Antoine Walker spent twelve seasons in the NBA as one of the most confident, most watchable forwards of his era. A national champion at Kentucky in 1996, he went sixth overall to the Boston Celtics that summer and made the All-Rookie First Team at nineteen, averaging 17.5 points and 9.0 rebounds. He became the face of the franchise through the early 2000s, made three All-Star teams, and led the Celtics to the 2002 Eastern Conference Finals.

He was a 6'9" forward who shot threes before big men were supposed to, led the league in three-point attempts twice, and celebrated with the shimmy that is still one of the most imitated moves in basketball. His best statistical season came in 2001-02, when he put up 22.1 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 5.0 assists a night. He came to Dallas in 2003 and averaged 14 points a game for a 52-win Mavericks team.

The ring came in 2006 with the Miami Heat, where Walker started all 82 regular season games and delivered when it counted, going for 14 points and 11 rebounds in the Finals-clinching Game 6. He finished his career with more than 15,000 points and 6,000 rebounds, and he has spent the years since as a broadcaster and analyst and as one of the more honest voices in the game about life after basketball.