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July 21, 2023 / 10:04 AM

AS Monaco signs 4-time NBA All-Star Kemba Walker

Longtime Charlotte Hornets guard Kemba Walker (C) spent last season with the Dallas Mavericks. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

Longtime Charlotte Hornets guard Kemba Walker (C) spent last season with the Dallas Mavericks. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

July 21 (UPI) -- AS Monaco signed four-time NBA All-Star Kemba Walker to a 1-year contract, the French basketball franchise announced Friday.

Walker, 33, averaged 8 points, 2.1 assists and 1.8 rebounds in nine games last season for the Dallas Mavericks. He was waived in January.

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The 12-year NBA veteran averaged 19.3 points, 5.3 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game over 750 appearances since entering the league as the No. 9 overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft.

Walker spent his first eight seasons with the Charlotte Hornets.

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The veteran point guard is the Hornets' franchise leader in points (12,009), minutes played, field goals, 3-pointers and free throws. He ranks second in assists, third in steals and eighth in rebounds in Hornets history.

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Walker also played for the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks, He averaged a career-high 25.6 points per game in 2018-19, his final season with the Hornets.

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Monaco, which finished third in the EuroLeague, beat Victor Wembanyama and Metropolitans 92 to win the French pro league title last season.

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