Rate the trade: John Wall to Clippers, Norman Powell to Rockets

The LA Clippers pulled off an absolute heist at this year’s trade deadline, bringing in Norman Powell and Robert Covington in exchange for Eric Bledsoe, Keon Johnson and Justise Winslow. Preparing for a dominating line of Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and Norman Powell, the Clippers are undeniably one of the most dominant teams in the league when fully healthy. An obvious observation for some, others think it necessary to undo this progress by dealing for John Wall.

While John Wall’s idea of ​​the Clippers isn’t inherently bad, this recent trade proposal from Launderer’s report Andy Bailey is. Using the “old-school table-setter” angle, Bailey offers a trade that would send John Wall to the Clippers in exchange for Norman Powell, Marcus Morris and Reggie Jackson. Needless to say, any trade that takes nearly $50 million in salary in exchange for three top players isn’t worth entertaining.

Ironically, rather than analyzing the many reasons why the Clippers would hang up the phone if Houston made that call, the original article suggested the Rockets might be hesitant to accept Morris and Powell’s long-term contracts. Although potentially true in theory, Marcus Morris is an unrestricted free agent after the 2023-24 season. Under contract for only a year longer than Wall, and at $30 million less in annual value, taking on Marcus Morris’ contract seems like a small price to pay when receiving a player of Norman Powell’s caliber in exchange of John Wall’s presumably non-exchangeable contract.

So no, the LA Clippers will not be sending Norman Powell, Marcus Morris and Reggie Jackson this summer in exchange for John Wall.

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