The Clippers are attempting to trade point guard John Wall and may consider a buyout if they can’t find a deal, multiple sources tell Andrew Greif of The Los Angeles Times.
Wall, 32, signed with L.A. in July after reaching a buyout with Houston. His two-year contract includes a $6.479MM salary for this season and a $6.8MM team option for 2023/24.
After sitting out all of last season, Wall was playing fairly regularly before suffering an abdominal injury on January 13. He has missed the past 11 games, and Greif hears there are concerns about his fit with the Clippers for the remainder of the season.
Wall has averaged 11.4 points, 5.2 assists and 2.7 rebounds in 34 games, but he’s shooting just 40% from the field and 27% on pull-up jumpers. Wall also has a team-low minus-9.2 net rating, which measures the point differential between when he’s on the court and not.
Wall still doesn’t have a target date to return from his injury, although Greif notes that he was able to participate in a full-court scrimmage with coaches and some of his teammates this week. Wall wouldn’t comment directly on trade rumors, telling Greif that he’s concentrating on things he can control.
“This period for the whole league is interesting, trying to see if any trades happen, getting to see if teams stay healthy and stuff like that, so you kind of just all playing it by ear,” Wall said. “Kind of like, if you be here just try to figure out what your role is, and if you’re not here, then you got to try to find a new situation, like what the new situation might be and stuff like that. I’m just trying to focus on trying to get back and play. Just let everything else happen the way it’s going to happen.”
The Wall rumors come as the Clippers continue to search for point guard help before Thursday’s trade deadline. Greif identifies Toronto’s Fred VanVleet as the team’s number one target, and notes that Miami’s Kyle Lowry, Utah’s Mike Conley and Charlotte’s Terry Rozier have also been linked to L.A. in trade rumors. Greif doesn’t consider the Clippers to be a potential landing spot for Kyrie Irving, who submitted a trade request to the Nets on Friday.
At this point in his career Wall just isn’t any good. Teams let me shoot, because he doesn’t have the quickness he used to have.
If Russ, Wall and LeVert all played a little more Ben Simmons they would be better for it. If you can’t shoot just don’t shoot. Great passers, guys like Rubio and McConnell can’t shoot so they just don’t as much.
Um caris is shooting 37% from 3 this year which isn’t bad
What is he shooting from two?
“Wall has averaged 11.4 points, 5.2 assists and 2.7 rebounds in 34 games, “
Yeah this sure looks like a guy who just isn’t any good. I doubt you even watch him play.
I digress. Wall on the Warriors team would revive his game big time. The clips are to crowded with ball handlers.
Seems like he has handled himself professionally during the tumultous last few years, but not sure he has the ability to be productive in the league anymore.Kind of the opposite of that guy in Brooklyn
2k nation was all about the Lakers giving a 1st with RW for this guy preseason; smh
2k’ers love them guys that are sitting out. If Crowder could just figure out a way to sit out another year, his 2k’er trade value might get to PG13 level.
If this is the last of his playing career, John will have his choice of career in basketball now. Coaching, front office, media. He’d be good in any of those roles
The Clippers have a long list of potential trade targets…
How badly do they value their depth will come into question with any trade that happens…
WIzards need a point guard
It’s PG TD for Wolves, Nets, Raps, Miami, Jazz if one of Lowry, dLo, FVV, Ky, Conley gets traded
Wall, Brandon Boston Jr, Covington andvan unprorected first for Dlo. Win-win