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Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 5:00 pm
by keynote
pancakes3 wrote:That may be a good thing though. It'll force him to rely on his Rondo-skills.
Agreed. "Teach Me How to be Doughy" may learn a few Andre Miller-esque tricks.
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 6:51 pm
by rockymac52
There's no doubt that he'll lose the extra pounds in a month's time or so and be back to normal, but that's not the problem. The problem is that he put on the pounds to begin with. It says a lot about him, even if you want to blame the medical staff for completely shutting him down.
Remember how we ridiculed Andray Blatche for being fat? We should ridicule John Wall for the same reason.
Furthermore, I'd be more sympathetic if someone could find me some pictures of a fat out of shape Derrick Rose right now. I'm willing to bet there aren't any, because he's still in great shape (at least his upper body). And that's the difference between the two players.
This just adds another red flag to the list, IMO, and it doesn't bode well for Wall's realistic potential to be a star in this league. More and more, it seems like he just doesn't have "it"
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 7:15 pm
by AFM
He doesn't look "fat". Just doesnt look like a PG. Looks like Raymond Felton actually.
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 8:20 pm
by LyricalRico
AFM wrote:Looks like Raymond Felton actually.
Yeah, until he pulls up for a long jumpshot.
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 8:23 pm
by Halcyon
Andray Blatche was easily 30 lb overweight, I don't think they are in the same realm of discussion. Not to mention the fact that he had previous transgressions to leave us to believe his work ethic was pretty questionable. I'm going to give Wall a pass this time.
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 8:41 pm
by MikeTheKid
Wizards Extreme @WizardsExtreme
Our very own @AsadNaqviDMV is reporting sources have told him @John_Wall is indeed playing Saturday against the Atlanta Hawks
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Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 8:58 pm
by TGW
John didn't get the memo that doing the Dougie is not widely considered a suitable workout regiment.
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 9:11 pm
by rockymac52
AFM wrote:He doesn't look "fat". Just doesnt look like a PG. Looks like Raymond Felton actually.
....... Exactly. Raymond Felton is fat.
http://www.businessinsider.com/raymond- ... ure-2012-7
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 9:33 pm
by AFM
I meant Felton now.
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 9:35 pm
by MikeTheKid
Same Report from ESPN.com
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/88292 ... urn-injuryJohn Wall: Ready to play if pain-free
Updated: January 9, 2013, 4:18 PM ET
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- John Wall says he's tired of wearing suits and is ready to put on a jersey -- perhaps as soon as this weekend.
The Washington Wizards guard said Wednesday he'll be ready to make his season debut Saturday against the Atlanta Hawks if he can get through the next couple of days of practice pain-free.
Wall looked in good form at Wednesday's practice. During a scrimmage, he stripped a player, raced down the right sideline and went high with his left hand for a dunk.
The former No. 1 overall draft pick out of Kentucky has been recovering from a stress injury to his left knee cap, diagnosed in September.
Coach Randy Wittman says doctors need to give the final clearance before Wall can play.
Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 9:36 pm
by rockymac52
AFM wrote:I meant Felton now.
That's Felton a couple months ago.
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 9:58 pm
by TheBigThree
The video from today's practice (from what you can see given the worlds worst camera work) makes Wall look good to go, just have to hope he feels good tomorrow.
He also doesn't look particularly out of shape to me, certainly more more than 10 pounds as Randy indicated and nothing that won't be fixed in a month or so.
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 10:10 pm
by GhostsOfGil
Only came away with 3 things from that video:
Wall is definitely over weight.
Wall's shoot mechanics look the same.
The longest shooting streak they captured was 2 shots.
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 10:11 pm
by Halcyon
All I came away from watching that video was that he didn't limp like RG3.
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 10:17 pm
by DMVleGeND
Isn't a professional athletes metabolism supposed to be higher that? I'm no nutritionist, but all I eat is junk food and can go days without working out, and don't gain any weight because of my high metabolism. He's off for a few months and now has man boobs? Can someone more educated explain this?
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 11:10 pm
by keynote
On a positive note, Adidas is switching Wall from their Reebok sub-brand to the main Adidas brand.
http://www.slamonline.com/online/kicks/ ... ll-untrue/ I've never trusted Reebok shoes, and I've personally had terrible experience with their shoes from a performance perspective. I feel a lot better about Wall wearing Adidas footwear going forward.
Of course, that also means that the days of Wall getting his own signature shoe might be over.
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:41 am
by deneem4
I think wall injured his self at the reebok summit
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:47 am
by tontoz
Wall weighed 196 at the combine 2 years ago with only 5.6% body fat. He wasn't a skinny guy before he got hurt. I think these weight concerns are a bit overblown.
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:13 am
by keynote
Before:
Re: Wall out 8 weeks with injury to patella
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:16 am
by Chocolate City Jordanaire
rockymac52 wrote:There's no doubt that he'll lose the extra pounds in a month's time or so and be back to normal, but that's not the problem. The problem is that he put on the pounds to begin with. It says a lot about him, even if you want to blame the medical staff for completely shutting him down.
Remember how we ridiculed Andray Blatche for being fat? We should ridicule John Wall for the same reason.
Furthermore, I'd be more sympathetic if someone could find me some pictures of a fat out of shape Derrick Rose right now. I'm willing to bet there aren't any, because he's still in great shape (at least his upper body). And that's the difference between the two players.
This just adds another red flag to the list, IMO, and it doesn't bode well for Wall's realistic potential to be a star in this league. More and more, it seems like he just doesn't have "it"
I agree. I still say play Wall to where he has 5 very good games and trade him for a gold mine in the way of draft picks. Tank this season and rebuild not having to re-up Wall.