John Wall’s Very Special Visitor

By: dwil

While everyone else is either in the dark or straight fabricating stories - I won’t name names, cough cough Andrew Katz of Dime Magazine… damn did I just write that?… here is the real deal on prized high school recruit, John Wall and the latest on his recruiting experience….

…and the real deal on the moves of someone very special in the NCAA hoops world.

Now, before everyone starts tripping about my mentioning Katz, the following is what Katz either misunderstood, had editor problems with, or fabricated:

Though Wall spent time with Coach K today, and will end up visiting Miami this weekend, the top prospect is expected to be leaning towards the Wildcats.

As charismatic as Krzyzewski might be - and Wall’s confidant Brian Clifton indicated that he laid out an incredibly impressive speech to the Wall family - the results in recent years speak for themselves.

Now, the truth is Clifton was impressed with coach K —————- during Clifton and Wall’s January visit to Duke.

The pair was scheduled to return to K-ville early this week, but the visit was cancelled. What remained on the John Wall Sweepstakes schedule was an official trip to the University of Miami, as I reported Wednesday. Now, where Katz received his misinformation is anyone’s guess, but he and Brian Clifton absolutely did not discuss recent visit by Clifton and Wall to Duke.

But.

Someone did visit Wall and his mother, Frances Pulley.

It is widely known in North Carolina’ ”Golden Triangle” of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill that D-One Sports owner Brian Clifton, whose company also fields an AAU hoops team, has, shall we say, a certain distaste for UNC head coach Roy Williams and new Kentucky head coach John Calipari.

However, under the guise of visiting Word of God forward, C.J. Leslie (who previously verbally committed to NC State), Coach Cal - Coach K’s polar opposite in almost every discernible way), wrangled John Wall away from Clifton, Wall’s near-contsant companion in the recruiting process, and met with the Word of God High School point guard and his mother.

According to reliable sources, Calipari, in his extended discussion with Wall and Frances Pulley, laid the college hoops landscape bare. When the subjects of the University of Florida and Duke were broached, Calipari pulled no punches. For Florida, all one needs to do is look at the relationship between Nick Saban - as articulated by Saban - and new Alabama hoops head coach Anthony Grant. As for Duke, let’s just say no one player is bigger than the program.

The only difference between Grant and Donovan is, Billy D. earns about $3 million a year and has not produced a team that has played in the Big Dance the past two seasons. And Donovan knows that Florida can procure the services of a head coach who will fail to reach the NCAA Tourney for far less than Donovan’s present salary.

As for the North Carolina faithful, they must surely be wondering why Roy Willams has not performed a similar end run around Clifton in an attempt to woo Wall to UNC. With Ty Lawson headed to the NBA, Williams is left without a point guard near the abilities of Lawson. In 2010 Williams will have explosive point guard, 6′3″ Kendall Marshall of Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, Virginia to run his team. But for now Williams is most likely looking at starting Larry Drew II, who, at present, in nowhere near the talent of Wall, or Marshall for that matter.

However, in a press conference Thursday to announcing Ty Lawson’s and Wayne Ellington’s intentions to leave UNC for the pros, Williams was indirectly asked abut Wall:

Q: …you have an open scholarsip coach, what will you do?

Williams: Well, we’ll have to wait and see.

The only two UNC-quality high school players in America left for Williams to recruit are 6′10″ Renardo Sidney Fairfax High School in Los Angeles and Wall. Sidney is said to be leaning toward signing with Southern California or heading to Europe as has high school junior, Jeremy Tyler.

So guess who that leaves Roy ‘waiting and seeing’ about?

In the end, though, unless Williams makes a direct plea to Wall and his mother and makes it soon, John Wall well could end up wearing “Lexington Blue” and being fawned over by Ashley Judd from November 2009 through late March and perhaps the first even Monday in April 2010. Because as we saw at Memphis and as we are seeing so far at Kentucky, what John Calipari wants, John Calipari usually gets.

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I wonder if he called Kobe and Lebron…if he did, Calipari has no chance to land him.

