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A person close to Washington Wizards point guard John Wall says the injury he has to recover from is what the All-Star guard needed to “grow up,” according to Michael Lee of The Athletic. Wall underwent season-ending heel surgery and tore his Achilles tendon after slipping at his house. The five-time All-Star is using all […]

If the Washington Wizards draft a point guard in the 2019 NBA Draft, All-Star John Wall would have no problem with it. Wall’s 2018-19 season ended early after he underwent bone spur surgery. The former No. 1 overall pick also slipped at his house and tore his Achilles tendon. It’s unknown if Wall will play […]

Washington Wizards point guard John Wall is making progress from his injury. According to Washington Post Wizards reporter Candace Buckner, doctors are close to removing stitches from Wall’s left foot. John Wall spoke to media during halftime of the #Wizards game. He says he’s “almost” close to getting the stitches removed from his left foot. […]

On Tuesday, the Washington Wizards officially fired team president Ernie Grunfield. The team was mathematically eliminated from postseason contention last Thursday. They will miss the playoffs for just the second time in the past six seasons. Owner Ted Leonsis spoke to media about the decision, citing a need to reboot the organization. In response, one […]

The Washington Wizards are still, barely, clinging on to a chance to make the Eastern Conference Playoffs. According to FiveThirtyEight, the Wizards currently sit with a 12 percent chance to eke into the East, despite being a whopping 12 games under .500 as of this writing with a 35-47 record. However, the team does boast […]

Bradley Beal signed a five-year, $127.2 million maximum contract with the Washington Wizards in the summer of 2016, and the sharpshooter says he wouldn’t have gotten that deal if it wasn’t for his point guard, All-Star John Wall. Beal says Wall made him a better player and helped him show the Wizards and the entire […]

Washington Wizards star point guard John Wall got a tattoo on his neck of his mom, who is battling cancer. John Wall told reporters before the All-Star break the sad news about his mom. The All-Star point guard is out for the season after undergoing a season-ending left heel surgery and tearing his Achilles tendon […]

Philadelphia 76ers star big man Joel Embiid reached out to Washington Wizards point guard John Wall after news broke that Wall ruptured his left Achilles. John Wall was already out for this season after undergoing left heel surgery, but the All-Star point guard slipped at his house and tore his Achilles. There’s a chance Wall […]

Washington Wizards point guard John Wall is expected to be out of commission for roughly 12 months after undergoing successful surgery to repair a ruptured left Achilles tendon, according to a report from Shams Charania of The Athletic. Sources: Wizards star John Wall underwent successful surgery on his ruptured Achilles tendon. He will be out […]

John Wall won’t be playing elsewhere anytime soon, for better or worse for the Washington Wizards. But after the five-time All-Star, already out with a heel injury, ruptured his Achilles tendon while falling at home last week, the Wizards reacted by shipping out two long-time rotation players, Markieff Morris and Otto Porter, Jr., to dip […]

Bobby Portis scored 30 points in his Washington Wizards debut on Friday against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and it looks like Wizards All-Star point guard John Wall motivated him. Portis had 18 points at halftime. That’s when Wall told the big man if he didn’t finish with at least 30 points, he was a punk. https://twitter.com/HoopDistrictDC/status/1094079169586233344 […]

Washington Wizards five-time All-Star point guard John Wall was the recipient of some terrible news of late. Being out of action for more than a month now, it was recently announced that the 28-year-old is now expected to miss most, if not all of next season due to a procedure that needs to be done […]

With his outstanding play this season, Washington Wizards two guard Bradley Beal was recently named to the NBA All-Star team for a second consecutive season. However, being that Beal missed out on a starting spot on the prestigious team, his teammate John Wall seems to think that Beal was robbed. According to Wall, who himself […]

It was recently announced that Washington Wizards superstar John Wall is expected to be out for at least another 12 months due to an Achilles injury. In a recent interview with ESPN, Wall admitted that his competitive drive to play through injuries may have now gotten the better of him. “I guess God is telling […]

Speaking to reporters for the first time since he slipped and fell at home, which resulted in a torn left Achilles, Washington Wizards All-Star point guard John Wall said he’s in great spirits and motivated to prove all the doubters wrong. Wall says he has a great support system around him which is going to […]

In news that no one wanted to hear, Washington Wizards All-Star point guard John Wall has revealed that his mother is battling cancer. Wall told NBC Sports Washington the sad news during an in-game interview on Friday while the Wizards were playing the Cleveland Cavaliers at home. During @NBCSWizards in-game interview, John Wall reveals that […]

Washington Wizards head coach Scott Brooks doesn’t want to put a timetable on it, but he admitted to reporters on Friday that All-Star point guard John Wall will probably miss the majority of next season. John Wall ruptured his left Achilles tendon after slipping and falling down at his house. He was already out for […]

Washington Wizards point man John Wall apologized to head coach Scott Brooks after suffering a ruptured Achilles’ tendon and expected to miss at least an additional 12 months after recovering from surgery in his left heel. Wall, who is set to start the first year of his four-year, $170 million supermax deal, will likely miss around […]

The Washington Wizards announced on Tuesday that All-Star point guard John Wall suffered a ruptured Achilles after slipping and falling in his house. Pittsburgh Steelers star wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster commented on a picture of the news asking Wall what he was doing at the house that made him slip and fall. Wall, clearly not in […]

The NBA Trade Deadline is here. Phones are ringing, deals are being negotiated, and plenty of players could potentially be on the move before February 7th arrives. Names like Anthony Davis and Mike Conley have dominated headlines as trade speculation around the league heats up, but make no mistake about it, Washington Wizards guard Bradley […]

