Clippers sign John Wall

John Wall (Joe Glorioso, Wikimedia Commons/All-Pro Reels)

According to realgm.com on Friday, the Los Angeles Clippers have signed point guard John Wall to a two-year deal worth $13.2 million. The Clippers become Wall’s third National Basketball Association team. He spent nine seasons with the Washington Wizards from 2010 to 2019, and one season with the Houston Rockets in 2020-21. 

The signing of Wall might be disconcerting to Clippers fans. That is because in 2019-20 he did not play with a left heel, achilles and infection injury. Then in 2021-22, Wall and the Rockets made the decision that Wall would not play at all, as the team wanted to develop some of its younger talent instead. In addition to the multiple injuries that forced Wall to miss the entire 2019-20 season, Wall also suffered a hamstring injury which limited his 2020-21 NBA season, and has not played 70+ games in a season since 2016-17.

For five straight seasons from 2014 to 2018 with the Wizards, Wall was a NBA All-Star. He averaged career-highs in points per game (23.1), assists per game (10.7), steals per game (two), and field goal percentage (.451) in 2016-17. Wall’s 157 steals in 2016-17 also led the NBA.

In 2013-14, Wall had a topsy-turvy season. He led the NBA with 721 assists, but also led the NBA in turnovers with 295. It was the second time in his NBA career that Wall led the NBA in turnovers as he also had 255 in 2011-12. Despite his problems with turnovers (304 in 2014-15), Wall was selected to the NBA All-Defensive Team that season.

A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, Wall was the first overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft. He will now join a Clippers team that includes another injury prone player in Kawhi Leonard. Like Wall, Leonard did not play the entire 2021-22 season with a torn ACL.

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