Comment by Professor on April 24, 2009
Should Wall ask players from the Olympic team what it’s like to play for Calipari?

Comment by Davis on April 24, 2009
That’s not true . . . my players all love me . . . only 1 . . . 2 . . . a few . . . alright most of them have left early.

Comment by Billy Donovan on April 24, 2009
B***S***, I love Coach Cal, especially now that he is manning the preeminent NCAA basketball program in the country. I told John Wall that he needs to play for Cal in order to get to the league.

Comment by Brian Clifton on April 24, 2009
John’s a tremendous talent and would fit in very well with the intellectual student body at Duke University. As far as breaking him of bad habits, I think all he has to do is learn how to slap the floor with both hands. Then, he’s a Dookie.

Comment by Coach K on April 24, 2009
The kid’s no Bobby Maze!

Comment by Bruce Pearl on April 24, 2009
I think John would fit in nicely with the intellectual student body at Duke University. Even more, he doesn’t appear to have any bad habits that I would have to break for him. In fact, I would only have to teach him how to slap the floor with both hands for him to be a real Dukie. Think Wojo (as Wayne Turner drives by him repeatedly).

Comment by Coach K on April 24, 2009
This is wrong on so many levels. Just a few things to get started. first, clifton and wall sat down with K the last week in March. Second, Kendall Marshall is not explosive. He’s probably the 7th or 8th ranked PG in his class. As a junior he was 3rd team DC all-Metro; not spectacular for a kid going to UNC.

Comment by daryl rennert on April 24, 2009
What! Coach Cal was there and I didn’t get paid. Oh snap. Ain’t no way in the world he be goin to UK now. Everyone who talks to JW pays me first. U talk without the cash and you out the sweepstakes. I am going to be set for life when JW picks a school.

Strait Cash Homey!

Comment by Brian Clifton on April 24, 2009
Apparently…You are wrong DWIL…

Wall met with Coach K via satellite or over the phone because he got held up in NYC.

Calipari is a mad man and he’s on a roll…After it’s all said and done, he’ll have more former players in the NBA than Krzyzewski ever thought about.

and that is simply b/c UK’s academic standards aren’t as high.

and b/c he can sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman wearing white gloves.

Comment by Rich on April 24, 2009
Cal certainly has the right to smear the names of Coach K, Billy Donovan and Roy Williams, afterall, he’s never done anything sketchy to land recruits. Remember how he got the Memphis players jobs at FedEx where they didn’t even work, but were just paid? Heck, most of the time, Fed Ex had never seen the players, they just stroked them checks. Cal is so dirty that he smells like New Jersey.

Comment by Marc Maggard on April 24, 2009
Xavier, wait…..we can get you dinner with Ashley!!! WAIIIIITTT ……..

cause what CAl WANTS, Cal usually gets…

yeah, john, call kobe…..wrap it up and get your blue devil jersey on..

Comment by moonpie23 on April 24, 2009
2.6 GPA and yet to qualify?…Sure, sign him up for Duke.

Go Cats!

Comment by mason on April 24, 2009
Kansas was placed on NCAA probation because of violations committed during Williams’ era at Kansas. The NCAA cited in its report that graduating players received cash and clothing while Williams was coach. Because of those violations, the University of Kansas remains on probation until October of this year.

Comment by Miles Brand on April 24, 2009
Calipari is a slimeball going around trashing other coaches, what else is new? Hopefully John sees through the lies and comes to a respectable program with a respectable coach in Duke. Hell, I’d rather see him at NC State or Miami than playing for that scumbag.

And John Wall and K met a few weeks ago. Check your facts. That’s what Katz was referring to.

Comment by Steveo on April 24, 2009
I wish Wall would call up Lebron, Kobe, Chris Paul, etc. and ask them about Coach K. They will tell you nothing but great things about the guy, it sure as hell looked like they loved the guy by the gestures they made putting all of those gold medals around his neck and giving him hugs, pouring water on his head etc.

This is an obvious attmept to hate on Duke and Coach K’s success. Good job but I am not buying it.

