{"id":517302,"date":"2022-11-28T15:35:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T12:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kemba-walker-nearing-deal-with-mavericks-after-knicks-flop\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T15:35:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T12:35:57","slug":"kemba-walker-nearing-deal-with-mavericks-after-knicks-flop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kemba-walker-nearing-deal-with-mavericks-after-knicks-flop\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kemba Walker nearing deal with Mavericks after Knicks flop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a419a18b851a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a419a18b851a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kemba-walker-nearing-deal-with-mavericks-after-knicks-flop\/#%E2%80%9CKemba_Walker_nearing_deal_with_Mavericks_after_Knicks_flop%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Kemba Walker nearing deal with Mavericks after Knicks flop&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CKemba_Walker_nearing_deal_with_Mavericks_after_Knicks_flop%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Kemba Walker nearing deal with Mavericks after Knicks flop&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Kemba Walker may finally be on the verge of finding a new team.<\/p>\n<p>After his Knicks homecoming went bust last season, the 32-year-old Bronx native is nearing a deal with the Dallas Mavericks, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marcstein.substack.com\/p\/mavericks-close-in-on-kemba\">Marc Stein reports<\/a>. The team is \u201cin advanced talks\u201d with the point guard, Stein says, and a contract could be signed this week.<\/p>\n<p>Walker has not played a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> since Feb. 16. A week later, Walker and the Knicks agreed he would not play the rest of the season after dealing with knee issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew there was risk involved [signing Walker],\u201d Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said after the agreement was announced. \u201cWe thought it was worth it. There were some good moments. If he\u2019s healthy, he\u2019s good. So, that\u2019s about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Kemba-Walker-triple-double-Knicks.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Kemba Walker (8) drives against the Hawks' Bogdan Bogdanovic during a Knicks win on Dec. 25, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-24808618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Kemba-Walker-triple-double-Knicks.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Kemba-Walker-triple-double-Knicks.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Kemba-Walker-triple-double-Knicks.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kemba Walker (8) drives against the Hawks\u2019 Bogdan Bogdanovic during a Knicks win on Dec. 25, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Knicks-NBA-trade-deadline-2022.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Kemba Walker (8) shoots during the Knicks' game against the Timberwolves on Jan. 18, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-24808619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Knicks-NBA-trade-deadline-2022.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Knicks-NBA-trade-deadline-2022.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Knicks-NBA-trade-deadline-2022.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kemba Walker (8) shoots during the Knicks\u2019 game against the Timberwolves on Jan. 18, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All the hype surrounding the four-time All-Star\u2019s homecoming didn\u2019t materialize into a significant boost for the Knicks. While he had his moments \u2014 including a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le-double in a Christmas Day win over the Hawks \u2014 ultimately Walker averaged 11.6 points and 3.5 assists in 37 games, the lowest averages of his career. His 40.3 shooting percentage was also his lowest since 2014-15.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks traded Walker to the Pistons in a draft-night deal in June, and Detroit waived Walker before the start of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Mavericks (9-10) have lost four straight and are currently in 11th place in the Western Conference, which is so bunched up that they\u2019re only four games behind the first-place Suns. Stein reports that Dallas wants Walker to help with outside shooting off the bench.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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After his Knicks homecoming went bust last season, the 32-year-old Bronx native is nearing a deal with the Dallas Mavericks, Marc Stein reports. The team is \u201cin advanced talks\u201d with the point guard,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":517303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/newspress-collage-24808553-1669638346834.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&1669620389&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[136309,80610,71057,79381,72932],"class_list":["post-517302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-11-28-22","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-kemba-walker","tag-nba-free-agency","tag-new-york-knicks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}