John Wall Appreciation Thread - Part III

Higga · Post #41 » by **Higga** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 2:50 pm

nate33 wrote:I'm a little concerned that Wall seems to have lost all confidence in his jump shot, particularly his 3-pointer. He threw up some terrible air balls on open looks in Game 1 of the Toronto series. He looked very tentative.

Stop thinking, John. If you're wide open from 3, shoot it with confidence. You're a career 30% shooter from that range, which probably means you're a 35% shooter when wide open. That means it's a good shot. Take it.

That and I hated how often he would just sit on the ball dribbling it until about 5 on the shot clock.

You gotta attack non stop Wall. Look at how effective we were in OT when Wall was in more attack mode.

Illmatic12 · Post #42 » by **Illmatic12** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 2:59 pm

nate33 wrote:I'm a little concerned that Wall seems to have lost all confidence in his jump shot, particularly his 3-pointer. He threw up some terrible air balls on open looks in Game 1 of the Toronto series. He looked very tentative.

Stop thinking, John. If you're wide open from 3, shoot it with confidence. You're a career 30% shooter from that range, which probably means you're a 35% shooter when wide open. That means it's a good shot. Take it.

Him and Beal were clearly psyched out by the playoffs and Toronto's home crowd. Never been more obvious that those kids were nervous. They were aiming their shots, throwing crap off the side of the backboard, airballing left and right

There's no excuse for Wall moving forward though because Toronto's defense isn't very imposing, whether on the perimeter or in the paint. He needs to make his presence felt offensively this series and I believe he will

hands11 · Post #43 » by **hands11** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 3:39 am

17 assists and now 15 ?

:nod:

benb331 · Post #44 » by **benb331** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 4:25 am

Otto and Paul are getting their well deserved recognition, but guys - let's take a moment to appreciate and to not take for granted the star who makes all this possible. Johnny Ballgame.

hands11 · Post #45 » by **hands11** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 2:20 pm

hands11 · Post #46 » by **hands11** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 3:50 am

Wow.

Wall only played 25 minutes.

Still got 10 assists.

He is way in the league for assists in the playoffs.

theboomking · Post #47 » by **theboomking** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:11 pm

hands11 wrote:Wow.

Wall only played 25 minutes.

Still got 10 assists.

He is way in the league for assists in the playoffs.

I thought he had a bigger impact passing the ball than his stats even suggest. There were a bunch of plays in which he made a great pass to a player that was fouled at the rim and shot FT's. Best passer/distributor in the NBA.

CntOutSmrtCrazy · Post #48 » by **CntOutSmrtCrazy** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 2:58 pm

Also had 14 points on only 5 attempts. 8-)

WizWillWin · Post #49 » by **WizWillWin** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 3:34 pm

Illmatic12 wrote:
nate33 wrote:I'm a little concerned that Wall seems to have lost all confidence in his jump shot, particularly his 3-pointer. He threw up some terrible air balls on open looks in Game 1 of the Toronto series. He looked very tentative.

Stop thinking, John. If you're wide open from 3, shoot it with confidence. You're a career 30% shooter from that range, which probably means you're a 35% shooter when wide open. That means it's a good shot. Take it.

Him and Beal were clearly psyched out by the playoffs and Toronto's home crowd. Never been more obvious that those kids were nervous. They were aiming their shots, throwing crap off the side of the backboard, airballing left and right

There's no excuse for Wall moving forward though because Toronto's defense isn't very imposing, whether on the perimeter or in the paint. He needs to make his presence felt offensively this series and I believe he will

Another thing that makes Pierce that much more valuable to the team-calming the young guns down when they have to deal with a rowdy crowd. Game 1 was bad but by Game 2 both Wall and Beal were shooting lights out

dobrojim · Post #50 » by **dobrojim** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:47 pm

Wall leading all NBA players in playoff APG average by more than 4. He's over 13
and no one else is over 9.

TGW · Post #51 » by **TGW** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 5:01 pm

He's been orchestrating this offense brilliantly so far. Looking forward to this matchup against Teague.

Higga · Post #52 » by **Higga** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 5:07 pm

Remember when people thought Kyle Lowry was a better PG? LOL.

Wall just dominated straight up, offensively AND defensively. His all around game is why he's the best PG in the East and IMO 2nd best PG in the league(still gotta put Curry #1 even though I really still don't see him as a pure PG).

queridiculo · Post #53 » by **queridiculo** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 11:50 pm

This thread should really be dedicated to JonathanJoseph.

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TGW · Post #54 » by **TGW** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 12:03 am

queridiculo wrote:This thread should really be dedicated to JonathanJoseph.

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He's pretty much disappeared since last year.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #55 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 2:32 am

TGW wrote:
queridiculo wrote:This thread should really be dedicated to JonathanJoseph.

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He's pretty much disappeared since last year.

So has WizarDynasty.

AFM · Post #56 » by **AFM** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 3:33 am

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
TGW wrote:
queridiculo wrote:This thread should really be dedicated to JonathanJoseph.

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He's pretty much disappeared since last year.

So has WizarDynasty.

No one has ever seen them both in the same room...

Post #57 » by **montestewart** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 3:55 am

AFM wrote:
Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
TGW wrote:
He's pretty much disappeared since last year.

So has WizarDynasty.

No one has ever seen them both in the same room…

That would be like discovering that Rod McKuen and Richard Nixon were really the same person.Never saw those two together.

JJ pretty accurately called out a lot of Wall's shortcomings, but was maybe a bit too certain Wall wouldn't evolve. I like to think Wall's not finished evolving, and the playoffs so far look like he's rising to a new level.

AFM · Post #58 » by **AFM** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 2:35 pm

montestewart wrote:
AFM wrote:
Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
So has WizarDynasty.

No one has ever seen them both in the same room…

That would be like discovering that Rod McKuen and Richard Nixon were really the same person.Never saw those two together.

JJ pretty accurately called out a lot of Wall's shortcomings, but was maybe a bit too certain Wall wouldn't evolve. I like to think Wall's not finished evolving, and the playoffs so far look like he's rising to a new level.

I take it back, no one has seen you and JJ in the same room. Mods, IP check?

TGW · Post #59 » by **TGW** » Mon May 4, 2015 3:58 pm

Wall has pretty much obliterated his competition so far in the playoffs.

Wall's numbers: 17.4 ppg, 12.6 apg, 4.6 rpg, 1.4 bpg, 43% shooting

Wall's comp (Lowry and Teague) combined: 14.3 ppg, 5.5 apg, 35% shooting

Dominant on both sides of the ball. Wow.

Higga · Post #60 » by **Higga** » Mon May 4, 2015 5:13 pm

He was a superstar late yesterday with his clutch plays to close the game.

Soooo glad he's ours. Someday he'll be the center of our championship parade in D.C.