Antoine's Drawstring Difficulties

11/21/96
Antoine Walker's Rookie Campaign

An incident in the opening quarter threatened to remove the "family entertainment" tag the Celtic marketing types have worked so hard to foster.

Shortly after entering the game with 4:01 left on the clock, rookie Antoine Walker began having difficulty. . . keeping his pants up. Unable to get Walker's drawstring issue settled in transition, and with his shorts hanging around his knees, the Celtics called a 20-second timeout.

Antoine returned to action, though several fans thought they noticed a lack of focus by the rookie, at least when it came to anything other than keeping his pants on.

"Yeah, it didn't seem like he was willing to go full steam, and his left hand never strayed too far from his shorts," one fan said.