Monaco make a splash by acquiring 12-season NBA veteran guard Kemba Walker. Four-time NBA All-Star last played for the Dallas Mavericks, averaging a career-low 8.0 points.
AS Monaco delivered the biggest EuroLeague off-season signing by bringing in four-time NBA All-Star Kemba Walker.
Kemba Walker
| Position: | PG, SG |
| Age: | 33 |
| Height: | 185 cm |
| Weight: | 84 kg |
| Birth place: | Bronx, United States of America |
According to the official announcement, Walker and Monaco agreed on a one-year deal.
The 12-season NBA veteran last played for the Dallas Mavericks in the 2022-23 season.
Walker, 33, had a short nine-game stint in Dallas, averaging a career-low 8.0 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 2.1 assists on 42.1% shooting. In his lone start for the Mavs, Kemba scored 32 points, grabbed five rebounds, and dished out seven assists in an overtime loss against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Four-time NBA All-Star (2017–20) has NBA career averages of 19.3 points, 5.3 assists, and 3.8 rebounds in 750 games (697 starts) with Charlotte (2011-19), Boston (2019-21), New York (2021-22), and Dallas (2022-23).
Drafted No. 9 overall by then-named Charlotte Bobcats in 2011, Walker had an injury-riddled last four seasons after playing all 82 regular-season games in 2018-19.
The 1.83-meter point guard was born in the Bronx and played his high school ball for Rice in Manhattan before starring at UConn in college.
It is going be Walker's first time playing in Europe and overseas, in general. He was linked with the Italian powerhouse -- EA7 Emporio Armani Milan -- last season, but the reports from Italy appeared to be completely untrue.
AS Monaco finished third in the previous EuroLeague season, with former NBA guard Mike James being a leader of the Roca Team.
 | AS Monaco | |
| Position | Player | Status |
| PG | Kemba Walker (story) | Signed until 2024 |
| PG | Matthew Strazel | Signed until 2025 |
| PG | Mike James | Signed until 2024 |
| PG/SG | Elie Okobo | Signed until 2024 |
| SG | Jordan Loyd | Signed until 2024 |
| SG/SF | Terry Tarpey (story) | Signed until 2026 |
| SF | Jaron Blossomgame | Signed until 2024 |
| SF | Alpha Diallo | Signed until 2025 |
| PF | Petr Cornelie (story) | Signed until 2026 |
| PF | John Brown III | Signed until 2024 |
| PF/C | Yoan Makoundou | Signed until 2026 |
| C | Donta Hall | Signed until 2025 |
| C | Mam Jaiteh (story) | Signed until 2025 |
| C | Donatas Motiejunas (story) | Signed until 2025 |
| Coach | Sasa Obradovic (signed until 2025) | |
| Expired contract | Yakuba Ouattara | |
| Rumored to leave | Chima Moneke (will not return) | |
| Interested | ||
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