John Wall, from the Word of God Academy in Raleigh, N.C., and he played on a Saturday night vs. the Dudley Panthers, at Dudley High School, and Dudley with P.J. Hairston and company, knocked off John Wall and the Word of God team that Saturday night…And now, the former NBA guard, John Wall, is taking his knowledge of the game to the Bison of Howard University, in Washington, DC and here is how the news is rolling out this morning….
Five-time NBA All-Star John Wall has become the president of basketball operations at Howard, returning to Washington to partner with the top-ranked HBCU in the country, school officials told ESPN.
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Wall played for the Washington Wizards from 2010 to ’20 after being the franchise’s No. 1 overall pick out of Kentucky. For Wall, the idea to partner with Howard began on Jan. 31, when he served as the team’s honorary captain of the day and expressed to the school a desire to be a president of basketball operations at the NBA level one day.
Wall has already taken a hands-on approach to the role at Howard, playing an active role in team meetings and evaluations of recruits and transfer targets. He has helped shape the program’s overall strategic vision with focus on roster management, name, image and likeness deals, revenue sharing, agent negotiations and player mentorship. He will work alongside Howard coach Kenny Blakeney and team general manager Daniel Marks in the new capacity.
Howard is one of only five mid-major programs out of 222 (from traditional one-bid leagues) to make the NCAA tournament in three of the past four seasons. This year, the program won the first tournament game in school history, over UMBC.
Wall retired in August, finishing his NBA career with averages of 18.7 points and 8.9 assists per game.