John Wall Pronounces Retirement From NBA

5-time NBA All-Star John Wall is placing his professional profession behind him … saying his retirement from basketball on Tuesday.

Wall shared the information in a video on his social media account … saying he gave the sport “the whole lot I had.”

“Each jersey I wore meant greater than wins and stats,” Wall stated. “It was about representing one thing greater. And it is one thing I could not do with out you.”

He went on to thank his teammates, coaches, trainers, followers and his household … particularly his mom.

“Thanks for all of your sacrifices,” he stated. “I hope I made you proud.”

Whereas the solar is setting on his taking part in profession … Wall stated he is not strolling away from the sport — including “basketball will all the time be in my life.”

“As new alternatives current themselves, I really feel now’s the time to stroll confidently into my subsequent chapter,” Wall stated.

“Retired however by no means achieved. Doing it the Wall means.”

The 34-year-old’s first house was with the Washington Wizards after going first general out of Kentucky within the 2010 NBA Draft.

He spent 9 seasons with the Wizards earlier than being traded to the Houston Rockets in 2020. He performed one yr in House Metropolis … and his final NBA motion got here through the 2022-23 marketing campaign, when he was a member of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Wall averaged 18.7 factors, 4.2 rebounds, and eight.9 assists in his profession.