John Wall was at Memorial Coliseum this morning for an appearance at the second day of the Calipari Pro Camp.
He met with the media for 10 minutes during his stay.
Couple of A few highlights:
- The now Washington Wizard said he wants to come back to Rupp Arena and do the Y. “Hopefully, I can be (in the NBA) for years to come and come back to the game and be one of those persons that throws up the Y at the end of the Kentucky thing.”
- He said that Washington has shown him a warm welcome, but not the same welcome he received when he arrived in the Bluegrass. “It’s nowhere near the same,” he said. “Kentucky is always gonna be on top. There’s nothing I’ve seen that can beat it.”
- His advice to youngsters learning the game: “Learn how to dribble.”
- A camper asked him when did he make his first shot? Answer: On a Fisher Price goal when he was a little kid.
- He also told the campers he dunked for the first time when he was in ninth grade.
- Wall said he had not yet been to a Nationals game, but he does want to see Strasburg pitched. “And he’s injured, so really ain’t no point in going,” Wall said with a sly smile.
The only way John Wall doesn’t get to do the Y on any night he comes back to Rupp is if Rupp himself is in the crowd, too. LOL