"We bred him, we chose him, we groomed him to be a good playerfor us," Jordan was quoted by to the Charlotte Observer onTuesday.

"It's not like we are shopping him. We would not just give himup. I love Kemba Walker. I would not trade him for anything but anAll-Star player," Jordan said of Walker, who the Hornets draftedninth overall in 2011, to a great extent because Jordan saw traitsin Walker that reminded him of his own playing career.

"I certainly haven't given up on our best player. He's done ahell of a job of turning himself into an All-Star," Jordansaid.

Walker has played his entire six-year career with the Hornets,dating back to when they were formerly known as the CharlotteBobcats. He steadily improved multiple aspects of his game untilthis season. Unfortunately injuries have derailed the progress ofseveral teammates, forcing Walker to face constant defensiveattention that has in turn diminished his production andefficiency. Walker is currently averaging 21.7 points, 5.8 assistsand 1.2 steals per contest.

The Hornets are 19-26 and four games out of the final playoffberth in the Eastern Conference. Walker is the franchise's onlydrafted player to become an All-Star since Baron Davis received thehonor in 2002.

"I'm telling you I believe in my team," Jordan added. "I'mdisappointed in our record and I'm frustrated at times. But I'mtelling you I like everything about Kemba's work. I'm not justgoing to throw him away."

The Turkish army was on Tuesday engaged in intense clashes with Kurdish militia inside Syria as the US voiced alarm Ankara's operation could endanger attempts to bring peace to the conflict-torn country.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed at the funeral of the first Turkish soldier to be killed in the cross-border campaign that Ankara would emerge victorious from the campaign.

Turkey on Saturday launched operation "Olive Branch" aimed at rooting out the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia, which Ankara sees as a terror group, from its Afrin enclave in northern Syria.

The campaign has caused ripples of concern among Turkey's NATO allies, especially the US which is still working closely with the YPG to defeat Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria and fears the offensive will be a distraction.

In his strongest comments yet on the offensive, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis called for Turkey to show "restraint."

He warned the offensive "disrupts what was a relatively stable area in Syria and distracts from the international effort to defeat" IS, on a visit to Indonesia.

Turkish artillery on Tuesday pounded targets of the YPG inside Syria, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. Meanwhile, Turkish drones were also carrying out attacks, state televisionc
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said "fierce clashes" were continuing especially north and southwest of Afrin.

As well as the artillery and air strikes, Turkish ground troops and Ankara-backed Syrian rebels have punched over the border several kilometers into Syrian territory, taking several villages, according to state media.

After intense exchanges, Turkey's forces took control of the hill of Barsaya, a key strategic point in the Afrin region.

The Observatory said 25 Ankara-backed rebels and 26 Kurdish fighters had been killed in the fighting so far. It has also said 24 civilians have been killed on the Syrian side but this is vehemently rejected by Turkey which says it is only targeting militants.cc

(Agencies)

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