Kemba Walker Almost Joined The Knicks In Free Agency 2019

Surely you will know that the 2019 NBA free agency period was filled with star players who are ready and have a lot of experience. But recently it was reported that Kemba Walker almost joined the New York Knicks at the time of the 2019 free agency.

Apart from Kemba Walker at the 2019 free agency, players like Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, Kyrie Irving and Jimmy Butler also became some of the names available and some of them ended up signing contracts with new teams.

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Kemba Walker is one of those players and has spent nearly a decade in Charlotte, he chose to move to the Boston Celtics to play as a legendary Celtics player. But at the time he wanted to join the Knicks before any deal happened, it was all from Walker himself in a podcast appearance The Ringer “R2C2”:

“Before the Boston Celtics came along, the Knicks were one of my top priorities because I thought they were going to get other players. But it didn’t work. “

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Kemba Walker said he was seriously considering signing with the Knicks in free agency last summer
“Before Boston came along the Knicks were one of my top priorities because I was thinking they were going to get another player. But it didn’t work out.”
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– NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) August 6, 2020

The Knicks’ failure to attract free agents ultimately influenced Kemba’s decision to wear the green jersey. He knew that if he chose to join the New York Knicks, he would have to rebuild.

Of course, anyone who knows the Knicks knows that this sort of thing is nothing new to them. Years of poor decision making and poor team management skills have made them a very unwanted location in the eyes of NBA superstar players.

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This Kemba situation is only a final example. For their sake, hopefully their newest employee, coach Tom Thibodeau, can finally help turn the New York Knicks around.