Golden State Warriors All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins says he talked with Washington Wizards point guard John Wall and he has no doubt Wall will overcome this setback and come back stronger. The Wizards announced on Tuesday that Wall developed an infection in the incision from surgery he recently had on bone spurs in his left […]

The whole reason why John Wall has been sitting out is to avoid further injury to his nagging heel injury, which had been bothering him earlier in the season and forced him to undergo surgery. You would think Wall would have been safe within the comfort of his own home, but unfortunately, that wasn’t the […]

Things have suddenly gone from bad to worse for John Wall and the Washington Wizards. Wall’s season ended in late December, when he finally decided to go under the knife to alleviate nagging pain in his left heel. The Wizards were just 13-22 at the time, 11th in the Eastern Conference, beset by their franchise […]

Washington Wizards point guard John Wall will be out of commission for roughly 12 months after undergoing surgery to repair a ruptured left Achilles tendon. According to several reports, the former Kentucky Wildcat slipped and fell at his home while not wearing his walking boot. According to Dr. Douoguih, John Wall had his walking boot […]

Washington Wizards point guard John Wall is expected to miss 12 months of action after undergoing surgery to repair a ruptured left Achilles tendon, according to a report from Shams Charania of The Athletic. Wall will undergo the procedure in Green Bay, Wi. https://t.co/1C8EC6vrvZ — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 5, 2019 Wall will be seen […]

Consistent with the words from owner Ted Leonsis, the Washington Wizards have been unwilling to budge on moving any of the core trio of John Wall, Bradley Beal and Otto Porter Jr. Rival executives have noticed as much in recent talks with the organization. “They’re not budging,” one executive told Sean Deveney of Sporting News. “Maybe […]

Like a lot of teams, the Washington Wizards are staying active ahead of this season’s trade deadline. Who the team might be interested in dealing is still up for debate, but owner Ted Leonsis says John Wall, Bradley Beal and Otto Porter Jr. are off limits. On possibility of dealing Wall, Beal, Porter before NBA […]

Washington Wizards point guard John Wall says he and his close pal, DeMarcus Cousins, talked last summer about teaming up in the nation’s capital, but Cousins’ injury prevented it from happening. Cousins tore his Achilles tendon last season with the New Orleans Pelicans. Once Cousins and his camp were made aware that New Orleans wasn’t […]

The NBA has granted the Washington Wizards an $8.6 million Disabled Player Exception, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Watch Stadium. The Wizards lost All-Star point guard John Wall for the season after Wall was forced to undergo season-ending surgery on his left heel. Sources @TheAthleticNBA @WatchStadium: The NBA has granted the Washington […]

Despite losing All-Star point guard John Wall for the season due to heel surgery, the Washington Wizards plan to keep veteran small forward Trevor Ariza on the team, according to Ben Standig and Chase Hughes of NBC Sports Washington. The Wizards acquired Trevor Ariza from the Phoenix Suns on Dec. 17 and were banking on […]

A rival executive in the NBA believes Washington Wizards All-Star point guard John Wall is “unmovable” in trade talks, according to Ken Berger of Bleacher Report. The four-year, $170 million supermax extension that John Wall signed in 2017 kicks in next season. The former No. 1 overall pick will make $38,150,000 next year, $41,202,000 in 2020-21, $44,254,000 in 2021-22 […]

Washington Wizards shooting guard Bradley Beal has been playing some amazing basketball ever since starting point guard John Wall went down with his left heel injury, but Beal says it’s “nonsense” he’s a better player without Wall. In fact, Bradley Beal says it’s a lot harder to play basketball when John Wall isn’t in the […]

The NBA changes so fast doesn’t it? At the start of the 2016-2017 regular season, just two years ago, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving were still teammates in Cleveland, Jimmy Butler was a Bull, Carmelo Anthony was still king in New York, Isiah Thomas would emerge as an unlikely MVP candidate in Boston, and freaking […]

Per Shams Charania of the Athletic and Watch Stadium, the Washington Wizards have formally sent in their papers to apply for the disabled-player exception for their loss of their point guard and franchise icon John Wall. The exception is worth about 8.6 million dollars in cap-relief. Sources on @TheAthleticNBA @WatchStadium: The Washington Wizards have applied […]

The NBA is just starting to flush out the poor contracts signed in an over-splurging summer of 2016, with the likes of Nicolas Batum, Evan Turner, and others receiving a handsome sum for little return in productivity. Yet one of the executives who spoke with Bleacher Report’s Ken Berger said Kevin Love’s four-year, $120 million […]

December has been kind to the San Antonio Spurs, who have turned their game up a notch after a slow start to the 2018-19 NBA season. For the Spurs to continue their ascent to the league’s elite, they need to look at possible trades that will ensure that they enter the postseason with a competitive […]

Washington Wizards point guard John Wall this past week tweeted out and said that if ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith has an issue with him, he should say it to his face. Wall claims that Smith was lying about being by the locker room after a game. He’s going full cut-throat and is taking Smith’s tweets […]

John Wall of the Washington Wizards will try to be with his team as close as possible and intends to rehab from heel surgery in the nation’s capital alongside his teammates. Chase Hughes of NBCS Washington reported the news first on Monday afternoon. John Wall said he will rehab from surgery in D.C.: "I will […]

Earlier this past week, Washington Wizards point guard John Wall came out and said that if ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith has a problem with him, he should stop tweeting about it and come say it to his face. Per Chase Hughes of NBC Sports Washington: “You know who the guy is… It’s like this, […]