Kemba Walker's 2022 season is completely gone.
According to the New York Post, Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau said they and Kemba Walker have reached an agreement that walker will not play for the Knicks again and trade it away with the draft in June this year.
To make up for it, Walker is now free to control the rest of the season.
The reporter also revealed Walker's recent trip. In recent times, Walker has been traveling back and forth between Charlotte and New York for rehabilitation, and when the treatment is over, Walker may return to the Wasp.
In 2011-2019, Kemba Walker played for the Hornets for eight years, and under Joe, Walker made the All-Star and entered the best team. Then he went to Green Kai for two years, averaging nearly 20 points per game, and played for another year in the Knicks.
Don't look at Walker only playing in the Knicks for one year, and it was this year that made Kemba Walker completely lose his illusions about the outside world.
"When I played for Joe, I wasn't looked down upon so much, what are you Thibodeau?" After leaving the Knicks, Kemba Walker probably thought so.
Tom Thibodeau is a rather extreme coach. His coaching style is extreme, he is very good at defense, and he once single-handedly created a defensive system for the Iron Bulls; his employment preferences are extreme, the players he likes, he will use to death, and the players he does not like will sit on the bench until death.
His evaluation of people is also extreme, he does not like the players, not only do not like to use, and even like to be ridiculed on major occasions, taking Walker as an example.
When Walker was initially DNP, Tom Thibodeau said on ESPN: "I won't have Walker in my deployment, he will completely withdraw from the Knicks rotation." ”
Walker was DNP, the team lost consecutively, and asked if he was considering reinstating Walker, coach Thibodeau said: "Impossible, absolutely impossible. ”
In the following post-match interview, Coach Thibodeau always mocked Walker from time to time: "As long as I can help the team, I believe Walker is willing to do anything, such as sitting on the cold bench, this is what we ask of the players." "Walker is a veteran, and he has to overcome any problems on the pitch."
Later, when Rose needed surgery due to an ankle injury, Thibodeau again said: "Even if Rose can't play, Walker won't have a chance to play." ”
In response, Walker always responded with only one sentence: "I obey the coach's arrangement." ”
Judging from the scene alone, Walker did well enough. It is true that he is not good at defense, not the kind of player that Coach Thibodeau loves the most, but he has been ridiculed and sat on the bench, but he has never done anything in the locker room, but chooses to suffer silently.
Next season, he has the potential to return to the Hornets, a team that is more inclusive than the Knicks, with Thomas Jr. in the squad as the best proof. Then in the next three months, it is left to yourself to cultivate and prepare for war. There are no people left here, there is a place for people to stay.
Mr. Tangtang Sixty, there is no ball to play this season, and next season may not be ah.