John Wall: "Old teammates didnt want me to succeed"

[Street Knowledge]

There's a pretty stunning nugget at the end of Jason Reid's latest column on Bradley Beal in the Washington Post. Take it away, John Wall (emphasis mine):

Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld deserves some credit for creating a good environment for Beal. Wall's development suffered because of unprofessionalism in the locker room. "When I came in . . . some of my teammates didn't want me to succeed," Wall said.

Grunfeld finally cleaned out the locker room.

"Now, you have a guy like Emeka [Okafor], who has been to the playoffs, Nene, who has been to the playoffs, and Trevor [Ariza], who has won a championship. They know what it takes," Wall said. "Now, all of us here want everybody to succeed. That's a big difference."

John Wall: Some old teammates 'didn't want me to succeed' - Bullets Forever

 

[Captain Crunch]

 

[mastermind]

he probably right

aint got shyt to do with his jumper

 

[Black]

This was obvious jealousy of the gawd

 

[Brozay]

Gil was only there for 21 games but he's really the only person that makes sense

 

[courtdog]

There's a pretty stunning nugget at the end of Jason Reid's latest column on Bradley Beal in the Washington Post. Take it away, John Wall (emphasis mine):

Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld deserves some credit for creating a good environment for Beal. Wall's development suffered because of unprofessionalism in the locker room. "When I came in . . . some of my teammates didn't want me to succeed," Wall said.

Grunfeld finally cleaned out the locker room.

"Now, you have a guy like Emeka [Okafor], who has been to the playoffs, Nene, who has been to the playoffs, and Trevor [Ariza], who has won a championship. They know what it takes," Wall said. "Now, all of us here want everybody to succeed. That's a big difference."

John Wall: Some old teammates 'didn't want me to succeed' - Bullets Forever

I'm not gonna lie, I'm the biggest die hard wizard fan around. And I secretly want John Wall to fail
From Day 1 I always said I didn't like his swag. I feel he thinks he's the best in da game RIGHT NOW
Well, I feel he felt that way when he entered the league, and just assumed he'd get better
Here we are year 3, and nobody anywhere would say "Wall has improved"
Nobody would say that. So I feel Wall doesn't like criticism from a teammate
Like I feel he didn't respect anyone on the team, or maybe he pick and choose who to give respect too
This is purely my 3rd eye speaking, but I've observed little slick comments from John ever since he got here.
He's gilberts replacement, and so far he hasn't been an upgrade.
In fact, I'd argue Gilbert Arenas TODAY can put up similar numbers to wall's, easily

 

[Juven]

he probably right

aint got shyt to do with his jumper

cant practice your jumper in the club

 

[GoldenGlove]

Gil was only there for 21 games but he's really the only person that makes sense

Nick Young?
Jordan Crawford?

 

[mastermind]

Nick Young?
Jordan Crawford?

Crawford was trade deadline

Its def one of Blatche, Hinrich, Young or Blatche.

 

[*Hulks Up*]

Gil was only there for 21 games but he's really the only person that makes sense

That's what I was thinking but I thought Arenas was a Magic from the start of that season didn't realize he was there for 21 games, makes perfect sense now.

Rashard Lewis was my original guess before Brozay's comment, dude was so depressed during that Wizard trade I'm sure he wanted everyone to fail.

 

[courtdog]

Nick Young?
Jordan Crawford?

Trust me, he was talking about Andray Blatche and Javalle McGee
Andray tried to get the team to join him during the summer for a team orientated "camp" and Wall declined. Made a camp himself, invited the same teammates to his camp
It was split, but more went to walls camp than Dray days.. something like that

And wall did that because he wanted the "team" to be his basically.
He felt threatened by Andray. McGee and Dray while they fought were boys
Here's something that wasn't a big deal, but it blew up
And John had no problem acting like he the savior...
John Wall Calls Out JaVale In Practice | NBC4 Washington

Once John stopped panning out, you can only imagine how his teammates would feel towards some "kid" who sucks shouting out orders like he proven...

 

[CantStop]

Whoa is me ass nikka. I saw him and Ariza at a club in Toronto the day before the Raps game and he was going in on the drinks. I did give prince Ariza some dap tho

 

[Brozay]

Crawford was trade deadline

Its def one of Blatche, Hinrich, Young or Blatche.

I wouldn't lump in Hinrich, he was good with Rose his rookie year and accepted his role. He knows his place in the league and just works hard.

Unless Wall didn't earn his respect like Drose surely did.

Maybe people didn't respect him and thusly didn't want him to do well because he didn't work hard at it and was being a prima dona?

 

[#StarkSet]

Why are there still threads made about this bum

 

[PTBG]

nikka you about to enter your 4th season next season already, what has Wall worked on or improved on since coming to the league? Honestly.