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Bill Walton RIP - Maple Leaf - 05-27-2024

NBA champion, Hall of Famer Bill Walton dies at 71 - ESPN

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - jonnyss - 05-27-2024

(05-27-2024, 10:34 AM)Maple Leaf Wrote:  NBA champion, Hall of Famer Bill Walton dies at 71 - ESPN

oh, wow! so sorry. thanks for posting. i liked bill!

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - chrisk - 05-27-2024

Who would have thought 2 years ago that the “Pac-12” and Bill Walton would be gone in 2024?

He missed the last month or so of his scheduled Pac-12 basketball TV analyst appearances.

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - Hieronymus - 05-27-2024

I assume Bill couldn’t bear to watch the end of his beloved Conference of Champions. Sorry to see him go; and it could be very weird, but it was never boring.

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - Genuine Realist - 05-27-2024

(05-27-2024, 11:27 AM)Hieronymus Wrote:  I assume Bill couldn’t bear to watch the end of his beloved Conference of Champions. Sorry to see him go; and it could be very weird, but it was never boring.

One of those deaths that makes me feel a little older and a lot more mortal.

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - 82lsju - 05-27-2024

(05-27-2024, 11:48 AM)Genuine Realist Wrote:  

(05-27-2024, 11:27 AM)Hieronymus Wrote:  I assume Bill couldn’t bear to watch the end of his beloved Conference of Champions. Sorry to see him go; and it could be very weird, but it was never boring.

One of those deaths that makes me feel a little older and a lot more mortal.

he was at Stanford Law School during part of my undergrad years, his bike outside the law school was easy to spot as it was considerably larger than the others....

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - MV72018 - 05-27-2024

(05-27-2024, 11:27 AM)Hieronymus Wrote:  I assume Bill couldn’t bear to watch the end of his beloved Conference of Champions. Sorry to see him go; and it could be very weird, but it was never boring.

I was very fond of Bill Walton. Granted, he was rhetorically over the top and long-winded, but he was undeniably a loving, positive, enthusiastic, empathic, and ethically sensitive human being. He always had good things to say about Stanford and completed two years at Stanford's School of Law. A while ago I saw a video about Bill visiting a court that had been named for him and that now had a study center for youth as a constituent part of it. RIP Bill Walton.

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - JJJ - 05-27-2024

(05-27-2024, 11:58 AM)82lsju Wrote:  

(05-27-2024, 11:48 AM)Genuine Realist Wrote:  

(05-27-2024, 11:27 AM)Hieronymus Wrote:  I assume Bill couldn’t bear to watch the end of his beloved Conference of Champions. Sorry to see him go; and it could be very weird, but it was never boring.

One of those deaths that makes me feel a little older and a lot more mortal.

he was at Stanford Law School during part of my undergrad years, his bike outside the law school was easy to spot as it was considerably larger than the others....

I thought I remembered a green bike with the seat that was about the height of my neck…
Rest in peace. Probably appropriate that he didn’t have to see the remnants of the Pac.

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - Hulk01 - 05-27-2024

I had season's tickets for the Blazer's world championship season.
Watching a Portland fast break, keyed by a brilliant Walton outlet pass
and finished by Bobby Gross, Lionel Hollins, or Johnny Davis,
was among my most sublime moments in sports fandom.

And all of us knew we would win that final game.
The big print headline Oregonian's front page, after the Blazer's game five win in Philly,
read "WE'LL WIN IT ON SUNDAY!"

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - CowboyIndian - 05-27-2024

I liked him a lot. too! My favorite quote: "Minor surgery is what happens to other people."

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - Maple Leaf - 05-27-2024

Walton had a stuttering problem growing up but overcame it, he talked about and made the following statement:

"I'm a stutterer. I never spoke to anybody. I lived most of my life by myself. But as soon as I got on the court I was fine. But in life, being so self conscious, red hair, big nose, freckles and goofy, nerdy looking face and can't talk at all. I was incredibly shy and never said a word. Then, when I was 28 I learned how to speak. It's become my greatest accomplishment of my life and everybody else's biggest nightmare.

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - Blue Hawk (Mizzou) Card - 05-27-2024

Law school classmate. Well, technically, not a classmate, because he was in the class behind me. But I did have a class or two with him during my third year of law school, including one on the legal relationship between the United States and Mexico. Very intellectually curious. Not one who stood on his fame. I enjoyed interacting with him. Of course, there is no reason why he would have remembered any of that. But it is worth noting that he definitely added something to the law school. 

Large human beings don't seem to last very long. 

Sad day.

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - MV72018 - 05-27-2024

(05-27-2024, 01:20 PM)Blue Hawk (Mizzou) Card Wrote:  Law school classmate. Well, technically, not a classmate, because he was in the class behind me. But I did have a class or two with him during my third year of law school, including one on the legal relationship between the United States and Mexico. Very intellectually curious. Not one who stood on his fame. I enjoyed interacting with him. Of course, there is no reason why he would have remembered any of that. But it is worth noting that he definitely added something to the law school. 

Large human beings don't seem to last very long. 

Sad day.

Without question, Mizzou Card. Here's another memorable Waltonism: 

"Yesterday, we celebrated Sir Isaac Newton's discovery of gravity. 
Today, Fabricio Oberto is defying it." elebrated Sir Isaac Newton’s discovery of gravity. Today, Fabricio Oberto is defying it.”
“Yesterday, ated Sir Isaac Newton’s discovery of gravity. Today, Fabricio Oberto is defyi

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - burger - 05-27-2024

I'll admit it, there was a time where I would cringe when I saw that Bill was calling a Stanford game.  But over time, I came to really enjoy his games.  He absolutely loved Stanford.  He always had positive things to say about Stanford players and the coach, even when the team was struggling.  He had interesting (though never topical) stories.  Bill just seemed like a super nice guy.  I'll miss seeing him call Stanford MBB games.

This story, from Rick Carlisle (Pacers coach), was nice, too: https://twitter.com/CassidyHubbarth/status/1795220441843253474

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - PVTree - 05-27-2024

I enjoyed listening to Bill Walton during his broadcasts, even when he went off on a tangent. There was no bigger proponent of the Pac12 on TV than him. 

He always seemed very down to earth, and a person with whom you could converse if you ever ran into him. 

I was a fan of his and will miss him.

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - martyup - 05-27-2024

I had to hit mute when he called Stanford games.  Despite his color commentary style, he was undoubtedly a great human being.  Despite being a lifelong vegetarian, cancer ended his life.

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - 82 Card - 05-27-2024

He was at the law school during my time there. I was amazed that such a big star was not all full of himself. A nice guy and a big fan of Stanford basketball. I would usually see him at the games with Professor Heller. Not sure if they were discussing basketball, law or the rest of the world.

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - Nan3cy - 05-27-2024

I can’t think about Bill Walton without hearing him say “Throw it down, big man!” Or something close to that.

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - gailtate - 05-28-2024

Can't say that I'll miss the guy the way I miss, say, John Madden in the broadcast booth, but I will say that I have never, ever seen a guy dominate a basketball game the way he did. Won't forget his performances at Maples with Wooden's teams. A big man vs outmatched boys. Wintry nights of gloom for Cardinalmaniacs.

He's now with Jerry Garcia.

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RE: Bill Walton RIP - SkiBum80 - 05-28-2024

He would never say "Pac-12" without immediately following it up with "The Conference of Champions".

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