Former Kentucky and current Washington Wizards guard John Wall is not very happy after being left off the 28 man roster for the U.S. Men’s National Team for a chance to compete in the 2014 World Games and 2016 Olympics. Wall’s teammate Bradley Beal is among the 28 players on the team.
Wall says he will use this as motivatition.
“I been through it before. The main thing for me is try to be professional. I went out there and played. I did it the right way,” Wall said of his experiences with Team USA minicamp. “I just use it as more motivation. It’s nothing I could do. It’s nothing I can say, and I don’t want nobody to babysit me or try to make it work for me. They made their list, they made their decision and that’s what they’re happy with, and I just have to look past that. It’s more motivation because I didn’t make McDonald’s game. I wasn’t national player of the year. I wasn’t rookie of the year. So those are just tabs I keep to motivate myself to prove people wrong.”
After dealing with the initial disappointment, Wall has moved on.
“My main goal is just to focus on basically what it’s been all year. And that’s to make this team better, as good as we can and try to reach the playoffs,” he said. “If something happens down the road, you’ll definitely be happy because you’re playing for your country and that’s bigger than anything to me. It would be a dream come true, but if it doesn’t work that way, I still got other times, hopefully, later in my career.”
Wizards: Team USA extends an invite to Beal, but not Wall, who vows to use it as motivation
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