John Wall: I thought about committing suicide

But I’m additionally listening to that, if no commerce involving Westbrook materializes and if he’s on the roster when the Lakers begin practising on Sept. 27, new Lakers coach Darvin Ham stays decided to carve out an actual position for Westbrook. Sources say that the Lakers, to date, have strongly resisted the idea of shelving Westbrook completely until they can find a trade for him like the Rockets tried last season with John Wall — even after buying and selling for longtime Westbrook adversary Patrick Beverley. Westbrook, who turns 34 in November, appeared in 78 of the Lakers’ 82 video games final season. -via marcstein.substack.com / August 28, 2022