Kemba Walker is headed to the NBA.
At a press conference Tuesday at Gampel Pavillion, The Bronx native and Rice High School product confirmed what many had expected.
He will go pro after graduating in three years at UConn.
“I just think it’s the right time for me to go to the NBA,” said Walker.
The Knicks will open their first playoff series in seven years this weekend on the road in Boston.
And Carmelo Anthony is expecting a war.
“Brutal battles, man.’’ Anthony told reporters at Tuesday’s shootaround in Greenburgh, N.Y. “Wars. It’s going to be a very intense, high-energy series. They got something to prove. We have something to prove. I’m pretty sure it’s going to be a battle. It’s going to be crazy. We just have to keep our composure. It’s going to be a very physical series. That’s the way they play.”
Otto Porter, a 6-foot-8, 190-pound forward from Sikeston, Mo., has verbally committed to Georgetown.
The No. 18 power forward in the nation per Rivals.com, Porter chose Georgetown over Missouri, which recently underwent a coaching change.
“He liked what they had to offer,” Otto Porter Sr. said Tuesday by phone, referring to the family’s visit this past weekend.
“He’ll be able to handle the ball some, score some, they are looking at him to play two or three different spots.”
The NBA Eastern Conference playoff bracket is
By ALEX KLINE
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Kemba Walker is expected to announce his intention to head to the NBA during a press conference Tuesday at 3 p.m. that will air live on SNY.
Walker, a 6-foot-1 junior guard from The Bronx, is set to graduate on May 8 in three years. DraftExpress.com projects him as the No. 6 pick in the June Draft.
“He is a Top 10 pick,” one veteran NBA scout told SNY.tv. “He’s five to 10 on most people’s boards.”
The only thing more astounding than the good folks at Augusta National refusing to allow a female reporter into the locker room to interview a golfer is the reactionary comments from some of the readers at NorthJersey.com.
For those who missed it, columnist Tara Sullivan of The Bergen Record was not permitted into the locker room Sunday at The Masters during a group interview with Rory McIlroy. Tara wrote a column on her experience and Masters officials have since apologized.
“It should not have happened,” Augusta spokesman Steve Ethun told The Associated Press. “We will work as hard as we can to make sure it does not happen again.”
