Antoine Walker

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Basketball player
Antoine Walker
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Player information
Full name Antoine Devon Walker
birthday 12th August 1976 (age 44)
place of birth Chicago , Illinois , United States
size 206 cm
Weight 111 kg
position Power Forward / Small Forward
college Kentucky
NBA draft 1996 , 6th pick, Boston Celtics
Clubs as active
1996–2003 Boston Celtics 2003–2004 Dallas Mavericks 2004–2005 Atlanta Hawks 2005 Boston Celtics 2005–2007 Miami Heat 2007–2008 Minnesota Timberwolves 2010 Guaynabo Coquistadores 2010–2012 Idaho Stampede ( D-League ) United StatesUnited States
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Antoine Devon Walker (born August 12, 1976 in Chicago , Illinois ) is a retired American basketball player who was active in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1996 to 2008 .

Walker was appointed to the roster of the NBA All-Star Games three times (1998, 2002, 2003) and was in the starting five in 2002 . In 2006 he was able to win the NBA championship with the Miami Heat . In his NBA career, he averaged 17.5 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 893 games.

Career

Youth and college

The eight-foot tall walker attended Mount Carmel High School when he was a teenager . He later moved to the University of Kentucky , where he below the famous college coach Rick Pitino champion in the NCAA Men's Division 1 Basketball Championship was the 1996th He was named MVP and selected sixth by the Boston Celtics in the annual NBA Draft that same year .

NBA

For his first year performance as a professional player, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team . With the Celtics he was active until 2003 and reached the final of the Eastern Conference in the 2001/02 season , where they had to admit defeat 2: 4 against the New Jersey Nets . During his time in Boston, Walker was one of the best forwards in the league. In seven years with the Celtics he averaged around 20 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 4 assists per game.

Shortly before the start of the 2003/04 season , Walker was transferred to the Dallas Mavericks . Here he could not prevail due to strong competition and was handed over to the Atlanta Hawks after only one year . In return, Jason Terry joined the Mavericks. Even with the Hawks, Walker did not last long and so he returned to the Boston Celtics during the 2004/05 season .

August of the same year was part of the largest transfer in NBA history: Walker and 12 other players were traded by five different clubs. He was transferred to the Miami Heat , with whom he was able to win the 2006 NBA championship.

Walker won the 2006 NBA championship with the Miami Heat

On October 24, 2007 , Walker was sent to the Minnesota Timberwolves along with Michael Doleac , Wayne Simien, a first-round draft pick and funds in exchange for Ricky Davis and Mark Blount . With the Wolves, Walker missed the playoffs that he had always reached in six years before.

On June 26, 2008, Walker was transferred again. In the package with his teammates Marko Jarić , Greg Buckner and OJ Mayo , who was elected third in the draft , he moved to Tennessee to the Memphis Grizzlies . The Timberwolves got Mike Miller , Jason Collins , Brian Cardinal and the rights to Kevin Love in return . However, Walker did not play a game for the Grizzlies and was released from his contract that same year.

Since 2009

After he spent the 2009/2010 season in Puerto Rico and played there for the Guaynabo Coquistadores, he tried to return to the NBA for the 2010/11 season . He completed a trial with the Charlotte Bobcats , but received no contract for the season.

He then joined the Idaho Stampede in the NBA D-League . On December 9, 2010, he made his debut for Stampede in an 83 to 80 win against the Dakota Wizards and contributed 13 points to the win. He played for the team for two years and announced the end of his playing career in April 2012 after the last game of the season.

Achievements and Awards

Others

  • Walker has already been robbed twice: once in July 2000, together with Nazr Mohammed when leaving a restaurant, and in 2007, in his own house.
  • Walker graces the cover of EA Sports' 1999 video game NBA Live .
  • On May 18, 2010, Walker had to file for bankruptcy due to insolvency.

