John Wall is a stand-up guy, but he needs to fall back.The Wizards point guard is a former No. 1overall pick anda perennial All-Star. He'sone of the most selfle s givers both on the court, where he's averaged double-digit a sists in each of the last two seasons,and off it, where he consistently offers his time and treasures to those in need.However, his penchant for pocket watching, a petty preoccupation with the salaries of other starssuch as James Harden coupled with his beef with teammate Bradley Beal, is absolutely reprehensible. Theymar the 25-year-old'simage and makehimcome off as a multi-millionaire malcontent who wants to see his Detroit Tigers Jersey peers do well but not better than him.MORE: Thursday, reported one front-office exec saidWallwas jealous of Harden's four-year, $118million extension with the Rockets. In March, reported Wall, who once wore the stripes in games, turned down a lucrative offer from the brand because he wanted a contractmore on par with Harden's highly-incentivized$200-million endorsement deal. Earlier thisweek, news of a riff between Wall and his backcourt mate Bradley Beal surfaced. Wall categorized the tension, which has had an adverse impact on the Wizards on the floor,as a.Beal istwo years Wall's junior. He's been good despite beinghampered by serious health concerns most of his career, averaging 16 points while shooting nearly 40 percent from 3-point range in four years, but his highest accolade as a profe sional Miguel Cabrera Jersey to date is being tapped a first-team choice to the 2013 All-Rookie team. Nonethele s, he became the richest player on the Wizards' rosterwhen he rendered his John Hancock onto a five-year, $128 million contract during this summer's $1 billion free-agency spending spree, setting himup to earn almost $6 million more than Wall next season.To put the absurdity of the market inperspective, Wall will be paid $16,957,900 in 2016-17. VeteranFrench big man Ian Mahinmi is due to gro s $15,944,154 in the first year of a four-year $64-million contract with the Wizards. Mahinmi had the best season of his eight-year career when he averaged 9.3 points, 7.1 rebound and 1.1 blocks per game as a member of the Pacers.JOSEPH: A league source told, "Walls got jealousy i sues. Hes always upset with someone who makes more money than him."Added an unnamed agent: "Whatever is public, multiply it by five and thats how they really feel about each other. Its probably a total disaster."Sadly, it's certainly not outside Wall's character.Wall was utterly bemused last summerwhen the Pistons signed former Thunder backup Reggie Jacksonto a five-year, $80-million contract, identical to the deal Wall agreed to back in 2013before reeling off three-straight all-star seasons."It's like I'm getting the same amount as Reggie Jackson right now," at the time.Jackson started all 79 games he played in, leading thePistons in scoring (18.2 ppg) and a sists (6.2ppg). To add insult to injury, Jackson torched the Wizards for Niko Goodrum Jersey a game-high 39 points and nine a sists in a 112-99 victory back on April 8 to clinch Detroit's first postseason berth in seven years as Wall sat with a sore left knee. The Wizards failed to qualify for the postseason, finishing 10th in the Eastern Conference.MORE: We're all complex beings. This one character flaw shouldn't completely color how we perceive Wall. It doesn't comprise the sum total of who he is.Wall recently received the . He to aid homele s children in D.C. and to help the le s fortunate. Heonce skipped a preseason game to go to a cancer research fundraiser. He was and dedicated a double-overtime win against the Celtics to the memory of a young fan who died of the same disease that took the life of his father when Wall Sparky Anderson Jersey was nine.This is an opportunity for a seemingly good man to become an even better one. Wall's pocket watchingappears to be more evidenceofmisplaced hyper competitivene sthanimmature ungratefulne s. His former Kentucky teammate DeMarcus Cousins has suffered from the same ailment. Rememberafterthe Cavs forked over $82-million to secure Tristan Thompson's services forfive years?Anyone with a job is motivated by money.But Wall must recognize worrying too much about tomorrow, being overly concernedand, in this case, publicly perturbedby the numbers in someone else's account won't add one red cent to his. It can have the adverse effect when it compromises the quality of the product he and his co-workers produce."My whole thing is I was put on this earth to do something and I was ble sed to be able to play basketball," Wall saidduring an emotional pre s conference when he re-upped with the Wizards three years ago. "My main thing was to keep striving and be a better person. That's one thing Tyson Ross Jersey my mom always instilled in me was, 'It doesn't matter what nobody think of you as a basketball player. They always gone look at you as a person first.'"Whether it's on the court or in corporate America, Wall should take advice :"A man got to have a code."Counting another man's money violates everything a player of his caliber should hold sacred. Wall is better than that, personally and profe sionally.
