<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/hornets-news-kemba-walker-lamelo-ball');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kemba Walker excited to work with LaMelo Ball, young Hornets');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Kemba-Walker-is-excited-to-work-with-LaMelo-Ball-rest-of-the-young-Hornets.jpg"></figure><h1>Kemba Walker excited to work with LaMelo Ball, young Hornets</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-18T10:04:27-07:00">July 18th, 10:04am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-18T10:07:10-07:00">July 18th, 10:07am</time><address><a>Jerry Donatien</a>Jerry Donatien has worked for ClutchPoints since 2018. He is currently the company's Charlotte Hornets reporter, and he also does voiceovers on different sports stories. He worked the NBA All-Star weekend in 2019 and 2023, the NCAA woman's tournament, and he interned with Beasley Media group.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Charlotte Hornets have had a promising start to their new era. Getting Jeff Peterson in the building late in the 2023-24 season set off a few swift moves once the offseason officially started such as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-news-charles-lee-sounds-off-championship-culture-charlotte">hiring Charles Lee</a> as the head coach, drafting promising talent headlined by Tidjane Salaün, and more. One of the more surprising moves to the masses is when Kemba Walker was added to the coaching staff as a player development coach. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/reasons-why-kemba-walker-best-player-hornets-franchise-history">Hornets legend</a> spent eight seasons with the team and had a lot to say about the talent on the roster and more specifically about LaMelo Ball.</p><h2><b>Kemba Walker has high hopes for Hornets organization</b></h2><p>“I think we can go anywhere that they wanna go,” Walker said when asked about how far the Hornets can go. “We have the right pieces, starting with LaMelo (Ball) who I am a huge fan of. Super excited to get the opportunity to work with him. One of the reasons why I said yes to the job. Unbelievable talent, he’s special. Watching him on the court I can really see this organization going really far. Obviously we have to keep him healthy which is one of the most important things. If that kid can stay healthy this organization will go really far.”</p><p>Walker brought a lot of electricity to the Hornets in his playing days with the team and it’s possible that Ball could replicate that production or even exceed it. Judging from Walker’s response, it seems he will wholeheartedly help Ball reach that level.</p><h2><b>Kemba Walker’s thoughts on being back with the team that drafted him</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Kemba-Walker-during-Hornets-Pistons-game.jpg"><figcaption>Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>“It feels good, kinda surreal actually,” Walker said about being back with the Hornets. He was drafted ninth overall back in the 2011 NBA Draft. “It’s a full circle moment. I had the best time of my career playing wise. Charlotte means everything. They embraced me from day one, took me in and allowed me to grow with no pressure, which I always appreciated. Charlotte is home for me. I know I’ve been around with a couple of other teams, but my home always remained in Charlotte.”</p><h2><b>Kemba Walker on flipping the switch from playing to coaching</b></h2><p>Walker doesn’t have any prior coaching experience, but playing in the league for 12 seasons is arguably better than that.</p><p>“I’m just here to do what I can to help some of the young guys become better basketball players and better people. A couple of guys already came up to me to ask about working out. I’m gonna be myself, allow them to ask me questions, and try to share my experiences with them. I didn’t think I wanted to be a coach, but because of the opportunity and the situation it just made so much sense.”</p><p>There’s numerous amounts of coaches that are former players throughout the history of the game. Think of Steve Kerr, Chauncey Billups, recently hired JJ Redick, and several more that are assistant coaches. Experience is the best teacher. Having a younger coach in the building that garnered respect in his playing days is a valuable asset to have on a Hornets staff with first-year head coach Charles Lee. Players could lean on Kemba Walker for advice for sure, but Lee can as well if the situation calls for it.</p><p>Adding Walker to the coaching staff already feels like a success even though the regular season is still months away. The culture could be shifting into a positive direction. With promising young talent littered around the roster, coaching staff, and the front office, the future looks bright in Charlotte.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kemba Walker excited to work with LaMelo Ball, young Hornets

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-news-carmelo-anthony-kemba-walker-reflect-strange-times-disney-bubble');   ga('set', 'title', 'Carmelo Anthony, Kemba Walker reflect on strange times in Disney bubble');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Carmelo-Anthony-Kemba-Walker-reflect-on-strange-times-in-Disney-bubble.jpg"></figure><h1>Carmelo Anthony, Kemba Walker reflect on strange times in Disney bubble</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-05T19:10:33-07:00">July 5th, 7:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-05T19:40:04-07:00">July 5th, 7:40pm</time><address><a>Brian Buyawe</a>Brian Buyawe is an NBA, NFL, NCAA Football, and NCAA Basketball writer for ClutchPoints. His advanced knowledge of basketball, football, and Formula One started at an early age, allowing him to provide in-depth analysis.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It was a strange time for players during the Orlando bubble. Back when COVID-19 hit in 2020, the shortened NBA season was concluded at the Walt Disney World Resort, which was converted to a biosecure basketball facility. From virtual fans to multiple teams staying in the same hotels, the whole setup was unusual for everyone involved. This led to rather interesting stories from several players, including Kemba Walker and Carmelo Anthony.</p><p>The former NBA stars opened up on what the bubble environment was like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej2Wb5-vGC8&amp;t=3194s" rel="noopener">in a recent episode</a> of the 7PM in Brooklyn podcast.</p><p>“It was weird, it was just like an empty room,” Walker said, referring to the court venue. He also described the digital fans as “strange.”</p><p>Nonetheless, the recently retired guard mentioned some of the upsides brought about by the entire experience.</p><p>“It was kinda fun at first though. We’re all going to one spot. Then you got your old teammates, your old coaches, dudes you haven’t seen in a long time. You could play a game and go chill with them. Like we could all chill, that’s how it was. We had like a players-only floor,” Walker added.</p><p>“A lot of relationships were built in the bubble,” Anthony chimed in.</p><p>Carmelo also gave his two cents, speaking about how the atmosphere felt like a camp for all the participants.</p><p>“It was just like a mosh pit of everybody on campus, it’s like camp, it was almost like camp in a sense,” Anthony said. “Your team over there, your team over here. We walk by every single day, we eat in the same restaurants, we see everybody. It’s time to go play, you go play, you might play at 12, you might play at 2, you might play at 4. What you didn’t want to be was a n**** who ain’t do nothing in the bubble, who ain’t hooping in the bubble, because everybody is watching every game. That’s where you really got the players’ respect.”</p><h2><b>Kemba and Melo in the bubble</b></h2><p>Back then, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kemba-walker-reflects-nba-career-after-retirement-decision">Walker was the</a> starting point guard for the Boston Celtics <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-carmelo-anthony-nsfw-message-damian-lillard-blazers-trade">while Anthony suited up</a> for the Portland Trail Blazers. After the initial “seeding” games, Walker and the Cs found themselves as the Eastern Conference’s third seed while the Trail Blazers settled for the eighth slot in the West.</p><p>Portland immediately faced the LeBron James-led Los Angeles Lakers — who ended up as the eventual champions that year. The Trail Blazers bowed out in five games, with Anthony tallying series averages of 15.2 points and 5.0 rebounds. All in all, the 10-time All-Star put up 15.4 points and 6.3 boards throughout the season.</p><p>As for Kemba Walker, he was crucial in the Celtics’ run to the Conference Finals. Alongside then-rising star Jayson Tatum, Walker led his team past the Philadelphia 76ers and the Toronto Raptors to set up a showdown with the Miami Heat. However, Boston would fall in six games to end their campaign. Walker finished the season with 20.4 points and 4.8 assists, garnering his fourth All-Star appearance.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Carmelo Anthony, Kemba Walker reflect on strange times in Disney bubble

