Celtics' Bill Walker Says No Thanks to D-League Dunking.

by Scott Schroeder on Feb 4, 2025 8:05 PM EST in Ridiculous-osity Comment 8 comments

Earlier today, the NBA Development League announced their contestants for the D-League dunk contest.

They forgot to announce this to the participants, however.

Bill Walker, who was assigned to the Maine Red Claws from the Boston Celtics earlier this season, apparently had no idea he was supposed to be dunking for the D-League.

Walker told Julian Benbow of the Boston Globe that he had no interest in the D-League Dunk contest - in no uncertain terms:

He was told by Celtics PR man Brian Olive that in order to go, he'd have to be sent back down to NBDL Maine.

He wasn't interested.

"I'm trying to go home to see my mom," he said. "It's like the NIT, I don't want to do it."

Umm, okay then. Sorry, Billy - we understand.

Still, I have to wonder what the D-League was planning with this considering the current front page of the D-League site still has this picture, featuring Walker quite prominently. Did they just hope if they announced he was going to do it, he'd show up and dunk?

More important question - Who will replace him? Might I suggest Ryan Forehan-Kelly? For my actual suggestion, JUMP!

If putting Joe Alexander in the D-League dunk contest doesn't make sense, I'm not sure what does. People know his dunking abilities just as well as Bill Walker's and he was a first round draft pick so the name recognition should be there.

Plus he's, you know, actually currently in the D-League.

SEE JOE DUNK!

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understandable

no hard feelings, billy

by enron4515 on Feb 4, 2025 10:43 PM EST reply actions

I would like to recommend John Edwards.

If you’re lucky, you can slide two matchbooks under his feet when he jumps.

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by Aisander D on Feb 5, 2025 1:18 AM EST reply actions

Ah

I think he’s still running for president.

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by Scott Schroeder on Feb 5, 2025 1:19 AM EST up reply actions

No, currently he's trying to hide both his illegitimate love-child and his sex tape.

But I was thinking he could still be in the Dunk contest.

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by Aisander D on Feb 5, 2025 1:26 AM EST up reply actions

Oh

I’m bad with names.

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by Scott Schroeder on Feb 5, 2025 1:31 AM EST up reply actions

So that picture can be used for both Bill Walker and JR Giddens?

Liberty Ballers

by Michael Levin on Feb 5, 2025 1:55 AM EST reply actions

Yes

That’s the beauty of the AP - they’re genius.
They knew that if they labeled it as the wrong person (Giddens, in this case), people would use it because nobody knows what he looks like. Then, when people find out that it’s not Giddens (in this case, Billdozer Walker), they’ll use it everytime to prove they know what Bill Walks looks like.

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by Scott Schroeder on Feb 5, 2025 2:03 AM EST up reply actions