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Post by Xcalatë on May 27, 2024 17:37:04 GMT
NBA champion, Hall of Famer Bill Walton dies at 71Two-time NBA champion and Hall of Famer Bill Walton has died of cancer at the age of 71, the NBA announced Monday. "Bill Walton was truly one of a kind," NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. "As a Hall of Fame player, he redefined the center position. His unique all-around skills made him a dominant force at UCLA and led to an NBA regular-season and Finals MVP, two NBA championships and a spot on the NBA's 50th and 75th Anniversary Teams. www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40229031/nba-champion-hall-famer-bill-walton-dies-71
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on May 27, 2024 18:08:45 GMT
He was one of the iconic athletes when I first started watching sports. Walton, Orr, Alcindor, Namath, Mays, a real icon. The hippie Bill Walton and the arrow straight John Wooden was a relationship that should have been doomed from the start but led to two titles. Didn't get a title for every year he played like Alcindor, Lynn Shackelford, Sidney Wicks, Henry Bibby et al but he was one of the greats. Walton always touted the PAC as "Conference of Champions" and he dies the day after the PAC plays its last real game, the baseball final
1973 NCAA Title Game. Walton scored 44 points, was 21 of 22 from the field.
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Post by DrKrippen on May 27, 2024 19:19:30 GMT
He showed up at a basketball camp I went to. The camp was run by K.C. Jones and Bill was one of the invited guests. He was just off of a knee surgery, but he was doing stuff that you had to see to believe. At UCLA, he grabbed a rebound and started a fast break like nobody else. He was on some good teams there.
RIP Big Red
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 27, 2024 21:32:45 GMT
r.i.p. truly loved his sport all around.
His 'Greg Ostertag' sounded so solid. Gregg...Oh-Stir-Taggg.
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Post by tristramshandy on May 28, 2024 2:37:30 GMT
This is the statue outside of my YMCA.  |
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Post by mtbg on May 28, 2024 8:45:14 GMT
Dude had a severe stutter until he was 28, overcame it, than never stopped talking after that! Also had 39 surgeries. 39! Yet through all of that pain never seemed down. He was a true original. RIP.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 28, 2024 11:55:55 GMT
RIP to a legend and an icon.
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