Former All-Star Guard Kemba Walker announces his retirement
Kemba Walker played as a member of the Hornets, Celtics, Knicks and Mavs throughout his career in the NBA He has been a 4-time NBA All-Star.
By From NBA.com News Services
Jul 03, 2024 11:12 AM
Kemba Walker scored 12,009 point for the Hornets to establish the record for all-time points scored by a team.
Kemba Walker has been the most prolific scorer in Charlotte Hornets history and a four-time all-star over all of his 12 NBA seasons. Kemba Walker has announced his retirement from basketball on Tuesday.
Walker was an athlete in AS Monaco of the Euroleague during the season. He spent eight seasons as a member of the Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets (2011-19), two seasons playing for the Boston Celtics (2019-21) and one season as a player of both the New York Knicks (2021-22) and Dallas Mavericks (2022-23) in his NBA career.
In his social media post, Walker wrote: “Basketball has been more beneficial in my life than what I imagined, and I am extremely thankful for the amazing experience I’ve experienced. So, I’m pleased to announce that I’m officially stepping down in basketball.
“This was a goal that I thought about for quite a while. In retrospect I’m amazed by what I achieved during my professional life. “
Thank you, basketball. pic.twitter.com/gLUbQnZMP5
— Kemba Walker (@KembaWalker) July 2, 2024
Forever a Buzz City legend pic.twitter.com/SNpGTPNd9O
— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) July 2, 2024
6 feet tall, the 6-footer a Three-time NBA All-Star in Charlotte, and later, in his debut season, he played in Boston in the 2019-2020 season. However, the 33-year-old Walker was absent for a long time due to knee issues including participating in 37 matches for New York between 2021 and 22nd of February in the year 2021. He also played just nine games with Dallas during the previous season.
Walker will end his career as the Hornets top scorer. He is as the third-best players for games played with steals as well as assists and assists, while being the team’s record holder in three-point attempts, attempted and made field goals, scored and attempted, as well as free throws made and attempted.
He recorded 19.3 points in his 12 years of NBA career. It was followed by an exceptional academic performance at UConn which won its national title in 2011, and was named the top player at this year’s Final Four that year.
Walker was the main player of the season plagued by pandemics. of five seasons during which Walker scored at minimum 20 points per contest.
Information directly from The Associated Press was used in this report.
