RIP Bill Walton

[Hangman]

I loved seeing him play even though he was on the Celtics. Always a classy person. My parents parents met him once and my mom told me how nice and personable he was. Sorry he lost the battle with cancer

 

[DJ]

#RIP

 

[PhilSimms11]

Sad to hear. I didn't know he was sick. Rest in peace.

 

[LogicMan]

A great player and great guy to listen to talk about the game. Hope the Celtics honor him in next home game

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

I used to see him at Grateful Dead concerts back in the day.

R.I.P.

Bill Walton - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Hall of Famer Bill Walton, 71, dies of cancer

Bill Walton, who won two NCAA titles with UCLA and two NBA championships during a Hall of Fame career, died Monday at age 71 after a prolonged battle with cancer.

www.espn.com

 

[msgkings322]

Fitting he passes away the same year as the Pac-12/Pac-10, they don't get more California than that guy

Good dude, good for the game, RIP

 

[Xeliou66]

RIP. He was one of my favorite announcers, very colorful and entertaining to listen to. Great player as well.

 

[thunderc]

Seemed to be one of those guys that didn’t have to agree with you in order to appreciate and get along with you. Our world needs a lot more of that now days.

 

[fightinfunbags]

All time Dead Head. R.I.P.

 

[msgkings322]

Seemed to be one of those guys that didn’t have to agree with you in order to appreciate and get along with you. Our world needs a lot more of that now days.

Most people are like that especially in real life. Most people are not like us idiots in the PF.

 

[TheGoodMan19]

When I was growing up, there were a handful of icons, athletes who name alone stirred memories. Mays. Orr. Namath. Ali. Jabbar. Walton was another. Odd that he died the day after the last PAC title, men's baseball, was awarded and the "Conference of Champions" was dead

 

[thunderc]

Most people are like that especially in real life. Most people are not like us idiots in the PF.

Ummm, no. Social media beyond this place is a cesspool and most people are mixed up in it. I’m not even mentioning politics now days.

 

[thunderc]

One of the best college basketball players of all time.

 

[msgkings322]

Ummm, no. Social media beyond this place is a cesspool and most people are mixed up in it. I’m not even mentioning politics now days.

I disagree. For all the weirdos immersed in social media, daily interactions in my life and the lives of everyone I know are still civil and mostly completely unaffected by politics. Maybe your world is different so you are projecting that onto everyone else.

Politics has become a testier subject but that's not saying the same thing you are. In older times you weren't supposed to bring that stuff up (nor religion) with casual discussion anyway.

In other words, Bill Walton was not unique in that regard.

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

Oh man, sad news … RIP

 

[thunderc]

Daryl Morey on Walton stepping in to help team Lithuania in 92.

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[TheGoodMan19]

One of the best college basketball players of all time.

UCLA was 84-4 in his playing days. Three Final Fours, two titles. Lost in 1974 to a awesome NC State team and David Thompson by three in OT. In the 1973 NCAA title game, Walton scored 44 points and was 22 of 23 from the field. A CBB layer did that now, they would name bridges after him

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

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All time Dead Head. R.I.P.

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[Sportsguy9695]

I’m too young so I don’t remember him playing. But I loved seeing him on tv when the nba was on

 

[desert heat]

UCLA was 84-4 in his playing days. Three Final Fours, two titles. Lost in 1974 to a awesome NC State team and David Thompson by three in OT. In the 1973 NCAA title game, Walton scored 44 points and was 22 of 23 from the field. A CBB layer did that now, they would name bridges after him

Recently watched a couple of those games on YouTube, and I'd say he was as good as any college center ever, even Jabbar.

The NC State team was awesome, was playing on their home turf, and got a lot of calls to get them over the hump. That might have been the best UCLA team wooden ever had.