only takes one year, the competition for trading + buyout + snow
NBA preseason is in full swing. However, in the offseason free trading market, there are still many players who are still looking for their new owners. Among them, not only those free agents who have not found a new job, but also Kemba Walker , which was traded to the Detroit Pistons by the Knicks , and also find a new player in the trading market. That's right, as a player who played the role of team leader in the Charlotte Hornets, Walker's NBA career in the past few years was not very ideal.
especially in the past year, not only were they traded to Oscar by Celtics , but they were also bought out by Thunder . at last. He finally won the favor of the New York Knicks, but because of his defensive shortcomings, he was not favored by head coach Thibodeau and was tragically hidden by the team. So, the first time the free market opened in this offseason, the Knicks traded it to the Detroit Pistons. However, as a team that has been rebuilt for many years, Pistons has finally accumulated some young players with talent to be developed in the past two years, and naturally, they will not allow Walker to destroy the team's reconstruction.
Therefore, as soon as Walker was traded to Pistons , he expressed his attitude and would immediately talk to the team about the buyout. But I never expected that more than three months had passed, and Walker, who had made a bold statement to buy out, regretted it!
boldly said he would buy out and leave the team, but he could never find the next one
According to Walker's idea at the time, after he reached a buyout agreement with the team, a large number of teams in the free market would send invitation contracts. However, when Walker released the news of buying out and leaving the team, there was no team in the league, and he sent him an olive branch. Even if his agent team knocked on the door of the league's general manager one by one, they could not find a new owner for Walker. Now that the free market continues to deepen, the new season is getting closer and closer. Walker, who has always refused to sign the buyout agreement, finally lifted the stone and shot himself in the foot.
During the media interview, Walker admitted that the Pistons did not contact him on his own initiative and told him that he would be bought out. He even said at one point that he was willing to play any role in the team, whether it was a starter or a substitute. From the player who most wanted to reach a buyout agreement with the team to now taking the initiative to show goodwill to the team, Walker has lost his last stubbornness. But in fact, if you stay with the Detroit Pistons, which are mainly young, Walker may not even have the chance to play on the bench in the new season. It's so sad that before last year's offseason, he was still the starting core of Celtics , and this offseason became a poor person with no ball to play.
32 years old without a ball to play, who is sad about him?
In terms of personal ability, Walker's fuel tank is completely oily. At 32, he was able to score 11.6 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists in the Knicks' average of 25.6 minutes per game last season. If he converts his playing time to 36 minutes, Walker obviously still has the All-Star data performance. But luck makes people feel bad. Walker has been suffering from injuries in recent years, and his attendance rate is simply unbearable. Even if he has good contributions to average data, he cannot guarantee a stable output.
Moreover, as the movement becomes slower and slower, Walker's defensive shortcomings are infinitely amplified, becoming the biggest breakthrough point for opponents to score points and chase points. Sometimes choice seems to be more important than talent. The new season is getting closer and closer, and Walker's chances of playing in the new season are indeed getting smaller and smaller.
