Following a lackluster team performance that saw the Boston Celtics fall 97-70 to the Indiana Pacers, many people are now looking to Antoine Walker. Though he had a good Game 7 numbers wise, collective sighs could be heard around the Fleet Center every time Walker threw up one of his questionable shots only 4-6 seconds into the shot clock. The boo-birds eventually followed.
"It's kind of mind-boggling," Walker said. "You work so hard to get home-court advantage and you have important games on your floor. If you had told me we were going to lose three games on our home floor, I would never have believed it at the start of the series because we play so well in [this] building."
Walker wants to return next season but knows it is entirely possible that Boston may try and go in a different direction.
"Hopefully, I'm back," Walker said. "I like this team. I like playing for Doc Rivers. But obviously the future is determined by the Celtics organization and what they want to do. My No. 1 priority is to be here and hopefully I can stay here. I like the nucleus that we have. The way the Eastern Conference is shaping up, you're going to have to be 10, 11 deep to try to win a division title. Hopefully I'll be back. I'll let my agent handle it in the summer time."