Odds are, if you’re reading this, you don’t need me to convince you John Wall has done an outstanding job of playing through pain and shouldering heavy minute loads in his six-year NBA career. But every now and then, it’s nice to dig into some numbers to appreciate just how much Wall has done in his short career, and how important it is for the Wizards to monitor his playing time as he starts to get a little older.
He’s currently averaging the 6th-most minutes per game among active players
The only players who have averaged more playing time per game than Wall during his NBA career are stalwarts from the 2000’s (LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Joe Johnson) who logged big minutes back when it was more common to play 40 minutes per game, and Damian Lillard.