John Feinstein continues to hate on Washington Wizards point guard John Wall, who is earning respect as one of the NBA’s top young guards.
In his latest rant about the former University of Kentucky star, Feinstein says Wall plays no defense and even states that’s the fourth best player on the Wizards’ roster.
Here’s what Feinstein had to say after the Wizards’ home opener on Saturday:
John Wall, who entered the arena giving the Johnny Manziel “money fingers,” was schooled for much of the evening by Brandon Knight, who finished with 24 points and six assists, blowing by Wall early and often. Wall ended up with deceptively decent numbers but was outplayed by the man who succeeded him as Kentucky’s point guard.
Friday, Feinstein was on the radio with The Sports Junkies, on 106.7 The Fan. You can listen to the audio for yourself here.
Here are his comments (via Bulletsforever.com):
Cakes: Johh Wall has been amazing.
Feinstein: Really, has he been amazing? How’s his defense been?
Cakes: Okay, I’m just going by his offensive stats.
Feinstein: Oh, okay, we don’t play defense anymore in the NBA.
Cakes: I love what John Wall has done, and I’m not going to let you rain on my John Wall parade.
Feinstein: I’m sorry, I was at the game Saturday night, unfortunately, and Brandon Knight kicked his butt. Made him look bad. You know, Wall ended up, you know, the Bucks are terrible, the fourth quarter was basically up and down with nobody playing defense, so Wall padded his numbers.
He had good numbers the other night, I know that. What did he have, 31 and 10? I think they keep assists at the Verizon Center the same way Dean Smith used to keep things. They give two on every basket. But, he got killed on defense again by a guy I’ve never heard of!
John Wall is a very good player. The best players on the Washington Wizards, in my opinion, are Bradley Beal and Gortat and Nene.
This season, Wall is averaging 21.4 points, 10 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 2.8 steals per game. No player has ever averaged those numbers for a season. Ever.
