John Wall - Will he become one of the greatest NBA players of all time?

[mike]

John Wall has become the most talked-about college player of the season, and the surest Number 1 draft pick since LeBron James. Will he make the transition to NBA superstar? Will he end up as one of the greatest guards to ever play the game?

[Rondo'd]

He's going to be a star, one of the best of all time? Who knows it's probably too early to say. He's got all the tools to do so that's for sure.

I can say that there is a huge drop off after John Wall in this years draft.

[nighthob]

The dropoff isn't that huge. This is going to be one of the better drafts of the last five years. Boston could even find themselves a legit NBA starter in the lower end of the first round given the depth this year.

[Rondo'd]

I will change my statement to say after the first 5 picks or so there's a dropoff. IMO Wall, Favors, Evan Turner, Henry are nice. There is depth which is nice but there's still a dropoff after the top picks, a top heavy draft IMO.I'm not convinced guys like Aldrich, Ed Davis are worthy of top 10 picks like they are projected.

[nighthob]

Ed Davis is going to be a pretty good NBA player. Greg Monroe could slip into the last third of the draft, he's someone I'd like to see Boston buy a pick to acquire (I'm thinking three million and OJ Mayo's BFF {Billy Walker} to Memphis for their first). Another couple of guys that could/should float are DeMarcus Cousins (who is going to be the steal of the draft if he ends up on a veteran team like Boston) and Lance Stephenson, who's a little raw now, but plays balls up defense and the makings of a very Pierce-type offensive game (he sees the floor well, uses his size, strength & lateral quickness to get by his man, good mid range shooter with a developing three point shot). Let Cousins or Monroe apprentice under Garnett and Stephenson under Pierce and they could have some players to soften the landing into mediocrity.

[Rondo'd]

I agree about Cousins he's top 5 pick talent thats probably going to go around the middle of the draft, definitely a steal. From what little I saw of Stephenson he was nice, faster than he looks, quick first step, a very good passer and saw the floor really well like you said. He takes some bad shots here and there but that's not a big deal. If Cousins falls to us that would be awesome, Stephenson should still be there in the late first round but he could move up.

Also if we take a wing player or PF in the first I think we should look at SG's in the 2nd. Jerome Dyson would be a nice pick in the 2nd round. Great on ball defender, solid passer for a SG, gets to the rack at will, etc.

[nighthob]

At 6'5" 215 Stephenson is a 2. He can play the 3 in college, but in the NBA his future's at the 2.

[mike]

Will Wall go Number 1 overall? I can't imagine anyone in the upcoming draft surpassing him - who will be top 5?

[Rondo'd]

Wall will definitely be #1 overall. 2-5 isn't so certain. I'd imagine it'd be Evan Turner, Favors, W.Johnson, Aminu. Something like that most likely.

[CaptChris]

Beauty is in the eye of the behorlder! Wall could be anyting. Health -- Attitude -- System -- all equal in the success or failure of a player.

Her are some of the biggest mistakes on the TOP 5 ever!

# 1 Mistakes.

1989 Pervis Ellison -- Kings -- "Never in Service Pervis"!

1998 Michael Olonkandi -- Clippers -- No Talent!

2001 Kwame Brown -- Picked by Michael Jordan


#2's

1989 Danny Ferry -- Cavs -- He is picking this year???

1993 Shawn Bradley -- 76ers

2000 Stromile Swift -- Grizzles

2003 Darko Milicic -- Pistons

#3's

1986 Chris Wasburn -- Warriors

1987 Dennis Hopson -- Nets

2000 Darius Miles -- lippers


#4's

1997 Antonio Daniels -- Grizzles

2000 Marcus Fizer -- Bulls


#5's

1989 J. R. Reid -- Hornets

1997 kony Battie -- Nuggets

1999 Johnathan Bender -- Raptors

2002 Nikoloz Tskitishvili -- Nuggetts


Stiffs come in every positon -- size -- shape -- age!

[jeepyj]

my guess is that wall will be an top 8 point guard an allstar just not every year, turner will be a top 15 shooting guard make a few allstar games, cousins develops into an occasional allstar center, favors develops into solid starter

after the top 4 its going to be interesting johnson and monroe will both be solid starters, the next 30 picks in the draft will all be hit or miss there will be a couple guys who slip past 25 that will be starters (that what the Cs need to hunt out

[nighthob]

Wall is going to be one of the best in the game. He's simply too big and athletic for most PGs to effectively defend. Once he bulks up a little he'll be able to run the offense from either guard spot. If the team drafting #1 had someone like Toney Douglas to pair him up with they'd have a killer backcourt for years to come. Cousins is huge with a killer low post game, and considering how late he arrived at basketball, more motivated than 'Drew Bynum. He has perennial all-star potential. Turner is going to be better than a top 15 SG, he has a complete game. He's Brandon Roy without the knee concerns (though the back bears watching). Favors is another guy that's simply too physical for a lot of 4s to match up with.

[qianxue]

I agree about Cousins he's top 5 pick talent thats probably going to go around the middle of the draft, definitely a steal.
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[Basics06]

Chris Paul > Deron Williams > John Wall > Derick Rose

Future HOF's.

[kerwin]

Well basketball is not my favorite game.but i am always watch the match in john wall played.john wall is one of my favorite player and i am agree to you May b this it should be the best player of basket ball.

[Barrett]

only talks does not work.he do anything for it,in any profession we must know that and do hard work,then we archive that point.