sfam wrote:Sonny Carson wrote:In a critical game 6.
The max player shot 5-16 for 12 points. Bad refs be damned. That cant happen.
If Wall had a solid series...that would carry over well for next season. But playing this bad...
He's going to be officially on notice next post season. He's too good to play this bad.
Give me a break. This series will be great for Wall's offseason. It's going to burn him. Every day he'll think about it and work harder because of it.
I get being upset and burned that you didnt play well.
But PLAYING WELL would have given him confidence.
Wall was shook this series. Its one thing to shoot bad (ala Chicago) but he was mentally broke by the Pacers. That cant happen with your max.
Now MOST of realgm/twitter/ worldwide will view him as overrated. So you're right in one sense....we'll find out if he comes back next year with fury (better jump shot, develop a post game, better BBIQ, etc) or he'll shrink in next years playoffs.
Its one thing if he dominated the Bulls and then came up short against the Pacers. Thats fine. Same thing happened to Jordan/Pistons, LeBron/Mavs, etc etc.
Next year will prove if Wall learned from a difficult moment(s) or if he just isnt a big time playoff performer.