Elite Guard Christian Walker Class of 2026

hey hey everybody welcome back to another episode of Grand City Hoops I'm your host Donovan mmore and today we got a very special guest on the podcast we got Christian introduce yourself a little bit tell the viewers a little bit about you what's up guys my name is Christian Walker and I'm in class of 2026 and my Au Squad is Aspire Elite absolutely so if anybody don't know I mean pretty much if you know hoop the Matha is a Powerhouse so uh definitely real elite ho we got in here today so um just talk about your this past season of the MAA how was it was it ups and downs or what did you like about it so far so this season it was really ups and downs for me because I had surgery so so I didn't really play that much for about a month but then after a while it was I was doing my thing I was doing my thing this Au season I've been really working uh I've been training training with Coach how my that's my that's my trainer it's my guy and yeah it's been doing really good for me this lately in these past weeks I've been doing my thing that's fire bro so if you don't mind me asking what did you get surgery on uh I got my surgery on my stomach area so I couldn't really move that much or do that much why why do you have to get surgery uh so my doctor I had a checkup with my doctor it was like a regular checkup and they said something was wrong down there so they had to do s I had to do surgery D bro that's crazy so how long were you out I was out for about a month I was just out before a month and it was during December January so I couldn't really play during them all the time oh damn that's M that's mid-season yeah it's mid-season two so was this the first time you had to miss some time or like yeah this is my first time ever having any surgery or anything during basketball season so how was the rehab like when you were rehabing back was it difficult like challenging like what was that process like cuz I ain't never been hurt before so like I just wanted to ask I'm not going to lie it was very difficult cuz I couldn't I couldn't even do anything basketball related I had to be in my bed just watching film and all that because yeah I couldn't do anything had to stay stay home wash my Bas my uh Samantha play it was really bad I'm not gonna lie so like how long how long until you could get back on the court I know you said recovery was about a month but like was that how long it took for you to get back on the court did you have to do pt too uh that was how long I had to recover I didn't have to do pt or anything like that because it yeah oh that's fire that's fire bro so obviously now we're in a season definitely coming up on the heat of it heading into doing and stuff like that especially in July you already know what that is so playing with Inspire Elite uh just what are you looking forward to this a season and what are you trying to grow uh what I'm looking for this a a uh season is the win 3sg championship man because that's why I that's my one of my goals is to win that because I really wanted to do it last year but we didn't have the full Squad but I think this year we got the squad to do that and what I want to develop in I want to become more of a shooter because I'm really a slasher okay and I want to develop my game outside so would you say you can shoot or is it just like is just something you want to work on and get better so I can shoot but like I don't really take that much shots in game because I be only taking like one or two threes I want to take more shots than just that I feel you I feel you definitely without a doubt so in your opinion do you think when you're playing aou like do you feel like a is better for your development as a player or do you feel like high school basketball or you feel like just both in general just go hand in hand so for me I think a was better for me well as my opinion a is better because I feel like it's more competition so it helps me helps me you know play with better people and like I don't know how I can say this but it helps me a lot to get better yeah I feel you I feel you because a bunch of different players from a bunch of that's playing on the same team and I think yeah I I love a season I love all about it it's just the fun of it I really think because it helps me get more coaches this is really this year I've been getting a lot of uh coaches looking at me and all that so I think a has been really good for me definitely so I do want to ask you since you said a so fun um do you think it's fun when you guys have three games in one day no it's not fun it's not had three games in one day that my legs be dead on the second game I be telling people bro I'm like bro he's fun I'm trying to tell you like the summertime like going back going to different cities and stuff like that but when they say Saturday morning you got 8 10 and one nah n that's crazy that's going be the crazy I be like dang man make me so mad got wake up at 6 eat breakfast and all that because last weekend for uh Texas I had to play we had to play eight games oh man in the weekend yeah this weekend yeah for uh asire how many games did you have on Saturday so Saturday we had four games on Saturday man that's insane I ain't going to lie to it was insane man look and them the thing about it to is man them am games I ain't gonna lie to you bro you should not have a game before 10 o'clock yeah I'm saying but I mean I feel actually actually like I'm not gonna lie I like the morning games