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“Bro Did a Reverse Messi”: Four Years After Leaving Michael Jordan’s Hornets Reign, 4x NBA All-Star’s Latest Decision Leaves Fans’ Jaw Dropped

Published 07/21/2023, 4:00 PM EDT

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An NBA All-Star has stirred the hornet’s nest by signing up to play basketball for a foreign country and company. Fans are stunned by this development and are making their feelings known online. While foreign players like Victor Wembanyama are coming to the NBA, this move has confused NBA fans.

The NBA player leaving the NBA has had a star-studded twelve-year career. He has played with the Charlotte Hornets, the team owned by Michael Jordan. All this has certainly created questions in the minds of NBA fans.

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Kemba Walker has signed a one-year contract with AS Monaco of the Turkish Airlines Euro League, becoming the biggest name to join the League. He will be playing in the EuroLeague for the first time.

Ever since Walker arrived in the NBA, he has earned a lot of acclaim in the USA. His efforts for guiding the University of Connectivt to the NCAA title win were also applauded. On many occasions, Kemba has thrilled his fans with amazing scores.

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Kemba was the 9th overall pick in the 2011 draft class and has played more than 616 games with the Hornets. From 2011 to 2019, his average stood at 17.0 points for each game in the majority of the seasons with the franchise.

In fact, he’s also received more acclaim from fans, globally. The NBA All-star from 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, Walker is someone with a truly decorate career overall.

After playing with the Charlotte Hornets, Kemba has also played for the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks. Earlier, there were some rumors that Kemba would walk away to another franchise, but they fizzled out.

Social Media Reacts to Kemba’s Move

The news dropped off via an Instagram post. Some NBA fans are dubbing this the ‘Reverse Messi’, pointing to the fact that Kemba did the opposite of what Messi did by fuelling rumors of him returning to the team Barca and Barcelona.

 

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The fans on social media have gone berserk with their comments and thoughts about the change.

One of them posted an interesting analogy

Bro did a reverse Messi.

Another wasn’t happy with the move and wrote about it.

“Bro should still be in the NBA.”

One more account still thought about him and the NBA

“Has to be at least 3 nba teams rn that could use him”

Another account had a suggestion.

Just retire bro. You had a great NBA career

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And another user saw this as a chance.

“Chance to win the EuroLeague title”

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The social media comments are definitely something to go by. What do you think? Did Kemba do the right thing? Tell us in the comments.

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Roy Daniel Dsliva

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Roy Daniel D'Silva is an NBA Writer at EssentiallySports. He is an undergraduate English scholar and has covered the OTT beat as an entertainment journalist for two years. He has also been a content writer and SEO and content consultant.
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Saumya Khanduja