John Wall is quizzed on where NBA players played in college
This is better than 99% of the nba media would do
Barkley wouldn’t even know where any of them play now
Yeah he consistently fails at that game which is hilarious but also sad. This is actually crazy by John Wall.
This is actually crazy by John Wall.
It’s really impressive for Wall, but it also makes you realize how incredibly low our standards are. Their jobs are to know the NBA and basketball. Not every NBA analyst needs to know colleges, but they all should have areas of expertise where they are at least this knowledgeable.
It’s confusing that anyone willingly listens to analysts as ignorant as Barkley, Shaq, SAS, Skip, etc. And redditors will say “we don’t listen to them for their knowledge or expertise”, but the amount of times people parrot their opinions tells me that they clearly do.
Sports Entertainment is Entertainment. More eyeballs is more advertisers is more money for the bottom line.
When you hire for these shows, you’re not hiring teachers for a basketball coaching school.
I love when the play this with Barkley
Could have been random faces and names and he wouldn’t know if they were in the NBA lol
But I definitely did not do well as John Wall
At least he would have got Kessler… but that’s about it
99% of r/NBA users as well
College ball is not very popular outside the us. I would struggle to name 5 schools xd.
I am American, went to UCLA, and was a huge college basketball fan when I was in school.
I do not follow it at all anymore. I just don’t understand watching college basketball after leaving school. It is so sloppy compared to the NBA.
Yeah, I legit can’t bring myself to watch it. Even March Madness I find to be stupidly overrated
Legitimately impressive. You can tell he’s an actual basketball fan (and has a great memory for this kind of thing).
That’s too bad it is the purest form of basketball we have left in the states where you can still play defense. I have found my way back to college basketball after being so disappointed in what the NBA product as become.
They don’t play defense lol they just all suck at shot making and there’s minimal spacing
😂 😂 ain’t that the truth
NBA has been disappointing but the ol NBA doesn’t play defense like college ball is a lazy false narrative.
College has some atrocious defense and some atrocious offense
We don’t get paid to watch basketball tho lol
John Wall doesn’t get paid to “watch basketball”
Well yea, then it would be /r/CollegeBasketball.
In our defense you gotta watch college ball too. I basically tuned out of college hoop in the 90s when any freshman with any skill started declaring for the draft.
Would probably beat 99% of /r/NBA even with access to the internet with how fast he was getting them correct too.
You could keep the name tags there and I still don’t think Shaq would get more than 50% correct
Should have thrown him a Dixon Mayaz curveball
Pierre from Numbers on The Board/nbc would dust everyone
Reminded me of that one key and peele skit where they’re introducing players with increasing weirder names lol
Old school media are stat dorks. So they might get this. New ones, agree
That was impressive, John Wall Baby!
Agree. I didn’t even know who the 50% players are:)
I was pretty proud that I could name their nba teams lol
You held your finger over the bottom part of the screen right? YOU don’t need to see their uniforms. Nope
Are you all just insane casuals on this sub? These are all notable role players
Are you all just insane casuals on this sub?
Sir, this is a /r/nba
lmao fr, that shit has 100 upvotes too
I don’t even remember where I went to school.
you didn’t. put the fries in the bag bro
Cold world out there today. Better warm my car up
I love when he got mad at himself that he didn’t remember the Terp.
We miss you John Wall 😭
Damn bro i did not expect that
Let’s hit Stephen a smith with the same question
Let’s focus on the important things:
LeBron James never went to college. He’s never been successful at any level. LeBron is simply too soft to succeed in today’s college game.
Ask Stephen A who half these players are
bringing him up out of context like some hoes and then complaining about him being involved in everything
Lmao imagine dickriding SAS
I thought i knew ball, i could name schools of most stars, but i realized im a fraud, i do not in fact know ball
Right. I almost skipped this clip because I assumed it was going to be a Barkley-style clip where he’s stumped by the easiest answers. He crushed it.
He’s said he’s got like 6 TVs lined up together in his basement, playing basketball games 24⁄7 lol
he only did this cus taylor rooks was in attendance. when she is around everyone levels up whatever they are doing lol
You either become a capper or all of a sudden become elite at certain skills/topics.