because like I don't know I think I think the morning games be better the late games like nine we we having games at nine or the nine game sucks too I can't lie that's the worst that's the worst eight n games yeah the nine game suck but I mean like the 8 a. J is just like I'm not a morning person so it's just like it take me a while to really get into it like I got to really stretch for 8 a.m. game yeah that is how be I got be I gota really be prepared like I got wake up at 6 to be prepared for that that's facts that's facts so um obviously in the summer time playing a that's pretty much taking up most of your time but what's something from last season that you're trying to work on to get better going into next season okay so basically what I want to work up more is become more of a team leader because I feel like I can be more of a leader on my team that I'm about be playing with uh become more of a scorer and Oly be better defending I be more of a Defender Defender player I feel like that's what coaches like to see so I W become more a Defender absolutely so um when you're training with Coach how right I already know him I mean I trained when I was hooping um how has he helped you like you know develop your game from early age because you say you worked out with him since elementary school so how's he been key in developing your game he's been uh he's been really helping me become more of like a a better point guard and uh he he helps me like see things like how to react to a screen or like what like one two moves and all that it's really helpful he's been uh been there for me for the longest uh the training really amazing it's really exhaust like a lot to he be he be work he be working us facts this be it'd be tough but like he's been he's been really grown me into a better player overall my basketball skills I can really tell definitely definitely without a doubt so obviously a season you just said that you know you got some coaches looking at you for the first time a you and stuff like that so how's the recruitment process going so far I know it's early on right now for you but you know what's coaches saying so far so I'm actually this weekend I'm about be going to CBU for uh I don't know you know about C Catholic Baptist University yeah yeah so yeah I'm about be going it this weekend uh I'm I don't have no offers right now yeah but I'm I've been working I've been talking to some coaches and they really looking at me right now looking at me without doubt it's on the way bro you still early on bro you got a lot of time yeah I got a lot of time and you on the gunet and stuff like that look you gonna get plenty exposure bro thank you thank you appreciate it for sure without a doubt so moving on to next season obviously um you got things you're going to work on trying to get better for this summer but what are some goals that you look at you're like okay like now I'm working on this specific things right but like next year this time I want to say like looking back I accomplished those goals in the season like what's some things you want to accomplish looking the next season okay so my top five goals I want to accomplish this season is one uh this season okay so this season I want to average more than 15 points a game I want to hope my team went out win more games because last year we didn't do we didn't win that much and I want to win more games for this the team I be playing with nice uh my third uh is win a championship I really want to win I want ACC com I want to win a championship for my uh basketball team my my school team because I never accompl to that and I want to do that nice uh my fourth goal I have in mind is just become more of a better leader lead my team to winning more games and overall just becoming a better player and five I'll say is do more things than just be uh just being a slasher and uh being one demential I want to be more demential in my game definitely I feel that so I'm actually glad you touch on that a little bit because I want to touch on the leadership part because a lot of people think that's underrated um as far as a point guard right so obviously you're the coach on the floor everybody's looking at you to call the plays like how important is it for you to know exactly what's going on like in the game it's very important because some people be out of place and if you want to be a leader if if you want a lead your team you got to tell them what to do and all that and you gotta be the most talk on the court if you're not talking on the court coach is gonna still be right out for not talking and he's gonna get on you fact facts man that quick sub is crazy though yeah that quick sub because he he be telling me I I want you want you to be a leader on a team and talk more instead of being quiet because the quiet is not it's not good to be quiet on the court no it's not cool I mean some people trying to be too cool but n cool don't Co don't win games don't win games it don't win games but um bro it was a pleasure talking to you bro I really appreciate on this for real I'm really I'm really honored to be uh in this interview with you man it's really I really it means a lot to me man oh yeah for sure without a doubt man I'm definitely going to hit you up again probably shoot either towards the end of this summer or definitely like during your season we can do another interview and chop it up yeah that would be cool that would be cool for sure man I appreciate you man you have a good one you too all right bro