“I don’t have to do it every night, I don’t have to be Batman every night to win,” Wall said Saturday at the Las Vegas Summer League. “That’s the ultimate goal for me [at] This part of my career, I don’t want to be Batman every night to try to win. In the team we have, I think anyone can be Batman.” Wall also said he never seriously considered joining a team other than the Clippers, according to Youngmisuk. “I really didn’t care about all the other teams,” Wall said of the other teams chasing him. “The other teams are great and I’m glad they wanted to go after me, but I looked at the image of like, where can I go [where] I don’t have to be John Wall from 2016 and have to carry the load and do all this [things] and push me I think so [LA] I’ve been missing a piece of having a point guard and it’s a great situation for me to be there.” See more from Pacific Division:
Recruiting calls from Stephen Curry and Draymond Green helped land Donte DiVincenzo with the Warriors as his free agent destination, NBC Sports Bay Area’s Dalton Johnson writes. “Once I talked to Steph and Draymond, everything slowed down a little bit for me because I was getting away from the numbers and the dollar signs and everything,” DiVincenzo said. “I was more focused on what’s best for Donte and what’s best for me in the future. With this culture and environment, it’s something I want to be a part of and it’s part of who I am. I don’t need to change who I am. I can just fit right in and be a Warrior.” DiVincenzo signed a two-year contract with Golden State with a player option in the second season. He reportedly had offers for more money, but the ability to join a contender and potentially build on his value next season appealed to the 25-year-old. Lakers head coach Darwin Hamm recently expressed confidence in his coaching staff’s ability to get the most out of the team’s newly signed free agents, according to Kyle Goon of The Southern California News Group. “There are various circumstances as to why people get into shooting,” Ham said. “Sometimes it’s injury related, sometimes it’s minutes, who you go out on the floor with, how many touches. So our only concern is what we do going forward and we feel we have a good squad – a good young squad of free agents who will come in and make an impact.” The Lakers have added Lonnie Walker, Troy Brown Jr., Juan Toscano-Anderson, Damian Jones and Thomas Bryant in free agency so far, prioritizing youth and speed over older veterans. Suns big man Dario Saric, who missed the entire 2021/22 season after tearing his right ACL in the 2021 Finals and had arthroscopic surgery in May to repair a torn meniscus in the same knee, recently gave a positive update on his condition, writes Duane Rankin of the Arizona Republic. Saric has just started making contact with coaches and hopes to play a few games with the Croatian national team before training. “I feel good, I feel really good,” Saric said. “I’m moving better, I’m moving faster. I was out of basketball for a year. I had time to get my mind set to really dive into that extra positive. I’m working to be the best I can be.”
