4-time NBA All-Star Kemba Walker has signed a one-year contract with AS Monaco of the EuroLeague. After enjoying 12 seasons with the Charlotte Bobcats, Charlotte Hornets, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, and most lately the Dallas Mavericks, Walker is making the transfer abroad for the very first time in his profession.
After being waived by the Mavericks on January 6, 2023, Walker failed to draw any sort of curiosity from NBA groups. At 33, he nonetheless has lots left within the tank and will likely be desperate to show to the world that he can nonetheless play at a excessive degree. His take care of his new membership is without doubt one of the largest switch offers in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague history.
Walker averaged 19.3 factors, 5.3 assists, and three.8 rebounds in 750 regular-season video games within the NBA. Unfortunately, he suffered a number of knee accidents that hindered his recreation at essential phases in his profession, the primary one being again in 2015 when he tore the lateral meniscus in his left knee. In the 2020-21 season as a member of the Boston Celtics, Walker missed a number of video games as a result of knee soreness and ultimately obtained a stem cell injection in his left knee thereby resulting in a 12-week strengthening program.
With his harm issues now seemingly behind him, Walker now strikes on to the following chapter in his life with AS Monaco. The most attention-grabbing half is that Monaco completed third final yr within the EuroLeague and beat Victor Wembanyama and Metropolitans 92 to win the French professional league title.
Which different former NBA gamers have performed abroad aside from Kemba Walker?
Eric Bledsoe, who final performed for the Los Angeles Clippers within the 2021-22 season, is at present enjoying for the Shanghai Sharks within the Chinese Basketball Association. Along with Bledsoe, former NBA gamers Tacko Fall and Thon Maker characterize the Xinjiang Flying Tigers and the Fujian Sturgeons respectively within the CBA.
Former NBA Champion and 3-time Defensive Player of the Year, Dwight Howard is enjoying for the Taoyuan Leopards in Taiwan the place he’s placing up monstrous numbers on a nightly foundation. Another very fashionable massive man, DeMarcus Cousins is enjoying for the Mets de Guaynabo in Puerto Rico. Apart from present gamers, former legends of the sport have examined competitors overseas as effectively. The checklist consists of massive names like Allen Iverson, Stephon Marbury, Scottie Pippen, Magic Johnson, and Dominique Wilkins.
