Five consecutive All-Stars, leading the team to the playoffs four times, averaging 20+4+10 per game, he deserves to retire his jersey

Recently, 2010 No. 1 pick John Wall publicly announced a major news, that is, after several failed attempts, he decided to end his player career. It has to be said that as the former number one point guard in the Eastern Conference, Wall's retirement did make fans very regretful. After all, if it weren't for the injury, he might have achieved higher achievements, rather than playing 74 games in total after the 18-19 season and was successively abandoned by the Rockets and the Clippers.

After Wall announced this news, many teams and players sent him their retirement wishes. The Wizards, as his old club, also thanked him for his contributions over the years. At the same time, many fans also left messages under the Wizards' official social account and hoped to retire his No. 2 jersey. Let’s review Wall’s career as a Wizards to see if he is qualified to be retired from the jersey!

1. Although there are not many honors, they can be seen in the Wizards.

First, let's ask a question first, that is, in addition to John Wall, if you were asked to tell you which representative players of the Wizards will have after entering the 21st century, who would you think of? Is it the "General" Gilbert Arenas, Bradley Bill, or the twilight Michael Jordan who is nearly 40 years old and chooses to make a comeback again? These three players are indeed impressive in the Wizards' career, but in fact, they achieved not as honors and achievements as Wall during their Wizards. He has been selected for the All-Star lineup for five consecutive times, one for the Best Third Team, one for the Best Defensive Second Team, one for the Best Rookie First Team, one for the Rookie Challenge MVP, one for the Dunk Contest champion, plus the 2 Best Player of the Month Award and the 7 Best Player of the Week Award. Although he is not good at making any moves compared to other stars, he is completely enough for the Wizards. After all, looking back at the legendary legends of the Wizards, there are really no legendary players who can stand out except for the ancient gods such as Wes Unseld, Erwin Hayes and Walter Bellamy. So overall, Wall's honor is ranked among the top in the team's history.

2. He has excellent leadership skills and leads the team to be briefly brilliant.

Of course, if fans insist that Wall's honor is not good, then look at his hard strength. During his 10 years as the Wizards, he led the team to the playoffs four times, although many players, including Arenas in the past, have had such experience in leading the team. But you should know that it is an achievement that even Arenas can't achieve even if he can lead the Wizards, who have been the bottom of the Eastern Conference to the playoffs for a long time, and has reached the Eastern Conference semi-finals in three of these four playoff trips. In addition, Wall's ability is unquestionable. In the playoffs, he averaged 21.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, 9.8 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.1 blocks per game. This is the top superstar data that can be shown in any era, and it is also the capital for him to lead the team to the Eastern Conference semi-finals. Let’s talk about it, it was already in the last century before Wall entered the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in the 13-14 season. So even though he failed to bring a championship to the team, Wall did bring short-term glory to the Wizards, so in this regard, he deserves to be retired from the jersey.

3. Many team history data are on the list and can shape the team culture.

Finally, let’s talk about Wall’s ranking of various data in the Wizards’ team history. First of all, he scored a total of 10,879 points during his Wizards’ time, ranking fourth in team history. In the rebounding section, since they are guards, there are not too many, and they failed to enter the top ten. But in the assist list, he led the way with 5,282 times, and the second-place Unseld only had 3,822 times, which was 1,460 times away from Wall. Moreover, as of the current situation, it is unlikely that any rising star can surpass Wall in a short period of time. He also ranked first with 976 times in the steal list. Even the three-pointers who are not very good at have a total of 539 hits, ranking fifth in the team history. In addition, the number of shots, total hits, playing time, and appearance times are also among the top ten in history. So in this regard, Wall deserves the treatment of retired jerseys. Of course, the most important thing is that for the Wizards, this is an opportunity to consolidate the team's history and culture. The last time the team retired the jersey was Michael Jordan's No. 23, and this was the choice made just to pay tribute to the Flying Man. If it was an orthodox Wizards, it was already in the last century. Therefore, the retired Wall's jersey is a recognition of his contribution over the years, and on the other hand, it is a consideration for the team's future, which is worthy of the Wizards' operation.