Grantland: John Wall is a basketball intellectual

[pascat]

A raving piece just aired on ESPN giving #2 some serious praise for his passing ability and superb smarts. Among other things, they said that Ginobili passes like Wall and they call him crafty: when Wall does it, they say he's fast and quick. The examples they showed of his skill were

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[Pope John Wall II]

Best point in the league.

 

[BigBlueFanGA]

Got to see him play in Rupp against Vandy....what a player. Really, really proud of what he has done in the NBA so far.

 

[StubbornPenny]

What was it, a year and a half ago, people were calling him a bust? It was as flat out ridiculous then as it would be now. He took a few years to develop, big. Deal. Now he's a top 5 PG.

 

[nssdigitalchumps]

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