Grizzlies Waive Antoine Walker

[geeman]

any interest in this vet

[JoshB914]

Absolutely none. 'Toine is just a goofy novelty at this point. But I'm sure he'll latch on somewhere.

[LL Cool Scott]

I would welcome back Toiney Toine in a heartbeat - if only for comedic purposes. He is a beautiful man.

[LL Cool Scott]

I wonder who puts up worse shots - Toine or Josh Smith?

Is there some stat for shots that don't draw rim? Or shots that just thud off the backboard?

[lethalweapon3]

C'mon, y'all miss that Shimmie Shake. You know you do! Stop lying to yourselves!


http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62547

Anybody remember the game (I think the Hawks were playing the Nets) where Employee #8 couldn't buy a free throw (was like 1-9 or something awful), and with the Hawks down by two with under a second left, he gets fouled, goes to the line... misses the first (no shock there), and (after a timeout where everyone in the Western Hemisphere knows he's supposed to miss the second FT for a chance at a tap-in) goes and swishes the second, nothing but net??? His teammates just rolled their eyes and the 3 Hawks fans at the game just threw their hands in the air.

(CORRECTION): I gotta do him justice by getting my story right! He was 6-10 from the charity stripe before the ill fated free throws, although I recall the four he missed were pretty ugly. It was everywhere else on the floor where his shot was a downright atrocity -- 3 for 18, including Bagel-for-6 from the 3-point line. An impressionable Josh Smith (2 for 7, but 1 of 2 from deep) was taking notes. The Hawks were down three (not two) and he did make the first shot to bring the Hawks within two.

The AP article read:
"Antoine Walker was so off-target that about the only shot he made was the one he was trying to miss intentionally."

"You can't miss a free throw too intentionally," Walker said.

'Twas a great time to be a Hawks fan, that 53-game 'Toine Era!

~lw3