According to US media reports, Clippers have officially reached a two-year contract with former Rockets point guard John Wall :
Wall earlier this week A buyout agreement was reached with the Rockets, and Wall has officially cleared the exemption. After the news involving Wall's contract buyout with the Rockets was announced, Wall expressed his intention to join the Clippers and possibly with a mid-level exception contract. Now, Wall has joined the Clippers as previously mentioned and signed a two-year contract worth a total of $13.2 million.
It should be noted that Wall gave up US$6.5 million of his US$47 million annual salary when he reached a buyout contract with the Rockets. This is exactly the annual salary amount of the mid-level contract in the 2022-23 season. Therefore, after signing this contract with the Clippers, After the contract, Wall will have almost no salary loss and can still join the Clippers, a competitive team.
Since the 2017-18 season, Wall has only played in a total of 72 regular season games, most of which were unable to play due to injuries. Even if Wall could stay healthy last season, the Rockets are in the rebuilding stage. The team also hopes to thoroughly develop young players, and Wall reached an agreement with the team without playing.
In the 40 games he played for the Rockets in the 2020-21 season, Wall still averaged 20.6 points and 6.9 assists per game, but Wall only had a career-worst shooting performance of 40.4%.
So it remains to be seen whether Wall can help the Clippers hit the championship when joining forces with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George .
