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Comparing Wall to Steph Curry is a horrible comparison. Wall is an offensive minded PG, but his offense is generated a completely different way than Curry. To compare their games leads me to believe that one has not watched Wall play at all.

Curry is a rise and fire shooter. He uses screens to free up jump shots and 80% of his points come from outside of the paint, whether it be a 3-pointer or a pull up jumper off the drive or hedge.

Wall gets his points in transition, attacking the rim off the bounce, and only marginally scores from set shooting. Wall has dynamic speed and ball handling skills which he uses to get in the paint whether it be off the dribble or after forcing a turnover.

Comparing Wall and Curry is about like comparing Dwight Howard and Yao Ming. Both are centers who score alot of points, rebound the ball well, and block shots, but by no means are their respective games close.

What makes Wall great is the fact that there is no real player that you can truly compare him to. He has shades of Derron Williams in his ability to get to the rim and finish in traffic, and he is also similar to a young Gary Payton in his explosiveness and ability to force turnovers with his speed. I said this before and will say it again. Bledsoe is probably the better PG for UK long term but Wall is a phenom. People can compare Bledsoe to other players all day, but the difference is one day people will be comparing people to John Wall.

It is a consensus opinion Wall would have been a lottery pick this year in the Draft and probably in the top 3 picks.