Comment by articlesux on April 24, 2009
There are so many typos in the is article it makes my eyes hurt. I am not above them. But before you publish the article at least spell check and proof read it.

“head coach who will fail to reach the NCA Tourney”. ncaA?

“wrangled John Wall away from Clifton, Wall’s near-contant companion”. Near constant?

Come on. You aren’t even trying here.

Comment by concerned reader on April 24, 2009
One more thing.

“In 2020 Williams will have explosive point guard, 6′3″ Kendall Marshall of Bishop O’Connell High School ”

2020? That is a long time to go w/o a point guard. Are you sure you don’t mean 2010?

http://www.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?sport=2&pr_key=59605
Kendal Marshall
Class: 2010 (High School)

Comment by concerned reader on April 24, 2009
YES Call Lebron and see who he endorses Mr. Wall it will be the same team you have already chosen. You will look good in Rupp

Comment by more concerned reader on April 24, 2009
Didn’t Coach K blow off Wall for a book signing, that must be one hell of a book

Comment by more concerned reader on April 24, 2009
Coach K didn’t blow him off for a book signing. He did a couple book promotions that day then went to speak at West Point. I’m not even a journalist and I can put the facts together better than these guys. This is why journalism is dying. Plus, nobody knows what really happened that day. And they’ll be meeting each other again in 6 days.

Comment by Steveo on April 24, 2009
lol @ you people who are acting like kentucky fans on this thread. Why he wanna play for the white school of Duke? Why would he want to play for a Natzi in Coach K?

Comment by Brandon D on April 24, 2009
Go to UK John Wall….. You are the best point guard in history

Comment by Big Kuntry King on April 24, 2009
Wall sucks, Kentucky can have him

Comment by Big Duke Fan on April 24, 2009
I hate Black players I am a fag.

Comment by Coach K on April 24, 2009
If you want to be like me go to Duke. If you want to be like Rose go to Kentucky.

Comment by Jay Williams on April 24, 2009
LeBron already said when his son is ready to go to college Coach Cal is who he wants him to play for. Sorry Professor!

Comment by Jay on April 24, 2009
BLAH BLAH BLAH… Show me one respectable program that has an experienced coach and great players…. There isn’t one. All schools bend rules and while not really breaking them they know they really are by finding loopholes and what not. Just watch the games and cheer.. Too much worrying over what goes on in the background. The NCAA will deal with it get over it….

Comment by btduke on April 24, 2009
How many of those NBA Gold Medal winners were Dookies?

How many were Wildcats?

When’s the last time Ratface put a star PG into THE LEAGUE?

DOOK: WHERE FIVE STAR PROSPECTS GO TO DIE

Comment by James on April 24, 2009
“After it’s all said and done, he’ll have more former players in the NBA than Krzyzewski ever thought about.”

Are you serious? More current NBA players played at Duke than at any other school. Not to mention every freaking Olympian from last summer has now been coached by K. Cal has a long, long way to go.

Comment by 55 on April 24, 2009
Hey James, whatever happened to Dajuan Wagner and Darius Washington?

Comment by Professor on April 24, 2009
it’s pretty clear that Wall wants to play for Carolina. Both he and Roy Williams were waiting on Ty Lawson’s decision. Now that it’s been made, Wall will be suiting up in argyle next season. If this weren’t the case, he would have MADE A DECISION ALREADY.

Comment by Elliot B on April 24, 2009
2.6 GPA at duke…this is sean dockery redux…go cats!

Comment by mason on April 24, 2009
I’m sorry folks, this was a draft of an article that I accidentally posted and should NEVER have appeared anywhere… The actual article is on my website, Sports On My Mind (sportsonmymind.com).

Comment by DK Wilson on April 24, 2009
What do mean if he asks Lebron he wouldn’t play for cal? I guess you didn’t hear that lebron is quoted as saying he wants cal to coach his son.

Comment by Cats cats cats on April 24, 2009
It’s plain and simple.

Playing PG at UNC next year will do more for Wall’s professional stock than playing at Duke or Kentucky.

