It's like the above LL Cool J rap line: When you're talkin about Wiz guard John Wall, it's like I said when I first blogged about him playing in summer league all the way to last night's game...wow.
In his first home game, he was a steal (not a rebound) away from his first career triple double, finishing with 29 points and 13 assists. With his 31 assists and 71 points in his first three games, Wall joins very elite company, becoming only the second player in league history to record 70+ points and 30+ assists in his first three games in the league. The other player was Oscar Robertson. Aside from the tying the team record for most steals in a game, he also tied a league record with the most assists after three games.
He just showed a will just not wanting to lose. One play late in the game, he ran down skywalker Andre Iguodala and almost cleanly blocked his dunk attempt. The entire game he was just a whirling dervish, picking a pass off here, hitting a jump shot there and just having 76ers looking for him the entire game. By the way, he did this playing on a sprained ankle.
Since he has been here, it's hard not to like the guy. He has said and done all the right things. It's also hard not wanting to at least take a sip of the koolaid. You guys are going to get tired of me saying this but....wow.
The Freeze jukebox gives you the LL Cool J video Phenomenon as a musical treat. This video was also ahead of it's self at the time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFCSCmWAfzM&feature=fvst
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