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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4290847, member: 1969"]
I think the distinction between the two situations is fairly easy to make.

The June 30th free agency period and related tampering rules are for free agents whose contracts ended at the end of the 2021/2022 season and are meant to protect teams that had contracts with those players in the prior year.

[B]John Wall already had a contract for the 2022/2023 season.  [/B]He was just released from it.   He doesn't fall into the same group as the other free agents noted in the paragraph above who never had contracts for the 2022/2023 season.

As for him having discussions during the 3 day waiver period, I would think its the same rules that exist when players are bought out during the regular season. And I stand to be corrected, but I am near certain teams will grant permission to their players / agents to contact certain specific teams prior to finalizing a buy-out since it can save them money.   Any recent discussions between Wall and the Clippers were likely permitted, and this did save the Rockets money.
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