Period.

Comment by HGG on April 24, 2009
It’s plain and simple.

Playing PG at UNC next year will do more for Wall’s professional stock than playing at Duke or Kentucky.

Period.

The national exposure of UNC versus Duke twice a year is bigger than anything Wall will ever get at Kentucky.

Next, look at the success of UNC alums in the NBA versus Duke’s.

If Wall likes UNC, the fact is, UNC would do more for him than Duke or Kentucky would.

Comment by HGG on April 24, 2009
for every Shane Battier-like honor student, Krezzooskee has a couple of dozen players with academic credentials more in line with schools like Kentucky; yet he would have you believe their team is a beacon of academic excellence. if this were true, why did former dook football coach Carl Franks go to the A.D. and ask for the same “concessions” for football recruits as K gets in basketball so he could compete in the ACC?

Comment by Dick Vitale on April 24, 2009
This is the most unreadable thing I may have ever read. I pray that you did not attend the University of Kentucky or Florida State Univeristy (my alma maters) as I would hate to believe that someone who write as poorly as you would have degrees from places I have degrees.

Comment by Tom Baker on April 24, 2009
Wow duke fans, your coach had a book to praise instead of visiting john wall. and you think kentucky is a scumbag. I bet our coach wouldnt pick a book over a player. We will get Wall just watch.

Comment by b dog on April 24, 2009
Wait until Kentucky gets the exposure on ESPN next season as UNC and Duke have been getting for years. With Calipari coaching top recruiting classes every year it will be painful for “baby blue” and “other blue” to deal with.

I don’t really think Wall wants to learn how to weave and screen like Roy would expect him to learn and thats exactly why he won’t go to UNC.

As far as NBA exposure, Rondo and Prince have been major components in championship NBA teams and represent Kentucky quite well.

Comment by Mike H on April 24, 2009
Wait until Kentucky gets the exposure on ESPN next season as UNC and Duke have been getting for years. With Calipari coaching top recruiting classes every year it will be painful for “baby blue” and “other blue” to deal with.

I don’t really think Wall wants to learn how to weave and screen like Roy would expect him to learn and thats exactly why he won’t go to UNC.

As far as NBA exposure, Rondo and Prince have been major components in championship NBA teams and represent Kentucky quite well.

Comment by Mike H on April 24, 2009
Duke has always been little brother to NC and UK and for some atrocious reason have always felt that they belong. 6 years of consistency does not make a program and Duke has always looked to be a higher class of Kentucky.
The shame lies that Duke and NC did not take advnatge of the Big Blue when it was down and now separation wil commence.
Keep trying, KY basketball is KING and now that we have a COACH. anywhere, anytime, KY wil have an advantage before stepping on the court.

Comment by robdog on April 25, 2009
Should Wall come to UK, the Cats will be a tougher team and a possible FF team.

As for the remark about the. Number of UK players on the Oylmpic team, Prince was on it. Coached by K? Yep but have you seen the picture of K wearing all the players medals? Prince’s wasn’t one of them. Once a Cat always a Cat.

Comment by Blackhawk on April 25, 2009
hey wall call lebron, he already said he wants his son to play for the cats

Comment by bill on April 25, 2009
lebron has said he wants his kids to play for the coach cal and he played under coach k rite?

Comment by josh on April 25, 2009
Looks like everyone in Carolina country is a little scared that UK’s back on the map! Sorry boys, when we’re done picking the recruits we want you all can have our leftovers!

Comment by kyle on April 25, 2009
Kentucky is the “preeminent NCAA basketball program in the country”? WTF. Put the pipe down. Kentucky hasn’t been relevent for a decade. Get over the past. All they are now is the new Memphis. NBAU. Get used to one and doners and disappointment in March/April.

Comment by RoyMunson on April 25, 2009
lol 47. They just can’t stomach that. Wall comes to UK he has a title shot. He goes to the other 3 he has a elite 8 shot. HMMMMMMMMMMMM Who would you pick?

