Basketball

Unflattering pic turns Raleigh native John Wall into meme-o-the-day at USA Basketball

Washington Wizards guard John Wall (2) was a trending topic on social media Thursday after a photo of him taken at USA Basketball minicap went viral. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Washington Wizards guard John Wall (2) was a trending topic on social media Thursday after a photo of him taken at USA Basketball minicap went viral. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) AP

John Wall is taking a beating on Twitter.

The Raleigh native and Washington Wizards All-Star guard took a picture for Day 1 of USA Basketball minicamp that didn’t exactly show off his good side.

Truthfully, the photo shoot didn’t do much for many of the players.

But it all started when the Washington Wizards tweeted out Wall’s team photo. Twitter quickly went to work. The Wizards deleted the Tweet, but the social damage was already done.

Wall had become the meme of the day.

To be fair, other videos from USA Basketball practices weren’t as unflattering, but for a day at least, Wall was more popular than Crying Jordan.

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This story was originally published July 26, 2018 at 10:16 PM.

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