08-09-2008, 06:57 PM
John Wall will visit Memphis…
Posted by Dan Wolken
…per Gary Parrish of CBS Sports.com, who talked to Wall today at the Nike Global Challenge in Portland. Wall, a point guard who possesses many of the same abilities as Derrick Rose, is the No. 1 player in the country, according to Rivals.com.
When I wrote about Wall a couple weeks ago from Las Vegas, where he was playing in an AAU event, it didn’t look so good for Memphis because of some relationship issues with the Clifton brothers, who have been handling his recruitment. It looked even worse when Baylor hired Dwon Clifton to be on the coaching staff.
But as more light gets shed on the situation — and Parrish did just that in an extremely well-reported column Friday — the better it might be for everyone if Wall doesn’t commit to Baylor just yet.
Though the Cliftons are not exactly thrilled with the idea of Wall going to Memphis, from what I understand (I don’t think they’d admit that publicly, by the way), the player himself has been very intrigued by the Tigers because he idolizes Derrick Rose. And there are a number of people out there who believe Wall is a better basketball player than Rose at this point in his career, for whatever that’s worth. Will he have the intangibles; will he have the intelligence, the demeanor and the competitiveness Rose? Who knows, but Wall is bigger and faster and arguably more talented at this point.
Posted by Dan Wolken
…per Gary Parrish of CBS Sports.com, who talked to Wall today at the Nike Global Challenge in Portland. Wall, a point guard who possesses many of the same abilities as Derrick Rose, is the No. 1 player in the country, according to Rivals.com.
When I wrote about Wall a couple weeks ago from Las Vegas, where he was playing in an AAU event, it didn’t look so good for Memphis because of some relationship issues with the Clifton brothers, who have been handling his recruitment. It looked even worse when Baylor hired Dwon Clifton to be on the coaching staff.
But as more light gets shed on the situation — and Parrish did just that in an extremely well-reported column Friday — the better it might be for everyone if Wall doesn’t commit to Baylor just yet.
Though the Cliftons are not exactly thrilled with the idea of Wall going to Memphis, from what I understand (I don’t think they’d admit that publicly, by the way), the player himself has been very intrigued by the Tigers because he idolizes Derrick Rose. And there are a number of people out there who believe Wall is a better basketball player than Rose at this point in his career, for whatever that’s worth. Will he have the intangibles; will he have the intelligence, the demeanor and the competitiveness Rose? Who knows, but Wall is bigger and faster and arguably more talented at this point.
