Mavericks officially sign Kemba Walker

Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
Jason Kidd on Mavs’ evolving ball-hander depth: “Kemba is the guy if Luka or Spencer is out that he can play that role as a back-up. But you bring up a good point — you could bring [Jaden] Hardy into this situation, and he could play, too.”
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Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
Kemba Walker is in AAC for Mavs-Warriors tonight, but unclear when he’ll play his first game since February.
Jason Kidd: “First we have to look at him on the court [tomorrow], and then we’ll just see how he feels. He hasn’t practiced, you know, for a while here, so we’ll see.” – 6:16 PM

Mark Followill @MFollowill
The Mavs have announced the expected signing of Kemba Walker. Walker hasn’t played since last February 16 while with New York. With Charlotte and Boston, Walker was an All-Star in four straight seasons from 2017 to 2020. In 741 career games, he’s avg 19.5 ppg & 5.3 apg. – 5:35 PM

Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
Kemba deal done. He’ll wear #34 – 5:19 PM

Jake Fischer @JakeLFischer
Coming up at the top of the hour, @Tim Cato joins me on @getcallin to talk all things Mavericks, Kemba and more:
callin.com/link/yfJuBDjGsO – 4:14 PM

Sirius XM NBA @SiriusXMNBA
After the Kemba Walker signing in Dallas, @TermineRadio is not impressed with the moves by the Mavericks #MFFL pic.twitter.com/E4DHb7dtEE – 12:32 PM

Jay King @ByJayKing
Steve Clifford said he feels “somewhat responsible” for how things have gone for Kemba Walker. Said Walker is special to him. Said he used to tell Michael Jordan, “I’m taking a year or two off his career” because of how many minutes Walker played in Charlotte. – 6:17 PM

Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
Clifford on Kemba signing:
“I’m happy for him. He’s special to me. He’s a guy who became an all-star play by doing it the old fashioned way. He worked .. I used to tell Michael, ‘I’m taking a year or two off his career’ … his usage for the 5 years was like top-5 in the league.” – 6:13 PM