Bradley Bill, a guard for the Washington Wizards, said it was “shocking” and “a hard shot to swallow” to see John Wall trade for the Houston Rocket for Russell Westbrook but believed he and Westbrook would “burn well.”
Wall and Bill have been teammates for the past eight seasons, but Wall has not played in two years due to Achilles’ injury. The pair reached the playoffs four times but failed to advance to the second round.
Bial said the trade has been “emotional” for two days.
“It was definitely shocking and insane to see the news the other day,” Bill said. “You understand that it’s a basketball of lawn business. … It was a difficult pill for me to swallow too, but on the flip side you look at it and see who we are bringing and the caliber of the player in the rush and what it is capable of. , Former MVP, triple-double and walking King, he will bring a spark to our team and our holiday in our city. “
Westbrook, 32, comes to Washington with a reputation for wanting to win badly in Washington, as well as his trademark aggressive and attacking nature in court. Bill, who developed in Wesley’s absence and had a career average of 30.5 points and averaged 6.1 last season, said he would not take in any negative description of being difficult to play with Westbrook. Bill said he’s excited to see what he can do with Westbrook.
“I think people have a lot of misrepresentations on it,” said Bill, who also called Westbrook a great point guard. “So I won’t put any stock in those things until I take some time off the floor with Rush. I don’t think there will be anything where he will come from and he’s trying to run the show and just do everything himself.” It’s a group effort. “
Bill added, “I don’t think that’s going to be an issue.” “Just the fact that I love playing on the ball a little more than in previous years [adjustment], But only able to postpone it [Paul George], Postponed [Kevin Durant], Postponed for James [Harden] At some point, it will be the same thing. “
Tommy Sheppard, general manager of the Wizards, said the trading wall, which selected the franchise at No. 1 overall in 2010, was the most difficult decision he had made in almost three decades in basketball. But he also said Westbrook would help the Wizards “hit our move a little faster” as Wall has not played since December 26, 2018.
“I felt it was my responsibility to do well for the Wizards and to have the opportunity to acquire a player who is a nine-time All-NBA player,” said Shapper, who started the virtual conference by giving VPL a value for his impact. Franchise and DC community. “There are 28 people in history who have been All-NBA players at least nine times. There are four active in the NBA: LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook. Their program speaks for itself.”
Beale said the trade has led to multiple conversations between him and Wall, including an emotional moment when Wall visited the Wizards facility one last time to say goodbye.
“I’m trying not to get emotional anymore,” Bill said of the moment. “It’s tough because he’s a brother. You understand the relationship was so strong, but it was so crazy because so many people tried to separate us, so many people tried to separate us, put us in front of each other, and that He was always mad because when we came together and had those conversations, he was a complete opponent of the ambiguity and rumors of what everyone was doing. “
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