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/hornets-news-kemba-walker-reveals-michael-jordan-moment-that-changed-his-career');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kemba Walker reveals Michael Jordan moment that changed his career');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Hornets-news-Kemba-Walker-reveals-Michael-Jordan-moment-that-changed-his-career.jpg"></figure><h1>Kemba Walker reveals Michael Jordan moment that changed his career</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-05T13:19:45-07:00">July 5th, 1:19pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-05T13:19:45-07:00">July 5th, 1:19pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David Yapkowitz is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is based in Los Angeles and currently covers basketball at every level from NBA/WNBA to men/women college and boys/girls high school.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>This week, former Charlotte Hornets star Kemba Walker <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kemba-walker-reflects-nba-career-after-retirement-decision">announced his retirement</a> from basketball. While Walker played for other teams in the NBA as well, his Hornets tenure is what <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/reasons-why-kemba-walker-best-player-hornets-franchise-history">he’s most remembered for</a>. Kemba Walker developed into a star player, and during a recent appearance on Carmelo Anthony’s podcast, ‘7pm in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony &amp; The Kid Mero,’ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej2Wb5-vGC8&amp;t=3859s" rel="noopener">he revealed</a> it was a conversation with Michael Jordan that set him on his Hornets star trajectory.</p><p>“My moment with him, this is my second year in the league, and we had a couple new players. I’m young, we had a couple older guys. I didn’t want to step on anybody’s toes so I’m kind of deferring a little bit,” Walker said. “I guess he kind of realized it, so he called me in the office and he closed the door. I’m like what’s going on, so he looked me in my face and said, ‘I didn’t bring you here to defer. I drafted you myself. I didn’t draft you here to defer or be the way you are.’</p><p>“‘I want you to be aggressive, I want you to play how you played at UConn.’ He gave me the keys that was it, he gave me the keys right there, that’s what I needed to hear. In my head I’m like I ain’t letting this man down, I’m not letting him down. He picked me himself, he traded up in the draft to get me, and he gave me that pep talk, I’m like this man must really believe in me.”</p><p>Michael Jordan was still the owner of the Hornets when they selected Kemba Walker with the No. 9 overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft. At that time, they were still the Charlotte Bobcats. They wouldn’t rebrand as the Hornets until the 2014-15 season.</p><h2><b>Kemba Walker’s rise to stardom during his Hornets tenure<br></b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Kemba-Walker-reacts-to-a-foul-call.jpg"><figcaption>Aaron Josefczyk-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Kemba Walker played 12 seasons in the NBA, with eight of those 12 seasons playing for the Bobcats/Hornets. He was a four-time NBA All-Star with three of those appearances coming while he was in a Hornets jersey. Walker is arguably the greatest player in franchise history.</p><p>Walker’s best NBA season statistically was arguably his final year with the Hornets during the 2018-19 season. He played all 82 games and averaged a career-high 25.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 1.2 steals with splits of 43.4 percent shooting from the field, 35.6 percent shooting from the three-point line and 84.4 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>That would be Walker’s final season with the Hornets. The following season he was acquired by the Boston Celtics in a sign and trade deal with the Hornets. Walker’s first season with the Celtics was also his final All-Star selection.</p><p>Walker would end up playing two seasons for the Celtics before being traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2021 offseason. The Thunder would ultimately buyout his contract and he would sign with the New York Knicks. His 2021-22 season was cut short due to injury.</p><p>Walker was traded that offseason to the Detroit Pistons who also bought out his contract. He signed with the Dallas Mavericks but only appeared in nine games before the waived him. That was his final NBA season as he spent 2023-24 playing overseas in Monaco.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kemba Walker reveals Michael Jordan moment that changed his career

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/reasons-why-kemba-walker-best-player-hornets-franchise-history');   ga('set', 'title', '3 reasons why Kemba Walker is the best player in Hornets franchise history');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/3-reasons-why-Kemba-Walker-is-the-best-player-in-Hornets-franchise-history.jpg"></figure><h1>3 reasons why Kemba Walker is the best player in Hornets franchise history</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-03T09:46:22-07:00">July 3rd, 9:46am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-03T09:46:53-07:00">July 3rd, 9:46am</time><address><a>Jerry Donatien</a>Jerry Donatien has worked for ClutchPoints since 2018. He is currently the company's Charlotte Hornets reporter, and he also does voiceovers on different sports stories. He worked the NBA All-Star weekend in 2019 and 2023, the NCAA woman's tournament, and he interned with Beasley Media group.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On July 2, 2024, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kemba-walker-officially-retires-from-basketball">Kemba Walker retired</a> from the game of basketball after 13 years. Walker played 12 years in the NBA and his final year in Europe for AS Monaco. His <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40483309/uconn-great-four-nba-all-star-kemba-walker-retires" rel="noopener">prime years were given</a> to the Charlotte Hornets though, who drafted him ninth overall back in the 2011 NBA Draft. Walker averaged 19.8 points per game and 5.5 assists in eight seasons in Buzz City. Three of his four All-Star appearances also came in his stint with Charlotte. Etching his name in the franchise history books and earning him the title of the greatest player in franchise history. Here are a few reasons why he does have that title.</p><h2><b>Kemba Walker’s name is all over Hornets record books</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/In-line-image-of-Kemba-Walker.jpg"><figcaption>Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>If you’re in a place long enough as a player, especially for a younger franchise, you’re bound to break records. Kemba Walker is first in four major stat categories for the Hornets: minutes played, points, field goals made, and three-point field goals made. He’s played 20,607 minutes, averaging 34 minutes per game, pouring in 12,009 points with 4,164 field goals and 1,283 three-point field goals made. He was a versatile three-level scorer and had one of the best crossovers in the game to create space no matter who was guarding him.</p><p>Kemba Walker is also second in franchise history in assists (3,308) and third in steals (799). Longevity in the NBA is rare, but having it with one team could be even crazier in the NBA. Of course it helps when the franchise is only 36 years old. Only Dell Curry and Muggsy Bogues played more games as a member of the Charlotte Hornets than Walker. As important as they are in franchise history, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-rumors-charlotte-considering-kemba-walker-reunion">Walker was a different breed</a> offensively in his prime.</p><h2><b>Loyalty to a franchise is valued over changing teams repeatedly</b></h2><p>Playing for one team in the NBA your entire career seems impossible these days. Seeing guys like Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, and Dirk Nowitzki playing for one franchise is an outlier now. Not to say Walker is on their level skill-wise, but he tried to be in terms of loyalty. He did not play with Charlotte his whole career, but put in eight long years of service to a franchise when he could’ve left earlier in his tenure. Providing electric moments throughout the season, clutch buckets, and putting butts in seats to watch the team play.</p><p>Unfortunately, Charlotte only made it to the postseason twice with Kemba on the roster in those eight seasons. Eventually, the organization had to pivot in a different direction since they were not able to build a contender in Charlotte in the Eastern Conference. Even so, their franchise point guard tried to remain loyal for as long as possible.</p><h2><b>Kemba Walker was the Hornets first real franchise player</b></h2><p>Guys like Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson can be argued as some of the best talents to come through the Charlotte organization. Mourning averaged 21 points his three seasons in Charlotte while averaging 10 rebounds and around three blocks. He made two All-Star teams in that span as well. Johnson spent five seasons with the team, won Rookie of the Year in 1992, and made two All-Star teams as well. Both guys accomplished a lot in a short period of time, but didn’t see it through.</p><p>Both guys left for greener pastures with different Eastern Conference powerhouses eventually. While Walker weathered the storm and hoped that a contender would form around him. It never really materialized, but he has the respect of the organization after hanging in there as long as possible. Longevity alone puts players in the conversation to be one of the best players for a team, but production at a high level takes you a notch higher.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

