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Bill Walton:crazy hippie or just a good guy
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:10 pm
Be careful of how you judge people on your individual experiences. I laughed at Bill commentating ball games quite often, and thought that he was high most of the time. He may have been, but he was a genuinely good guy, it seems.
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Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:11 pm to High C
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crazy hippie or just a good guy
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Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:18 pm to Broski
That’s very possible
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:18 pm to High C
I always enjoyed his games as color guy. I was a fan. Miss the big lug. “Throw it down big fella!”
Funny you posted this. I was just thinking about Bill the other night listening to awful color commentary.
Funny you posted this. I was just thinking about Bill the other night listening to awful color commentary.
This post was edited on 6/7/26 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:25 pm to High C
I think he was both.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:25 pm to saturday
Weren't there stories of him being kind of a no-show dad at times?
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:26 pm to Broski
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crazy hippie or just a good guy
Seems like both
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:33 pm to UncleRuckus
Seemed like both
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:38 pm to High C
have you ever been inside of a volcano?
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:39 pm to High C
Depends on what stage of his life
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:42 pm to High C
My favorite thing about the guy was John Wooden, who was a notorious hard arse, would let Walton travel in the summers with the dead while making all other ucla players stay behind and train.
Shows both the talent and character of Walton.
Shows both the talent and character of Walton.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:53 pm to High C
I played ball with a guy who was a guard on Woodens last championship team along with Walton. Said the 1st official day of practice was also picture day. Walton shows up 1/2 hour late, hair down to the middle of his back. That was a no no at that time. Wooden told don't come back til you cut that hair.
Practice was the next day.
Practice was the next day.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:57 pm to High C
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I laughed at Bill commentating ball games quite often
He called a game that his son Adam played in while at LSU. He laughed at Adam’s performance and was very critical of him. It was hilarious.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 9:05 pm to WillieD
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He called a game that his son Adam played in while at LSU. He laughed at Adam’s performance and was very critical of him. It was hilarious.
I had no idea Bill Walton's older son played at LSU. 95-97.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 9:37 pm to High C
He became a caricature of himself like Dick Vitale
Posted on 6/6/26 at 9:42 pm to Broski
not sure about that, but I smoked weed with at least 2 of his kids
Posted on 6/6/26 at 9:54 pm to High C
After the Soviet Union broke up, newly independent Lithuania didn't have enough money to send its basketball team to the Olympics. Walton convinced the Grateful Dead to sponsor the team.
OTOH He was also close friends with Jack Scott, who was an SLA sympathizer and who helped Patty Hearst during the time she was a fugitive. Walton was questioned by the FBI and there's no indication he actively aided the SLA, but he was at least adjacent, if not sympathetic, to them.
OTOH He was also close friends with Jack Scott, who was an SLA sympathizer and who helped Patty Hearst during the time she was a fugitive. Walton was questioned by the FBI and there's no indication he actively aided the SLA, but he was at least adjacent, if not sympathetic, to them.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 10:03 pm to High C
He's generally known to be a good guy but he did live, at times, in a teepee in his back yard in L.A.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 10:04 pm to High C
Both. I miss him working the late night ESPN games.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 10:51 pm to High C
His house kind of went viral when it went up for sale. While I could never afford it, it was definitely awesome to look at. I could tell he's a great guy just from that.
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