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Kemba Walker signs one-year contract with AS Monaco of EuroLeague
This will be Walker's first time playing in Europe, following a 12-season run in the NBA.
While Walker is just 33, he's had significant knee problems over the past few years that have hindered his career and led to his transition to Europe. He originally had knee surgery in 2015, but problems began to crop up again after he signed a max deal with the Boston Celtics in 2019. He missed more than half of the 2021-22 season with the New York Knicks and played just nine games for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2022-23 season.
A first-round pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, Walker was selected ninth overall by the Charlotte Bobcats (now known as the Charlotte Hornets). He stayed in Charlotte for eight seasons, making three straight All-Star Games as a Hornet before accepting the sign-and-trade deal with the Celtics, who had just lost Al Horford and Kyrie Irving. He made his fourth straight All-Star team with Boston, but was traded after just two years. From there he bounced to the Knicks and finally to the Cavs this year with whom he averaged 8 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists on 42.1% shooting over just nine total games.
Walker is joining a team on the rise. AS Monaco finished third in the EuroLeague and won its first French pro league title this past season, sweeping Victor Wembanyama's Metropolitans 92 team.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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