Saturday, July 3, 2010

Doing the Wall Dance

The whole Washington DC metro area was up on their feet doing the John Wall dance the day after the Washington Wizards selected the University of Kentucky point guard with the first overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft. Pretty much the whole town, even those who thought that Ohio State swingman and NCAA Player of the year Evan Turner deserved to be the #1 pick, were excited to welcome the unanimous First Team All-American and SEC player of the year to the Verizon Center. Even Adrian Fenty, DC's Mayor, was excited enough to officially name the day John Wall Day in the District. Wall, the first of 5 UK players taken in the first round said that even as a rookie he is ready to take over the team and be a leader. Wall could potentially pair up with former allstar guard Gilbert Arenas to form what could be one of the highest scoring backcourts in the whole National Basketball Association.
The second UK player taken in the draft was 6'11 Foward DeMarcus Cousins at #5 by the Sacramento Kings. Cousins, who is arguably the most talented player in the draft slipped a little bit due to his lapses of judgement and some additude issues. He was a second team All American and if he improves his awareness and discipline he could become a very good NBA player.
First team All American and POY SG Evan Turner of Ohio State went #2 overall to the Philidelphia 76ers and ACC Freshman of the year Foward Derrick Favors went #3 overall to the New Jersey Jets.
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