80sballboy wrote:Kanyewest wrote:NatP4 wrote: 
it's not "tough love" Wall literally wants otto to be traded. He literally thinks Markieff Morris is better than Otto. Ask yourself, what actually makes Otto Porter a "role player"? is it lack of ability, or the fact that Wall and Morris take away about 7 or 8 shots that should go to Otto every single night. I don't view this as "tough love"
I mean come on, otto takes 7 more shots per game he's a 20+ point scorer, probably an all star and talked about as one of the top players in the nba, no-one questions whether or not he "deserves" a max contract. it isn't tough love, Wall is just wrong and has no idea what he should say publicly and what he should keep to himself.
Wall probably should have kept his mouth shut. Still, Porter seems like a guy who doesn't appear to care and it shouldn't have an effect on him. Hell, if Porter decides to be a bit more selfish as a result of these statements, then it probably benefits the Wizards in the long run.
As for Wall preferring Porter over Morris, I think Wall is slightly more realistic in his trade fantasies. He probably didn't think that Morris and a filler would be enough to get Paul George. Although given what OKC gave up for George, maybe it wasn't that unrealistic.
John Wall is not Aristotle. I think he says stuff that don't always come out the way he means it. Does he really think that Morris is better than Otto or did he mean to say he was expendable because PG plays his position. Who really cares at this point. John also criticized himself (in another article) by saying he needs to get in better shape so he's not completely dead like he was at the end of the Boston series. Probably couldn't spend as much time on conditioning last year (ok he couldn't) due to the knee surgeries.
I just hope he keeps raising his game because he's fun to watch. The best D.C. athlete I've seen since the "Big E and "Riggo" and hopefully we keep him more than just two more years. As for Otto, I'll keep that for another thread.
I do agree with this, the obvious example would be the Beal thing where he said "we have a tendency to dislike each other on the court" All of use wizards fans knew what he meant, they have a competitive brother like relationship where they argue and stuff, but everyone on the outside went crazy over those poorly chosen words.
with that being said, I do not think he miss-worded these Otto comments at all, just like he did NOT accidentally scoff at the 1st team all defense selections, which is bizarre based on the season Wall had defensively. He simply just does not think Otto is very good, and otto is.....very good.