Comment by Paul on April 25, 2009
Duke/UNC will pale in comparison to what is to come of UK/UOFL. Pitino and Cal vs Roy and K? Not even a question. If Wall comes to KY he will get to play for the most storied college basketball program in the country and establish himself as the most reveared player of that program for the past 25 years. He will also get to play against UNC, UofL, Tennessee, Indiana, UCONN and Florida…all while competing for a championship along side his buddies, Cousins and Orton. He will be set for life if he were to get injured because Kentucky would embrace him as one of their own. Plus he loves Cal for what he did for Rose and Evans. It’s really a no-brainer…if he chooses another school, he literally has no brain

Comment by hunter on April 25, 2009
48…We ARE used to dissapointment in March/April. That’s why we got a new coach

Comment by UK Fan on April 25, 2009
48…We ARE used to disappointment in March/April. That’s why we got a new coach

Comment by UK Fan on April 25, 2009
HGG——you are a moron if you think Kentucky wont be be getting more presss than North Carolina next year. Kentucky is getting all the press right now even though North Carolina won the championship. Please…..come next year the Big Blue is going to dominate in news WAYYYYYYY more than that sissy blue you guys wear. Gotta love the Argyle!!!! Ha HA hA

Comment by HGG is so lame!!! on April 25, 2009
post 53// aren’t you a right muppet.. UK has not been heard bout for the better part of the decade.. UNC has won the most championships post the UCLA era// you guys have a lot to do to catch up//

Comment by Jon on April 25, 2009
Kentucky has had a basketball program before the 80s what about North Carolina and Duke?

Comment by Bill Bradley on April 25, 2009
post 54 kentucky has a lot of catching up to do? huh because if i remember correctly and i do kentucky is still the all time winningest basketball program and yea we do have 7 national championships we were also the team of the 90’s and as far as publicity goes kentucky will have plenty next year. we are on the verge of winning our 2000 game and will be the first team to do so also espn has a contract with the sec, oh yea and people will be more apt to want to watch the UK louisville game over the UNC dook game. i mean calipari and patino or williams and coach K its a no brainer. But you can be jealous all you want i rember that old saying dont hate us beacause we’re beautiful LOL.

Go CATS

Comment by Jared C. Mason on April 25, 2009
Case and point: UK got more press in the freaking hiring process of a coach than the national championship game did. Christ I almost forgot it was on that night. How’s that for relevance?

Comment by NANERPUSS on April 25, 2009
Have Wall Call Lebron? Lebron loves Coach Cal.

Comment by Matt Farrell on April 25, 2009
I’ve decided to announce my decision on this blog. I will be wearing blue next season.

Comment by John Wall on April 25, 2009
UK hasn’t been relevant in a decade people, everyone chill out. when was the last time tucky got a decent recruit, i can’t remember

Comment by i dont dome uk on April 25, 2009
LeBron may ‘love’ Cal, but I’m pretty sure he’d endorse CoachK as well. And Kobe still says he regrets not going to play at Duke for a year or two out high school. Doesn’t matter though. Cal at Memphis won a ton of games due to a lack of serious competition. Which he’ll get plus some in the SEC. Comparing what Cal may do to what Coach K already has done isn’t even the same. New name on Cal’s checks mean nothing-still NBAU where ever he is coaching. One and done. Coach K could very well be the first men’s coach to win 1000 games, and you guys think his success doesn’t compare to Cal’s? Why…cause he’s done better the last 3 years? Wow. Most NCAA tournament wins in history-Coach K(only cuz Wooden didn’t coach as many). Most NCAA titles of current coaches? Coach K. WIns, curent coaches? Coach K. Most current players on NBA rosters? Duke. They, on average, make higher than the league average. UK should be worried about their real stars of next year than if they will get Wall. Because if Meeks stays, UK is going to be his team, again. Oh and I believe Henderson isn’t signing an agent yet because he hopes Wall is coming to Durham next year. If he does, G comes back to town and Duke will be the best team next year. A lot of ifs though, especially 6 months before the season starts. Cal lost Henry, he’ll lose Wall, too, only question is to who. Sorry.

