Wall retires: Is it a demand to say regret?

John Wall retired. To say regrets, it may be a bit demanding, after all, it has been a brilliant career.

Looking back, he experienced a story of crawling from darkness to light, but in the end he was caught up by fate.

In my mind, Wall is the best team in the history of Washington's Bullets after renamed the Wizards (beyond Bill and Arenas); the number one defender in the Eastern Conference in 2017 (Of course Irving and Thomas Jr. were earth-shaking that year, but still).

The three brothers under Calipari's goalkeepers - Rose, Evans and Wall, and the three breakthrough defenders - Rose has the highest talent, Evans's rookie year, but Wall has the highest possibility.

I think Wall was the fastest person in the NBA one-stop: faster than Ross and Westbrook.

He does not have the ultimate explosive power of Ross, but he is higher than Ross and has better defense; he does not have the infinite enthusiasm of Westbrook, but compared to Westbrook, who only has a good pass in 2015, Wall is a real commander when he entered the industry.

Balanced left and right hands - he dunked so much with his left hand that I often think he is left-handed - both can send out wonderful passes.

He could have been a ten centimeter taller and faster Rondo, or Gary Payton who can average 10 assists per game, and the New York media also beat Michael Ray Richardson.

He has been All-Star for five consecutive years, averaging 20 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists in those years.

After the Bullet was renamed the Wizards, he reached the highest level of four Eastern Conference semi-finals, and he led three times.

Before he broke his Achilles tendon.

Of course, Wall is a bit out of touch with the times.

2005 and 2006, after Nash won the regular season MVP again, the era of the creator of the ball has arrived. Later, LeBron won four MVPs in five years, and the three brothers Ross, Evans and Wall made their debut by breaking through. In the early 2010s, LeBron and Wade, the previous generation, and Rose, Westbrook, and Wall, the next generation, were all raising their skills.

But Wall has no baskets.

In the past three years from 2015 to 17, Wall averaged 20 points and 10 assists per game, but that was three years when the Warriors took off and their long shots soared. In 2017, at Wall's peak year, he lost to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals: Thomas, who was far inferior to him in the organization, but he could indeed score; the final winner that year was Curry's Warriors, and the assist king was Harden. The next year, Harden began to score a three-pointer with the ball and scored a MVP.

Wal was also trying to throw three points in those years, but his basket was not good, dragging down his half-court offense. The Wizards began to need more of Bill to take over.

Without a basket, Wall lacks the value of the ball (like Curry) and faces the problem that Westbrook faces later: lack of threats in the offense at halftime.

Then he broke his Achilles tendon.

has played 74 games in the past six years.

and retired.

But this is not the most regrettable.

Wal's father died of liver cancer when he was 9 years old. He no longer trusts anyone. After being despised, he did not consider his importance very much. Someone came to provoke and beat him up. When he was in middle school, he was like a red-eyed cow, fighting back, or automatically looking for provocation. He couldn't listen to jokes about his father. If something happens, beat it up.

He once believed in basketball. When he was 3 years old, he broke a toy basket. At the age of 14, he dunked for the first time. He gains happiness from basketball and hope to escape the dark past. But his erratic and depressed anger made his style of play more violent and sharp. He doesn't believe in people, coaches, teammates, and is unwilling to pass the ball. He transferred to three high schools and studied for five years. In his second year of high school, the second darkest time in his life. He was expelled from the basketball team by the coach.

Then he slowly began to mature.

In his third high school, he met coach Levi Beckways. John Wall remembers that day: the coach replaced him, and he became angry and roared at the coach. The coach punished him to sit on the bench for two games.

His temper, who would rather break than bend, was moved by the sled little by little under the guidance of the coach. In the words of his sister Tanya, "Picking up the basketball again is like mourning for his father." It is not that easy to re-trust the world, but he is trying to accept everything. Once upon a time, he was constantly frustrated and ridiculed, and he plunged into the abyss of resentment and could not turn back. When he moved away the thorns in his heart bit by bit, he found that everything was getting better. The more he trusts his teammates, the more rewards he gets. In April 2009, Wall announced that he would not participate in the draft. "I'm going to the University of Kentucky."

When he entered his freshman year, he was asked by a reporter, "Do you plan to become the National Player of the Year." He said: "That's one of my goals." Coach Calipari had brought Ross and Evans before. After watching Wall, he predicted that "the season starts, everyone will say 'Oh, we're not sure how good he is,' and then in February, they will be convinced."

At that time, Kentucky's assistant coach was former assist king Rod Strickland. He was beside Wall and saw everything. "He wants to be great, and I see how he can improve himself." On December 5, 2009, Wall led Kentucky to defeat North Carolina 68-66. The coach Roy Williams spoke: "I've heard of his name, but he really has the hunger to win. He has a good figure, amazing speed, agility, defense, and can create trouble at critical moments. The sky is his limit." The last excellent organizational guard? "The last one I've ever seen can rival him? Jason Kidd!" In February 2010, coach Kalipari was asked this question.

"Will Wall stay in Kentucky for a long time?"

"He'd better not stay too long."

"Are you ready to persuade him to go to the NBA?"

"No, no... But if he came to tell me that he became the No. 1 pick, and then he said he wanted to go back to college to play, we would fall and fight on the floor. I'll let him go."

Then 2010 No. 1 pick. The mother who raised him alone for ten years cried.

Wal became a wizard, and in the first year he had mixed merits and demerits, and in the second year he hit the wall; then he walked step by step for three years, everything was right, and he hit the wall again, and then he raised his head and jumped up again. In the first six and a half years of my career, I have experienced two setbacks and three rises.

When Pierce was there, the Wizards reached the Eastern Conference semi-finals and lost to the Eagles. The Wizards at that time were Wall + Wizards' double defenders, with Gotat + Nene's double inside. The wing side was saved by Old Pierce's strange touch. The Wizards at that time might as well be said to be a heavy team. Slow speed, half-time, double inside line landing, blocking and moving. Relying on frequent transfers of balls on both sides and a large number of high-level double-turns, we create a medium-distance vacancy opportunity with quality and quantity.

But in the 2016-17 season, the team really let Wall take off with the ball, and Gotat + Wall's pick-and-roll start became the main axis: the Wizards' best 49 wins in history, and they reached the Eastern Conference semi-finals.

The first defender in the Eastern Conference.

Then, the Achilles tendon broke.

My personal biggest regret:

Wal's playing style is naturally suitable for a great scorer. In early 2016, I heard a rumor from a friend: There was a super scorer born in Washington and studying in high school in Washington, and he was interested in partnering with the Wizards and Wall. In my imagination, it was the ultimate perfect match - but in the end it didn't work.

His father died early, Wall once saved his desperate and irritable self with basketball. He climbed into the light in the dark, became the No. 1 pick, and became the hero of Washington. He was looking to change his destiny in a strange contrast.

Then I was caught up by injuries.

Considering how dark he was, he had walked to this day, but it was still a pity. In 2010, Wall, who is still in Kentucky, said: "There were so many great organizational guards, and I knew it was not easy to be them. It required you to train in the arena for a lot of time and learn to play. But... my goal is to be the best organizational guard - ever."

Alas. The one I just mentioned, I hope to join the Wizards, but finally failed to partner with Wall, was Durant in 2016.