it was time for Walter to prep for the upcoming NBA draft. “I was slated to go anywhere from 11-21... I worked out for all the teams that went from the 7th pick up to the Knicks.” McCarty had ...

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtics forward Walter Lee McCarty was born in Evansville ... the 19th overall selection of the 1996 NBA draft by the New York Knicks.