Walker to sign with hometown Knicks

A decade into his NBA career, Kemba Walker is heading home.

The four-time All-Star point guard will sign with the Knicks after agreeing to a buyout with the Thunder, a The AP reported Wednesday.

Walker — who was born in the Bronx — and the Thunder have been working on the buyout parameters in recent days.

The 31-year-old Walker is owed nearly $74 million for the next two seasons, including a $37.6 million option that he held for 2022-23. He never played for the Thunder, who acquired him in a trade with the Celtics in June.

The move is a bit of a risk for the Knicks given Walker’s knee issues, which date back to his time with the Hornets.

He had injury problems in the seeding round of the 2020 playoffs in the Florida bubble but bounced back to help lead the Celtics to the Eastern Conference finals. Walker had stem cell treatment on his left knee last December and was limited to 43 games this last season. He was also limited in the Celtics’ first-round playoff exit against the Nets, missing the final two games of the series with a bone bruise in the same knee.

Walker won a national championship as a junior at UConn in 2011, concluding the season on an 11-game winning streak that began when the Huskies won five games in five days on the way to the Big East tournament championship at Madison Square Garden — the Knicks’ home. Walker averaged 26 points while playing nearly every minute of those five games to win the league, then went on to win the most outstanding player award in the NCAA Final Four as UConn beat Butler for the national title.

In 15 games at the Garden as a pro, Walker has averaged 21.3 points.

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