bill walton qoutes

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Walton's parter talking about some big white euro player - "Person X used to be a hockey goalie until his feet got too big for the skates.

Walton - "Oh c'mon, goalies don't wear skates!"

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[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] the big guy.

"THROW IT DOWN BIG MAN"

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That makes me laugh every time.

[Alobar]

I cant stand bill walton, the man is an idiot and a horrible commentator. Id rather listen to john maddon for an hour than walton for 10 seconds.

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Alobar,

Whoa, you watch sports?

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john maddon

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Wait, apparently not. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Walton's fine in small doses, I just don't know how you Blazers fans can put up with him for the entire season.

[lapoker17]

good thread.

walton rules.

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i had courtside seats to a pistons playoff game a couple years back. walton walked about five feet infront of me and i proceeded to scream, at the top of my lungs, BIIIIHIHILLLLL!! he turned around, gave me a thumbs up, and kept on walking. one of my prouder moments.

[quadzilla]

He was doing the finals in '97 I think and Shandon Anderson's Dad had just died of cancer. Anderson missed a layup and Walton in his usual condescending tone said, "Shandon Anderson... This is the NBA finals...You gotta suck it up."

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good thread.

walton rules.

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You gotta love a guy that wanted to have The Grateful Dead play a half time set at all the Portland home games. And was willing to help pay for it.

[Shadowrun]

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Can't remember any quotes off the top of my head this late but you young guys should have seen him play ball (maybe it's on cable). In his prime with UCLA and the NBA Blazers he was just phenomenal. Then he got injured and wasn't that good for a few years then played for the Celts in the mid-eighties and contributed to at least one championship. He had the best court sense of any center that has ever played.

He was listed as 6' 11" but if you look at Celtic team pictures he was at least two inches taller than Robert Parish (Parish was a little over seven foot tall). I remember him saying that he thought being listed at over seven foot tall would make him sound like a freak.

Not injured he would have had one of the top four careers for centers in basketball.

~ Rick

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I humbly disagree.

[BreakfastBurrito]

"Adam Keefe is dominating this game!!"

"You're not gonna stop Matt Geiger with just one defender"