'09 NC PG John Wall (Kentucky Verbal)

[DaytonBuck]

Originally Posted by LitlBuck

I could see Oklahoma State but Baylor would certainly be a surprise to me. I thought for sure he would go to a ACC school since he is from North Carolina. Just surprising.

I was going to make a horrible joke about Baylor but I'll refrain. Drew @ Baylor is tapped into Africans and anyone that's highly Christian.

[HotMic]

Looks like it's true:

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Wall is expected to follow his coach to Baylor.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

wow.......Baylor?

Tremendous player for that program......

[DaytonBuck]

Supposedly he was going wherever his AAU coach landed.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Supposedly he was going wherever his AAU coach landed.

Maybe that was the reason this coach had offers from the SEC, Big 12 and Big East........

[LitlBuck]

Originally Posted by DaytonBuck

Supposedly he was going wherever his AAU coach landed.

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Not so fast my friend. Wall says that while Baylor might still be in the lead he wants to take some officials and especially one to Texas.

[DaytonBuck]

Drew isn't gonna be happy about this one. I'm wondering if he didn't just silent verbal to Baylor and is doing this to keep heat off them.

[osugrad21]

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John had 7 assists in the 5th place game and was named to all-tournament team.

[LitlBuck]

Originally Posted by DaytonBuck

Drew isn't gonna be happy about this one. I'm wondering if he didn't just silent verbal to Baylor and is doing this to keep heat off them.

Looks like he might not be following his AAU coach after all.

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This comes as somewhat of a surprise but it looks like Wall is now looking at Virginia, NC State, and Memphis with the Wolfpack seeming to be the leader. His mama would like for him to play close to home and Raleigh is pretty close to his home.

[LitlBuck]

I watched ESPNu late signing basketball program last night for about 10 minutes and they said that Wall might challenge the NBA as far as he is concerned because he will be 19 years old this September and attended high school for 5 years so he is one year away from his high school graduation date. Being 19 and one year away from her high school graduation date are the two criteria that are in the NBA CBA right now so he could be draft eligible without having to go to college or Europe.

They also displayed some video and he is a player and very very quick.

[PtownBuckeye]

He made a comment saying that he will attend college because he promised his deceased father that he would not go directly to the NBA. But I wouldn't be overly surprised to see him go back on that.

[OH10]

Would be the biggest mistake this young man could ever make...

[Napoleonbuck]

Not really. He's NBA ready now. He'd be a top ten, if not top five pick. Only thing that would hurt him is that a lot of teams probably haven't scouted him a lot yet. He'd easily be the second PG taken in the draft.

[OH10]

Originally Posted by Napoleonbuck

Not really. He's NBA ready now. He'd be a top ten, if not top five pick. Only thing that would hurt him is that a lot of teams probably haven't scouted him a lot yet. He'd easily be the second PG taken in the draft.

Young PGs are rarely ready for the NBA and I can't think of one high school point guard that made an impact.

[MONTbigBuck]

I watched some of that under 19 US versus the world all-star game from Portland last Saturday night. No prediction on what happens from here, but Wall in an undeniable NBA level talent. Tremendous athletism. Another 1 and done if OSU had somehow landed him.