LOS ANGELES — Before shootarounds, practice days and games, John Wall likes to enter gyms wearing dark sunglasses.
Before the former No. 1 overall draft pick begins his first season as a Clipper — and after playing only 113 games since 2017 — Wall has described a clear vision of his long-in-the-making return.
At 32, he is no longer a franchise's best player, and he has made peace with no longer being a team's self-described "Batman," with wins and losses hinging on his ability to provide nightly superheroic production. There is no guarantee the five-time All-Star will be a starter, either, and coming off the bench would "be different," he acknowledged, for someone who has started all but 12 of his 613 career games.
