Antoine Walker was (half) right

October 2nd, 2014

Throughout his playing career, Antoine Walker was always something of an object of ridicule. Rightly or wrongly, this happened.

The fearsome, unrelenting uniqueness of watching him play was precisely why. For all his talent, particularly his prodigious handling and passing skills for a big man, Walker became best known for shooting three pointers.

More specifically, he became best known for not shooting three pointers very well, yet doing it anyway.

Toine was not a Josh Smith-like shooter out there. …