(12-01-2022, 03:10 PM)F Gump Wrote: The article you used to paint a rosy picture was over two seasons ago.
Since that article, he
1 returned and meh'ed it up,
2 got dumped by BOS to OKC (BOS bribed them to take him),
3 got dumped by OKC (couldn't dump him on anyone, so waived him),
4 signed with NY (with the same hopes as in BOS),
5 in just a few months dumped by NY (idled, then bribed DET to take him),
6 dumped by DET (waived), and
7 the entire NBA declined to offer him a deal at any price
There is plenty of evidence in that to say he's no longer the guy with explosive star potential, and is more likely to be just a guy. His knees are shot. Like with Facu, I hope he is way better than his recent track record, but rationally I'm not expecting much. You usually get exactly what you pay for, and he's playing on the cheapest NBA deal possible.
I didn't paint a rosy picture, not sure how you read that into my reference.
I referenced that article because it had some detail about his knee issue and how treating it might compare to other star players like Kobe & T-Mac.
If wanted to paint a rosy picture I could have referenced his 44 point explosion just late last year for the Knicks against the Pacers:
https://sports.yahoo.com/kemba-walkers-4...ccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANmdLjWA2kYZIP_JbKaEIPtXkoSy5WhFe558GKU5cbdHNW2hWu_ELJb9vBou_PvhkJX_IvB8t_R7Le_QEikxjrf4K_NxMnTEdSwN_d57nkvoWICRw6MfP3tntMdpgoCTCxmsLiiFhSCSgaQ983IBKCqRq_okji0kOTpL1ld8m1lf
Quote:...
Walker is lighting up scoreboard since return from benching
... He has scored 29, 21 and now 44 points in consecutive games, but the Knicks are 1-2 since his return.
Kemba had MSG rocking Thursday
The Knicks looked ready to stop their slide on Thursday as Walker torched the Wizards for 28 first-half points. Before he capped the half with an acrobatic floater to secure a 63-57 halftime lead, Knicks fans serenaded him with a "Kemba Walker!" chant.
Or we could just reference some of last season highlights with the Knicks like: https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/35130333
Wow, now THAT would be a (misleadingly) rosy picture.
I didn't paint that. What I was talking about is that Facu has never been a guy on the level of Kemba.
The link was about the issue with Kemba's knees which will likely indicate the most how much a guy multi time former All star Kemba can be for Dallas and if he can help the team at all.