We know it, John Wall will logically play his “player option”, and thus receive 47 million dollars next season. Like Russell Westbrook on the side of the Lakers, it would be crazy not to do it… Inevitably, in Houston, we will try to transfer him before the start of the season, and in the event of failure, he will be cut.
According to Marc Stein, three franchises monitor the situation of the player in case he becomes a free agent. These are the Heat, Clippers and Pacers. In Miami, Kyle Lowry will be 37 next year, and Wall would be a decent understudy to provide speed on offense and aggressiveness on the ball carrier. At the Clippers, Reggie Jackson has become an indispensable element, but the arrival of Wall could relieve him, and even allow him to become 6th man again, a role in which he has always excelled.
Finally, there would be the Pacers where Malcolm Brogdon would be “transferable” and where management could move towards a leader like Wall to support Tyrese Haliburton, the new nugget of the franchise. On paper, Wall is a bit of an aging De’Aaron Fox, and maybe Haliburton is more comfortable with a point guard like that.
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