3 reasons why Kemba Walker is the best player in Hornets franchise history

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-jayson-tatum-jaylen-brown-deliver-retirement-message-kemba-walker');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics’ Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown deliver retirement message for Kemba Walker');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Jayson-Tatum-Jaylen-Brown-deliver-retirement-message-for-Kemba-Walker.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics’ Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown deliver retirement message for Kemba Walker</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-02T19:06:02-07:00">July 2nd, 7:06pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-02T19:06:02-07:00">July 2nd, 7:06pm</time><address><a href="https://nextmanupblog.medium.com/">Jay Postrado</a>Jay Postrado is a sports writer for ClutchPoints, with expertise in covering the NBA, NFL, MLB, Tennis, and Formula 1. He is a lifelong motorsports and tennis fan. Jay's need for speed may no longer be on the grid or courts but has stayed with him through writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After being known for his insane clutch gene in college all the way to being an All-Star, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kemba-walker-officially-retires-from-basketball">Kemba Walker has finally retired</a> from the game. There were a lot of things that he was known for like his stint with the Charlotte Hornets. However, he also played an instrumental part in the development of the Boston Celtics’ lethal duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. So, it was just fitting that the NBA Championships gave their former veteran some love.</p><h2><b>A lot of love for Kemba Walker</b></h2><p>“I’m done playing. It was a hell of a run. It was a run that I still can’t fathom today. I still can’t believe the things I’ve done in my basketball career, especially with all the doubt that I got coming in,” were the last words that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kemba-walker-reflects-nba-career-after-retirement-decision">Kemba Walker declared before quitting</a> the pursuit of basketball.</p><p>Understandably, everyone in the NBA world was shocked by the decision. He still had some juice to give but was just not getting any more opportunities in the league. The 34-year-old’s last stint was with the Dallas Mavericks. He played nine games with them before finding himself overseas. Nonetheless, Brown and Tatum showed some love for him, via Excel Sports.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Joe Mazzulla, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Marcus Smart, and Grant Williams all had nice farewell videos for Kemba Walker.</p><p>“It was an honor and a privilege to be your teammate. From a kid that literally grew up and watched you in the NCAA Tournament,” said Tatum.</p><p>(🎥 <a href="https://twitter.com/excelsm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@excelsm</a>) <a href="https://t.co/LDgDG3n2VJ">pic.twitter.com/LDgDG3n2VJ</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1808279165210087907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>While this was an unfortunate end to his career, his impact cannot be understated. He helped the Celtics become who they are at the moment. With his ball-handling and playmaking acumen, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum learned to be better all-around players. After all, he did play two seasons with the Celtics before moving on to suit up for the New York Knicks.</p><p>Even when he departed, he still impacted the Celtics. It was his trade that brought then Oklahoma City Thunder veteran Al Horford back to the Celtics back in 2021. Beantown then got their old leader back along with Moses Brown, and a 2023 second-round pick. The NBA Draft selection in 2023 was then used to acquire Jordan Walsh. He ended up helping the main Celtics roster and the G League squad in Maine.</p><p>Banner 18 had Walker’s prints written all over it. Unfortunately, he needed to be traded to reach the ultimate goal.</p><h2><b>His stint with the Celtics</b></h2><p>His run under Brad Stevens was arguably the last great <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/walkeke02.html" rel="noopener">stretch of his career</a>. In two seasons, he managed to average 19.9 points a game while knocking down 42.3% of his shots from all three levels of the field. Moreover, he was also able to drop four assists a night to help the Celtics play winning basketball. Unfortunately, he was not able to experience playing with an intense TD Garden roaring his name because those two seasons happened during the pandemic.</p><p>Walker was not only impactful on offense with the Celtics. He was also a great backcourt partner for Marcus Smart. A big evidence of this was the fact that he averaged a steal per game with the now Memphis Grizzlies guard. His all-around work was more than appreciated by this team.</p><p>It was a long career that had to end at some point. The Celtics faithful just need to be thankful that they were part of this insane run by a legendary player.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics’ Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown deliver retirement message for Kemba Walker

