Kemba Walker played four of the final Celtics games before the NBA season halted in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Soreness in his left knee overwhelmed his early season consistency, ushering in Jayson Tatum as the team’s leading scorer in the final month.
Walker said last week the four month layoff played a critical role in the recovery of his knee. Yahoo Sports writer Keith Smith told Adam Kaufman and Evan Valenti on CLNS Media’s Celtics Beat Podcast to cautiously watch Walker.
“I still have a little bit of worries that when he really ramps this thing up and they’re playing basically every other day for months on end with little break, is he going to be able to hold up to that?