Birth Date:
14.12.1998
Seasons on Team:
1
Nationality:
United States of America
Lonnie Walker IV signed with Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv in the summer of 2025. He is a big and explosive guard, who before joining the yellow-and-blue split his time between Zalgiris in the EuroLeague and Philadelphia in the NBA.
Walker IV was born on December 14, 1998, in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA. He began to stand out during his sophomore year in high school and was eventually named as an All-American for his class. He was a 5-star recruit out of high school, ultimately choosing Miami.
One season with the Hurricanes was enough to elevate his name so much, that in the 2018 NBA Draft Walker IV was selected by San Antonio with the 18th overall pick. The athletic guard played four seasons with the Spurs, averaging 12.1 points in 23 minutes per game in his final year with the team.
In the summer of 2022, he signed with the Lakers. In his first 32 games with Los Angeles, he was a feature in the starting lineup and contributed 14.7 points per game (shooting 39% from three). However, an injury and subse-quent roster moves pushed him down in the rotation. He finished the season averaging 11.7 points per game and appeared in 13 playoff games alongside stars like LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and Russell Westbrook.
In July 2023, he signed a one-year deal with Brooklyn, where he averaged 9.7 points in 17.4 minutes per game, before deciding to move on the following summer. In 2024 he crossed the Atlantic for the first time and arrived in Europe, joining Zalgiris Kaunas. There, he experienced a basketball-obsessed country and the intensity and toughness of European basket-ball.
Walker IV started in 15 of his 19 EuroLeague games, played over 22 minutes per night, and immediately established himself as one of the top guards on the continent, averaging 13.6 points per game. He also averaged 12.8 points per game in the Lithuanian league (shooting 54% from three), won the Lithuanian Cup with Zalgiris, and just days later exercised his NBA opt-out clause and signed with Philadelphia, close to home.
With the Sixers, he played in 20 games, started in seven, and contributed 12.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.5 assists in 24 minutes per game. In all, his resume includes 342 NBA regular season games and 19 playoff appearances.