The Taylor Rooks stimmy never fails.
jaylen brown saying the celtics were gonna win 5 championships was hilarious man.
they might
I got finals coming up I need her to be an invigilator
except SGA lol
She breaks through his aura facade. Chrysler 300 look like a phantom till a phantom pull up
bars
I’ve never seen Steve nash act that way in a interview until he was with Taylor
he legit had back issues most of his career and turned into turbo from breaking 2 electric boogaloo in front of her 😭
the NBA on prime ig account posted that clip when it happened with something like Taylor got Steve Nash turnt up and Steve commented basically confirming it lol
They definitely lean into the entire world thirsting over her for engagement. It’s smart, their product is exceptional on its own but they get that extra social media engagement by encouraging it.
She graduated with honors from Fine as Fuck University
To be fair, I think most of us would try too
taylor: you think you can hit this 400lb bench press?
me: thats light.
It’s a funny thing in life, i think this is true any time nice women are around men.
Top 5 p4p
John Wall quite literally knows ball
He’s always been a self-admitted basketball sicko. Guy just loves ball more than anything.
Dang I wished I had that ball knowledge wth
In the words of P what college he went to
Bruh I was just finna say that
I’m so glad that the TTW boys have made it to where a comment that only fans would recognise gets 100 upvotes in just an hour
“I’m bad at this” 😂😂😂
I couldn’t name a single one. Now, ask me anyone from say, ‘84-‘98 or so and I’m good.
Just like me and the first to third gen Pokémon. My son watches it now and I know none of them.
Aight unc
That’s…the point. I’m older, “nephew.”
Im unc too homie
In the eternal words of Tywin Lannister:
Any man who must say, “I am the Unc”, is no true unc.
unc status is earned through recognition
lil bitch
Why you mad😂
he unc too
Same here. I guessed Walker Kessler went to Georgia because I knew his uncle Alec went there.
I knew Jake from Wake but that’s it
Lol omg that’s me man. Once every freshman started declaring for the draft I stopped watching
Very impressive actually
NBA on Prime >>>>>>>>>>>>>> ESPN
Yup and this is part of why their coverage is so much better. No chance they get nearly this amount right on ESPN whereas these guys truly love ball
Acting like he didn’t do better than 90% of basketball fans
Who is acting like that? Do you mean himself?
Yes
99%
This is proof that he actually watches games
This is the most impressive flex ever, damn that was entertaining to watch.
Also that little final fantasy sound at the end? Cmon
Had to see if anyone else caught the FF Victory melody
Goddamn that’s impressive
Actual elite ball knowledge holy
“One of the longest 30 seconds” lolllll Blake Griffin is hilarious
What I love about this show is that the analysts actually LOVE basketball and it’s clear. They watch the games, admire the players, and give props to the new gen. You’d think it’d be a given that analysts on a basketball show would love basketball, but it is the minority.
Why he do Keon like that???
tbf Keon went to two different colleges, probably an especially tough one.
A lot of these guys went to multiple schools, and the numbers are only gonna go up in the transfer portal era
You’d think that would be twice as easy
Yeah I knew more than half of these but didn’t know his.
I really appreciate that they immediately bailed on the timer, especially with how bad they were reacting to the first answer.
I work with a lot of nba players. John wall is legitimately the biggest basket ball fan I’ve ever met.
did you organize the Harden camp when he called morey a liar?
John loves the game when he was playing he said all he did is watch all kinds of basketball
John is legitimately the biggest basket ball fan I’ve ever met.
You can see how mad he was he got a few of them wrong
Yup
J Wall knows ball gd
That was like the complete opposite of when Chuck plays Who He Play For
Kinda ironic he got stumped on the Auburn player
Anyone know why he got so fired up about NAW going to Virginia Tech?
Because LETS GO HOKIES that’s why
….Taylor Rooks
Still sad the Hornets never brought Wall on as a vet for at least a year.
I was like 1⁄30
Same only got Jevon Carter lol
Me too😅. I knew where tyler kolek went but thought syracuse instead of marquette
lol only got DeAnthony Melton because he sorta “played” at my school
i got aaron wiggins, dmv guy over here
I like the Final Fantasy victory theme at the end lol
Legally distinct FF victory theme*
Dude. I watch and follow the NBA and didn’t recognize half of the list 😂
John Wall, props to you sir.
Oh he watched college hoops every year for the last decade at least
I didn’t know 75% of these dudes even existed lol
Ball knower
Why was I thinking this was a bit like Chuck does? John was awesome at it! Wow
Elite ball knowledge.
They cost him like three seconds on the first one when they didn’t give him his bell for getting it right
Also, I love Blake: “that’s the longest 30 seconds” lol
Belmont fans in shambles
People who talk about ball should know ball. This is refreshing.
