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John Wall Reveals How The Wizards Betrayed Him: “Russ DMs Me Out Of Nowhere… He Texted Me ‘D.C. Trying To Get Me But They Saying You Ain’t Wanna Leave.'”

John Wall felt the Washington Wizards backstabbed him after learning the team was trying to trade him.

Aikansh Chaudhary
Jan 18, 2023
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Injuries can ruin the career of a player, and the first overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft, John Wall, knows that better than any other player in the league. For the first few years of his career, Wall established himself as one of the most enjoyable and best players in his position.

He even landed one of the biggest contracts in the history of the NBA with the Washington Wizards. Unfortunately, due to his injury troubles, the Wizards finally decided to trade John Wall in 2020. Wall was traded to the Houston Rockets with a trade package around Russell Westbrook.

Considering Wall gave 10 years of his life to the Wizards, it must have been hard for him to get traded.


John Wall Opens Up On How Russell Westbrook’s DM Helped Him Know He Was About To Be Traded

John Wall is currently playing for the Los Angeles Clippers. But since he is currently injured, the veteran point guard made an appearance on the ‘Tidal League’ podcast. During the podcast, Wall talked about his time with the Rockets. But more importantly, he shed light on how the Wizards essentially backstabbed him.

(Starts at 1:05:41)

“Russ DM’s me out of nowhere. I know Russ. Me and Russ cool, say what’s up to each other if I see you, but a lot of people you just don’t have they number. Like, I got respect for you, but I just don’t got that relationship. So, he DM’s me like, ‘yo, what’s your number?’ I’m like, ‘f**k you mean, what’s my number?’ He texts me like, ‘yo, DC wants to get me, but they said you don’t want to leave’. I’m like, ‘f**k no, ni**a, been here for ten years. This my franchise. Why would I want to leave?

I come out here work out for a month. Brad all mad about this s**t. I get it. We had a real conversation, like man to man talked about it and s**t. My brother. Nothing against him. Still love him to death. He was there for me when my mom passed when a lot of m***********s weren’t. We talking and s**t and I’m like, ‘well, what we gonna do? We gonna run it back one more year or you don’t know?’ Once he said, ‘I got to think about it’, I knew I was traded. You got to think about it, some s**t going different.”

Wall may have become injury prone by that time, but he was still the franchise player of the team on paper. He essentially felt betrayed by the team and was upset after finding out that the Wizards were trying to trade him.

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Aikansh Chaudhary is an NBA columnist for Fadeaway World. He is always ready to publish the most interesting news, legendary throwbacks, and the hottest buzz around the NBA. A die-hard Lakers fan, Aikansh will forever uphold LeBron James as the GOAT. In his free time, you can either find him playing basketball or soccer. Expertise: NBA, Trades, ThrowbacksFavorite Team: Los Angeles LakersFeatured On A.M. HoopsPrevious Work: EssentiallySports, Sportskeeda, Lake Show Life, The Sports Rush
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