Antoine Walker
Antoine Walker
Antoine Devon Walkeris an American retired professional basketball player. He was drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft out of the University of Kentucky and played in the NBA from 1996 to 2008. Walker played for the Celtics, Mavericks, Hawks, Heat, Timberwolves, Grizzlies, the BSN's Mets and the NBA D-League's Stampede before retiring from basketball in 2012. Walker, a three-time NBA All-Star, won an NCAA championship with Kentucky in 1996 and an NBA championship with the...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth12 August 1976
CityChicago, IL
We had to play without our best player on the floor and it's cost us. He's the guy we depend on to make a lot of plays for us. He clogs up the middle and he can also get guys shots and that's the reason we shoot such a high percentage throughout the season -- because we can get him the ball when we need to.
He's going to stick his nose in there. And he's probably the heart and soul of their team because he does all the little things on the floor that drives players on other teams crazy.
We gotta concentrate more. When we've got a team down, we've gotta step on them.
We got New Jersey one step closer to catching us as the second seed. We have to finish up these last eight games on a strong note.
I've been around for a long time and gone back so often that it's not a big deal. I'll get to see my kids and family, but probably not (tonight).
We feel like we can play better. We felt like the first game they hit us with a real good shot. We don't think we've hit them with a good shot, where we've dominated for 48 minutes.
I was brought to this team to take on different roles and do whatever I needed to do to help win a championship. I understood that.
We haven't played very well against the top teams in the league, and everybody believes they know what's going to happen to us come April. Sunday is a big game for our confidence - to get a win against a quality team.
We've got to get the ball right to Shaq and make sure he gets going early.
I don't know what it is. We're going to have to start coming out early or warm up harder or something.
I am excited. Our preparation begins tomorrow. When I was with Boston, we were just trying to get in the playoffs. Our goal here is to win a championship.
We want to even this thing up 2-2. It's more or less psychological for people that don't believe that we can beat them in a seven-game series.
We've got to focus in. We've got to take more of a playoff mentality for these last five games and not mess up our season.
We've just got to keep it going until he can get back in the right frame of mind, which he's not going to do in the next two months, regardless. I don't care what anybody says. He's going to be able to hide it, but it's going to be very difficult for him to get back to the right frame of mind.