Kids, save your money

[ShoogarBear]

Or you'll end up like Antoine . . .

http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/12/07/antoine-walker-second-chance-nba-d-league/


Antoine Walker has officially begun his NBA comeback in the NBA D-League, a week and a half after FanHouse's initial report, and will suit up for the Idaho Stampede against the Dakota Wizards on Wednesday evening in Boise, Idaho.

Walker, a three-time NBA All-Star and 12-year NBA veteran, will join a Stampede team that has lost its first seven games of the season but features former NBA draft picks Luke Jackson and Salim Stoudamire and is helmed by Randy Livingston, an 11-year NBA veteran himself. Assistant coach Greg Minor also has a connection with Walker, as the two were teammates for three seasons as members of the Boston Celtics.

"I'm excited about the opportunity to get to play basketball at a competitive level and also excited and thankful that the Idaho Stampede and Randy are giving me this opportunity to play. I love the game," Walker said during a press conference Tuesday in which the Stampede announced the acquisition.

[ALVAREZ6]

what a terrible player he was

[KapitanTutan]

bummer

[baseline bum]

Maybe they'll let him shoot 4s in the NBDL.

[peskypesky]

the back story

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2009/10/25/former_celtics_star_antoine_walker_pursued_by_cred itors_as_wealth_vanishes/

"Near the cabaret bar, the deputies spotted the former Celtics all-star forward, chatting with a group of friends. Harrah’s security officials moved in, discreetly escorting him into an office where the deputies bound the 6-foot-9-inch, 245-pound Walker’s hands behind his back with two pairs of handcuffs and placed him under arrest on an outstanding warrant.

The charge: writing 10 bad checks for casino markers totaling $1 million in Las Vegas.

...A Globe review found that, during the last seven months, Walker has been pursued by multiple financial institutions for unpaid debts totaling more than $4 million. Court documents filed in Illinois and Florida reveal Walker was named a defendant in three recent debt-related civil cases, in addition to the ongoing check-kiting case. His former agent is also after him, citing a heap of unpaid fees.

...Several National Basketball Association sources, among them friends and former teammates of Walker’s, said the 33-year-old player may well have squandered much of his $110 million-plus in career earnings. Without a team or contract as the new NBA season begins Tuesday, they’ve heard that Walker is casting about for cash to pay off his debts and is looking to catch on with a team, perhaps even overseas."

[j.dizzle]

squandered much of his $110 million-plus in career earnings.
How stupid can your ass get?

[TheManFromAcme]

Maybe they'll let him shoot 4s in the NBDL.


:lol:lol

[Agloco]

Or you'll end up like Antoine . . .

http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/12/07/antoine-walker-second-chance-nba-d-league/


the back story

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2009/10/25/former_celtics_star_antoine_walker_pursued_by_cred itors_as_wealth_vanishes/

"Near the cabaret bar, the deputies spotted the former Celtics all-star forward, chatting with a group of friends. Harrah’s security officials moved in, discreetly escorting him into an office where the deputies bound the 6-foot-9-inch, 245-pound Walker’s hands behind his back with two pairs of handcuffs and placed him under arrest on an outstanding warrant.

The charge: writing 10 bad checks for casino markers totaling $1 million in Las Vegas.

...A Globe review found that, during the last seven months, Walker has been pursued by multiple financial institutions for unpaid debts totaling more than $4 million. Court documents filed in Illinois and Florida reveal Walker was named a defendant in three recent debt-related civil cases, in addition to the ongoing check-kiting case. His former agent is also after him, citing a heap of unpaid fees.

...Several National Basketball Association sources, among them friends and former teammates of Walker’s, said the 33-year-old player may well have squandered much of his $110 million-plus in career earnings. Without a team or contract as the new NBA season begins Tuesday, they’ve heard that Walker is casting about for cash to pay off his debts and is looking to catch on with a team, perhaps even overseas."

I'd like to believe that these guys get extensive financial counseling when they sign those contracts. If not, it definitely behooves Stern to protect his "investments" in this regard. Not that classes will stop a sufficient amount of stupidity, as in the case of Walker. Just wondering what sort of support systems players have in place. Most have never held a minimum wage job much less handled millions of dollars. One would figure that fear of going back to where you came would be sufficient for most. Perhaps not though.

110 million.......that's just an asinine amount of money. I wouldn't even know where to begin to spend that. Maybe Spurs season tickets, but besides that......

[duncan228]

Antoine Walker’s D-League debut looks pretty good (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/09/antoine-walker%e2%80%99s-d-league-debut-looks-pretty-good/)
Kurt Helin

At age 34, after having been out of competitive basketball for two years, what does Antoine Walker really have left in the tank?

Maybe a little something, after reading reports of his first game with the Idaho Stampede. Walker, teamed with Blazers first rounder and new D-Leaguer Luke Babbitt, got Idaho its first win of the season, and had 13 points on 5-11 shooting, six rebounds and three assists, according to Scott Schroeder of FanHouse (http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/12/09/antoine-walker-solid-in-d-league-debut/).

The best description of his night (http://www.celticsblog.com/2010/12/9/1865801/antoine-walker-shows-mixed-bag-in-idaho-stampede-debut) came from Jay King of Celtics Blog.


Walker, as he has always done, made his coaches smile (his distribution yesterday was fantastic), and frown (one three-pointer fell a yardstick short of the rim). He could handle the ball like no other big man on the floor; like few guards, really. He took too many three-pointers (of course he did; he finished 0-3), but at his best Walker was driving by slower, less creative bigs. He was finding open shooters in the corner. He was utilizing the many basketball talents God gifted to him, talents Walker has so often squandered with poor decision-making and conditioning. And yes, he also notched his first D-League technical foul.

Walker’s conditioning — always an issue in the best of times — needs a lot of work. As you would expect. But maybe, just maybe there is still something there of value to an NBA team. We’ll have to see how he looks as the rust shakes off over the next few weeks.