Antoine Walker
Appearances
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Freedom of the Four: We Tracked a Radical Experiment in Basketball Nirvana
I was just at home, keeping myself in shape.
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Freedom of the Four: We Tracked a Radical Experiment in Basketball Nirvana
You bet. Bro, literally, you go onto this table, you lay down, there's one guy that's holding your foot there, there's another guy, and I have my hair like this, who's like pushing my hair down to see, like, you know what I mean, make sure I'm, you know, so... That's how they do it, bro. And they serious about it. They're serious. It's like a boxing weigh-in.
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Freedom of the Four: We Tracked a Radical Experiment in Basketball Nirvana
From the time I left my home to the time I landed in Manila, 32 hours, and you go straight to this daggone table. They stretch you. And if you're like off by a quarter, a quarter of an inch, you're back on a plane the other way, back home. And they're flying in the next guy.
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Freedom of the Four: We Tracked a Radical Experiment in Basketball Nirvana
No, our practice court doesn't have it. Like, with this right here, bro, I keep this with me all the time. That painter's tape. So I try to tape it down in our spot and... the security guard, they was like, nah, yeah. My coach was like, yeah, yeah, they're not going to let you do that. And I was like, okay, I believe you. And then sure enough, they came and took it up. I'm like, you mother...
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Freedom of the Four: We Tracked a Radical Experiment in Basketball Nirvana
My team didn't know who I was. You know, they didn't know what they were getting. I had so much going on that, you know, I just wanted to make sure I played well. And then once I got rolling and the game was rolling, you know, my confidence grew. Got some layups, got some post fadeaways, got some middies, got some floaters. I'm out there. I'm scoring.
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Freedom of the Four: We Tracked a Radical Experiment in Basketball Nirvana
I'm probably, you know, five for six on the field. I got equity. I got house money, brother. And then a great opportunity came where my man helped and my feet were set behind that four and I believe it was RK dialed me up, shoot it, no hesitation. You know, boom, right off the plane, hitting four pointers. And then it got to a point where Nevers was like, enough, all right, timeout.
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Freedom of the Four: We Tracked a Radical Experiment in Basketball Nirvana
And I went down to court hitting this one right here, hitting the crown, boom, boom. And I could tell like, as I'm walking back to our bench and I'm giving high fives to my teammates and stuff. Cause they're like, yeah, yeah, yeah. Cause we're like, we got the momentum. I can look and I can tell in somebody's eyes, like they looking like, Oh, he's, he's kind of good.
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Freedom of the Four: We Tracked a Radical Experiment in Basketball Nirvana
Brushing my teeth, getting ready to go to the game. And I'm like, who are you, bro? Let's see what you got in you. You always wanted to know what it was like to be the man on the team and to be able to shoot and play basically with freedom. Here you are. You've never been this free ever in your life.
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Freedom of the Four: We Tracked a Radical Experiment in Basketball Nirvana
Who knows if you'll ever be in a situation like this where you can come down to court and shoot a four-pointer. That's how I got to, you know, turn that switch on. Fairfield. That's it to Rosario. George King for four. I was ready to go from the jump. The fours, fours in transition. But one thing that stuck out for me, that game, I remember having this extreme sense of calm.
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Freedom of the Four: We Tracked a Radical Experiment in Basketball Nirvana
You ever seen Happy Gilmore? You go to your happy place. I got the ball essentially at the four-point line. And I'm rocking. And everyone in the gym knows what I'm doing. And sure enough, they sent a double. And I'm like, you came from the wrong side. And I went to my dad going, ooh, boom.
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Freedom of the Four: We Tracked a Radical Experiment in Basketball Nirvana
I was trying to score 100 points. So I actually fell short of what I was trying to do.