Bill Walker/what happens to Big 3

33 minutes, 8-13 FGs, 2-4 3pts, 4 assists, 2 steals.

I’d say the kid can play. He never got a chance here. Not once.

Not likely coming back dude, get used to it.
Should have had way more minutes at the end of last year playing with half a squad, and a bit more scrap this year too. But he didn’t and they didn’t like his defense.
Maybe time to get over it now

I wouldn’t put much/any stock into garbage minutes on a Knicks team where he’s not asked to play any defense.

and he hasnt been playing in the knicks games where they have been close.. he played the entire fourth quarter last night and was jacking shots big baby style at the end of the game.. again when u have the green light at all times ur goin score some points every once in a while… he has NOT been playing good.. i live in ny and watch most knick games unfortunately and he has not been impressive u cant just look at stat lines…

he would be no help to this celtic team either as he still refuses to play defense at any time

precisely because Doc never played him. If we had seen him enough to get a better grasp of his skillsets then either:

1) we knew he wasn’t that good so no posts about missing and regretting him or
2) we would know that he is that good, thus he would not have been part of the trade.

Either way, we’ll never know and that sucks. No one laments losing Miki Moore.

I certainly do NOT. Love Nate. But if you identify value BEFORE you trade it away, you tend to get better deals. Surely you agree with that.

Sure, we can get him back. We can tell the Knicks we need Walker; that we made a nos usch a good trade, to put it mildly, him and we want him back. We are the Celtics and that should be enough. But, we dont give Nate back cause that part of the trade stannds. I mean, what is the purpose of this blog? Nobody owes us anything;. A trade is not a trade if we dont like it; is that it? And once we get him back, cause we are the Celtics, he will be back on the bench cause Doc wont play him. lololololololololololol

I’m willing to bet he ends up riding the bench next year for NY or someone else. The only place he’ll play is some trainwreck situation. Like NY this year.

He is young and raw and can only get better with playing time. To bad the C’s never gave him minutes and a chance to develop.

Its wrong to give up on young players as fast as the C’s did since it takes several years for young players to develop (ala Perk..Rondo etc.).

Perk and Rondo looked horrible in their first year and we did not give up on them, but instead stuck with them and gave them minutes in following years which helped them develop into good solid NBA players.

The same can (and will probably) happen with Walker if we just give him a chance.

…led all scorers, with 23 points in 25 minutes, against the Mavs, no less.

9-12 shooting overall, 5-8 3pt. That’s two games in a row. And he did something similar a couple of weeks ago. I’d say the kid is building a strong case that he’s for real. The more for real he becomes, the more it becomes evident that Doc and Danny screwed up evaluating him.

Bill Walker averages in the past 8 games:

13.5 ppg
0.5 to
28.5 mpg

Lets remember that he is a rookie and he isn’t used to seeing any minutes on the floor. His numbers are bound to improve from here on out. Jonny Flynn averages 13.6 ppg in 29 mpg — Just for comparison.

Jbuell, this is like the beginning of the season for a rookie. Not many rookies start off consistently producing 20 points a game. What is important is that Walker has shown what he is CAPABLE of producing. Here are some stats for you:

During Walker’s 4 games sub 20 points, he took:

1 FG, 5 FG, 4 FG, 6 FG

During his 20+ point games, he took:

12 FG, 13 FG, 13 FG, 14 FG

It is clear that Walker is still nervous to take shots when the game is close because he would rather concede the ball to the other players on the team. He is a rookie and this is his first opportunity with real minutes. Lets face it, the kid is nervous with the ball in his hands when the game matters… because he has NEVER been in that type of situation before in the NBA. He can’t seem to handle the pressure of clutch situations yet, and he still has not become confident enough to get into a groove. Give the kid some time, he has only played 9 legitimate games so far. Stop hating on the guy so quickly.

bill walker is not a rookie