Former NBA All-Star guard Kemba Walker signed for subsequent season with Monaco on Friday.
A four-time All-Star between 2017 and 2020, Walker is without doubt one of the highest profile signings within the historical past of the French league.
He was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets the place he performed for eight seasons earlier than leaving in 2019, earlier than spending two seasons on the Boston Celtics, then a season on the New York Knicks.
Final season, the 33-year-old performed simply 9 video games with the Dallas Mavericks, who signed him as a free agent in November earlier than chopping him in January.
The skilled Walker performed 750 NBA video games throughout his profession and is the all-time main scorer for the Hornets.
Monaco hopes Walker he’ll line up alongside influential American guard Mike James, who joined in July 2021 and nonetheless has a season left on his contract within the Principality.
Walker is the fourth signing by the reigning French champion because it makes an attempt to enhance on its third-place end within the Euroleague — Europe’s high membership competitors — final season.
French internationals Terry Tarpey, Mam Jaiteh and Petr Cornelie have additionally been recruited.
Monaco additionally confirmed the one-season extension of the contract of Lithuanian centre Donatas Motiejunas, 32.