{"id":93135,"date":"2024-08-28T20:46:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T00:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=93135"},"modified":"2024-08-28T20:46:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T00:46:34","slug":"boston-celtics-sign-athletic-guard-to-one-year-deal-lonnie-walker-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/28\/boston-celtics-sign-athletic-guard-to-one-year-deal-lonnie-walker-iv\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Celtics Sign Athletic Guard to One-Year Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After having a relatively quiet offseason, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/27\/one-question-for-each-boston-celtics-rookie\/\" target=\"_self\">Boston Celtics<\/a> have reportedly decided to bring in an NBA veteran to the team. According to ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Celtics have signed shooting guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/walkelo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-28_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lonnie Walker<\/a> IV to a one-year contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Free agent G Lonnie Walker IV has agreed on a one-year deal with the Boston Celtics, his agent George S. Langberg of GSL Sports Group tells ESPN. Walker IV averaged 9.7 points and shot 38% on three-pointers in 58 games for Brooklyn last season. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uAvrtsIQkD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/uAvrtsIQkD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1828949505711939938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, The Athletic&#8217;s Shams Charania reported that the Celtics brought Walker in specifically on an Exhibit 10 contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Contract details for Lonnie Walker IV with the Celtics, sources said: Exhibit 10. An E10 allows Celtics to give a bonus to Walker if he is waived after training camp and plays for the team&#8217;s G League affiliate in Maine.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1828954161083212032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Walker spent the 2023-24 season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/19\/brooklyn-nets-wing-ready-for-larger-role-cam-thomas\/\" target=\"_self\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a>. In 58 games, he averaged 9.7 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 1.3 assists. Additionally, he shot 42.3% from the floor and 38.4% from the three-point line.\u00a0The former first-round pick also spent time with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/16\/spurs-victor-wembanyama-details-1-on-1-with-youth-icon\/\" target=\"_self\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2022\/06\/30\/lonnie-walker-iv-signs-with-the-los-angeles-lakers\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> in his six-year NBA career.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania native is probably best known for his playoff performance against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/28\/warriors-brandin-podziemski-talks-offseason-trade-rumors\/\" target=\"_self\">Golden State Warriors<\/a> in Game 4 of the 2023 Western Conference Semifinals. Walker played the entire fourth quarter off the bench and scored all of his 15 points while shooting 6-for-9 from the floor. Additionally, he recorded three rebounds, two assists, and two steals in the win. In large part due to Walker&#8217;s fourth-quarter showcase, the Lakers outscored Golden State by 10 points in the quarter to win 104-101 and take a 3-1 series lead. The Lakers ultimately won the series in six games.<\/p>\n<h2>Boston Celtics Sign Athletic Guard to One-Year Deal<\/h2>\n<h3>What Lonnie Walker IV Brings to Boston<\/h3>\n<p>Walker has developed exponentially as a perimeter scorer during his NBA career. Additionally, he is a fantastic athlete, and at just 25 years old, he still has room to grow. While he is not a lockdown defender, Walker can hold his own. In Boston&#8217;s system, this should not be a problem considering how much defensive talent they have on the roster.<\/p>\n<p>He has proven he can be a microwave off the bench and provide solid scoring. How much of a role he has on the team remains unclear. However, he is someone who can contribute immediately.<\/p>\n<h3>The Last Word On Lonnie Walker IV<\/h3>\n<p>Signing Walker is an incredibly low-risk, high-reward move for Boston. Walker is a very talented player who many believe should have been signed a long time ago. Earlier in the day, former Spurs teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/v\/vassede01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-28_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Devin Vassell<\/a> tweeted it &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Yvngdevo\/status\/1828885386111676604\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">doesn&#8217;t make any sense<\/a>&#8221; that no team wanted Walker. Ultimately, the Celtics were the team to pull the trigger and bring him in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After having a relatively quiet offseason, the Boston Celtics have reportedly decided to bring in an NBA veteran to the team. According to ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Celtics have signed shooting guard Lonnie Walker IV to a one-year contract. Free agent G Lonnie Walker IV has agreed on a one-year deal with the Boston Celtics, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":60010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,5,2,62,3],"tags":[2806,1617,4652],"class_list":["post-93135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-celtics","category-featured","category-nba","category-news","tag-devin-vassell","tag-lonnie-walker","tag-lonnie-walker-iv"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}