Absent from the courts since February, the 32-year-old leader Kemba Walker has signed up with the Dallas Mavericks.
Kemba Walker is going to play basketball again! Nearly ten months after his last appearance on the court, with New York, the 32-year-old leader has signed with Dallas and will try to resume the thread of his career. While the Mavericks remained on four defeats in a row (before beating Golden State on Tuesday), they decided to trust the quadruple All Star (from 2017 to 2020) in order to give some depth to this workforce, of which Luka Doncic is the superstar. “We wanted to add some flexibility to our offense. Like last year at this stage, we have excellent shooting quality, especially from 3 points, but we are struggling to put in enough. Kemba will give J-Kidd more offensive flexibility,” Mavs owner Mark Cuban said.
Walker cut by Detroit in October
Kemba Walker should be training with the Texans this Wednesday, but the date of his first game is not yet known. The Mavericks have two away games scheduled, in Detroit on Thursday and New York on Saturday. Chance of the calendar, these are the last two teams of Kemba Walker! Arrived at the Knicks in the summer of 2021 (at the same time as Evan Fournier), the former star of Charlotte then found his hometown, but the experience turned to the flop. Disturbed by his knee injuries, he could only play 37 games (11.6pts, 3.5pds and 3rbds on average in 26 minutes) before being permanently dismissed by Tom Thibodeau in February. This summer, the New York franchise then sent Walker to Detroit on Draft night. But he never wore the Pistons jersey, who cut him before the season resumed. Free of any contract, he is committed until the end of the season with the Mavs. But will we ever see the great Kemba Walker again, who scored more than 25 points on average during his last season in Charlotte? It’s probably his knees that will decide. In any case, this arrival is not likely to give more playing time to our French leader Frank Ntilikina…
