Unbeknown to the great majority of Americans, there is some 10, 11 or 12-year-old kid who swings a bat harder, shoots a jump shot better, putts a golf ball more precise or throws a football with more accuracy than anyone his or her age. They are what you would call child prodigies. By the time they are old enough to graduate from high school and generate nationwide hoopla, they become teen phenoms. In this case, meet John Wall and Byrce Harper, two athletes who are sure to help change the landscape of their respective sports.
Wall is the freshman point guard at Landon’s stomping grounds who already has the people of the Bluegrass state referring to him as “God.” Prior to arriving at Kentucky, Wall was dubbed as the most highly touted high school basketball player since that other high school prodigy from Akron. The young man from Raleigh, North Carolina, who turned down both Duke and UNC, is so good so early that he is already being referred to as the best player in the country and a sure fire lock for the first overall draft pick in the 2010 NBA Draft. For good reason, too.
His ball handling ability is unlike anyone, regardless of age. His leadership abilities are becoming more and more evident with each game on the collegiate level. And his flair for the dramatic may be his best quality. Last month, Wall and Kentucky squared off against national powerhouse Connecticut in the world’s most popular arena, Madison Square Garden. With his team leading by one point with roughly six minutes left in the game, what happened next only added to the constantly evolving legend that is John Wall.
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