Before tonight’s game at Madison Square Garden, Kemba Walker told reporters he gave serious thought to signing with the Knicks over the summer, relays Ian Begley of SNY.tv. New York had the cap space to add two max-level free agents, and Walker would have been a nice alternative after Kyrie Irving opted for the Nets.
“It was (a consideration). It was,” Walker said. “They were definitely one of the teams I was looking at in free agency. But I picked Boston. I just felt it was a better fit for me.”
It would have been a homecoming for Walker, who grew up in the Bronx and had plenty of friends and family on hand tonight for his first trip to the city as a Celtic.
Walker denied a rumor that he chose a different market because he didn’t want to deal with the distractions of playing in his hometown.
“I think it can be a distraction just because you obviously grew up there, you know so many people,” Walker said. “But that wasn’t the case for me. It wasn’t even about that. It was just more about the fit and style of play and things of that nature and I just thought that Boston was the best fit and opportunity for me.”
Should’ve picked the Mavs. KP and Luka are looking pretty good right about now.
I’m glad he stayed in the east.
Isn’t Luka the PG
Ahhhh it brings me relief to know that the knicks and Ainge are on the same wave length. When your backup plan is literally the same as the knicks it doesnt bode well for the direction of the team. Itd be good to actually know where browns value is at on his new deal before spending max money on a guy like kemba. when you take a big gamble on a player like brown living up to his potential youd hope that diligence is paid to negate smaller gambles like Walker just as easily slipping and scoring 16-19ppg as he would 21-24ppg. Brown is currently anvoverpay, Heyward an albatross (currently atleast), can ainge really afford to have Kemba Walker put up so-so numbers. After the aforementioned deals and the irving trade, methinks not.
Hayward’s contract isn’t as bad as CP3’s, but it’s still an albatross.
I will take CP3 any day of the week and twice on Sundays over Hayward, not even close!!!
Hayward is owed about 66 more million dollars. Chris Paul is owed around 120 more million dollars. You’d rather have Paul and pay him 56 million more?
For sure, dude! Look at the numbers, CP3 is good still, Hayward never was as good and now is just a shadow.
When you miss out on Lebron and pass on trading role players for George, Kawhi and AD these are the kinds of moves you have to make. This is almost as bad as when the Lakers had to sign Mozgov and Deng.
Okay, now it’s obvious you’re just trolling.
Im just giving Celtic fans a taste of their own medicine. Maybe they should have not been so vocal during 2017-18.
Kemba Walker is a very good NBA PG. Wasn’t he 3rd team All-NBA? I’d rather have him than Kyrie. Kyrie was a move that didn’t work out. Kemba is a good move.
If Heyward is healthier and plays more like the guy they hired to play, that will go a long way. An all-star big man would be nice. They have had all these picks. I expected another move with the 3-1st rounders this past draft to acquire an impact player. But maybe they hit on a couple of those picks.
Kyrie >>>>> Kemba
Kemba made 1 third team, kyrie last year was second team. Kyrie has twice as many all star games and is 2 years younger, Kyrie is also an NBA Champion.
Statistically Kyrie gets more points, more assists and more rebounds. He’s also slightly better at blocking and stealing. He also more efficient from FG%, 3P% and FT%.
Kyrie is literally better than Kemba in every way. The Knicks on Kyrie was he didn’t gel well with the team.
Better in every way except team player.
What kind of team success has Kemba had? Because Kyrie has more playoff wins and a championship.
No, LeBron does, Kyrie has never won anything or even come close without him.
They’re all team titles… Irving was key on a run of title contenders… Nobody called him a cancer then… he’s just not a good leader is all, never was.
Irving became a cancer the minute he demanded a trade out of Cleveland for some down dumbass stupid, selfish reason. He’s already ruined the two franchises he played with. He’s this generation’s Stephan Marbury.
Leave Starbury alone! Learn some respect, man!
Good point, about Irving; IDK about Marbury so much. I started coming back to the NBA dog-and-pony show when James entered and officiating style became less crucial.
Why not let the season play out before judging this current roster. I like what I see in these last two games, the Philly game seemed more like preseason for both teams. Brown, Haywood, and Tatum all seem comfortable playing with Walker. And I see real potential in Grant Williams, Robert Williams, and Carson Edwards.
Lol quit playing thats like saying oh yea I really considered the redskins in free agency
Knicks have potential. They are potentially the worst team in the league. The worst coaches, worst management, worst announcers (Clyde stinks, face it) and of course, the worst name in all of sports.
[The term “Knickerbockers” traces its origin to the Dutch settlers who came to the New World – and especially to what is now New York – in the 1600s. Specifically, it refers to the style of pants the settlers wore…pants that rolled up just below the knee, which became known as “Knickerbockers”, or “knickers”.]
Ahhh ha ha ha