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Re: Kemba is a Knick
« Reply #60 on: August 10, 2021, 10:57:38 AM »

Offline BudweiserCeltic

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Kemba Walker gave up $20 million in his buyout with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Walker gave back $9.78 million in 21-22 and $10.2 million in 22-23.
That is a lot of money Kemba left on the table in order to play on a good team for the next two years. He made most of it back with his deal with the Knicks so I guess he broke even.

His main problem could be the loss of Bird Rights.

Re: Kemba is a Knick
« Reply #61 on: August 10, 2021, 11:07:05 AM »

Offline Jiri Welsch

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Hope, they enjoy him every other game

Why do many on here assume that it was Kemba's decision to sit out "every other game," and not the decision of the medical team and Danny Ainge, who had just seen Kawhi Leonard win a title through "load management?"

At the Celtics' Media Day at the beginning of last season, Kemba made it clear he wasn't going to rush into things and was going to do what was best for his health. Toward the end of the year, he was feeling good and made a few comments that the medical staff was preventing him from doing back-to-backs. So it seems like a little of both.