The Washington Wizards were dealt a tough blow when John Wall was sidelined with injury, but the team has rallied and thrived without him. The big question is why?
What started out as a season of under performing for the Washington Wizards, has turned into a conversation about John Wall’s status with the team. After suffering another injury setback the Wizards in a somewhat smaller sample size have looked, well, better.
The team has won nine of its 13 games without its star point guard. The Wizards have been moving the ball around much better than ever before. On top of that, Bradley Beal has taken over the team as the star and looked fantastic in the process. This has started to beg the question, is John Wall the BEST option for the Washington Wizards?
The answer is unequivocally yes, but it’s a yes, for now. Wall, who has battled injury before, is set to get paid an incredibly high amount of money starting in the 2019-20 season. By 2022, Wall will make $46.8 million for a single season. That’s almost half of what his previous deal was over five years!
John Wall is an All-Star point guard with a unique ability to push the pace and hit big shots. No team in its right mind should look to move a player like that. But as Wall gets older, and continues to show an inability to stay healthy, the Wizards might want to take a serious look as to whether they’ll be okay paying a guy who’s never brought them to the conference finals that much money.
John Wall’s injury didn’t bring up only bad news, however; the team has actually found some silver linings with the injury process, trying out different players and lineups. This article will explore a couple of positive statistics that show good things for the Wizards moving forward.