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John Wall's Season Deserves Better Than History's Dustbin
As of this morning, John Wall is 16th in the NBA in scoring, at 23.2 points per game. He is second in the NBA in assists, at 10.8 per game. He is second in the NBA in steals, at two per game. He is the only player in the top 20 in scoring who is also in the top 10 in both assists and steals. Also, h...
The Wizards Need Rest More Than Anybody But Might Be Too Dumb To Take It
Here is how long the NBA season is: Long enough for the Washington Wizards to have gone from a bad team with a good starting five and an atrocious bench, to a good team with a great starting five and an atrocious bench, to a dark-horse Finals pick with a great starting five and a good bench, to a st...
John Wall Denied Serge Ibaka's Dunk And It Was Glorious
In the fourth quarter of the Wednesday night game between the Toronto Raports and the Washington Wizards, Raptors forward Serge Ibaka collected a pass under the basket, pivoted, and launched himself towards the rim for a one-handed jam. It looked like he’d make it, too, until John Wall swooped down ...
John Wall's Tweener Pass To Otto Porter Was So Smooth
In the third quarter of the Washington Wizards’ drubbing of the Oklahoma City Thunder, a steal by Markieff Morris led to a Wizards breakaway and this pass by John Wall, which is right up there for dime of the year....
Hmm, I Guess Maybe The Wizards Are Good Or Whatever
The Washington Wizards struggled through most of the first half of last night’s home game against the extremely shitty New York Knicks. If you’ve followed the Wizards at all in ... well, ever, then it was the type of game you’re used to seeing them piss away (or, sometimes even more maddeningly, to ...
Wizards Dress In All Black Before Game Against Celtics; Isaiah Thomas Calls It "Cute"
The Wizards and Celtics play tonight, and it’ll be their third meeting this season. The first two encounters featured John Wall scuffling with Marcus Smart, Jae Crowder touching Wall’s nose with a single finger, and Bradley Beal smirking at Smart. The Wizards decided to set the tone for this round b...
Things Got Weird At The End Of The Knicks-Wizards Game
John Wall—who is having one of the most efficient seasons of his career and has the once-moribund Wizards playing shockingly competent basketball—sealed the game against the Knicks tonight with this lightning-quick behind-the-back dribble that led to a wide-open dunk with 13 seconds left....
You Can't Style On That Shot, Man
We’re fans of NBA players making the most of their skills. You gotta at least get the ball somewhat close to going in the basket, though. Better luck next time, John....
The Wizards Are Dead, Ernie Grunfeld Has Killed Them
John Wall scored 52 points last night in a mostly empty arena against the Orlando Magic, who defeated the Wizards anyway, despite not being good or playing all that well. Below is the full highlight reel, if you’re into seeing one of the NBA’s most thrilling players deliver the best scoring performa...
DeMarcus Cousins Wishes Professional Ruin Upon John Wall
The Kings and Wizards are playing tonight in front of about 17 people in Washington D.C. It’s a fairly unimportant meeting between two sad sack teams, but it allowed Kentucky teammates DeMarcus Cousins and John Wall to reminisce about their friendship and look toward the future, a future in which Co...
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Like The Rest Of Us, John Wall Wants Nothing To Do With Wizards Games [Update]
This afternoon, John Wall caught a $25,000 fine after he was ejected for bumping into an official on Monday night. It was perfectly emblematic of a 2-5 season in which they’ve allowed more than 110 points in four of those games and their two most important players appear to hate each other’s guts....
John Wall Ejected After Bumping Official
The Wizards are 1-5 after a 114-106 loss to the Rockets, and Bradley Beal, when asked what the problem is, said it’s “just heart.” So everything’s great in Wizardland! At least John Wall didn’t have to stick around to the bitter end of this one....
The Wizards' Two Most Important Players Don't Like Each Other, But It's Cool
“I think a lot of times we have a tendency to dislike each other on the court.” That’s Washington point guard John Wall, talking to CSN’s Chris Miller about Bradley Beal, whom the Wizards signed to a five-year, $128 million contract this past July. Great! It’s great when sports teammates loathe each...
John Wall, Goddamn
The Wizards lost a close one at home tonight to the Indiana Pacers. The end of the game was bad and dumb and full of nothing but free throws, but John Wall went and hit one of the wackiest circus shots of the season late in the game to keep the Wiz boys in it....
John Wall Has A Ridiculous Handle At Hyperspeed
Once upon a time, the knock on John Wall was that he could only move at one speed: hyperspeed. He still might be the fastest player in the NBA, but a big part of his maturation into an All-Star was learning how to remain under control, while still moving faster than everybody else on the court. Toni...
John Wall Is Pretty Grumpy About Kyrie Irving Leading Him In All-Star Votes
All-star fan voting almost never results in an accurate representation of the most worthy players. Kobe Bryant is leading all NBA players in voting this season despite shooting 34% and NHLer John Scott had the most votes of all hockey players before he was released by the Coyotes. Kyrie Irving is sl...
Kobe Bryant Contributes To Rare Lakers Victory As Fans Boo John Wall
The Kobe Bryant Retirement Roadshow made its way to Washington tonight, to take on the the struggling Wizards. After getting thoroughly embarrassed by the 0-18 76ers last night, the Lakers bounced back, and forced the Wizards into an incredibly sloppy game. Lou Williams had seven steals in 33 minute...
John Calipari To Colin Cowherd: "You Gotta Stop On John Wall"
Earlier today, Kentucky head coach John Calipari joined the ute-puking national embarrassment that is Colin Cowherd to talk basketball. But Coach Cal wasn’t going to hop off the air without giving ol’ Cowturd an earful regarding his constant heckling of John Wall....
Al Horford Wills Atlanta To A Win In Game 5
The Wizards almost blew Game 3. They had a 19-point lead going into the fourth quarter, but with 14 seconds left found themselves tied. Only a miracle Paul Pierce shot bailed them out. ...
John Wall Is Back And Doing Ridiculous Shit
John Wall is playing for the first time in four games tonight, and man did we miss him. He’s been his usual whirling dervish self all over the court, but this no-look overhead pass is insane....