Kemba Walker shines
The more Kemba Walker plays, the more Boston Celtics fans are glad he is leading their team.
The future may belong to fellow teammate and All-Star Jayson Tatum, along with Jaylen Brown, but right now Walker is showing he’s the type of veteran All-Star the team needs to make a deep playoff push and perhaps a shot at a championship.
As a starter for Team Giannis, Kemba Walker turned some ankles and made some nifty passes in scoring 23 points and dishing out 3 assists.
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What was unexpected for Walker was the fact he played the entire fourth quarter tallying a total of 29 minutes on the court.
"“I wasn’t expecting it at all,” Walker said following the game, via Masslive.com. “I was actually supposed to be on a minute restriction, but the game got too close. I wanted to be out there. I wanted to compete. I knew down the stretch that it would get serious like that, and I wanted to be a part of it.”"
And that folks, is the competitive nature of Kemba Walker and why he has been such a value for the 2019-20 Boston Celtics. It is also a reason he is the right kind of All-Star leader for young players like Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.
As he proved in the All-Star Game, he has no problem letting the players around him shine and doing what he needs to do to help his team win.
Oh, it’s going to be a very interesting second half of the NBA season Boston Celtics fans!