CelticsBlog · Nov 7, 2019
Kemba Walker ‘locked in’ as he makes his return to Charlotte
Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty ImagesIt’s certainly a feeling Kemba Walker isn’t used to after playing for the Charlotte Hornets for eight years.
The Spectrum Center is like another home for Walker, but tonight, unlike the hundreds of other times playing in the venue, the All-Star guard will veer toward the visitors locker room and get ready there, as Walker makes his first return to Charlotte to face his former team as a member of the Boston Celtics.
“It’s weird,” Walker said. “Being here yesterday, I went home, and it didn’t feel real. … Being in that [visitors] locker room now, we’d only go in there when we got random drug tests. So it’s weird, no doubt.”