Celtics guard Kemba Walker, who was teammates with Marvin Williams for five seasons in Charlotte, said he spent several weeks trying to convince the veteran forward to join him in Boston when he was eventually bought out by the Hornets, according to Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe. After Williams joined the rival Bucks instead, Walker called up his longtime teammate to congratulate him on his new deal.
“He said that he wished he could have gotten to Boston with me, but I’m just happy for him,” the Celtics’ All-Star point guard said, per Himmelsbach. “That’s my guy, man. That’s one of my favorite teammates I’ve ever been around. That’s my vet. I was upset that we didn’t get the chance to get him, but I’m happy for him. He deserves it. He’s been in the league for a very long time. He works hard. He deserves to be on a winning team.”
The Celtics figure to keep a close eye on the buyout market in the coming weeks, though they’ll have to waive a player from their 15-man roster if they want to bring anyone in.
Here’s more from around the Atlantic:
- Following last week’s trade deadline, Sixers general manager Elton Brand said he believes in Brett Brown‘s ability to lead the team. However, as Malika Andrews of ESPN writes, the 76ers’ GM stopped short of guaranteeing Brown would keep his job for the rest of the 2019/20 season. “I’m not going to play what-ifs,” Brand said. For what it’s worth, the team was mired in a four-game losing streak at the time of Brand’s comments and is 2-0 since then.
- Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer explores what sort of roles newly-acquired bench pieces Alec Burks and Glenn Robinson III will play for the Sixers, suggesting that Robinson may end up with a more defined role.
- Kyrie Irving‘s right knee sprain will sideline him through the All-Star break, according to Malika Andrew (Twitter link), who says the Nets have ruled out the star point guard for Wednesday’s game vs. Toronto.
Brett Brown is a stiff and tomato can.
I will give Brand maybe the benefit of the doubt, Duke is a top academic school and since he graduated from there, that tells me something, but I am sure he got some help in putting that team together. Anyway, my point is (roundabout) the Sixers need a new head coach and it has been a long time coming! We’ll see if it happens though!
Brand left duke after his sophomore season unless he went back and got his degree he didn’t do it in 2 years lol
Ha! Should have looked that up
Oh well.
Lol You don’t have to “go back” anymore to get ur degree. He likely attained his Duke degree from his home laptop.
They won’t get rid of him until their season is over though. He needs to go. There’s no reason the Sixers are battling to play home court first round of the playoffs
Whatever happens or does not happen Brett Brown is a complete disaster
Brooklyn is at Boston on March 3, so the earliest Irving would come back is March 4.
You get a hat tip and thumbs up for this one. Good stuff.