Antoine Walker shimmied his way to Puerto Rico

Mr. Space City · Mar 10, 2010

The last we heard from Antoine Walker(notes), he was in massive debt — $4 million, massive. Since then, not much.

He hasn't played in an NBA game in more than two years, and the last transaction involving the former Celtic star was a buyout after not playing a minute for the Memphis Grizzlies.

But according to Peter May's Yahoo! Sports report, Walker is playing professional basketball again. Kind of.

According to reports coming out of the island, Walker's deal with the Guaynabo Mets is for one month, guaranteed, as they want to see what kind of shape he's in. He is reportedly being paid $7,000 a week. Another former NBA player, Marcus Fizer, also joined the Mets at the same time. They started the season 4-0 according to the standings posted on Latinbasket.com.

Walker at least has a profile on LatinBasket, so there's something happening there. However, there's no stats or really anything except a headshot. Very strange.

According to May's report, Walker tried to land a deal in the Chinese Basketball Association, new home of Stephon Marbury(notes). With their inflated statistics and hefty paychecks, the CBA would have been a perfect fit for 'Toine. But it wasn't meant to be.

Instead, Walker's working as a hired gun where he'll have to prove that he's in basketball condition, which has never been the big guy's specialty. He'll have to prove something, as a month of playing basketball for $7,000 a week will leave him, oh, just $3.95 million short of repaying his debts. Furthermore, Walker still has a DUI case against him, and is still awaiting trial for his arrest for writing bad checks at casinos.

Let's just hope 'Toine can revive the shimmy in Puerto Rico. Then, maybe, he can turn his life around. I think that's how the song goes.
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remember the shimmy

SirCharlesFan · Mar 10, 2010

the best moment of my college life was my obese roommate doing an antoine shimmy after hitting a 3 to pull our intramural team within 30.

lmaballa · Mar 10, 2010

SirCharlesFan said:

the best moment of my college life was my obese roommate doing an antoine shimmy after hitting a 3 to pull our intramural team within 30.
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haha...

RocketRedd45 · Mar 10, 2010

SirCharlesFan said:

the best moment of my college life was my obese roommate doing an antoine shimmy after hitting a 3 to pull our intramural team within 30.
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within 30 lmao

MingMingDynasty · Mar 10, 2010

I remember back in the day when was CyberToine. Wish we had more people in the NBA with like him.

Clips/Roxfan · Mar 18, 2010

http://usversusthem.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/puerto-rican-parade.jpg

Way to go Puerto Rico...

LCII · Mar 18, 2010

Clips/Roxfan said:

http://usversusthem.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/puerto-rican-parade.jpg

Way to go Puerto Rico...
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I didnt know how an Antoine Walker topic could be better....but now I do.

redwhiteone · Mar 19, 2010

remember the shimmy

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I didn't know Antoine shimmied his way to independence :grin:

kaleidosky · Mar 19, 2010

wow, I hooped with a guy that plays in this league (and his friend who was aspiring to play there)

They were really good compared to me, of course...maybe the best player I've ever played against (the one who was already in the league). But I was able to at least play with them. Which means Antoine has fallen so, so far (it just hits home that much more...and is that much funnier!)

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