Antoine Devon Walker (born August 12 1976, in Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American professional basketball player with the National Basketball Association's Minnesota Timberwolves, his fifth team since his NBA career started in 1996.

Walker attended Mount Carmel High School, where he attained all-state status as a senior and earned a full scholarship to play for Rick Pitino at the University of Kentucky. He was a starting forward on the Wildcats' 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship-winning team. As a freshman at Kentucky he was named SEC Tournament MVP. In his sophomore year Antoine was named All-SEC First, All-SEC Tournament and to the All-NCAA Regional Teams. After his sophomore season he declared for the 1996 NBA Draft and was picked sixth overall by the Boston Celtics. Walker later teamed with Paul Pierce to help Boston reach the Eastern Conference finals in 2002, defeating the Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons before falling to the New Jersey Nets. Walker was selected to three NBA All-Star Game appearances, including the year when they reached the conference finals when he was voted onto the All-Star starting 5 by the fans.

Nine days before the start of the 2003-04 season, Antoine Walker was traded to the Dallas Mavericks. Walker was used in a relatively limited capacity on his new team due to the plethora of high-caliber players populating the Mavericks' roster. Included on that team was Antawn Jamison, newly acquired from the Golden State Warriors. On August 8, 2004 Walker and Tony Delk were traded to the Atlanta Hawks for Jason Terry, longtime Hawks member Alan Henderson and a draft pick. On February 24, 2005, Walker was traded back to the Celtics in a deal that sent Gary Payton, Tom Gugliotta, Michael Stewart, and a first-round draft pick to the Hawks (Payton was released by the Hawks and re-signed with Boston for the remainder of the season).

On August 2, 2005, Walker was involved in a 5-team, 13-player deal (the largest trade in NBA history) that sent him from the Celtics to the Miami Heat. On June 20, 2006, he won his first NBA Championship with the Heat, contributing 14 points and 11 rebounds in the final game of the series.

On October 24, 2007, Walker was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves along with Michael Doleac, Wayne Simien, a first-round draft pick and cash considerations in exchange for Ricky Davis and Mark Blount.

Walker is a versatile big man who can play either forward spot. He is mostly used as a small forward, where he establishes himself as a prolific scorer (career average 19.0 points per game) and deft rebounder, using his 6-foot-9 frame well (career average of 8.3 boards per game). He is also known as a capable passer, as 3.9 career assists per game prove. Walker is also known for his ability to shoot field goals, as he has taken 3771 three-point attempts in his career (as of September 2006), averaging about five per game, and made 1241 of them (.329). His all-around game earned him three All-Star call-ups so far (1998, 2002, 2003).

In spite of his consistent scoring and rebounding, Walker's game has been widely criticized over the years, mainly because of his questionable shot selection. By the 2000-01 campaign he had become the NBA's leader in three-point attempts, although .329 was not a remarkable three-point-shot average. Walker's penchant for shooting three-pointers is thought to stem from his playing for coaches Rick Pitino and Jim O'Brien, whose offensive techniques of shooting high volumes of three-pointers became known as the "Bombs Away Offense" among Celtics fans. However, Walker has improved this in his days with the Miami Heat, shooting 43.3% from the field, profiting from playing third fiddle to teammates Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade who often draw double-teams, so Walker frequently has wide-open shots.

Walker has been criticized for his lack of effort in conditioning. In the 2006-07 NBA season, Heat coach Pat Riley suspended Walker for four games for failing to meet conditioning standards. In the 2007-08 preseason, Walker reportedly arrived at camp at an estimated 262 pounds with 15 percent body fat, well above his listed playing weight, irritating Riley enough to call Walker out in public about the issue. Riley suggested that Walker is in good enough condition to only play 15-20 minutes per game, and will not be almost certainly not be starting. When asked why Riley did not provide a mandatory conditioning session over the preseason, he responded; "You can't force these guys to do anything during the summer, because they can call the players' association and then the players' association calls me, and they fine me." Walker was traded to the Timberwolves a few days later, although Riley said it was nothing personal and more of a personnel decision. Currently, he is one of 6 ex-Celtics players on the Wolves' roster, with the other 5 being Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, Theo Ratliff, Ryan Gomes and Sebastian Telfair.

Walker holds two NBA records. In the 2002 first round playoff series against Philadelphia, Walker knocked down six three-point field goals in the second quarter alone, the most ever in one quarter of a playoff game. His other record is a more dubious distinction: In a game against Philadelphia during the 2001-02 season, Walker shot 0-11 from three-point, the most 3-point attempts by a player in one game without a successful conversion. He is also the Boston Celtics' all-time leader in three-point field goals attempted (2,815). Walker was also part of the NBA playoff record 21 point fourth-quarter comeback in 2002 against the New Jersey Nets.

In July 2000, Walker and former University of Kentucky teammate Nazr Mohammed were robbed outside a Chicago South Side restaurant. In a separate incident on July 9, 2007, Walker and another individual were robbed at gunpoint by two offenders in his own house. The assailants made off with close to $200,000 worth of merchandise, including Walker's Mercedes. His car was later recovered having been stripped of its expensive aftermarket wheels and stereo system. Four men have been charged in this robbery and 2 of them have also been linked to the similar robbery of fellow NBA player Eddy Curry.

*Walker was a high school basketball teammate of American football quarterback Donovan McNabb. Walker's Kentucky team won the 1996 NCAA Tournament by defeating McNabb's Syracuse Orangemen in the Championship Game. McNabb has since gone on to a career in the NFL. *He appeared on the cover of the EA Sports video game NBA Live 1999

* * Walker's Career Stats