On June 29th, Beijing time, the Rockets finally officially announced that they had reached a buyout agreement with former main point guard John Wall. In fact, as early as 2 days ago, NBA famous reporter Mark Stern broke the news that the Rockets had reached a buyout agreement with wall, and now the Rockets have officially announced the news. In other words, Wall is no longer a member of the Rockets, and he has become a free agent.
After passing the 48-hour buyout clarification period, Wall will officially become a member of the Los Angeles Clippers. In the new season, he will appear with players such as Leonard, Paul George and others. Clippers lineup. Although we don't know whether Wall will become the Clippers' starter, from the current point of view, no one is more suitable to be the Clippers' starting point guard than Wall.
The Rockets officially announced the buyout of Wall. Although this makes the Rockets' book strength seem to have declined a bit, for the Rockets' young players, there are only advantages and no disadvantages. The existence of Wall will not only cause a certain amount of psychological pressure on young players, but also make them worry about their positions - after all, Wall took the initiative to request a comeback last season and also asked for the position of the main point guard. More or less, it will cause psychological pressure on the Rockets' main point guard Porter Jr.
Now, whether it is Porter Jr., or the Rockets' backup point guard Daishen Knicks, or Taitai Washington, they will only compete with young players and will no longer worry about Wall, the former All-star point guard competition.
In the two years since joining the Rockets, Wall only played 40 games for the Rockets, averaging 20.6 points, 6.9 assists and 3.2 rebounds in 32.2 minutes per game. Looking at the data alone, Wall is still a first-class point guard, but in one year We don't know if he can return his game form to the level of 2021 without playing basketball. But this is no longer an issue that the Rockets should consider. Now that the Rockets have officially "unstuck" from Wall's contract, the future salary space will be able to introduce new star players.
After the Rockets bought out Wall, they also seemed very humane. The Rockets took the initiative to thank Wall immediately and wished him all the best. The Rockets wrote: "Our entire team is grateful to Wall for his professionalism and wishes him smooth sailing in the future."
In addition, the Rockets also specially released a poster thanking Wall. Interestingly, soon After the former Rockets sent Wood to the Mavericks, in order to thank Wood for his contribution to the Rockets in the past two years, the team also released a poster. The current poster thanking Wall is almost identical to the poster thanking Wood, except that Wood's photo and name have been replaced by Wall, and the background color has been changed.
Regardless of whether it is Wood or Wall, during the two years they played for the Rockets, although they did not bring any honors to the Rockets, they did not have any credit but also hard work. The Wall + Wood era of the Rockets has officially ended, and it also announced that the "transition period" of the Rockets' reconstruction has officially ended. Now that the Rockets have a complete lineup, the Rockets will have more than 70 million salary space next summer, and then introduce The superstar may complete some large-scale transactions, which can help the Rockets complete the transformation from a young team to a powerful force in the Western Conference. Please look forward to it.
