<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">MIAMI (AP) -- Antoine Walker understands his new role, and he's ready to embrace it with the Miami Heat. Throughout most of his first nine seasons, a tenure spent largely with the Boston Celtics, Walker was a marquee guy, someone who teams built offenses around. That won't be the case in Miami, not with Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade starring as one of the NBA's elite 1-2 punches. Yet this was where Walker wanted to be -- not because he wants to relax, but because he wants a title. ``In past years, I've always come in and had to worry about scoring 20, 25 a night for my team to win,'' Walker said Thursday at his unveiling in Miami. ``Now I don't have to worry about that. I can come in and just play ball, just be versatile. Rebound, pass, score -- whatever it calls for that night.'' Walker, the centerpiece of the largest trade in NBA history -- a five-team, 13-player behemoth of a deal executed Tuesday night -- figures to come into the season battling incumbent Udonis Haslem for the starting spot at power forward. His multifaceted game was most attractive, said Heat president Pat Riley. ``We feel like there is a definitive role for him, where he's going to be on the court here and helping this team try to achieve what we need to achieve over the next couple years,'' Riley said. ``I am very happy.''</div> Walker ready for his new role
If Walker does things right, he could be an incredible addition for the heat and give some relief for Shaq, as it will make it that additional bit harder to double team him.
