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John Wall.

Coming fresh from the hands of Coach Calipari after leading the Kentucky Wildcats deep into the NCAA Tournament and the ripe age of 19.

Not a bad resume, eh?

John Wall at such a young age is supposedly the next best thing since LeBron James stepped out of the high school shadows. He even appeared on the cover of SLAM magazine as a high school jock.

With all the mounted pressure, Wall seemed to do his thing at the high school and the collegiate level. Heck, this kid even had a dance nicknamed after him (WARNING: CORNY):

Back to society, Wall has been doing this from the get-go, as his first week at the collegiate level he was named the ESPN National Player of the Week. So, you could say he transitions well.

I mean, coming out of high school people were already looking for the flashy moves and dazzling crossovers. Well guess what? They got it, and it didn’t take too long for the national audience to pay attention to John Wall, as he began racking up the accolades left and right.

Here are a few of Wall’s collegiate awards (1-year of college ball):

2010 SEC Tournament MVP

2009-10 SEC Player of the Year

2009-10 Yahoo! Sports National Player of the Year

2009-10 Sporting News First Team All-American

2009-10 Associated Press SEC Player of the Year

2009-10 CBS Sports SEC Player of the Year

2009-10 Fox Sports First Team All-American

2009-10 US Basketball Writers Association First Team All-America Team

And the list goes on and on and on…

Let’s also give credit to John Wall’s amazing teammates Eric Bledsoe, Demarcus Cousins, Patrick Patterson and the rest. These guys are almost all considered lottery picks as well, right below the consensus No.1, Wall!

But unfortunately for the East region’s #1 ranked Wildcats, they were upset in the NCAA Tournament by West Virginia in the Elite Eight, which presumably ended Wall’s career with the white and blue.

As the college season came to an end, the Wall hype began to mount, as many were praying to receive the #1 overall pick in order to land Wall. The idea was New Jersey was going to land Wall, but then things took a gigantic turn when the Wizards received the #1 pick, and things began coming back to life in DC, after then horrible and traumatic season..

How’d Wall feel about Washington?

Then things began to go nuts for Wall, as the media was covering his every move. National newspapers were talking about him, magazines had him on the cover, and people were just beginning to drink the Wall Kool-Aid!

The kid also just recently signed a ludicrous deal with Reebok, for about 5 years, and 25-million dollars. Not bad for the prodigy, whom is expected to save Reebok from it’s recent sales drought. Let’s not forget who was the former cover boy for Reebok..Allen Iverson! So, you can see the shoes which are to be filled.

He’s even been seen with the likes of stars like Drake, Jay-Z and plenty others (probably because he signed with LeBron’s agent, Leon Rose).

But back to basketball, John Wall is beginning to have it all. The money, the fame, probably the girls..everything! But when it all comes down to it, he has to be able to play ball… will this be able to transition into the limelight of the NBA? It’s only been done once for an athlete with this much hype; LeBron James.

So can Wall learn the lessons from LeBron, or will this just be another “Darko” scenario? The Wizards are soon to find out..