While the health of his knee may have limited Boston Celtics All-Star point guard Kemba Walker more than he would have liked towards the end of the Celtics 2019-20 season, the UConn product’s first season in his new home with Boston was nothing short of a smashing success.
Helping snatch success away from the teeth of disaster by signing with the team in free agency in a sign-and-trade after the departure of Kyrie Irving and Al Horford, the New Yorker brought a much-needed change in leadership style that truly brought out the most in his young teammates.
Starting with Team USA all the way through the pandemic hiatus to the Disney bubble restart up to the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat, Walker was an integral part of the raging success that was the 2019-20 Celtics.
Watch his best plays from the East Finals series while we wait for him to rest up and go at it again in the video embedded above.
With the coming season unlikely to begin before the start of the new season, we might have a while to wait, so savor every step-back jumper you can get.
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