Walker’s injury is the same as the one he suffered in July of 2017 before he began his short tenure with the Miami basketball program. It hindered his ability at the beginning of his collegiate career.
Walker’s injury early and Bruce Brown’s season-ending surgery suffered at the end of January meant Miami basketball never got to see the dream backcourt of Walker and Brown at full strength. Brown left for the NBA after his Sophomore season in 2017-18 and is ironically now with Detroit.
Walker had a good summer for the Spurs and played well in his only preseason game before suffering the MCL injury.