see any good white players is insane! Bird means nothing to you huh? Pistol Pete was a nobody. Mchale with the greatest post game moves ever must have sucked. Bill Russell calling Bob Cousy the greatest team guard of all time means nothing. I seriously have to ask God why ignorant people like you get a chance to exist when some good people don’t.
August 25th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
J Nice says:
JJ is the BUM.. He sucked it up at Duke and he’s sucking it up in the NBA.
August 25th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
timmy989 says:
Ive seen JJ’s Senior year state championship team DVD and he fucked up everybody. And in the state championship dudes just started fouling the shit out of him b/c they couldnt stop him.
Hall needs to make sure he’s still on a NFL roster in a couple of years they way he gets burned by good WRs.
August 25th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
tbw54321 says:
aint hall on this 8th nfl team now? his sorry ass cant could people in his own sport
August 25th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
kowtz says:
JJ can’t score if he can’t get the ball…
Dude won’t geet shit on a quick athletic rookie…
August 25th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Justin McTeer says:
Redick wouldn’t need to “get by” him to score. He could just shoot the ball from 40 feet.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:00 am
SwedishMooze says:
Look at JJ’s last NCAA tournament game… he got D’d up and that was that. He’s a great shooter, not a great scorer.
August 26th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Dr.Googles says:
D HAll?..need to carry on getting killed on the field.
August 26th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
iamrich says:
if jj reddick was a wideout he would score on him for sure
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:33 pm
sutton says:
What Hall fails to mention that at the time Redick was 14 and Hall was 15 or 16. That was Redick’s first year in HS.
After that year Redick’s AAU team won the championship 3 years in a row. I notice that Hall doesn’t mention that.
Plus Hall a box in 1 means your team not just you were trying to stop Redick. Hall is just a fool.
September 13th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
fuck unc says:
Hall is an idiot.
Go Duke! Fuck unc!!