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He is also a producer at MLB Network Radio and covers college basketball for A10Talk. David graduated from George Washington in 2023, where he was the radio play-by-play broadcaster for their Men's and Women's Basketball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Kemba Walker <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kemba-walker-officially-retires-from-basketball">announced his retirement</a> from professional basketball on Tuesday on social media, officially marking the end of the four-time All-Star’s 13-year professional career. Walker’s illustrious career included stops with the Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, and Dallas Mavericks before playing his final season of pro basketball <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-kemba-walker-true-thoughts-nba-return-amid-monaco-deal">in Europe</a> for AS Monaco.</p><p>Walker also led Connecticut to a national championship in 2011, averaging 23.5 points, 4.5 assists, and 5.4 rebounds in one of the best individual seasons in college basketball history.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Thank you, basketball. <a href="https://t.co/gLUbQnZMP5">pic.twitter.com/gLUbQnZMP5</a></p><p>— Kemba Walker (@KembaWalker) <a href="https://twitter.com/KembaWalker/status/1808210766140788904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Kemba Walker joined the 7PM in Brooklyn podcast hosted by former Knicks superstar and NBA legend Carmelo Anthony and comedian and internet personality The Kid Mero to reflect on his decision to retire.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“I thank God for blessing me and my family with the opportunity to play basketball."</p><p>Kemba Walker announces his retirement in an exclusive convo with Melo and Mero on 7PM in Brooklyn <a href="https://t.co/VzOy2CvtqQ">pic.twitter.com/VzOy2CvtqQ</a></p><p>— 7PM in Brooklyn (@7PMinBrooklyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/7PMinBrooklyn/status/1808210531054150062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I’m done playing, it was a hell of a run, it was a run that I still can’t kind of fathom,” Walker said. “I still can’t believe the things I’ve done in my basketball career, especially with all of the doubt I got coming in to all levels.”</p><p>Kemba Walker then began thanking some of the most influential people in his life.</p><p>“I always had a great support system to take me through all of these obstacles… I just want to thank everybody,” Walker said. “My family, my Mom and my Dad are my number one supporters, they’re the reason I am who I am today.”</p><p>“All of my coaches, I can’t name all of my coaches but my junior high coach, one of the first guys who ever believed in me, his name is Karl Nickerson,” Walker continued. “He was making sure I worked, making sure I didn’t miss any practices, making sure I got home, whatever I needed he provided.”</p><p>“At the next level, at Rice in Harlem, my coach Moe Hicks taught me the game differently,” Walker said. “He made my transition so easy on every level. When I went from high school to college, the reason I could play right away was because of Moe Hicks.”</p><p>The full episode featuring Walker will be released on Friday.</p><h2>Kemba Walker announces retirement</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/07-02-24-Kemba-image.jpeg"><figcaption>© Sam Sharpe-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Walker first burst into the national spotlight in 2011 with the UConn Huskies when he eliminated the Pittsburgh Panthers in the Big East quarterfinal. It was in that game where he made one of the most famous plays in college basketball history, pulling off an ankle-breaking step-back jump shot that also earned him the nickname “Cardiac Kemba” due to his late-game heroics.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Step-back. WALKER … CARDIAC KEMBA!"</p><p>8 years ago today, the legend was born 😤 <a href="https://t.co/QETCE0jR6s">pic.twitter.com/QETCE0jR6s</a></p><p>— ESPN (@espn) <a href="https://twitter.com/espn/status/1104745254127833088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2019</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>After being drafted ninth overall in the 2011 NBA Draft by the Bobcats (now Hornets), Walker became one of the top scoring guards and playmakers in the league. His best season came in 2018-19 with the Hornets when he was selected to the All-Star team and All-NBA Third Team while posting averages of 25.6 points, 5.9 assists, and 4.4 rebounds. Walker is commonly regarded as the best player in Charlotte’s history.</p><p>Walker then signed with the Celtics and made his fourth and final All-Star team with Boston in 2019-20, averaging 20.4 points, 4.8 assists, and 3.9 rebounds while leading his new team to the Eastern Conference Finals.</p><p>Walker finished his NBA career with short stints on the Knicks and Mavericks before spending <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/kemba-walker-1.html" rel="noopener">this past season</a> in Europe with Monaco in the EuroLeague.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kemba Walker reflects on NBA career after retirement decision

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/kemba-walker-officially-retires-from-basketball');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kemba Walker officially retires from basketball');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/QP-NBA-news-Kemba-Walker-officially-retires-from-basketball.jpg"></figure><h1>Kemba Walker officially retires from basketball</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-02T11:58:31-07:00">July 2nd, 11:58am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-02T12:28:17-07:00">July 2nd, 12:28pm</time><address><a>Matt Wadleigh</a>Matt Wadleigh is the lead NCAA Football and NCAA Basketball editor for ClutchPoints, and he also specializes in MLB and NFL coverage. He was born and raised in Oceanside and resides in Fresno with his wife and two dogs. Matthew is a huge Southern California sports fan and a retired member of the Fresno State drumline.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After more than a decade, Kemba Walker has officially retired from the NBA. The<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/how-one-game-ruined-kemba-walker-nba-career"> ninth overall pick</a> in the 2011 NBA Draft <a href="https://x.com/KembaWalker/status/1808210766140788904" rel="noopener">announced the decision</a> on social media:</p><p>“I want to start that by thanking God for everything he has given me. Basketball has done more for me than I could’ve ever imagined, and I am super thankful for the amazing journey I’ve had. With that, I’m here to share that I am officially retiring from the game of basketball. This has all been a dream. When I look back, I still can’t believe the things I achieved in my career. I know I couldn’t have made it to this point without my incredible support system around me. There are so many people to thank – my mom, dad and entire family, my teammates who have become family, and the coaches who believed in me and brought out the best in me.”</p><p>“Basketball will forever be a part of my life so this isn’t goodbye. I’m excited for what’s next.”</p><p>Kemba Walker was one of the more electric playmakers during his early time in the NBA and during his time at UConn. But, after 12 years, he is retiring from playing basketball as he is set to begin a new chapter.</p><h2><b>Kemba Walker’s time in the NBA </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Knicks-Leon-Rose.jpg"><figcaption>© Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Walker spent time in the NBA with the Charlotte Bobcats, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, and Dallas Mavericks before finishing his basketball career overseas with AS Monaco. Walker was with the Bobcats/Hornets from 2011 until 2019, providing big minutes in a major role for the team.</p><p>He made the All-Star team four times in his career with three of those coming in Charlotte before he landed with the Celtics. He averaged 20 or more points per game in five seasons during his NBA run and had one year with 25.6 PPG. Walker was also named to the 2018-2019 All-NBA team, so he has plenty of accolades to be proud of.</p><p>Of course, Kemba Walker made a name for himself during his days at UConn, coining the nickname “Cardiac Kemba” during the Huskies’ stunning national title run in 2011. And this shot against Pitt in the Big East Championship began to recirculate on social media.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kemba Walker is calling it a career…</p><p>Never forget cardiac Kemba </p><p> <a href="https://t.co/feV3TQBQ9M">pic.twitter.com/feV3TQBQ9M</a></p><p>— Pickswise (@Pickswise) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pickswise/status/1808214016403374286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Walker joined the Knicks in 2021-2022 but played just 37 games. After that, he joined the Mavericks and played just nine games before going overseas to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-kemba-walker-hornets-uconn-post-nba-career-europe" rel="noopener">play with AS Monaco</a>, and he was grateful for that opportunity: “I’m playing basketball. I can’t complain at all… I’m in a great place. I’m in Monaco. I’m traveling the world. I’m getting to see Europe… I’m having a great time.”</p><p>While the last few years of Kemba Walker’s career didn’t go as planned, he was a staple for quite some time in the NBA and an electric player to watch, just like he was during his UConn days. Walker even had a <a href="https://x.com/NBA/status/1064012412469284865" rel="noopener">60-point game</a> in 2018 as a member of the Hornets, so he was fun to watch during his days in the NBA.</p><p>Kemba Walker hasn’t announced what his next chapter will be after stepping away from playing the game of basketball, but hats off to a terrific career.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kemba Walker officially retires from basketball

