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Post by SFP on May 27, 2024 14:35:14 GMT -6
Figuratively and literally basketball just lost a giant of the game. I can't think of a time anyone has said anything negatively about him. He was also a big Deadhead.
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Post by panthergrad2011 on May 27, 2024 19:58:32 GMT -6
The best thing to watch, especially in the more recent years, was how Dave Pasch and Jason Benetti (when he was still working with ESPN) basically had to play the straight man to Walton's antics.
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Post by Braves4Life on May 27, 2024 22:04:27 GMT -6
Walton was arguably the second best college center of all time. I did not even realize he had been sick...such a true warrior to the end.
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Post by panthergrad2011 on May 27, 2024 22:21:16 GMT -6
This story from Jay Bilas' article about Walton made me chuckle:
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Post by squirrel on May 28, 2024 7:26:39 GMT -6
I always thought he was nothing more than a conceited blowhard at least on college broadcasts. Great (legendary) player and funny character. But sucked the air out of any broadcast with interruptive behavior just to tell some stupid, irrelevant story about himself.
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Post by panthergrad2011 on May 28, 2024 20:08:43 GMT -6
I always thought he was nothing more than a conceited blowhard at least on college broadcasts. Great (legendary) player and funny character. But sucked the air out of any broadcast with interruptive behavior just to tell some stupid, irrelevant story about himself. I think over the last several years he knew he was a character and sort of leaned into it. |
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Post by panthergrad2011 on May 28, 2024 20:27:43 GMT -6
There is a little bit of cruel irony that he passes shortly after the final event in Pac-12 history.
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