Lonnie Walker IV, Celtics Agree to Contract After Lakers, Nets Stints #sports #youtube #sports

the reigning Champions reportedly added some depth to their roster Wednesday according to ESPN's Adrien wowski the Boston Celtics agreed to a one-year deal with guard Lonnie Walker the four Walker has played for the San Antonio Spurs Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets during his career the 25-year-old entered the NBA as a firstr draft pick of the Spurs in 2018 although he played Just 17 games as a rookie and never fully lived up to expectations given his draft positioning he averaged 9.4 points 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game across Four Seasons with the team that drafted him Walker then played one season for the Lakers and averaged 11.7 points during the regular season before a stunning performance in the playoffs Los Angeles faced the Golden State Warriors in the second round of the 2023 playoffs and went into game four hoping to seize a commanding 3-1 series lead just when it looked like the Warriors would even the series Walker poured in 15 points in the fourth quarter and drilled a go-ahead jump shot and two key free throws in the closing minutes it was one of the highlights of his career although he faded into the obscurity of being a secondary contributor again last season for the Nets while averaging 9.7 points a night at his best Walker is someone who can provide a scoring spark with the secondary unit he is a career 35.6% shooter from three-point range and can take advantage of the spacing created by playing alongside Stars fortunately for Boston it has plenty of those look for Walker to carve a roll out for himself as a shooter who can capitalize when defenses collapse on Jason Tatum Jaylen Brown kristaps porzingis Drew holiday and Derek white if he can do that he can help lead the Celtics on another deep playoff run as they eye another title perhaps he'll even mix in some memorable postseason performances like his game four with the Lakers