![]() You can listen to the full interview on The Ticket’s podcast feed, which you can find here. You can listen to the segment of the interview about Walker’s health in the embedded video below. Walker had a 44 point game last season before being shut down, and scored 20-plus in six of his 37 games with the Knicks. The reality is, if you look at it, it’s not good, but that doesn’t mean he can’t play on it.” “Even last year, he had 30 point games on it. 2021-22 New York Knicks Roster and Stats Previous Season Next Season Record: 37-45, Finished 11th in NBA Eastern Conference Coach: Tom Thibodeau (37-45) Executive: Leon Rose PTS/G: 106.5 (26th of 30) Opp PTS/G: 106.6 (6th of 30) SRS: -0.01 (19th of 30) Pace: 95. “Well, it hasn’t been good for a few years,” Harrison clarified. Harrison did add that since Walker basically didn’t get a training camp, the Mavericks are being careful to ramp him up into game shape before he makes his debut, which could be in about a week.Īfter Harrison’s initial statement about Walker’s knee not being good, he was asked a follow-up about that rather bleak admission. Perhaps Harrison was commenting on the overall history of Walker’s knee, but the question was fairly direct. Walker hasn’t played in an NBA game since February. Walker signed a two-year contract with the Knicks last season, where he only played 37 games before shutting himself down and the Knicks trading him in a salary dump to Detroit in the summer, where eventually Detroit bought out Walker’s contract. ![]() The procedures finally caught up to Walker as a member of the Celtics in 2021, where Walker played just 43 games before being traded that following offseason. Unfortunately it wasn’t the final surgery on his left knee, as in 2016 he had another meniscus surgery and then in 2017 he had an arthroscopic procedure. Walker, who the Mavericks signed earlier this week, has a long injury history with his left knee, initially getting surgery on it to repair a torn lateral meniscus in 2015. But he’s rehabbed it and it’s the best he’s felt in the last two years so, we’ll see how long that lasts.” There, Walker watched as the C’s, who signed him to a 140 million contract in 2019, climbed within 1 1/2 games behind the Milwaukee Bucks for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Milan is 17th in the EuroLeague standings and dropped to 6-13 following its third straight defeat on Friday night.During a radio appearance Thursday afternoon on Dallas-Fort Worth sports talk station The Ticket, Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison had a rather candid admission about the state of Kemba Walker’s troubled knee. Ettore Mesina yesterday said the Canadian player won't be available until the end of February at least. KembaWalker Point Guard Follow Birthdate College UConn Draft Info 2011: Rd 1, Pk 9 (CHA) Birthplace Bronx, NY Career Stats PTS 19.3 REB 3.8 AST 5.3 FG 41.8 Overview News Stats Bio. Meanwhile, Milan lacks their main point guard Kevin Pangos, who has been sidelined with a knee injury since November 24. It would be Walker's first time playing in Europe (Italy) and overseas, in general. The 1.83-meter point guard was born in the Bronx and played his high school ball for Rice in Manhattan before starring at UConn in college. 9 overall by then-named Charlotte Bobcats in 2011, Walker had an injury-riddled last three seasons after playing all 82 regular-season games in 2018-19. Rajon Rondo (36) Zavier Simpson (25) Javonte Smart (23) Keifer Sykes (29) Tyrell Terry (22) Isaiah Thomas (33) Kemba Walker (32) John Wall (32). Walker, 32, had a nine-game stint with the Dallas Mavericks this season, averaging 8.0 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 2.1 assists on 42.1% shooting.įour-time NBA All-Star (2017–20) has career averages of 19.3 points, 5.3 assists, and 3.8 rebounds in 750 games (697 starts) with Charlotte (2011-19), Boston (2019-21), New York (2021-22), and Dallas (2022-23).ĭrafted No. The contract will be finalized only after the results of the medical tests.
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