Last night's NBA lottery showed the Washington Wizards as being the team that will select the first pick in the NBA draft on June 24th. The current Wizards roster does not include an all world point guard. Gilbert Arenas played point at times (though he did not this past year, bang! bang!) but he is better suited as a shooting guard. This makes the sporting world 99% certain that University of Kentucky's John Wall will be selected as the #1 pick. The Wizards had a 10.3% chance of winning the lottery and they did to the surprise of many, which makes the lottery great.
Wall fever was already sweeping the nation last night. Pardon the Interruption's Mike Wilbon was visibly excited that DC won the lottery. Wilbon is a Chicago native but currently resides in the Nation's Capital. He was on set during the half time show of last night's NBA playoffs and stated, "I guess I am going to have to learn the dance." At that point Wilbon, along with his co hosts Magic Johnson and Stewart Scott, started to do the John Wall dance. Magic then went on to say that Wall was the most explosive player that he has seen in college in a long time and how he will be an instant star.
Wall fever even hit the political landscape. MSNBC analyst Chuck Todd said last night on Countdown with Keith Oblermann that the only thing that Washington has to be excited about at this point is that John Wall is going to be a Wizard. The expectations are already there, all he has to do now is play.
Wall is coming into a situation where a rebirth needs to occur. The Wizards are coming off a season to forget with the suspension of Gilbert Arenas due to Gungate and the departure of long time Wizard Antwan Jamison. The Wizards owner also recently passed away, leaving a void in the organization. Wall will be seen as a new, exciting face. His energy and passion is just what the Wizards need at this point. Growing pains will be tolerated but not for long. The last time the Wizards had a #1 draft pick was with Michael Jordan selecting Kwame Brown, who is now residing in "where are they now" land.
Until he plays his first game Wall will be the toast of the town. He will be the new face of the franchise and one of the new faces of Nike. Let the good times roll! I just hope they keep rolling into a good first season for him.
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