NBA statistics

Legend
  GP Matches played (Games Played)   GS  Games from the beginning (Games started)  MPG  Graduated minutes per game (Minutes per game)
 FG%  Throw rate from the field (field goal percentage)  3P%  Throwing quota three-point throws (3-point field-goal percentage)  FT%  Free throw rate (free-throw percentage)
 RPG  Rebounds per game (rebounds per game)  APG  Assists per game (assists per game)  SPG  Steals per game (steals per game)
 BPG  Blocks per game (blocks per game)  PPG  Points per game (points per game)  FAT  Career record

Regular season

season team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1996-97 Boston 82 68 36.2 .425 .327 .631 9.0 3.2 1.3 .6 17.5
1997-98 Boston 82 82 39.9 .423 .312 .645 10.2 3.3 1.7 .7 22.4
1998-99 Boston 42 41 36.9 .412 .369 .559 8.5 3.1 1.5 .7 18.7
1999-00 Boston 82 82 36.6 .430 .256 .699 8.0 3.7 1.4 .4 20.5
2000-01 Boston 81 81 41.9 .413 .367 .716 8.9 5.5 1.7 .6 23.4
2001-02 Boston 81 81 42.0 .394 .344 .741 8.8 5.0 1.5 .5 22.1
2002-03 Boston 78 78 41.5 .388 .323 .615 7.2 4.8 1.5 .4 20.1
2003-04 Dallas 82 82 34.6 .428 .269 .554 8.3 4.5 .8th .8th 14.0
2004-05 Atlanta 53 53 40.2 .415 .317 .534 9.4 3.7 1.2 .6 20.4
2005-06 Boston 24 24 34.5 .442 .342 .557 8.3 3.0 1.0 1.1 16.3
2005-06 Miami 82 19th 26.8 .435 .358 .628 5.1 2.0 .6 .4 12.2
2006-07 Miami 78 15th 23.3 .397 .275 .438 4.3 1.7 .6 .2 8.5
2007-08 Minnesota 46 1 19.4 .363 .324 .530 3.7 1.0 .7 .2 8.0
total 893 707 35.3 .414 .325 .633 7.7 3.5 1.2 .5 17.5
All star 3 1 13.3 .350 .300 .500 2.0 1.3 .7 .0 6.0

Playoffs

season team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001-02 Boston 16 16 43.9 .411 .385 .781 8.6 3.3 1.5 .4 22.1
2002-03 Boston 10 10 44.0 .415 .356 .500 8.7 4.3 1.7 .4 17.3
2003-04 Dallas 5 5 28.0 .361 .100 .571 10.0 2.4 1.2 .6 9.8
2004-05 Boston 6th 6th 37.3 .413 .368 .636 7.3 2.3 1.2 1.0 16.7
2005-06 Miami 23 23 37.5 .403 .324 .574 5.6 2.4 1.0 .3 13.3
2006-07 Miami 4th 0 23.0 .405 .500 .818 2.3 1.5 .5 .2 11.8
total 64 60 38.5 .406 .352 .663 7.1 2.9 1.2 .4 16.1

Web links

Commons : Antoine Walker  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ espn.com - Walker returns to Celtics in shocker
  2. ↑ nba.com/timberwolves - Wolves Nab First-Round Pick and Three Players From Heat
  3. ↑ startribune.com/sports/wolves - McHale says Love-for-Mayo swap made sense for many reasons
  4. ↑ Idaho Stampede Star Antoine Walker To Retire After 12 Years In NBA, Ends Career In D-League. In: inquisitr.com. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Chicago Tribune: 2 NBA PLAYERS ROBBED IN HOLDUP. In: chicagotribune.com. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Chicago Tribune: NBA star robbed at gunpoint. In: chicagotribune.com. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
  7. ^ Austin Bankruptcy Attorney: Antoine Walker Files for Bankruptcy - View the Documents Here. ( Memento of June 17, 2010 on Internet Archive ) Archived from Bankruptcy4Austin — website; Austin, TX, May 29, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Walker, Antoine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walker, Antoine Devon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois