When you anonymously dump on a teammate through the media, it says more about you than it does the teammate. When you anonymously dump on a teammate through Stephen A. Smith specifically, it screams more about the instability of the shit-show than it does any one person stuck flinging and dodging dung inside a clogged toilet of a broken locker room. That being said, while a complete coward of an anonymous player (if he does indeed exist) makes a shitty messenger, there is reason to believe that the message itself might hold some validity. After all, as the volatile powder keg of personalities that is the Washington Wizards has basically devolved into something one stumble short of a Civil War-style Royal Rumble, there was only one player who professed his love for a franchise that's basically been running in place since he joined it...
It's entirely possible that John Wall's insistence that the solution lies within was just his attempt at doing damage control, but - if what was said about his selfishness is true - isn't it also possible that he's cool with being a big part of the problem so long as he has the power within a half-competent organization not to adjust his play? I mean, were talking about a player who told off his coach one day and was apparently back in his good graces the next, so the idea that John Wall does whatever the hell he wants in Washington isn't exactly a crazy one...
They currently suck, so I haven't felt compelled to watch nearly enough Wizards games to determine what exactly it is that ails them offensively, but there have been times in the past in which they've flourished in the absence of their best player. That shouldn't be enough reason for one of his teammates to run to the loudest of antagonists without even having the decency to put his name to the news, but it is a reason to worry that the guy whose 4-year, $170 million dollar extension kicks in next season might be burdensome on more than the budget.
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