Remember all the hype about John Wall, and how he should challenge the age limit, and how he was a sure-fire top 5 pick? The kid is now looking at a burglary rap! http://sports.espn.go.com/highschool/rise/basketball/boys/news/story?id=4135650 I think we can delete brains and maturity from his list of assets!
And I would still love to get this guy. I don't care about him doing the same stuff that most youth including myself has done from time to time. It's not like he was arrested for violence or hard drugs. He went into a vacant house. big fucking deal.
As a parent, I can think of a number of reasons why a kid would break into a vacant house - including vandalism, drinking, drugs, and sex. I doubt he was there on a sight-seeing tour! I guess we will find out eventually how serious it really is.
Tough to do criminal things if you're playing FIBA on the XBox with Rudy and Batum, or LARPing in the Pearl with Frye. Though it does give him a good foundation for a character...the Level 2 Warrior/Thief (since he's got some experience already)
Dude, he's never going to get anywhere dual-classing like that. Depending on the system, it could take him twice as long to level up properly.
Anybody else hope this causes him to slide in the 2010 draft so we can take him with the 30th pick? Maybe we should start rumors that he has bad kidneys? Seriously though, I facepalmed while driving when I heard this. The kid is at least a year away from making buckets of cash, and he does this stupid crap. Ricockulous.
Doesn't sound that bad. Stupid, very stupid.... but not that bad. Just a kid doing stupid high school kid stuff.
Whatever the legal ramifications of this, from my understanding of the actual crime (trespassing in a vacant house) it doesn't seem particularly worrisome in regards to his character. If this is the sole issue on his soul at draft time, I wouldn't be at all concerned with drafting him, as a GM. I'd love for it to help drop him to a spot that KP can trade up to and select him. But I doubt it'll deter very many GMs.
I have no dog in this fight. I'm just saying as a Ducks fan, we have enough drama surrounding the basketball team that we really wouldn't need this. -Pop
I don't know the exact details of the law in that state, but in Oregon, "at night" is not part of the definition. Nor is the definition limited to a "house". Breaking into any structure with the intent to commit a crime is a burglary. Maybe he broke in to drink beer or smoke a little pot - in which case your comments have some merit. Maybe it's something more serious. Either way, I stand by my point. People excuse his behavior by pointing out he is just a kid (which is true), but then turn around and say that he is old enough and mature enough to be in the NBA?
