VIDEO: Celtics Are Favorites to Sign Kemba Walker

VIDEO: Celtics Are Favorites to Sign Kemba Walker

The Boston Celtics have emerged as the favorite to sign Kemba Walker, according to NBA reports.

Walker will be offered a four-year, $141 million contract from the Boston Celtics, according to ESPN.

The Celtics have targeted the Charlotte Hornets point guard as their No. 1 free agent.

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Walker would be a replacement for Kyrie Irving, who is expected to leave Boston in free agency.

The three-time All-Star averaged 25.8 points a game this past season.

Walker would join a Celtics lineup that includes Jayson Tatum, Gordon Hayward and Jaylen Brown.

Without injured stars Irving and Hayward, Boston made the Eastern Conference finals in 2018. The Celtics lost in 5 games to the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2019 Eastern Conference semifinals. NBA free agency begins on Sunday, June 30 at 6 p.m. EST.