I remember reading an interview of his a while ago where he said he loved watching basketball and would watch a lot of college hoops so I’m not surprised! Love seeing Wall on TV
He is very good.
John Wall, elite college ball knower
John Wall basketball sicko confirmed
Jevon Carter cracked me up.
Hopefully ross hodge can bring us back to that level of basketball in the coming years.
Gave him flashbacks to getting 20 dropped on him by a onearmed Joe Mazzula who I cannot emphasize this enough, could not shoot with his shooting arm.
That was good as hell. I went 0-20. Lol
Impressive but I like Chuck doing Who He Play For a little better
My GOAT.
I got 4. So if John Wall did bad then I’m swiss cheese
I do not know half of those players as well as the team they’re currently at, this is incredible
I knew Daron Holmes went to Dayton and thought it was easily sailing, I probably went 4 for the next 19 lmao. Yep I got Jakucionis, NAW, Kessler and Carter
Guy has so much knowledge he could be the new …
Mr. Wizard.
Shaq won’t be able to answer what the current teams they play for
I’ve never heard of half these guys let alone where they went to college
Anti Chuck! lol
That was actually pretty tough. Unless they had the schools on a teleprompter, John Wall a hoopers hooper
I love John wall, I remember that Christmas special back in 13’ or 14’ and still makes me tear up!
That was quite impressive. I missed Okogie & NAW, fittingly 2 ACC players. I like basketball trivia. This was good. John Wall should get an A grade based on learning curve. I can’t imagine most people knowing all 20 like that.
I love hoops but I don’t know how most are until they hit the league… So damn , maybe I don’t love hoops as much as John Wall smh
I remember GG Jackson because of all the drama surrounding him decommitting from UNC to go to South Carolina
This is a hard list damn
Certified ball knower. Glad to have former players like him in the media
Man he was good
I didn’t even know half of those people were in the NBA.
He was really good. Give me 80s NBA guys instead of modern please, Alex.
That was nasty. I watch a lot of college hoops and knew like 40%
That was awesome, I miss watching John Wall play
Can tell he’s still competitive as hell lmao “im bad at this” as he was flying through them
i only got Melton USC and LaRavia Wake Forest lol
LaRavia I just learned about because he joined my team and I was like oh that’s cool name
I mean, he played basketball with a lot of these guys which makes this easier. I bet Barkley could get a good amount if they asked him about players in his generation. I feel like Jeff Teague would do well on this too.
Jon Wall confirmed Sicko
I miss this man, reason I started watching the NBA
John wall knows ball
The anti-Barkley, lol
How dafuq
Super impressive, was shocked he didn’t get Kessler though. But dude definitely knows ball
This was honestly more fun than half the studio segments we get.
You can tell who really loves the game beyond highlights. Recall like that is reps plus obsession.
Also kind of wild how many media takes come from people with less ball memory than random fans on this sub lol
MY PG KNOWS HOOPS!
Elite ball knowledge
I knew about 40% of those, that was really impressive
Bro locked in for Taylor lol the meme lives on
Wonder if Charles Barkley would’ve got Walker Kessler right…
NBA on Prime has been a breath of fresh air, feel like the studio commentators are real basketball junkies. I love it
entire segment was incredible lmao HE WENT TO MICHIGANNNN
how does he know this shit while he was playing in the league for ost of these players college years
I only knew about 4-5 lmao
This is just “who he play for” that inside the nba does
I got zero
Check out the big brain on John!
So many “experts” and media pundits don’t like the sports they cover. He didn’t even know Ben Sheppard was a Belmont Bruin. Does he even watch Basketball?
yea these are not star players except maybe jay williams. i couldnt even name their nba teams
Man John Wall got fat the second he retired.
That’s alcohol bloat. I hope he finds a way to moderate himself better or completely stop.
Okay. First.
Was that the final fantasy level up sound at the end?
Second..this is kinda sus.
With things like this u either know it or you don’t. The number of ones where he like took 2-4 seconds to come up the answer is weird
Unless John wall is just a beautiful mind then I apologize to John Wall and this is epic.
You think it’s sus because he took longer than 1 second to answer???
Man what? Memory just works like that, you lock in for a few seconds and the answer pops up in your head
bro never had to remember anything in his life before
americans obsession with college makes no sense to me
Yeah stupid Americans and their…checks notes… obsession with higher education smh
Obviously this country is not obsessed with higher education when the context of the comment is college sports…
Cool dude