At one point in his career, John Wall was regarded as one of the best players in his position. He was a regular name in the NBA All-Star game and was an enjoyable player to watch.
As a result, he was offered a humongous 4-year $170 million contract by the Washington Wizards. At the time, the contract made sense to most, but looking at it now, it is arguably one of the worst contracts in the history of the NBA.
Over the last few years, Wall has been consistently sidelined due to injuries. What’s more surprising is the fact that Wall has played fewer games than Dirk Nowitzki in the last five seasons, and Dirk has been retired for 3 years. So it wasn’t a surprise when the Wizards decided to trade Wall for Russell Westbrook.
The Rockets thought they were getting a new partnership between Wall and James Harden, but that wasn’t the case. Harden demanded a trade around that time, and Wall was left alone once again.
Anyway, when Harden left the team, Wall apparently claimed that he feels like he is now the franchise guy. But what happened after his claims? Well, an NBA fan recently pointed that out.
https://twitter.com/arxanii/status/1541796423800213504
Yes, the Houston Rockets went on to lose 22 games in a row. For what it’s worth, Wall did have a great scoring run in that time span, but it wasn’t enough for the Rockets to win games. Upon seeing the stats again, NBA fans absolutely flamed Wall for his comments.
David Nwaba used to be the teams leading scorer during some games we really came from the mud pic.twitter.com/7hHQzQcUag
— ΠΔVi Threat (@ScottFosterH8er) June 28, 2022
look at the points in all the games, hes dropping 30+ in 90% of the games
— PNWLove (@CH_PDX) June 29, 2022
A Franchise guy doesn’t sit out every game collecting 40+m
— 𝔹𝕠𝕝𝕨𝕣𝕝𝕕 (@BolWrld) June 28, 2022
We doing that even if james stayed, team was horrible
— Christian (@Chri2tian_Angel) June 28, 2022
Won't forget that win against the raptors to break the 20 L streak. Wall hugged Silas first
— Erik Ten Sacked (@devin_kurant_35) June 28, 2022
Not a fan of John Wall but…i dont think its his fault they were losing pic.twitter.com/XnozjjjIIl
— Dee Fader (@1deefader) June 29, 2022
https://twitter.com/CrySomeMore0/status/1542058238736306176
Mf said pic.twitter.com/U9lQIk3RDi
— ⚜️ Bounty Boyz 0 – 4 😔 (@Thee_Foreplay) June 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/RAMEDintheArse/status/1541960945781444609
I mean…he was putting up numbers 😭 who said you gotta win to be the franchise player😂
— Kaiblo (@kaianderson23) June 29, 2022
They was losing games he scored 25 + on lol
— Wody (@1CBFW) June 29, 2022
Bro them many loses should be illegal
— AF. (@chancefetch3m) June 29, 2022
When a team is rebuilding, it’s understandable that they go on a losing streak. But losing 22 games in a row is simply too much.
Well, at least, Wall won’t be in that kind of situation for a while. It was recently reported that the Rockets have agreed to buy out his contract and he will be joining the Los Angeles Clippers soon.
He will be pairing up with the already awesome duo of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. But all three of them are injury prone and if the Clippers want to succeed, they need them to be healthy.
