Bill Walker Scores 21 (In Loss)

please dont get sucked in too the madness

I watched the game – he looked good offensively with a decent shot selection. He would have had more points in garbage time had the other Knicks passed to him. (it could be worse)

I wouldn’t call it a break-out game though. The Cavs had no need to play defense on him since they were up by as many as 40 points. The Knicks were in chaos mode as well since they couldn’t stop the Cavs.

I wasn’t a big fan of the trade, but it’s not like we gave up an all star. This guy didn’t exactly dominate the D-league. In the games I’ve seen him in (including D-league), he’s usually walking up the floor waiting for his next turn to shoot.

Don’t get me wrong though…hope he does well. He was saying all the right things in the post game: “Can’t enjoy the career high when you get blown out.”

I saw about half the game. He looked good. The points he scored were mainly off legit defense. Powe also looked pretty good. Good thing we have Finley and Battie on the back burner.

That the half time score. The game was virtually over after two quarters. I watched part of it (mostly the 2nd half). There was not much defensive pressure from the Cavs anyway. If this game is an indication of anything about Walker, then it shows he can score in garbage time.

I think Snooki will be a Celtic long before Walker comes back.

He had 7 points in about 5 minutes early on when the game was still an actual game. Made a three under some pressure and a nice move to the hoop with a man all over him. An impartial observer would say at a minimum that he shows promise, that he’s worth developing. Which he has and is.

Let’s put it this way. If we could’ve made that trade without including him, then trading him was nuts.

how some players would turn out had they not been drafted by the celtics and gone to rookie basketball purgatory

Both he and Powe were low risk (financially) high upside types. They’re both young and could have conceivably helped bridge the team over the abyss it’s staring at in the near future.

You guys must be joking. Seriously? There isn’t anyone who didn’t like Walker or doesn’t want him to succeed. But, he had chances in a Boston uniform and he never played that well on defense or offense. He had practices, D-League games, and Cs games to show what he was worth. I didn’t like losing him either but he’s not a difference maker or the future for us; so stop acting as if Doc ignored him or Danny traded away our future.

He’s in the NBA, I would hope he could score if he had enough chances. He is in a system now designed for scoring, so don’t be surprised if you see him have a few nice games. Just please don’t make Jeff throw up an alert every time he resembles a quality basketball player.

Wo…Wo..Wo…Sportscenter just showed the highlights of the Knicks/Cavs game. When they showed the stats they disrespected “Walker On Air” by not highlighting his name like they do the other stars. Someone should be fired and pay for this outrage!

absolutely no D what so ever. I thought he was going to get benched after allowing lebron to beat him down the court three straight times for dunks in the 2nd qtr, even off made baskets, not rebound outlets. That’s just not paying attention. I stopped watching when Cleveland went up 30.

Defensive liability

This goes to all the people that post on here who think that just because someone isn’t playing they suck. Wait until JR gets back and puts up 20-10… we’ll see then.

Stop the presses, Bill Walker scored 21 pts! Ha! The sun shines on a dog’s behind every now and then, so what.

If Walker is the answer to any question, I’d hate to think what the question is.

Expect his offensive game to continue to shine as he gets more and more oportunity – as soon as Scal and Tony are gone this summer I expect Ainge to make a solid offer to Walker – he never wanted him gone…

because I wanted to see how Leon Powe was progressing (8pts 4 reb in 16 minutes, lots of energy, ran the floor, wicked low post spin move that many with two good knees would risk getting screwed into the floor if attempted).

Walker was relatively competitive, trying at least to get a hand up on shooters, but there was one play that had me shaking mu head. Early in the game, Walker was on offense on the left wing, with LeBron covering him, positioned a few feet lower that BW. There was a turnover up top, with Mo Williams running the other way with the ball. All of a sudden, LBJ comes out of nowhere and fills the right lane for a wide open slam dunk.

I reran the play to see what happened to Walker, who would have been closer to the Cavs basket when the TO occured and should have been at least int he picture when LBJ caught the pass from MO. Walker was jogging over halfcourt at a Rasheed-like pace when LeBron was throwing it down. What a dog. I know the Knicks don’t stress defense, but how good would it look to GMs if BW was always hustling on this Knicks team? He’d stand out like BBD at a anorexia support group.

Bill Walker, you’ve been sitting on NBA benches for the better part of two seasons now. You should have plenty of energy stored up to run hard all the time, and to run at the same pace toward your basket as toward your opponent’s hoop. I’ve been a friend of Bill W and think he’s an NBA rotation player on the right team, but he needs to make the best of this 25 game tryout with the Knicks.

Nate Robinson as a Celtic so far…

FG% : .385

3-PT% : 250

FT% : .500

I was very sorry to see him included in the Nate deal. I do believe that Danny got beat on that one by the inclusion of Walker. I think a key fact is that he is only 22. The kid seemed to have a toughness that can translate into good D if he’s developed properly. I could see in the few minutes he got that OBryant was a bust, but Walker was a rookie with promise who Danny scooped. I thought he had more promise than Giddens.

I’m still with Danny’s belief that Leon’s odds for staying on the court are low. I do agree with the opinion, Brickowski’s I think, that giving him the 15th roster spot and a small guaranteed contract was not a big deal given the kid’s heart. But I’m skeptical that his knee will hold up.

he would have scored 21 also. I do wish we had kept walker because I think he’s as good as anyone we’re trying to sign right now but danny and doc obviously felt he was expendable. Some day I’d like to hear why they gave up on giddens and walker after telling us at the beginning of the season how they were going to contribute this year. I’d read a lot in the past week or so by Bulpett and others how Doc isn’t to blame and it’s all on the players but Doc is the same coach who lost 18 in a row and is also the same guy who got canned in Orlando after they started the season losing 12 or 13 in a row so I’m not buying the argument that there aren’t some major holes in Doc’s coaching ability. The issue about whether he can develop young guys will always be there. So far his track record is much better with young big men than it is with guards and wing players and one could argue that CLifford Ray should get the credit for developing Leon,Al,Perk and Baby. Maybe it’s time for Sheed to go to the Cliford Ray acadamy.

At first, I was one of the ones who thought Doc doesn’t give enough time to the young players. But after reading arguments from posters like vinnie and looking at the C’s draft history, I am swinging the other way on this one.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/draft.html

You need only look at the success stories that were not Doc’s making:

Al Jefferson…who Doc kept saying “I don’t know how he does it”. Maybe Big Al was freaking good.

Gomes…who Doc had him CD DNP too many times and he finally got to shine when an injury allowed him on the court not Doc. Anyone who watched Gomes play @ PC knew was a talented player.

Powe…Doc never acknowledged his abilities. He was another player who was so instrumental in taking charges and just plain aggressive for rebounds.

Rondo…do you remember his first year he was relegated to the bench and saw limited time behind All Pro Sebastian Telfair. Oh ya and Delonte was also disrespected and do you think he is instrumental in the Cavs present success?

I won’t even talk about Walker but he was our only young player around that looked like he could contribute on both ends.

Getting rid of very young and athletic guy like Walker with infinite potential was insane. Now are the Celtics going to look for another terrible D-league player like Landry to try to help get banner 18? DUMB, DUMB, and DUMB.