The tale, finally, will not be produced: Kemba Walker (32 years and 1.83 meters) will not play for Armani Milanas reported this Saturday morning by the Gazzetta dello Sport. According to the journalist Aris Barka and basketnewsneither party has had contact for a landing which was going to be the big hit in the Euroleague market along with the return to Europe of Facundo Campazzo, who signed for Red Star in December but has not yet made his debut in the top continental competition due to the sanction imposed on the Serbian team.
According to the prestigious Italian newspaper, the agreement was closed and only the medical examination was missing, important with Kemba due to the knee problems that have left the 32-year-old base, for the moment, out of the NBA after being released by the Dallas Mavericks, who signed him on a non-guaranteed basis when he was looking for a boost in his outside game. You have to remember that to try their luck with Kemba, the Mavs dumped Campazzo.
Walker’s non-arrival leaves Armani at the same match point: ravaged by a plague of injuries and penultimate in the Euroleague tied with bottom club ASVEL and third-bottom Alba Berlin (all three 6 wins and 13 losses) and with the need to reinforce the base position, where Ettore Messina confirmed that Kevin Pangos will be out for at least a couple more months. Also, guard Shavon Shields won’t be able to play until the end of February.
Number 9 of the 2011 draft and four times All Star after being a star of College with UConn, Kemba (an electric playmaker 1.83), was a benchmark in the Hornets, where he played between 2011 and 2019: He averaged 19.8 points and 5.5 assists in the Carolina franchise, with seasons averaging 25.6 points (2018-19). Everything went wrong for him in his two years with the Celtics (2019-21) and last season, when tried unsuccessfully to succeed in his hometown, New York, with the Knicks jersey. They ended up sending him to the Pistons, where he was left out of the team’s activity until he was chopped up on October 17. On November 28, he signed with the Mavs for a non-guaranteed year. On January 6, the Texans also stopped counting him.