{"id":81790,"date":"2025-08-19T18:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T18:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/81790\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T18:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T18:13:09","slug":"nba-players-send-love-to-wizards-legend-john-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/81790\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Players Send Love To Wizards Legend John Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_mdw503hy7\">John Wall was once considered among the elite point guards in the NBA when he was with the Washington Wizards. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_c12e89ecf\">He most recently played in the league during the 2022-23 season (with the LA Clippers). <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_gc0rocnd9\">On Tuesday, Wall made the announcement that he has now retired from playing basketball. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ibhcpmbet\">Wall wrote (via <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_ksj615\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNinStPv2sI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>): &#8220;Retired but never done. Doing it the <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_ksj615\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/wallway\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#WallWay<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_pbyre3zls\">Many NBA players sent love to Wall in the comments. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_b59zuoyum\">Isaiah Thomas: &#8220;Hell of a career \ud83c\udfc1\ud83c\udfc1\ud83c\udfc1&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_mo4s8gt4s\">DeMarcus Cousins: &#8220;\ud83d\udc10&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_pat8msn7d\">Lance Stephenson: &#8220;Legend forever brother \ud83d\ude4c\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_bknrw7nx4\">Theo Pinson: &#8220;What you did for NC hoops my guy\u203c\ufe0f You inspired me and many others\u203c\ufe0f Congrats\u203c\ufe0f&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_cj30pfjvh\">Norman Powell: &#8220;Congrats on a legendary career brotha. Glad I got to share the court with you my guy \ud83e\udee1&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_eez1305xp\">Paul Pierce: &#8220;\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83e\udee1&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\" alt=\"John Wall NBA \" title=\"John Wall NBA \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dec 30, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Washington Wizards point guard John Wall (2) warms up before playing against the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre. The Raptors beat the Wizards 94-91. Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-Imagn Images \/ Tom Szczerbowski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_e2ltf2wvh\">Wall was the first pick in the 2010 NBA Draft after one season of college basketball at Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_vwneerdap\">He played 11 total seasons for the Wizards (nine), Rockets (one) and Clippers (one).<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_x2cpuxa1v\">His career averages were 18.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, 8.9 assists and 1.6 steals per contest while shooting 43.0% from the field and 32.2% from the three-point range in 647 games. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_49n8t1hq6\"><a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_ksj615\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1957824336435253706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Via Bleacher Report:<\/a> &#8220;Breaking: John Wall has announced he is retiring from basketball after 11 seasons in the NBA, per @ShamsCharania <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_700s52ok7\">\ud83d\udc4f5x NBA All-Star \ud83d\udc4fAll-NBA Third Team \ud83d\udc4fNBA All-Defensive Second Team \ud83d\udc4fNBA All-Rookie First Team \ud83d\udc4fNBA Slam Dunk Contest champion \ud83d\udc4fSEC Player of the Year <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_371v0omve\">What a career \ud83d\udd25&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: John Wall has announced he is retiring from basketball after 11 seasons in the NBA, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ShamsCharania<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc4f5x NBA All-Star<br \/>\ud83d\udc4fAll-NBA Third Team<br \/>\ud83d\udc4fNBA All-Defensive Second Team<br \/>\ud83d\udc4fNBA All-Rookie First Team<br \/>\ud83d\udc4fNBA Slam Dunk Contest champion<br \/>\ud83d\udc4fSEC Player of the Year<\/p>\n<p>What a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DuQbnfNH9r\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/DuQbnfNH9r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1957824336435253706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_5skd1acvq\">Wall made five NBA All-Star Games in a row from 2014-18.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Wall was once considered among the elite point guards in the NBA when he was with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-81790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}