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NBA Legend Antoine Walker Signs With Stampede

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  1. Clips/Roxfan

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    Idaho Stampede Basketball

    NBA Legend Antoine Walker Signs With Stampede

    By Amanda Maynard

    Idaho Stampede:

    BOISE, Idaho, October 27, 2011 – The Idaho Stampede has announced three-time NBA All-Star Antoine Walker has signed with the NBA Development League and will report to training camp with the Idaho Stampede, which begins November 14.

    Walker (6-9, 245, Kentucky) played 43 games (39 starts) with the Stampede in 2010-11, averaging 16.0 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 33.4 minutes per game. Walker had four double-doubles on the season, all coming in the last six games of the year. Walker scored a season-high 29 points at Dakota on Jan. 16 and grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds on March 26 at Austin.

    “I can’t wait to get back to Boise,” Walker said. “It’s a great place to live and I’m hoping I can help this team make the playoffs and win a championship – we’ve got some unfinished business to tend to.”

    A veteran of 12 NBA seasons, Walker has career averages of 17.5 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 893 games (707 starts). Walker made All-Star game appearances in 1998, 2002 and 2003, starting alongside Michael Jordan in the 2002 game in Philadelphia.

    Walker has played for the Boston Celtics (seven-plus seasons), Dallas Mavericks (one season), Atlanta Hawks (part of one season), Miami Heat (two seasons) and Minnesota Timberwolves (one season). His last stint in the NBA was in 2007-08 with the T’Wolves, playing 46 games (1 start).

    In the NBA playoffs, Walker has career averages of 16.1 points, 7.1 Rebounds and 2.9 assists per game in 64 games. Walker averaged 13.3 points per game with the Miami Heat in 2005-06 when the club won its first-ever NBA Championship.

    Walker was the sixth overall selection in the 1996 NBA Draft, making the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 1997. Stampede Head Coach Randy Livingston was taken 42nd overall in that same draft class.

    Before his professional career, Walker played two seasons at the University of Kentucky under coach Rick Pitino. The Wildcats won the NCAA Championship in 1996 with Walker averaging 15.2 points and 8.4 rebounds per game.

    Born August 12, 1976, Walker is a former McDonald’s All-American from Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, Ill.

    Walker last played in the NBA with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2008-09; he then signed with the Guaynabo Mets, a team in the Puerto Rican Baloncesto Superior Nacional basketball league.

    http://www.kivitv.com/sports/132745873.html
     
    #1 Clips/Roxfan, Oct 27, 2011
  2. da_juice

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    Thought he already tried to make it back through the D-league.

    Also, don't know who considers him a legend, I certainly don't.
     
    #2 da_juice, Oct 27, 2011
  3. johnstarks

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    Dunno whose shimmy was more annoying: Toine's or Mark Jackson's.
     
    #3 johnstarks, Oct 27, 2011
  4. sinobball

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    Legend in terms of jacking up wild 3 pointers.
     
    #4 sinobball, Oct 27, 2011
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    I never really cared for him during his "heyday," but I'm rooting for him to make it back. He has fallen on hard times and it would be a good story if he could get back in the league.
     
    #5 jdh008, Oct 27, 2011
  6. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    In before dinosaur walk
     
    #6 REEKO_HTOWN, Oct 27, 2011
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  8. lalala902102001

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    NBA "Legend"? Toine ain't no legend.
     
    #8 lalala902102001, Oct 27, 2011
  9. DaDakota

    DaDakota If you want to know, just ask!

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    Why is he not playing in Europe?

    DD
     
    #9 DaDakota, Oct 28, 2011
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    Why do you shoot so many threes?

    Because there are no fours.
     
    #10 MamboRock, Oct 28, 2011
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    #11 sinobball, Oct 28, 2011
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    lmao @ "legend". Hardly.
     
    #12 izeroi, Oct 28, 2011
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    One of the best and most versatile players to have played in last 20 years.

    Well deserved champion.
     
    #13 Zboy, Oct 28, 2011
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    Legend?

    He has reached myth status. I have a shrine dedicated to him.
     
    #14 Jontro, Oct 28, 2011
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    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/G2y8Sx4B2Sk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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    by which team?
     
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    Yesterday I saw his picture on NBA.com when they had an article on the D-league which starts tomorrow.

    However, come Thanksgiving time...
     
    #17 sinobball, Nov 24, 2011
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    wait... I thought there were restrictions on who plays in D league.
     
    #19 dachuda86, Nov 24, 2011
  20. swyyyguy

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    antoine walker - ncaa champion, nba champion, 3-time all-star

    y'all mad?
     
    #20 swyyyguy, Nov 24, 2011
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