Antoine Walker: “I’m not going to lie, man. I’ll keep it real—I cried like a baby. I couldn’t believe I got traded, bro. It was because I felt like we were just starting to become one of the best teams. We lost the Eastern Conference Finals, yeah, but we ended up losing to New Jersey when they went to the Finals back-to-back. I felt like we were right there, like we were ready to turn the corner. It hurt. Personally, by myself, I cried, like, ‘Damn, I don’t want to go anywhere else.’ We had built so much there. We were starting to get to that next level, and then, to get traded—it was tough.” “But the best thing about my trade, which a lot of people don’t understand, is that I got a chance to go play with three great players, man. I got to play with Michael Finley, Steve Nash, and Dirk. Yes, sir! And then Antawn Jamison was our Sixth Man. Damn, I had a whip down there! You know what I’m saying? I went to a situation where I knew I was going to win, and I didn’t have to do it all.”