Prior to trading with Sacramento for young floor general Tyrese Haliburton, the Indiana Pacers reportedly showed interest in acquiring five-time All-Star guard John Wall. It is unclear whether that interest was via a trade with the Houston Rockets or after a potential contract buyout.
“League sources say that at least one other previously unreported team expressed interest in Wall this season: Indiana,” longtime NBA scribe Marc Stein writes in his latest Substack newsletter. “Sources say that the Pacers’ interest, though, was registered before they acquired Tyrese Haliburton from Sacramento and didn’t go any further.”
Wall averaged 20.6 points and 6.9 assists per game during a successful 2020-21 season in Houston. Now 31 years old, Wall did not play in the 2021-22 campaign, with the rebuilding Rockets focused on the development of 21-year-old prospect Kevin Porter Jr. at point guard. Wall was reportedly offered a backup role before declining that arrangement.
