Luke Walton

Retired • Retired after 2014 season • SF • 10 years of NBA experience

Height6'8

Born28th March 1980 (age 46)

Weight235 lbs

Nationality🇺🇸USA

NBA Draft32nd pick, 2003

Pre-draft teamArizona

HandRight

Agentn/a

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Stats

12 seasons

Year	League	Team	G	GS	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
2003-04	NBA	L.A. Lakers	72	2	10.1	0.9	2.1	42.5%	0.2	0.5	33.3%	0.7	1.6	45.6%	.467	0.4	0.6	70.5%	0.5	1.2	1.8	1.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	2.4
2004-05	NBA	L.A. Lakers	61	5	12.6	1.2	3.0	41.1%	0.3	1.0	26.2%	1.0	2.0	48.7%	.456	0.6	0.8	70.8%	0.9	1.4	2.3	1.5	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.1	3.2
2005-06	NBA	L.A. Lakers	69	6	19.3	2.0	4.8	41.2%	0.3	0.8	32.7%	1.7	4.0	42.9%	.439	0.8	1.1	75.0%	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.3	0.6	0.2	1.1	1.7	5.0
2006-07	NBA	L.A. Lakers	60	60	33.0	4.4	9.3	47.4%	0.8	2.1	38.7%	3.6	7.2	49.9%	.517	1.8	2.4	74.5%	1.5	3.6	5.0	4.3	1.0	0.4	2.0	2.0	11.4
2007-08	NBA	L.A. Lakers	74	31	23.4	2.9	6.5	45.0%	0.4	1.1	33.3%	2.5	5.3	47.5%	.479	1.0	1.5	70.6%	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.9	0.8	0.2	1.4	1.8	7.2
2008-09	NBA	L.A. Lakers	65	34	17.9	2.1	4.7	43.6%	0.3	0.9	29.8%	1.8	3.8	46.8%	.464	0.6	0.9	71.9%	0.8	1.9	2.8	2.7	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.6	5.0
2009-10	NBA	L.A. Lakers	29	0	9.4	1.0	2.9	35.7%	0.2	0.6	41.2%	0.8	2.3	34.3%	.399	0.1	0.1	50.0%	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.7	2.4
2010-11	NBA	L.A. Lakers	54	0	9.0	0.7	2.1	32.8%	0.1	0.6	23.5%	0.6	1.5	36.6%	.362	0.1	0.2	70.0%	0.2	1.1	1.2	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.7
2011-12	NBA	Cleveland Cavaliers	21	0	14.2	0.9	2.4	35.3%	0.3	0.8	43.8%	0.5	1.7	31.4%	.422	0.0	0.0	—	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.4	0.1	0.0	1.2	1.5	2.0
2011-12	NBA	L.A. Lakers	9	0	7.2	0.7	1.6	42.9%	0.0	0.4	0.0%	0.7	1.1	60.0%	.429	0.0	0.0	—	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.0	1.3
2011-12	NBA	Total (NBA)	30	0	12.1	0.8	2.2	36.9%	0.2	0.7	35.0%	0.6	1.5	37.8%	.423	0.0	0.0	—	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.9	1.4	1.8
2012-13	NBA	Cleveland Cavaliers	50	0	17.1	1.4	3.6	39.2%	0.4	1.3	29.9%	1.0	2.3	44.7%	.448	0.2	0.4	50.0%	0.8	2.1	2.9	3.3	0.8	0.3	1.2	2.0	3.4

Teams

3 entries

Date	Team
1999 - 2003	Arizona (NCAA)
June 2003 - March 2012	L.A. Lakers (NBA)
March 2012 - June 2013	Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA)

Transactions

5 entries

Date	League	Transaction
2003 NBA Draft	NBA	Drafted 32nd overall by L.A. Lakers.
8th July, 2003	NBA	Signed a partially guaranteed two year minimum salary contract with L.A. Lakers.
8th August, 2005	NBA	Re-signed by L.A. Lakers to a two year, $2.5 million contract.
12th July, 2007	NBA	Re-signed by L.A. Lakers to a six year, $30 million contract.
15th March, 2012	NBA	Traded by L.A. Lakers, along with Jason Kapono, a 2012 first round pick (#24, Jared Cunningham and the right to swap 2013 first round picks (exercised; Cleveland moved from #30 and Nemanja Nedovic to #19 and Sergey Karasev), to Cleveland in exchange for Ramon Sessions and Christian Eyenga.

NBA Salary

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Contract seasons currently held for Luke Walton. The panel is omitted entirely when a player has no applicable salary rows.

Listed total $24,550,000

2025/26	2026/27	2027/28	2028/29
$5,200,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$5,825,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$6,450,000 Retired $3,225,000 guaranteed Team option	$7,075,000 Retired $3,537,500 guaranteed Player option

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Looking for an unsigned forward? These guys are available

13th December 2013

Luke Walton - Last season, Walton got some decent run for the first time in a few years, and averaged the unlikely but pleasant statline of 3 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per game. However, his passing and headiness are all he has left, at 33, with little offensive talent, and a litany of injuries. Walton insists he has not yet retired, but he was hired last month as a player development coach for the L.A. D-Fenders of the D-League, which sure seems like a transitional move.

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Chicago's Meticulously Crafted 2011 Offseason Plan That Relies An Awful Lot Upon Guesswork

9th June 2011

[T]he amnesty clause (that we're having to pretend will exist here, but which almost certainly will exist in some form) will further expand the range of available talents. A lot of decent players are going to become available, not because they can't play the game, but because they can't justify their contract. A lot of the candidates are obvious and inevitable, some perhaps less so. Here's a potential list:

- L.A. Lakers: Luke Walton - Probably needs no explanation. Walton is not a member of the rotation, even when he is healthy, and such health is increasingly hard to come by.

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