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/dalton-knecht-two-more-players-who-can-have-kemba-walker-esque-march-madness-run');   ga('set', 'title', 'Dalton Knecht and two more players who can have Kemba Walker-esque March Madness run');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/insert-player-and-x-players-who-can-have-Kemba-Walker-esque-March-Madness-run.jpg"></figure><h1>Dalton Knecht and two more players who can have Kemba Walker-esque March Madness run</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-03-16T07:58:16-07:00">March 16th, 7:58am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-03-16T07:58:16-07:00">March 16th, 7:58am</time><address><a>Scotty White</a>Scotty White is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has been in the sports journalism industry since 2020. He has covered athletics at the University of Michigan and the University of Southern California and is now serving as an Associate Editor and Chicago Bulls beat writer at ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NCAA Basketball</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Arguably the best sporting event of the year is just a few days away as March Madness will get started on Tuesday night with the First Four, and then the first round will get started on Thursday. Conference tournaments are wrapping up on Saturday and Sunday, and after the conclusion of the final game, the selection show will take place and we will <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/colorado-football-news-deion-sanders-epic-motivational-speech-caitlin-clark-march-madness" rel="noopener">have a March Madness bracket</a>. It’s the most wonderful time of the year.</p><p>There is so much to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/5-biggest-upsets-in-march-madness-history-ranked" rel="noopener">love about March Madness</a>, and the first week of the tournament is one of the best stretches in all of sports. Basketball begins at noon and there are countless good games all day and into the night. College basketball fans will be setting up multiple TVs to be able to take in as much March Madness action at once as humanly possible.</p><p>The upsets are always special as well. It seems like every season there is at least one underdog team that captures America’s heart and makes a surprise deep run in March Madness. For example, #16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson took down #1 seed Purdue last year and ended up putting up a good fight in the second round too. They lost to Florida Atlantic, however. Then, #9 said Florida Atlantic turned into the cinderella team as they marched all the way to the Final Four. Upsets are one of the best parts of college basketball, and something about March Madness brings them out. We will likely have a cinderella team to root for in the next week.</p><p>Another great part of March Madness are the historic performances put on by individual players. Every so often we will see a player completely take over a game and put their team on their back, and they sometimes carry their squad all the way to a national title. It’s always fun to watch. When it gets to the later stages of the tournament, everyone knows that player is getting the ball, and still, no one can stop him. Those kind of take overs are always extremely fun to watch in March Madness, and one of the best examples is Kemba Walker and his historic performances for UConn.</p><p>In 2011, Kemba Walker went on one of the most insane runs that we have ever seen in college basketball. It started before March Madness officially got going with the NCAA Tournament as he also led the Huskies to a Big East title that season, and his insane run began then. UConn rattled off 11 straight elimination game wins to go all the way to the national title game, and they won it. Walker put the team on his back, and it was incredible to watch.</p><p>Here is what Kemba Walker did <a href="https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2022-03-07/kemba-walker-college-basketball-stats-best-moments-quotes" rel="noopener">in all of those</a> 11 games:</p><ul><li>26 points, seven rebounds, five assists against DePaul</li><li>28 points, six rebounds, three assists against No. 22 Georgetown</li><li>24 points, five rebounds, five assists against No. 3 Pitt</li><li>33 points, 12 rebounds, five assists (with six steals!) against No. 11 Syracuse</li><li>19 points, two rebounds, three assists against No. 14 Louisville</li><li>18 points, eight rebounds, 12 assists against No. 14 seed Bucknell</li><li>33 points, six rebounds, five assists against No. 6 seed Cincinnati</li><li>36 points, three rebounds, three assists against No. 2 seed San Diego State</li><li>20 points, four rebounds, seven assists against No. 5 seed Arizona</li><li>18 points, six rebounds, seven assists against No. 4 seed Kentucky</li><li>16 points, nine rebounds against No. 8 seed Butler</li></ul><p>We haven’t seen anything quite like it since, but there have been some good examples in March Madness that have been close. It’s something that people always look for, and there are some players in college basketball this season that have the potential to put their team on their back and go on a crazy run like Kemba Walker did. Here are a few players with that potential.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Boo-Buie-takes-the-ball-up-the-court-against-Wisconsin.jpg"><figcaption>© Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h2><b>Dalton Knecht, Tennessee</b></h2><p>Dalton Knecht may have been the best transfer portal pickup for any team this season. He came to Tennessee from Northern Colorado, and he has been a star this season. He is averaging 21.1 PPG and he has been a big help for the Volunteers this season and he is a big reason why they have been able to find so much success.</p><p>Tennessee won the regular season SEC title, but they did drop their first game in the SEC Tournament. Rick Barnes and the Volunteers are known for their March Madness shortcomings, but Dalton Knecht is a player that can get them over the hump. He has shown the ability to score in bunches as he has scored over 30 points four times this season. Knecht can take over a game, and Tennessee is going to need that player to come out of him if they are going to make a deep run in the tournament.</p><h2><b>Boo Buie, Northwestern</b></h2><p>Boo Buie and Northwestern lost to Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament on Friday, but Buie showed exactly why he has the ability to completely take over a game and lead his team past anyone. He was on fire to start the game and had 16 points in the first nine minutes of the game. Unfortunately for Buie and the Wildcats, he went down awkwardly shortly after that and he never looked quite the same. Northwestern had an early 11-point lead, but once Buie slowed down, things started to go in Wisconsin’s favor.</p><p>The Wildcats lost the game, but if Buie hadn’t had his awkward fall, it could’ve been different. He had absolutely zero help in that game and he didn’t look like he was at 100% for a lot of it. If he can stay healthy during the NCAA Tournament and play like he did before he got banged up on Friday, he and Northwestern can surprise some people in March Madness.</p><h2><b>Caleb Love, Arizona</b></h2><p>Arizona has been highly ranked all season long and they should end up as a two or a three seed in March Madness. However, they haven’t looked great as of late as they lost as big favorites to Oregon and USC in the past week, and we have to remember that while they have a lot of wins this season, they did play in the Pac-12. They aren’t as battle tested as the other top teams in college basketball.</p><p>If Arizona is going to make a run, they need Caleb Love to be special, and he has the ability to do so. He is another transfer player that worked out well, and he ended up winning Pac-12 player of the year. Love has a ton of confidence, and when he is on, he is very hard to stop. Arizona’s March Madness fate could very well fall on the shoulders of Love and how is able to perform throughout the tournament.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dalton Knecht and two more players who can have Kemba Walker-esque March Madness run