Comment by Brian on April 25, 2009
For B. Bradley - UNC has had a basketball program before the 80’s. We won a national title in 1924 (Rupp didn’t start coaching at Kentucky until the 1930-31 season) and in 1957; both years going undefeated. Kentucky formed an organized basketball team in 1903; UNC in 1911. The last time I looked at the scorecard, UNC is only 4 games aways from having the most wins in NCAA history; currently second to Kentucky. Props to Kentucky. You have to give credit where credit is due. With that said, UNC has appeared in more Final Fours than any other school, won more NCAA tournament games than any other school, and is currently tied for third (with Indiana) for having the most NCAA National Championship titles; UCLA with 11 and Kentucky with 7. Again credit to both schools. However, we have put more stars in the NBA, have had more McDonald All-American’s, and have dominated the Atlantic Coast Conference for nearly 40-50 years. No school reaches such high levels of acheivement without years of consistency. Do some homework before making a comment. And John Wall…the kid is definitely talented. But as from the results of this year’s National Champions show, UNC is a team with balanced scoring. It would also be a team next season that he could thrive in, under the leadership of coaches and seniors with CHAMPIONSHIP experience (2 titles in the past 6 years). Calipari is definitely a great coach but hasn’t yet paid his dues. However, I’m sure he will; probably sooner than later. But winning a National Title is a lot of pressure to place on a freshman’s shoulders without the experience of other team members (see Derrick Rose or Michigan’s Fab Five). MJ won a National Title with UNC in 1982, but was not the center-piece. By the way, 4 National titles (UNC) versus 1 (Kentucky) since the 1980’s. The 60’s are over dude!

Comment by Mitch on April 25, 2009
I really think John Wall has an exceptional talent. Quite frankly though I am sick and tired of this kid pulling everybody”s chain.Make a choice already!

Comment by Cat Mat on April 25, 2009
Scratch Prince off the list for representing Kentucky well in an NBA Championship team. The Pistons were below .500 in the Wins vs. Loss column until acquiring Rasheed Wallace and winning the title that year. Prince was already on the roster.

Comment by Mitch on April 25, 2009
Kentucky won in 1996 and 1998 they didnt even win a title in the 60s. so where do you get off acting like you have all the knowledge> i agree with one thing john wall is exeptional but he would flurish in a drbble drive off. becauce of is insane ability to put the ball on the floor and beat his man off the drible. championships years 48,49,51,58,78,96,98. all saying being to more final fours than anyone else and having less titles says is you have a history of losing big games (burn) GO CATS
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Comment by jr on April 25, 2009
“lol 47. They just can’t stomach that. Wall comes to UK he has a title shot. He goes to the other 3 he has a elite 8 shot. HMMMMMMMMMMMM Who would you pick?”

UNC has the most NBA ready frontline in the country; what a better way to make a point guard shine. Wall goes to UNC, he has a FAR better shot at a title.

Kudos to Mitch for the good data. UK’s balance of “tradition” is heavily weighted from over 30 years ago. You had a good 3 year run in the 90’s, but dook (same # of titles), UNC (more Final Fours), and UNLV (early decade prominence) were all pretty successful, you were hardly “the team”.

Also for the MORON proclaiming Pitino/ Calipari better than Williams/K. How many titles does the Kentucky connection own between them? ONE (and it’s NOT owned by your boy Cal)…Roy and the Rat? SIX…another quick question, which two of the four are in the Hall of Fame?…and finally, how many championships between UK/UL in the past 10 years (you know the years that potential 18 year old recruits actually remember)? ZERO; UNC/ dook have THREE titles in the past ten.

All of UK’s boasts are predicated on hope and hope alone. …and by the way Rose and Evans would have been drafted in the lottery if they played for NJIT, Cal did nothing to boost their stock.

Comment by realist on April 25, 2009
To post 60

Whats wrong with paterson as a solid recruit i mean Dook did everythng except have Coach K get on his knees to get him, and if you look AT THE espnU TOP 100 THE YEAR PATERSON came out he was pretty high and even higher than blake griffin i believe.

