A Tribute to Bill Walton: Our Interview With The Legend From 2017
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Bill Walton passed away this week at age 71. Walton was an amazing NBA player, broadcaster and man. We decided to re-run an old interview we did with him from 2017. All of us here at Road Trippin' send our deepest condolences to Walton's family and friends.
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I swear it feels like Bill Walton was like the Mr. Rogers of the NBA. You just hear his voice and it instantly makes you feel better
Beautiful that he goes for 15 minutes after Richard tries to end the interview
Bill Walton was so awesome. I never got to see him play but hearing his voice and seeing him broadcast was a privilege. The best broadcaster ever at announcing during a blowout. Never bored while watching a Walton broadcast. Bill could always make you smile. He will be missed but always remembered.
Just from hearing him from the pods, broadcasting and replays, he just seemed like everything a human should be.
Bill Walton is 1 of 1. Truly nobody else like him!
He was so full of life. And this was after something close to 40 surgeries. To be that joyful and giving after decades of medical misery is quite something. I will miss him.
His energy could light up the universe. Such a loss for the world.
That fifth son comment 😭no shame I’m crying for the loss.
When this news broke, I was wondering how RJ was doing. I knew that he was incredibly close to the Waltons. When I didn't see how on ESPN, I figured he's still trying to painfully sort things out. I hope the Walton family, including RJ, all the best.
There wasn't even a mould to break when Bill Walton was made. A complete original. One of the last of the Counter-Culture of the 60s.
Love Bill Walton
RIP Big Red
Big Red/ Spaceman🫡
I selfishly thought l had ten more years of listening to the wisdom, insightfulness, intelligence and knowledge of Bill Walton, so l am now soaking up all the unseen and unheard before Bill Walton on the internet hoping it will last ten years.
"Throw it down big fella!" Sigh...
I recognize the tye-dye shirt from a game I watched, I suspect this podcast happened that day. The broadcaster did a gimmick where college announcers would announce an NBA game, and vice versa. So for a Cavs game they had Bill Walton, Dick Vitale, and a third guy. Very sorry that I forgot the name of the third one, the poor guy was like a straight man in a comedy team, trying to call the game properly while the other two characters were completely off the hook.
Vitale, always a motor-mouth anyway, was talking a million miles a minute. And Walton was a revelation to me. Everything I had heard or read about UCLA in the Wooden era talked about what a groovy dude Bill Walton was. But when I had seen him on TV previously, he was on his best behavior, sitting at the table with his suit on, and he looked pretty establishment, man. At that game I could see it. He had been to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and it had been a pilgrimage for him. During the game he was in his tye-dye shirt, standing up the whole time, going back and forth with Vitale, and preaching the peace and love and rock & roll. That broadcast was the first thing I thought about when I heard the news this week. What a guy.
Thanks for this! RIP Bill Walton
Pure Joy giver. An amazing human who was also a great basketball player. Prayers.
Hearing this man's voice after he passed is a bit haunting but I am so glad we had him.
R.I.P to the Legend, Bill Walton.
Thanks for sharing. Makes me hurt real good.
Rip bill walton 🙏🙏🙏
Rest in Paradise to the legend 🙏
I heard Bill on the radio promoting his book “Back from the Dead” a few years ago and immediately reserved a copy at the library. Reading his memoir is like receiving a one on one hilarious and spiritual life coach session from the man/myth/legend. RIP(sychedelia).
He's truly amazing. RIP to one of the greatest humans ever.
He would have made a great wrestling promo
Rip condolences ❤ will be missed.. Baller. Respect ✌️
Hearing his joy in the opening minutes of the show brought tears to my eyes, the world lost a good one
From now on whenever it rains, ill be thinking "Throw it DOWN big man!"
I thought of this episode as soon as I heard the sad news 😢. Thx for reposting it
Bill was a treasure. God bless his family 🙏🏽🕊️
I was blessed to have seen so many Portland Trail Blazer home games During the
1976-77 championship season and was in Memorial Colosseum when they beat the 76ers in game six and won at all! I experienced Blazermania first hand and saw both home games versus the Lakers and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in his prime going up against the 24 year old Bill Walton. It was just incredible to witness. But it just wasn’t Bill Walton it was the entire team and coach Jack Ramsay who’s system was all about team play and that was what Bill Walton was all about, winning basketball games. RIP I know he will be back from the dead.
This has been a tough loss, since there were so many facets of Bill’s journey from John Wooden, pursuit of athletic excellence, the Grateful Dead, and Dr. Jack Ramsey ( who I got to interact with multiple occasions) and fact we are close in age. Bill lived by a code of ethics and morals that should be admired. Nice to see his interaction with RJ who was the fifth son. RIP Big Redhead!
R.I.P. Spaceman. Rest easy. All ❤️.
One of a Kind
Wow !
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he was the best of us man
Wow Richard, what a life you've led so far. Excellence on the court and off. Going to Arizona gave you the opportunity to live in Bill's world. It sure seems, form a outsiders point of view, that was a great a blessing to you also. Bill was a community service HOF person whose deeds are numerous but not as documented. Peace to you during your mourning.
I love this so much, this is so beautiful