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-news-kemba-walker-hornets-uconn-post-nba-career-europe');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kemba Walker keeps it real on playing basketball in Europe');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Kemba_Walker_keeps_it_real_on_playing_basketball_in_Europe.webp"></figure><h1>Kemba Walker keeps it real on playing basketball in Europe</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-12-18T16:34:32-08:00">December 18th, 4:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-12-18T16:43:56-08:00">December 18th, 4:43pm</time><address><a>Nick Meyer</a>Nick Meyer is a sports writer for ClutchPoints based in the Metro Detroit area. He has covered everything from Major League Baseball to the NFL, UFC, and College Football.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Kemba Walker is one of the most beloved figures in the history of Connecticut basketball and the Charlotte Hornets franchise, an athletic and explosive guard who took over games with a combination of speed, streaky shooting and athleticism.</p><p>Walker played nine games for the Dallas Mavericks during the 2022-2023 season, his last in the National Basketball Association after twelve seasons.</p><p>Recently, a rookie Eastern Conference guard was paid a big-time compliment when his game was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pistons-news-jalen-duren-compares-marcus-sasser-kemba-walker-26-point-outburst-bucks" rel="noopener">compared to Kemba Walker’s</a>. The one game that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/how-one-game-ruined-kemba-walker-nba-career" rel="noopener">ruined Walker’s otherwise successful career</a> in the NBA was revealed.</p><p>On Monday, Walker’s thoughts on playing overseas were finally unveiled.</p><h2><b>Walker’s Basketball Second Life</b></h2><p>Walker, a 6-foot, 184 pound guard, currently wears his <a href="https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/as-monaco/roster/mco/" rel="noopener">familiar #15 jersey</a> for AS Monaco in the small country on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.</p><p>With a points-per-game average of just 3.5, a far cry from his NBA average of 19.3 you might think Walker wouldn’t be enjoying his time overseas.</p><p>Walker appears happy to be playing overseas according to a recently released video interview.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“I’m playing basketball. I can’t complain at all… I’m in a great place. I’m in Monaco. I’m traveling the world. I’m getting to see Europe… I’m having a great time.”</p><p>Kemba Walker on his experience playing in Europe 🗣️</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/BasketNews_com?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BasketNews_com</a>)<a href="https://t.co/UFOzeAJCuh">pic.twitter.com/UFOzeAJCuh</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1736858820872384556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Fans, Readers React to Walker’s New Life on X</b></h2><p>Fans and commenters responded to Walker’s video update with candor on X.</p><p>“Good for him!!! Some of y’all are some weirdos and love jokin on dudes when they get down/hit a rough patch,” one reader said. “Glad he isn’t letting it get to him and he has the right perspective.”</p><p>“Yeah still hooping no need to complain,” another reader added.</p><p>Walker led the Connecticut basketball team to a 2011 NCAA championship with an MVP performance in the title game. The Huskies won 53 to 41 over the Butler Bulldogs, who were led by Matt Howard, Shelvin Mack and others.</p><p>Walker had a game-high 16 points in that game.</p><p>His NBA career high for a season is 25.6 points, set in 2018-2019  with the Charlotte Hornets.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kemba Walker keeps it real on playing basketball in Europe

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pistons-news-jalen-duren-compares-marcus-sasser-kemba-walker-26-point-outburst-bucks');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pistons’ Jalen Duren compares Marcus Sasser to Kemba Walker after 26-point outburst');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pistons-news-jalen-duren-compares-marcus-sasser-to-kemba-walker-after-26-point-outburst-vs-bucks.jpg"></figure><h1>Pistons’ Jalen Duren compares Marcus Sasser to Kemba Walker after 26-point outburst</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-11-09T10:55:35-08:00">November 9th, 10:55am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-11-09T10:55:35-08:00">November 9th, 10:55am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Detroit Pistons may not have picked up a win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-giannis-antetokounmpo-3-word-message-after-ejection-win-vs-pistons" rel="noopener">falling just short</a> by a score of 120-118, but they had an extremely encouraging outing that showed they can battle the best of them when they want to. A big reason they managed to hang with Milwaukee was because of Marcus Sasser, whose big night prompted a unique comparison from Jalen Duren.</p><p>After a bit of a slow start to his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pistons-biggest-concern-about-marcus-sasser-nba-summer-league-performance" rel="noopener">rookie campaign</a>, Sasser has begun to score more and more points as his role has expanded. After dropping 19 and 22 points in games earlier in November, Sasser one-upped that total with a big night against Milwaukee (26 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 11-17 FGM), and nearly helped his team pick up an upset victory. After the game, Duren <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeACurtis2/status/1722655885351059920" rel="noopener">compared</a> Sasser to another undersized guard who had a lot of success in the NBA in Kemba Walker.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Jalen Duren about Marcus Sasser’s career-night. He said he reminds him of former NBA All-Star Kemba Walker. <a href="https://t.co/iLKHT6ogzM">pic.twitter.com/iLKHT6ogzM</a></p><p>— Mike Curtis (@MikeACurtis2) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeACurtis2/status/1722655885351059920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The main concern with Sasser coming out of college was his size, as he’s listed at 6’2, 195 pounds, which is undersized even for a point guard in the NBA. He’s a bit bigger than Kemba Walker (6’0, 184 pounds), but Marcus Sasser reminded Jalen Duren of the talented former Charlotte Hornets guard for his ability to get buckets against defenders that are sometimes a whole foot taller than he is.</p><p>Walker’s career went downhill fast thanks to some serious knee injuries, but Sasser possesses the same ability to score points in bunches that Walker had during the peak of his career. The Pistons have a ton of talented young guards at their disposal, but if Sasser continues to play like this, they are going to have to find a way to continually make him a part of their rotation.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pistons’ Jalen Duren compares Marcus Sasser to Kemba Walker after 26-point outburst

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/kemba-walker-euroleague-primary-goal-nba-departure');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kemba Walker’s primary goal after leaving NBA, joining EuroLeague’s Monaco');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Kemba-Walker_s-primary-goal-after-leaving-NBA-joining-EuroLeague_s-Monaco.jpg"></figure><h1>Kemba Walker’s primary goal after leaving NBA, joining EuroLeague’s Monaco</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-17T08:03:43-07:00">August 17th, 8:03am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-17T08:05:04-07:00">August 17th, 8:05am</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In his prime, Kemba Walker was one of the best point guards in the NBA. During the 2018-19 season, he ended up playing in all 82 games for the Charlotte Hornets, averaging 25.6 points and 5.9 assists per game en route to making his third straight All-Star appearance. He went on to make his fourth and final All-Star appearance with the Boston Celtics the following season.</p><p>An electric scorer in the backcourt who is the <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHA/leaders_career.html" rel="noopener">Hornets’ all-time leading scorer</a>, Walker is no longer in the NBA, as he decided to sign a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kemba-walker-signs-new-team-not-nba" rel="noopener">contract overseas with AS Monaco</a>.</p><p>Due to his various injuries through the years and his inability to be effective with both the New York Knicks and Dallas Mavericks the last couple of seasons, there was no interest across the NBA in Walker. His overall production had declined on the offensive-end of the floor and now 33 years old, no team was willing to take a chance on an older player with a history of leg injuries.</p><p>This is what prompted Walker to embark on a <a href="https://www.eurohoops.net/en/euroleague/1540330/kemba-walker-wants-to-help-euroleague-grow-bigger/" rel="noopener">new journey in the EuroLeague</a> with AS Monaco, something he is very excited about given the opportunity in front of him.</p><p>“I hope I can help increase the notoriety of the EuroLeague,” Walker said after arriving to his new team, per EuroHoops.net. “To increase the style of play and just built it up more. It’s a big step. Something different. I’m just looking forward to the opportunity. I just want to play basketball and what better place to be than Monaco. It’s going to be fun times.”</p><p>With Monaco, Walker will team up with Mike James, Elie Okobo, Donta Hall, Jarron Blossomgame and Petr Cornelie, all of which played in the NBA over the last several years.</p><p>After 12 seasons in the NBA, it appears as if Walker’s professional career will end overseas. In a total of 750 NBA games since the start of the 2011-12 season, Walker averaged 19.3 points, 5.3 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game while shooting 41.8 percent from the floor and 36.0 percent from three-point range. A four-time All-Star and a member of the 2018-19 All-NBA Third Team, he will forever go down as one of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-10-greatest-players-in-franchise-history-ranked" rel="noopener">greatest players in Hornets history</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kemba Walker’s primary goal after leaving NBA, joining EuroLeague’s Monaco

