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JohnathanHildredWallJr.(bornSeptember6,1990)isanAmericanprofessionalbasketball[1]playerfortheWashingtonWizards[2]oftheNBA[3].Wallwaschosenwiththefirstoverallpick[4]ofthe2010NBADraft[5]bytheWizardsafterplayingoneyearattheUniversityofKentucky[6].Heplaysthepointguard[7]positionandisafour-timeNBAAll-Star[8].HewasnamedtohisfirstAll-NBATeamin2017.EarlylifeWallisthesonofFrancesPulleyandJohnCarrollWall,Sr.WhenWallwas8yearsold,hisfatherwasreleasedfromprisonbutdiedoflivercanceramonthlater,onAugust24,1...
Johnathan Hildred Wall Jr. (born September 6, 1990) is an American professional basketball[1] player for the Washington Wizards[2] of the NBA[3]. Wall was chosen with the first overall pick[4] of the 2010 NBA Draft[5] by the Wizards after playing one year at the University of Kentucky[6]. He plays the point guard[7] position and is a four-time NBA All-Star[8]. He was named to his first All-NBA Team in 2017.
Early lifeWall is the son of Frances Pulley and John Carroll Wall, Sr. When Wall was 8 years old, his father was released from prison but died of liver cancer a month later, on August 24, 1999 at the age of 52. Throughout his childhood, Walls mother worked multiple jobs to support Wall, his sister, Cierra, and his half-sister, Tonya.[2]Walls father was incarcerated due to the armed robbery of a convenience store and had served time earlier for second-degree murder.[3]
The death of Walls father caused him to frequently reject the authority of adults and led to a p...