For the first time since leaving the Wizards, John Wall will return to Washington as an opponent and in front of the public. It will be December 10, and the former franchise star can’t wait to get the standing ovation he deserves.
It’s December 29, 2018, and John Wall has just received a gift that he hadn’t put on his list for Santa Claus: a nice heel operation to repair a problem that has been dragging on for several years, and the season is over for the Wizards star. What he doesn’t know yet is that he’s going to rupture his Achilles tendon a month later during a fall in his kitchen, it can’t be invented, and above all that he played his last game in Washington as a Sorcerer.
Three and a half years later, after 40 anecdotal games with the Rockets and a new white season in 2021-22, he is back in the NBA in the Los Angeles Clippers jersey. He is no longer the indisputable star of his franchise and it surely suits him very well, he will be able to really reconnect with the floors, without pressure. Impatient, John Wall marked a particular date in his calendar: December 10, the day the Clippers travel to Washington. He had already returned to the Capital One Arena, but in Covid times and therefore behind closed doors. And you can tell he’s well aware of what he means to the franchise, and he’s looking forward to it.
“I never had the opportunity to go back and play in front of Wizards fans. I hope I get that big standing ovation I think I deserve. My ultimate goal was to win a title there. I gave everything for the city, I played injured, I gave back to the community… It was like a second home for me. – John Wall (via The Shop)
Well, a tribute that does not ask John, but we will pass on the ego-trip side of the statement, we have the right to have fun from time to time. And anyway, yes, he deserves it and he will have it, his standing ovation. When you’ve been the star of a franchise for nine years, taken it to the Playoffs four times without being helped too much, and you’re one of the best players in its history, yes, you deserve a standing ovation . And it’s not too arrogant to say it.
John Wall will finally make his comeback in front of Washington fans, almost four years after his last appearance at Capital One Arena. He hopes to get a standing ovation from his former supporters, and frankly if he doesn’t get it we stop calling ourselves NBA experts.
Source texte : The Shop