After being waived by the Denver Nuggets earlier this week, Lonnie Walker IV signed with Besiktas in Turkey and the EuroLeague on Thursday.
Walker had signed a one-year non-guaranteed contract with Denver in August. He appeared in two preseason games for the Nuggets, scoring four points in 17 total minutes of playing time. But Denver waived him on Oct. 12.
Walker was a first-round draft selection (18th overall) of the San Antonio Spurs in 2018. He played for the Spurs from 2018-22 and averaged 12.1 points per game in 70 contests in 2021-22.
The Philadelphia native earned a one-year, $6.5 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers and averaged 11.7 points per game in 2022-23. He played for the Brooklyn Nets the following season, and, after a stint with Zalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League, Walker played for in 20 games for his hometown Philadelphia 76ers in 2025.
Walker averaged 12.4 points per game for Philadelphia and scored a career-high 31 points in his last NBA game on April 13, 2025 against the Chicago Bulls.
He signed a two-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague in the summer of 2025 and elected to use the opt-out clause to sign with the Nuggets.
