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Five-Year Veteran Reacts to Recent Lakers Guard Being Out of the NBA

LA Clippers guard Terance Mann reacted to this former NBA first round draft pick being out of the league

Joey Linn

Mar 24, 2023; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonnie Walker IV (4) shoots against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the first half at Crypto.com Arena.
Mar 24, 2023; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonnie Walker IV (4) shoots against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the first half at Crypto.com Arena. / Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
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Lonnie Walker was selected 18th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2018 NBA draft. Spending four seasons with San Antonio, Walker became a solid bench scorer but never became a full-time starter in the NBA.

Signing with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2022, Walker started 32 games that season, which trailed only the 38 he started in the 2020-21 season for a career-high. Averaging 11.7 points for the Lakers on a career-high 44.8 percent from the field, Walker was a key piece in their rotation.

This included an incredible performance against the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Semifinals that helped Walker land another NBA opportunity the next season with the Brooklyn Nets.

Appearing in 58 games for Brooklyn last season (all off the bench), Walker averaged 9.7 points in 17.4 minutes per game. Now an NBA free agent, Walker is still looking for another opportunity in the league.

Reacting to this, five-year NBA veteran and current LA Clippers guard Terance Mann sent out a post on X:

Walker made 104 threes last season on a solid 38.4 percent clip. While his shooting has come and gone throughout his NBA career, he showed some real ability in that department last season which could help a team off their bench.

Update: ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Wednesday evening that Walker had signed a contract with the Boston Celtics.

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Joey Linn

JOEY LINN

Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined Sports Illustrated's FanNation to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams during his time in school. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts, combined with his excellence in the classroom, earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Joey covers the NBA full-time across multiple platforms, primarily serving as a credentialed Clippers beat writer.

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