WizarDynasty wrote:John Wall has to show us that he knows what everyone is suppose to be doing on a play, not just what he is suppose to be doing. Until he shows that, this team will be a bunch of weapons with no direction. Everyone on this team knows that building chemistry with Hinrich is a waste of time because John wall is "the man".
John Wall is figuring out the NBA game himself, so expecting him to come in with a veteran like presence of directing people, and telling them when and where to be in certain situations, is pure foolishness.. Look at some of the numbers other rookie PG's have put up, and they aren't that gaudy.. Why? Because it's the hardest position in the league to learn right away.. Not only are you trying to figure out the game for yourself, but you have to figure out your teammates, their limitations, and when and where they like the ball.. Coupled with running the proper offensive sets.. Yet you expect Wall to have all of this down pact after his first month?
John Wall is a true PG, he could easily just go out there like LeBron and pound the ball at the top of the key, and drive and kick all day.. but he's not that type of player, it's going to take time..
yes john wall has the intangibles to get there...good attitude, hustles, plays with passion and is leader....but I need to see improvment and I haven't yet.
You expect someone to show you a complete transformation when they haven't even played 20 games yet? Rose didn't look completely confident until mid March-April..
His personality says that he should have corrected his dribbling, his personality says that he should have mastered are most effective plays and the minutia of not only his position but the position of the other 4 positions on the team. After 2 months, John Wall should be teaching our players where they are suppose to be because we expected him to actually master the plays...because of his personalit---the players we had before he came here could care less about learning the minutia of the other 4 positions on the court.
Either you have no clue on what it's like for a player to actually develop into his game, or you had unfair expectations for Wall that no PG has met as a rookie other than Magic Johnson.. Less than 20 games in his NBA career you expect Wall to look like a he's played 10 years.. Amazing.
I expected John Wall to be instructing others because i expected him to be able to master our playbook alot quicker than the average player.
How is he going to tell someone where to be when he's trying to learn the playbook his damn self.. Hell he's been injured for 2-3 weeks..
I expected Wall not to make the same mistake that he made in a previous game because "we drafted him because we thought he would study film on his own" unlike the average wizard player.
How do you know he's not studying film?
and when i say minutia, i mean being able to identify in real time when certain players execute or fail to execute key criteria for a play to work. if Blatche does hold his man on a pick, if mcgee buts someones man as they chase young through the paint, if the defense gives blatche and open angle and then collapses, where doe blatche pass once he gets double team the rim. these are the tings that Wall is suppose to have figured out in his first 2 months here. He was a number one pick because of his mind as a point guard. His bright mind is suppose to grasp these concepts quickly and get his team mates to react as quickly as he does on the court. Wall is suppose to lead the film sessions after hours to develop chemistry with his team mates..these are the intangibles that we never had with gil and why wall was selected number one. these intangibles are what tranform a bottom dwelling physically talented team into contenders.
In Roses rookie year he had a very hard time recognizing mismatches, he didn't come in the league knowing all the ins and outs.. It took time, film, practices and actual NBA game play for him to recognize mismatches and situations and know what to do and when to do it.. You expecting a rookie to just come in and play like he's been in the league for 10 years is crazy too me.. You're being highly unfair and unreasonable.
we need john wall grasp these concepts quickly so he can begin to act like a true captain.. Leonsis has to facilitate john wall reaching this point as quickly as possible even if it means imposing fines on wall for not mastering a certain percentage of the playbook each week and being able to identify what causes each play to succeed or failed if a certain pick or cut isn't made correctly..
I'm sure Wall will eventually grasp these things, let the kid have atleast ONE NBA offseason where he doesn't have to worry about "going to class".. Let the kid develop, I can see you being highly critical and have all these expectations of Wall going into his 3rd year. But as a rookie?
Makes me wonder what exactly was the media telling the Wizards fan base about Wall.. I knew they were prematurely overrating him, but my god, some of the expectations you guys have for this young kid to show IMMEDIATELY is crazy..