Sneaker heads, this post is for you … what the Wizards Vegas Summer League players wore for their debut.

JaVale McGee

John Wall

Sun Yue

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John Wall had the jitters before the game.  I had goosebumps, but only because I had just settled down to watch Wall’s debut in the 63-degree chill of my basement.  I grabbed a blanket; it was showtime.

The Wizards put on a pretty good show en route to an 84-79 win over the Golden State Warriors. Wall and JaVale McGee made their presence felt in the first quarter, which could be viewed as a microcosm of the game as a whole.  Highlights below:

John Wall ended up with 24 points (7/15 FG), 8 assists, 8 turnovers, and 2 steals.  Six of those assists were alley-oops to McGee, who finished with 21 points (8/12 FG), 12 rebounds, and 2 blocks.

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What most impressed me about John Wall in his debut? His leadership. In fact, I wrote a whole piece about it for ESPN’s Daily Dime … and I’ll link that at some point soon. I’ll also have a bunch of pictures as I sat on the baseline to catch the experience of the game. There will be a bunch more to come on Wall and the Wizards, but until then, there’s a video below of post-game interviews featuring Flip Saunders, Sam Cassell, and of course, Wall (who was rather hard to get to … there was a TON of media in a small, concentrated area trying to interview him. To call it a circus wouldn’t exactly do it justice.) As usual, enjoy.

Made it to Vegas safe and sound and just got finished watching the Lakers and Nuggets square off. I said it on draft night and now I’ll say it again, the Lakers did very well to pick up Devin Ebanks and Derrick Caracter. Ebanks has a lot more smoothness on offense than you’d anticipate and Caracter’s body can’t be handled. On Friday Caracter had 20 points, 10 rebounds and today he put up 17 and 12 to go with four assists.  Ebanks notched 21 points on 9-16 from the field on Friday and 24 points on 8-16 shooting on Saturday. But it’s also summer league, folks.

Okay …. John Wall time. He and the Wizards are set to face the Golden State Warriors (who are playing the Detroit Pistons as I type) at 5 pm Vegas time tomorrow (8 pm on the East Coast). Set your dials and DVRs. But until then, here’s something to tide you over … a compilation of clips from scrimmaging at the end of the first day of Wizards mini-camp last Thursday evening. While you’re waiting for John Wall, a little John Wall. Enjoy.