John Wall made a lot of noise this week after revealing details of his time with the Washington Wizards and Houston Rockets. He’s now on the Los Angeles Clippers, trying to help that team win a championship, although his future on the team looks unclear right now.
During a recent appearance on the Run Your Race, Wall touched on a variety of topics, including his time with the Wizards and why he thought he could have beaten LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers in 2017, and how unwelcomed he felt by James Harden in 2021.
His stay with the Houston Rockets was anything but good for Wall, who said some harsh things about them and their approach to the game while the veteran was there. Wall called them out for playing to lose and starting somebody else over him.
Stephen Silas Opens Up On John Wall’s Tenure On Rockets
Of course, these comments made a lot of noise, especially within the Rockets franchise. Head coach Stephen Silas reacted to these remarks, clarifying that he always had the same approach when coaching, and he tried to apply that to the Rockets: a winning mentality.
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When we go out every night, we’re trying to win a basketball game. And we prepare the same way that I prepared when I was working for perennial playoff teams. We have the same expectations for play. We do things in a manner that is putting us in the direction to win every single night that we’re out there.
Is that going to happen? No. We’re a young team, we have 19- and 20-, 21-year-old guys who emotionally they go up and down, and with their games, there is going to be inconsistency.
Silas also talked about the team’s decision to prioritize their young guards and send Wall home, admitting that he understood it was a hard moment for the former All-Star point guard.
It wasn’t a perfect situation for anybody. There were some things that obviously at the beginning of the season when we decided as an organization we were going to rebuild and build around (Porter) and (Green) as our starting two guards, that made it hard for John. And the conversations I had with John about possibly coming off the bench or being around and being supportive, they were difficult conversations.
But the ultimate decision was that he was going to be here, he was going to work out. He wasn’t going to practice with the team, because, you know, the practice time was the most important thing for those young guards.
Wall is now a part of the Los Angeles Clippers, but it seems like he’ll have more bad stories to tell if the Los Angelenos team trades him away. He’s reportedly been mentioned in trade talks as the Clippers try to improve their frontcourt. Wall has shown interesting things during his days with the Clips, but that doesn’t ensure he’ll stay with the team for the rest of this season.
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