The Knicks have reached an agreement with team guard Kemba Walker that the latter will not play again this season. As a result, Walker has played 37 games this season, and after being hidden in the snow, he will also prepare for next season, and the Knicks have begun to brew plans to trade Walker this summer.
From being traded to the Thunder by the Celtics last summer, to buying out the contract with the Thunder to join the Knicks, and now breaking up with the Knicks, Walker has been tossing and turning a lot for more than a year, tossing and turning, and still failing to get the ideal opportunity to play.
But in terms of income, Walker has not lost this year, and even his personal income is red in the eyes of many players.
Last summer, he and the Thunder gave up $20 million of the remaining contract when they bought out the contract. After the buyout, Walker's remaining contract remains as high as $53.65 million.
Specifically this season and next season, Walker can get $26.23 million and $27.43 million from the Thunder.
Walker, meanwhile, signed a two-year contract with the Knicks. Walker's salary with the Knicks is $8.73 million this season and $9.16 million next season.
Although Walker will not stay with the Knicks next season, he can still get a salary from the Knicks this season. That way, counting the salaries the Thunder and Knicks have paid for him this season, he could get $35 million this season.
With only 37 games to get paid so much, and not being spat at as often as the Rockets' Wall, Walker is a life winner for many people, and is really living less and more money.
Walker, 31, is a four-time All-Star and has been named to the All-Third Team. In the summer of 2019, when Irving switched to the Nets, the Celtics brought him in with a maximum salary. But because of injury, Walker's performance continued to decline, and as the Celtics' big three that challenged Durant, Harden and Irving failed in the playoffs last season, the Celtics also made a major adjustment, Walker was traded, and then he bought out the contract to join the Knicks.
Walker doesn't have the ability to change the game now, but he can still score 11.6 points this season after averaging 25.6 minutes per game, and if he plays as a substitute, then Walker is still a good choice. For teams that lack bench point guards, such as the Lakers, Walker may be a good choice this summer.