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Tom Thibodeau does not want to find a Kemba Walker at 50% of his means | NBA

A real ray of sunshine for the Knicks during his return at the end of 2021, with a game with 44 points in particular, when he had nevertheless been excluded from the rotation, Kemba Walker did not see the floors again in 2022. fault of a pain in the left knee in the last days of December.

Three weeks after this alert, Tom Thibodeau confirmed that the New York playmaker did not yet feel comfortable enough to return to the courts after this new alert.

“As far as he is concerned, we want him to feel as good as possible”, explains the coach at the New York Post. “A player like him, we want him to have total confidence in his body. When he’s ready, he’ll be ready. He is very close to a comeback. “

The Knicks coach is also patient because he doesn’t want a Kemba Walker at 50% of his means. The player is very fragile, we know, and he had gone from the closet to matches with a big time in play in December. Tom Thibodeau now wants to count on him for the long term.

“I don’t want to be in the situation where he plays one game, and not the next”, warns the former technician of the Bulls and Wolves. “I want him to feel good and be able to play. “

Kemba Walker Percentage Bounces
Season Team GM Minimum Shots 3 points LF Off Def Early pd party Int bp CT Points
2011-12 CHA 66 27 36.6 30.5 78.9 0.5 3.1 3.6 4.4 1.2 0.9 1.8 0.3 12.1
2012-13 CHA 82 35 42.3 32.2 79.8 0.7 2.7 3.5 5.7 1.9 2.0 2.4 0.4 17.7
2013-14 CHA 73 36 39.3 33.3 83.7 0.5 3.7 4.2 6.1 1.8 1.2 2.3 0.4 17.7
2014-15 CHA 62 34 38.5 30.4 82.7 0.6 3.0 3.6 5.1 1.5 1.4 1.6 0.5 17.3
2015-16 CHA 81 36 42.7 37.1 84.7 0.7 3.7 4.4 5.2 1.4 1.6 2.1 0.5 20.9
2016-17 CHA 79 35 44.3 39.9 84.7 0.6 3.3 3.9 5.5 1.5 1.1 2.1 0.3 23.2
2017-18 CHA 80 34 43.1 38.4 86.4 0.4 2.7 3.1 5.6 1.2 1.1 2.2 0.3 22.1
2018-19 CHA 82 35 43.4 35.6 84.4 0.6 3.8 4.4 5.9 1.6 1.2 2.6 0.4 25.6
2019-20 BOS 56 31 42.5 38.1 86.4 0.6 3.2 3.9 4.8 1.6 0.9 2.1 0.5 20.5
2020-21 BOS 43 32 42.0 36.0 89.9 0.4 3.6 4.0 4.9 1.4 1.1 2.1 0.3 19.3
2021-22 NYK 24 27 41.4 40.3 84.0 0.5 3.1 3.5 3.6 1.2 0.8 1.4 0.2 13.6
Total 728 34 41.9 36.1 84.0 0.6 3.3 3.8 5.3 1.5 1.3 2.1 0.4 19.7

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