John Wall: 'I don't have to be Batman every night'
Source: Ohm Youngmisuk @ ESPN
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Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNUJohn Wall clears the air on joining the LA Clippers, a team and a group that he has had his attention on for quite some time, and getting through periods of darkness. @ Las Vegas, Nevada instagram.com/p/Cf0su9ZOvS8/… – 3:30 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNUSpoke with Brandon Boston Jr. 🪣 about being challenged by Shaun Fein, working out with John Wall during last season, and the chip young Clips have on their shoulder from 2021 summer league pic.twitter.com/gu59Bclkvq – 2:40 AM
Ohm Youngmisuk @NotoriousOHMESPN story: John Wall says he doesn’t have to be “Batman every night for us to win…I don’t have to be the John Wall from 2016 and have to carry the load and have the pressure on me” alongside Kawhi + PG. He believes he can help fill missing piece for LAC https://t.co/Jd7ni13QF3 pic.twitter.com/y1lRPNEPgF – 12:52 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNUJohn Wall on Tyronn Lue:
“He’s just real. It’s crazy, you watch when he was in Cleveland, it seemed like how he brought the team together and got guys to do certain things… he’s always going to be honest with you. And that’s what you need.” – 12:37 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNUJohn Wall on comparing contracts with Reggie Jackson: “We never had a problem about that. We’ve always been cool. That’s way in the past. We even talked about it when it came out.” – 12:36 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNUJohn Wall on former Clippers and 2010 Wildcats Eric Bledsoe, DeMarcus Cousins:
“Both told me how great the organization was.” – 12:35 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNUJohn Wall on helping slow Clippers:
“That is my job. Push the pace… I’m happy, because I don’t have to have the best player guarding me every night like I have had my whole career. You tell me the third-best defender is going to have to guard me? Good luck.” – 12:33 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNUJohn Wall says that he is healthy, while adding: “My last three years is like … I was in the darkest place I have ever been… losing my mom, losing my grandmom, tearing my Achilles…. getting something that I love more than anything taken away from me.” – 12:32 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNUJohn Wall on end in Houston, Washington: “I just tried to be professional, be a leader and be a vet and help the young guys out as much as possible and the year before it was the bubble so I was like, I ain’t coming back for no bubble.” – 12:31 AM
Andrew Greif @AndrewGreifJohn Wall says he is healthy, happy to compete for a starting job and is excited to be on a deep Clippers roster with enough talent where “I don’t have to be Batman every night for us to win.”
He added: “You tell me the 3rd-best defender is going to have to guard me? Good luck.” pic.twitter.com/AXHoQi3eyq – 12:30 AM
Andrew Greif @AndrewGreifJohn Wall tonight smiled often talking about his role with the Clippers.
“Someone who can break down the defense, get into the paint. Find guys. That’s what my job was. That’s what I’ve done my whole career. And getting people paid. That’s what I do.”
latimes.com/sports/clipper… – 12:30 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNUJohn Wall thread quote pic.twitter.com/awU0J8vBSn – 12:30 AM
Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwansonOn NBA TV, John Wall said he’s been shooting 3s + working on floaters. Also: “With this team, I probably won’t have the ball in my hands as much… that’s kind of the reason I made this decision, so I don’t have to be Batman every night; I can be Robin & sometimes the third guy.” – 10:58 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNUClippers up 52-32 at halftime after an amazing pass from Devoe to a corner 3 from Brantley
And now, John Wall speaks – 10:20 PM
Andrew Greif @AndrewGreifJohn Wall said hello to Jerry West and Steve Ballmer between quarters in Vegas. pic.twitter.com/7zzCCxZ8fh – 9:56 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNUJohn Wall greets Jerry West and Steve Ballmer pic.twitter.com/Iy743BHZIW – 9:56 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNUReggie Jackson and Luke Kennard are also here, along with John Wall and Tyronn Lue – 9:36 PM
Andrew Greif @AndrewGreifJohn Wall and DeMarcus Cousins sitting together for Clippers-Grizzlies. pic.twitter.com/wHHkyDWzyg – 9:33 PM
Ohm Youngmisuk @NotoriousOHMJohn Wall arrived for the Clippers summer league game with good friend DeMarcus Cousins right behind him. – 9:32 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNUJohn Wall enters, with former Clipper DeMarcus Cousins trailing pic.twitter.com/2EMOJB96g4 – 9:30 PM
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