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Riding the bus back from the Bobcats' shootaround in Orlando Tuesday, Kemba Walker sounded markedly glum. He was reflecting on his rookie season in Charlotte -- one in which he averaged 12.1 points, 4.4 assists and 3.5 rebounds -- and spoke tersely about what he'll remember most from his first-year experience.
"Just all these losses," he said flatly. "We had a terrible season."
A little more than a year ago, Walker was at the zenith of college basketball. He basked in the afterglow of an improbable national championship, and was coming off a sequence of indelible moments: his step-back jumper to upset Pittsburgh, his wraparound pass to edge Louisville, his numerous heroics against Arizona, Kentucky and Butler.
Within a span of weeks, he elevated from an...
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