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John Wall was driven in an SUV-size limo to the Verizon Center, where he learned the Washington mayor had proclaimed Friday as “John Wall Day.” The No. 1 overall pick in Thursday’s NBA draft also watched a video that welcomed him to the nation’s capital, with greetings from local sports stars Stephen Strasburg and Alex Ovechkin, who spoke in Russian and did his own fist-rotating imitation of the John Wall Dance. “To be on the red carpet, I felt like I was big-time,” Wall said. “I’ve never been on a red carpet before.”
