The public of Olimpia Milano and of the Italian championship prepares to await the landing of a four-time NBA All-Star. As reported by Paolo Bartezzaghi of the Gazzetta dello Sport, after the failed comeback against Zalgiris, the Milanese management decided to return to the market, also due to the absences of Kevin Pangos and Shavon Shield at least until the end of February, according to the timing given by coach Ettore Messina. This is why the choice was to veer up Kemba Walker, arriving for medical after being cut by the Dallas Mavericks. Walker has had nine games with the Texans this NBA season, including one as a starter finished with 32 points in 42 minutes on the Cleveland Cavaliers field. Walker’s problem is certainly not in terms of talent, but of physical conditions: the knees in particular have been tormenting him for some time, not allowing him to recover easily from the efforts made on the pitch.
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Dallas cuts Walker, Tatum “calls” him in Boston
As Mavericks GM Nico Harrison also admitted upon signing in early December, “the knee isn’t right, but that doesn’t mean he can’t play on it. He went to rehab and has never felt better in the last two years. So we’ll see how long it lasts.” Evidently not much, given the decision of the Mavs of cut him before his deal became guaranteed by giving room to rookie Jaden Hardy, while underlining all his great professionalism in the past month in Dallas. Not by chance Jayson Tatumhis teammate at the Boston Celtics, he had expressed on Twitter an ill-concealed desire to have him back in green and whitegiven the excellent relations with which he left the veteran, but the management led by Brad Stevens (whose first transfer market movement was precisely to sell Walker to Oklahoma City by taking back Al Horford) had other ideas. In Milan, with the reduced playing time of European competitions, Walker will be able to try to reopen his professional career.
