The 2019 free agency period in the NBA was quite a chaotic one as a multitude of notable talents opted to move to new teams, including longtime Charlotte Hornets point guard Kemba Walker.

After eight seasons with the team where he earned three All-Star selections and led the Hornets to two playoff appearances, Walker became a free agent in 2019. There was much talk that Walker would end up returning to the Hornets, but in the end, he opted to sign with the Boston Celtics on a four-year deal worth $141 million.

The veteran guard was eligible for the $221 million super-max, but the Hornets' reported final offer to him instead centered on a five-year, $160 million deal.

As Walker recently detailed on JJ Redick's “The Old Man & the Three” podcast, he would have stayed on with the Hornets had they placed a max contract deal on the table.

“If it was a max offer, I definitely would have taken it,” Walker said. “I did not want to leave Charlotte. … I loved Charlotte. I still live there to this day. I love Charlotte, love everything about Charlotte. The organization, everything. Yeah, I did not want to leave. But I just kind of felt like, if I wasn't getting my max, that I shouldn't be there, you know?

“I felt like I was worth more, like I'd done so much there that I kind of had to just move on. That was kind of my thought process in that situation.”

Walker's two seasons in Boston were marred with injuries as in the end, Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens opted to trade him to the Oklahoma City Thunder over the recent offseason. The Thunder later elected to waive him, and after he became available, he agreed to sign with the New York Knicks on a two-year deal.

Walker has so far averaged 12.2 points per game on 43.8 percent shooting through 14 games played this season with the Knicks.