While his “homecoming” in New York could have been one of the great stories of last season, it quickly turned into one of the most disappointing cases of the 2021/22 financial year.
Pure New Yorker, born in the Bronx, the 32-year-old leader had thus joined the club of his hometown during the 2021 offseason, the Knicks relying on the local product to try to bring a little stability to a position of leader hit by instability for too long. On paper, it was the ideal scenario.
In fact, it was unfortunately very disappointing, the former Connecticut disappearing from Tom Thibodeau’s rotation quite early in the season, due to a fragile physique and significant defensive limits. Before ending his season prematurely in February, the Knicks technician definitely no longer counted on him.
” It wasn’t a hard decision, to be honest. It was even a selfish decision “Assured “Cardiac Kemba” after the incredible victory of the Mavericks against these same Knicks. ” I wanted to find sensations. And at this time of the season, I was no longer playing. So it didn’t make much sense to stay. »
Today with the Mavericks, therefore, which he joined in early December, after a transfer from New York to Detroit during the summer, then an amicable departure from the Pistons at the start of the school year, Kemba Walker returned, with the hindsight, on this return to basics missed in the “Big Apple”, last season.
” I’m from New York. So I will always support my team. I have absolutely no resentment. It was a great experience, which meant a lot to me. I will always remember the match at the Garden, when the public chanted my name [ndlr : Kemba Walker enregistrait un triple-double contre les Hawks, lors du « Christmas Day » 2021 au Madison Square Garden, déclenchant l’ovation du public à sa sortie]. It was an awesome feeling » he assured. ” I remain a product of New York. I have memories there that I will remember and cherish for a long time. »
| Kemba Walker | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2011-12 | CHA | 66 | 27 | 36.6 | 30.5 | 78.9 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 12.1 |
| 2012-13 | CHA | 82 | 35 | 42.3 | 32.2 | 79.8 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 17.7 |
| 2013-14 | CHA | 73 | 36 | 39.3 | 33.3 | 83.7 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 17.7 |
| 2014-15 | CHA | 62 | 34 | 38.5 | 30.4 | 82.7 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 17.3 |
| 2015-16 | CHA | 81 | 36 | 42.7 | 37.1 | 84.7 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 20.9 |
| 2016-17 | CHA | 79 | 35 | 44.3 | 39.9 | 84.7 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 23.2 |
| 2017-18 | CHA | 80 | 34 | 43.1 | 38.4 | 86.4 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 22.1 |
| 2018-19 | CHA | 82 | 35 | 43.4 | 35.6 | 84.4 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 25.6 |
| 2019-20 | BOS | 56 | 31 | 42.5 | 38.1 | 86.4 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 20.5 |
| 2020-21 | BOS | 43 | 32 | 42.0 | 36.0 | 89.9 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 19.3 |
| 2021-22 | NYK | 37 | 26 | 40.3 | 36.7 | 84.5 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 11.7 |
| 2022-23 | LAD | 5 | 24 | 42.0 | 25.0 | 84.2 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 12.8 |
| Total | 746 | 33 | 41.8 | 36.0 | 84.0 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 19.4 | |
