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NBA superstar keeping promise to late father, returning to school

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NBA superstar John Wall is going back to school, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

The 27-year-old Washington Wizards guard plans to return to college this summer at the University of Kentucky in order to fulfill a promise that he made to his father, who died when Wall was just 8 years old.

“I’m going back to school this summer to get my business degree,” Wall told The Post. “That’s what I’m focusing on. I promised my dad that.”

While the five-time All-Star has solidified himself as one of the NBA’s best point guards, he wants to prepare for life after basketball.

Wall doesn’t know exactly what he is going to do with his bachelor’s degree, but he wants to be ready for whatever life throws his way.

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“When our career is over, when we retire and the basketball stops bouncing, we still have to find something else to do,” Wall said. “Whether you want to be a general manager, a doctor, a businessman, whatever, you have to believe on everything you stand on.”

Wall attended Kentucky in 2009-10 and starred under head coach John Calipari as a one-and-done NBA prospect. The Wizards selected him with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft.

He has a lifetime scholarship at Kentucky and plans to start classes after the NBA season is over.

In January, Wall wrote an open letter to his late father on ESPN’s The Undefeated in which he reflected on their relationship and revealed that he wanted to finish his degree.

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“I know you’re proud of the man I’ve become,” Wall wrote. “I’m the first in our family to attend college, and although I have not yet completed my degree, it is a goal that I hope to accomplish.”

Wall also revealed in the letter that his sister was the first person in his family to graduate from college.

She went on to get her master’s.

Wall has been hampered by injuries this season, which may have played a role in his decision.

The Wizards star has played in just 37 games this year after undergoing midseason surgery on his left knee.

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