John Wall's dismissal from Team USA's FIBA World Cup roster isn't a disaster for the Washington Wizards' up-and-coming point guard, but it proved something important about his ongoing push toward the NBA's upper echelon: Wall still has a ways to go.
Per Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports, Wall found himself on the chopping block when Team USA's roster downsized to 16 players:
USA Basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo made it clear the latest round of cuts had nothing to do with individual talent, which, by the way, makes perfect sense. We've seen in the past what can happen when Team USA piles on the flash and forgets to add shooting or pass-first point guards. Just look back to the bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics or the sixth-place finish in the 2002 World Cup for reminders of that.
That's a roundabout way of saying Wall's exclusion shouldn't be viewed as a condemnation of his game. There's no shame in losing out to the likes of Stephen Curry, Derrick Rose, Kyrie Irving and Damian Lillard.
At the same time, if Wall's skills were more developed, he'd probably still be in the running fo ...
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