Comment by Cash on April 26, 2009
To post 64…”the 60’s are over dude” is a called a “figure of speech”. But from your superior knowledge..I’m pretty sure the Wildcats are glad that the 60’s and 70’s ARE over. No NCAA titles in 20 yrs (’58-’78). WOW!! Thanks for the compliment “Realist” (post 66). Had it not been for Coach Rupp and Coach Haskins, UK would have only posted marginal numbers (BURN). Commenting that UNC being to more Final Fours and having less championships and less wins…Hmmmm…let’s examine.

1)If I’m not mistaken the ACC has been argueably the most dominant conference in college basketball for decades, along with the Big East. Racking up wins would be certainly easy to do in a weak conference…uhhh…like the SEC. (ummmm…”HELLO”…Calipari…Memphis…Conference USA).
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3) Flourishing in a dribble drive offense…correct…that would play right into Wall’s current game and skill level. Ummmm, wasn’t that Raymond Felton’s and Ty Lawson’s biggest assests also; being able to put the ball on the floor and beat his man off the dribble? (By the way, the word is “because” not “becauce” and “dribble” is spelled with 2 b’s; not “drible”.) But if I may, under Coach Williams, both of those guys developed into more than just one-dimensional players (i.e. better outsied shooting..which Wall is lacking; improved assist to turnover ratios)..and “floor generals”, a.k.a. “leaders”; which is what you want and need from a “true” point guard like someone with the talent of John Wall.
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As much as I hate to agree with “Realist” on this, “the team of the 90’s”…that title belongs to Coach K and the Dookies; especially as far as publicity goes. But again UNC was still in the mix. 2 teams from the ACC, one team from the SEC,seems to validate my arguement even more.

Comment by Mitch on April 26, 2009
Excuse me…let me make a spelling correction of my own…(better outside shooting). Not sure if that would have been caught.

Comment by Mitch on April 26, 2009
All time wins: UK has 1988, UNC has 1984. We’ll just have to wait and see who gets to 2000 first. UNC has gained 30 wins on UK in just 2 years. Personally, I think UNC will be the new leader this time next year.

Comment by tarheelmotu on April 26, 2009
Coach Cal is a G anyone should want to play for him

Comment by The greek god on April 27, 2009
Your the worst reporter ever fag

Comment by brittney on April 27, 2009
To the realist-Roy only has 2 titles and K has 3. That’s five. However, since you’re continuing my bash of the idiot thinking Cal and Pitino are somehow better than K and Roy-oh well. Pitino and Cal have 6 combined appearances in the Final Four. Roy has 7. K has 10. Even the final four trips by school favors Duke/UNC over Kentucky/UL (14 Duke, 18 carolina // 13 kentucky, 8 UL). Coach K also has 3 gold medals, but only 1 as a head coach. Still one more than the other 3. The only way to look at it and say Pitino/Cal are more accomplished coaches is to put blinders on.

Comment by Brian on April 27, 2009
Wonder if Wall called Lebron? Calipari has no chance?. LMFAO YEA RIGHT!! If Lebron is supposed to tell Wall not to go to UK then why did Lebron just sign T shirts for Cal to give out on Twitter? Coach Cal spoke highly of Lebron just a few days ago. Your full of sh*t on this one. We dont need Wall but Id love to get him just to piss off the rest of the teams that want him. You dont know sh*t about Wall or UK bball. Pull you head out of your *ss and get real!! GO CATS!!!!

Comment by Rosskycats on May 10, 2009
UNC is as close as they are going to get to beating UK to 200 wins. They gained 30 games in 2 yrs? So what? That was under NIT Billy G. Those days are over and UK will once again pull away as they school with the most wins. Sorry Turdheel fans. You can hope and dream as much as you want but UK is gonna burst your bubble.

Comment by Rosskycats on May 12, 2009
I am John Wall. John wall is a fag. John Wall sucks balls.

Comment by John Wall on May 19, 2009

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