John Wall has claimed his first award for his play through the regular season. Winning the Sporting News Freshman of The Year is not the first time a Calipari player has won the award. Derrick Rose won the award last year and Wall winning the award makes the first time that one Coach has had players win this honor in consecutive seasons.
[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] Thanks to the sporting news, here’s a little of what former UK players had to say about the play of John Wall.
[QUOTE]R[COLOR=Black]eggie Hanson and [URL=”http://www.sportingnews.com/college-basketball/article/2010-03-08/sn-freshman-year-john-wall-kentucky#”]Mike Pratt[/URL], both member of UK’s 1,000-point club, say he’s the best player to wear Kentucky blue since Jamal Mashburn. “He’s able to take over when he wants and, at the same time, make everyone around him better,” said Hanson, now an assistant coach at South Florida. [/COLOR]
[COLOR=Black]UK great [URL=”http://www.sportingnews.com/college-basketball/article/2010-03-08/sn-freshman-year-john-wall-kentucky#”]Rex Chapman[/URL] says Wall’s game reminds him of Jason Kidd’s. Explains Chapman, a former NBA teammate of[/COLOR] Kidd’s: “Their speed with the ball sets them apart. John is more offensive-minded than Jason has ever been. They both have an uncanny ability to throw on-the-money lob passes.”
Former UK center [COLOR=SeaGreen]Randolph Morris[/COLOR] compares Wall, the SEC assist champion, to “a hybrid of (ex-‘Cats) Rajon Rondo and Wayne Turner—Rondo because of his athleticism, Turner because of his passing.”
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