Walker may have been traded several times during his final years in the NBA, but everyone will remember him for his prime seasons in a Celtics jersey. He played seven and a half seasons in Boston which included his only three All-Star appearances. He averaged at least 20 PPG in five of those seasons.
Those numbers are great, but the lasting impact of Walker’s career in Boston was the re-establishing of the Celtics as a playoff contender alongside Paul Pierce. Without his strong play, the Celtics may have never escaped their lottery-ridden years of the mid- to late-90s.