JOHN WALL IS fighting to stay awake through a haze of painkillers. Next to his bed is a walker to get himself to the bathroom. For longer distances, there's a wheelchair. His left knee is bandaged and recovering from having a bone spur removed from his kneecap, his right knee looks the same after a "clean up scope." He is wearing a gown.
In the chair next to his bed is a coach he has never met before, who walked through his hospital room door a day after surgery.
"So John, let's say there's 37 seconds left and we're up two points and you've got the ball, what do you do?