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/how-one-game-ruined-kemba-walker-nba-career');   ga('set', 'title', 'How one game ruined Kemba Walker’s NBA career');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Knicks-Kemba-Walker.jpeg"></figure><h1>How one game ruined Kemba Walker’s NBA career</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-10T10:00:30-07:00">August 10th, 10:00am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-10T10:28:10-07:00">August 10th, 10:28am</time><address><a>Derick Quinanola</a>With a proficient background in basketball, NFL, and football, Derick Quinanola uses his knowledge to write blogs for readers that are both entertaining and informative. He has been writing with Clutchpoints for years and has developed an understanding of the type of content fans resonate with.You can follow him on Twitter @Dderick10</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Evergreen</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-kemba-walker-true-thoughts-nba-return-amid-monaco-deal" rel="noopener">Kemba Walker was one</a> of the few top-10 picks the Charlotte Hornets had under Michael Jordan that found success. He was a three-time All-Star in his eight seasons and led them to the playoffs twice but with no playoff series wins. After playing in the least number of games in his career during the 2020-2021 season with the Boston Celtics, his career began to go in a downward spiral.</p><h2><b>Kemba Walker’s path to the NBA</b></h2><p>Walker was one of the most talked about prospects in college basketball. He led the UConn Huskies to the 2011 NCAA championship and went on one of the most successful March Madness runs of all time. Despite his lack of size, Walker relied on his speed, shooting, and crafty dribbling to get himself open. In fact, he was the leading scorer of the nation during his junior year.</p><p>Walker would have his struggles as he started his NBA career. After getting picked 9th by the Hornets (previously named the Bobcats), the NBA went on a lockout. Once the season started and ended, the Hornets had the lowest win percentage in NBA history finishing with a record of 7-59 (.106). The team would show improvement with Walker as the lead point guard but never resulting in a deep playoff run.</p><p>After losing superstar guard Kyrie Irving in free agency, the Celtics signed Walker to a four-year deal worth $141 million. He would be named an all-star his first season, but that’s when Walker’s career started to crash.</p><h2>The downfall of Kemba Walker</h2><p>In the days leading up to the game, the Celtics medical staff imposed a strict 20-minute restriction on Walker. This was done to avoid any major swelling on his left knee. However, during the game he <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/allstar/NBA_2020.html">played</a> exactly 29 minutes and 10 seconds, finishing with 23 points and three assists.</p><p>The extra minutes caused Walker’s knee to swell up, causing him to have his <a href="https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-celtics/2020/02/21/celtics-kemba-walker-all-star-game-injury/#:~:text=MINNEAPOLIS%20%E2%80%94%20Celtics%20point%20guard%20Kemba%20Walker%2C%20who,received%20an%20anti-inflammatory%20injection%2C%20coach%20Brad%20Stevens%20said.">knee drained </a>which had him sidelined for three weeks. When he returned, his game began to falter. Walker <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/player/splits/_/id/6479/type/nba/year/2020/category/perGame#:~:text=Pre%20All%2DStar,Post%20All%2DStar">went from averaging</a> 21.8 points, 5.0 assists, and 4.1 rebounds pre-all-star to only averaging 14.4 points, 3.8 assists, and 2.8 rebounds the rest of the season.</p><p>Walker was then traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2021 for Al Horford, then immediately asked to be bought out to sign with the New York Knicks. His last stint in the NBA was playing for the Dallas Mavericks on a 10-day contract. On July 21, 2023, Walker signed with Euro League club AS Monaco to try and get his career back on track.</p><p>At 33 years old, Walker still has a lot to offer a championship contender in the NBA. Hopefully, this short stint playing outside the Association will be enough to get him back on a team by next season.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UPtlDG8MQ-c">Whatever Happened To Kemba Walker? 👀 I Clutch #Shorts – YouTube</a></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How one game ruined Kemba Walker’s NBA career

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/inside-kemba-walker-11-25-million-former-mansion-with-photos');   ga('set', 'title', 'Inside Kemba Walker’s $11.25 million former mansion, with photos');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Inside-Kemba-Walker_s-11.25-million-mansion-with-photos.jpg"></figure><h1>Inside Kemba Walker’s $11.25 million former mansion, with photos</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-01T08:07:16-07:00">August 1st, 8:07am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-01T08:07:16-07:00">August 1st, 8:07am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/spencersee10" rel="facebook">Spencer See</a>Spencer is a part-time NBA writer at ClutchPoints. In his free time, he either goes fishing or watches basketball. He is also a life-long fan of LeBron James.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Evergreen</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>At his peak, Kemba Walker has shown that he can be a baller, especially in his prime for the Charlotte Hornets. He was a four-time All-Star, who once made the All-NBA team. In fact, he is perhaps the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-10-greatest-players-in-franchise-history-ranked" rel="noopener">Hornets’ greatest player in franchise history</a>.</p><p>But despite his efforts, Walker hasn’t been able to sign with a team in the NBA for the 2023-24 season. In fact recently, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kemba-walker-signs-new-team-not-nba" rel="noopener">Walker signed with AS Monaco</a> of the Euroleague. But given Walker’s basketball talent, have you ever wondered how a guy like him lives? Well, wonder no more. This article features Kemba Walker’s $11.25 million former mansion in Brookline, Mass.</p><p>Back in 2019, Walker had just wrapped up a solid stint with the Hornets. Fresh from a season that saw him make the All-NBA Third Team, Walker attracted the interest of several NBA teams, particularly the Boston Celtics.</p><p>As a free agent, the All-NBA team selection joined the Celtics. While doing so, it wasn’t surprising that Walker also picked up a home in the area. Fancying a Brookline mansion, the four-time All-Star shelled out $11.25 million from his pockets.</p><p>Two years later, Walker would depart the Celtics and play for the New York Knicks before switching to a Dallas Mavericks uniform. Now no longer with the Celtics, Walker <a href="https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/kemba-walker-sells-brookline-mass-mansion/" rel="noopener">sold his Massachusetts property</a> for an undisclosed amount. Fast forward to today, it seems like Walker’s former estate has returned to the market, this time for rent. One just needs to cough up $70,000 on a monthly basis to live like an NBA All-Star.</p><p>Here are some photos of Kemba Walker’s $11.25 million former mansion in Brookline.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m2035160729od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m2842200361od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m3890193710od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m716937883od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m1648076407od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m2659134031od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m1342653351od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m3208300606od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m1588212820od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m144733783od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m1187607359od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m4178368329od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m2393203229od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m1845121854od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m104881830od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m438210397od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m1600283122od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m812362641od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m2641653858od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m1732029491od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m3049018758od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m3516170359od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m2269147384od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bace79b2351a9a1f0d831b26ca3410bl-m400563998od-w1024_h768_x2.webp"></figure><p>Photos courtesy of: <a href="https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/Brookline_MA_02445_M40405-01192" rel="noopener">Realtor</a></p><p>Originally completed in 2019, Walker’s former home sits on 1.5 acres of land. The mansion itself encompasses 9,592 square feet of living space. It includes six bedrooms and eight bathrooms.</p><p>The mansion features a pair of grand staircases at the entrance, a modern kitchen equipped with top-quality appliances, a spacious living room, a formal dining room, several indoor lounge areas, a library, a family room, and a master bed suite with an enormous walk-in closet and a luxurious bathroom.</p><p>Most of the property’s features are inside the home. As a result, there isn’t much outdoor space. In fact, most of the backyard is taken up by a large driveway leading to the garage. Furthermore, there are also some green spaces, which could be used for planting.</p><p>Walker was once a rising point guard. As a result, it isn’t surprising that he could afford to live in a luxurious mansion like this one. Although he no longer plays in the NBA, Walker will still earn a solid paycheck in the Euroleague. According to Celebrity Net Worth, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kemba-walkers-net-worth-in-2021" rel="noopener">Walker has a net worth</a> of around $20 million, which has remained consistent over the last couple years.</p><p>Nevertheless, this is all the information that we have on Kemba Walker’s $11.25 million former mansion in Brookline.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Inside Kemba Walker’s $11.25 million former mansion, with photos

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-bruce-brown-reveals-blake-griffin-kemba-walker-welcome-nba-moments');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers’ Bruce Brown reveals how Blake Griffin, Kemba Walker gave him his ‘welcome to the NBA’ moments');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/pacers-bruce-brown-kemba-walker-blake-griffin-pacers-bruce-brown.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers’ Bruce Brown reveals how Blake Griffin, Kemba Walker gave him his ‘welcome to the NBA’ moments</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-24T10:38:06-07:00">July 24th, 10:38am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-24T10:38:06-07:00">July 24th, 10:38am</time><address><a>Jack Deignan</a>Jack Deignan is an artist of many mediums who grew up playing every sport under the sun, contributing to his extreme passion for all major US sports today. He split his youth between the cities of Chicago and Cleveland and now resides in Los Angeles, as he recently received his undergraduate degree in English and Film &amp; Tv from UCLA. When not following and writing about sports, Jack loves to make music, design, write stories and try new things.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Indiana Pacers new guard Bruce Brown is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-bruce-brown-gets-real-epic-failure-nikola-jokic-drunk" rel="noopener">having a big NBA offseason</a> after winning an NBA Finals with the Denver Nuggets. He is making headlines once again with his ‘welcome to the NBA’ <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1683521725634420742?s=20" rel="noopener">moments involving former teammates</a> Blake Griffin and Kemba Walker, via the Run Your Race Podcast.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Theo Pinson: "What was your welcome to the NBA moment?"</p><p>Bruce Brown: “I would say I have two. I think when I first got with the team and I was next to Blake [Griffen]. Then I'd say guarding Kemba [Walker]… All year Kemba torched me."</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/TidalLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TidalLeague</a>)<a href="https://t.co/vLdLfuYrV0">pic.twitter.com/vLdLfuYrV0</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1683521725634420742?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“When I first got to Vegas, and I was next to Blake [Griffin]…I was like damn, that’s BG…then I would say guarding Kemba [Walker], torching my ass. All year, Kemba torching me…that was with the Hornets…I hated playing him…”</p><p>Bruce Brown gives two pivotal moments that let him know that he had officially arrived in the NBA. The first was the first time he was standing next to Blake Griffin, as Griffin had a lot more notoriety coming into the league than Brown did. He said this moment was big because it just showed him the caliber of players he would be playing against.</p><p>The next was in his early career playing with the Charlotte Hornets when Kemba Walker was the main guy for the franchise. He said that all year Walker would kill him in practice and it simply was demoralizing having to guard him day in and day out.</p><p>Fast forward to today and Bruce Brown is a much more predominant player than Griffin and Walker in the active NBA. Griffin has been relegated to a bench role while <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-kemba-walker-true-thoughts-nba-return-amid-monaco-deal" rel="noopener">Walker recently announced plans</a> to go play overseas; meanwhile, Brown just signed a very lucrative deal in NBA free agency with the Pacers to become one of their starting guards. It is safe to say that the ‘welcome to the NBA’ moments for Bruce Brown weren’t enough to keep him from going after his goals.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Bruce Brown reveals how Blake Griffin, Kemba Walker gave him his ‘welcome to the NBA’ moments

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/clippers-news-nicolas-batum-fires-kemba-walker-as-monaco-downgrade-narrative');   ga('set', 'title', 'Clippers’ Nicolas Batum fires back at Kemba Walker’s AS Monaco career downgrade narrative');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Clippers-news-Nicolas-Batum-fires-back-at-Kemba-Walker_s-career-downgrade-narrative-after-AS-Monaco-move.jpg"></figure><h1>Clippers’ Nicolas Batum fires back at Kemba Walker’s AS Monaco career downgrade narrative</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-24T00:45:37-07:00">July 24th, 12:45am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-24T00:45:37-07:00">July 24th, 12:45am</time><address><a>Jay Postrado</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Kemba Walker has been through a lot during his NBA. He has not been the same ever since his stint with the Charlotte Hornets ended. The UConn basketball legend hoped to reclaim his former All-Star glory but it was just not meant to be. Kemba is making a career revival as he enters a new chapter with the Euroleague’s AS Monaco. Los Angeles Clippers player Nicolas Batum even supported his former Charlotte Hornets teammate.</p><p>Both players have had illustrious careers and are continuing their professional basketball journey. Although, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-kemba-walker-true-thoughts-nba-return-amid-monaco-deal" rel="noopener">Kemba Walker is set to play</a> in the Euroleague while Nicolas Batum stays with the Clippers in the NBA.</p><p>A lot of fans thought that this was a downgrade and created a narrative around it. Batum posits otherwise and argues that Kemba is better off overseas than in any other league. He even outlined how great of an opportunity it was for his former Hornets teammate<a href="https://twitter.com/nicolas88batum/status/1683104031563030532" rel="noopener"> in a Twitter post</a>.</p><p>“It’s not given to every good player to move to the 3rd best team in Euroleague and live in South of France. Knowing the level of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kemba-walker-signs-new-team-not-nba" rel="noopener">competition in the Euroleague</a>, it’s a pretty good move after what Kemba went through the last couple of months,” Batum said in response to a post by NBA Memes.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">It’s not given to every good player to move to the 3rd best team in Euroleague and live in South of France. </p><p>Knowing the level of competition in Euroleague, it’s a pretty good move after what Kemba went through the last couples months <a href="https://t.co/meQ9PmODvu">https://t.co/meQ9PmODvu</a></p><p>— Nicolas Batum (@nicolas88batum) <a href="https://twitter.com/nicolas88batum/status/1683104031563030532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p> </p><p>Not a lot of stars get the respect that they deserve after exploring opportunities outside of the NBA. Walker’s decision to go for AS Monaco might suit him well and eventually rile him back up to the league. One thing is for sure and that is Nicolas Batum and a lot of fans have Cardiac Kemba’s back.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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