I love Bill Walton, that big smile, his willingness to participate in these events. A well spoken intelligent man, who has compassion. Thanks for just being you Bill and God bless ya.
R.I.P. Bill Walton...a towering example of how to overcome obstacles in life. He overcame not just every opposing player on the basketball court, but every physical injury, and even a stuttering condition to the extent that he won an Emmy Award for broadcasting.
Class. Just pure class. Living in Portland, I remember the '77 championship, but what he did with the '86 Celtics? Difficult to come up with a tougher 6th man. Walton is a stud. The NBA today sucks cuz everyone's launching 3s. I miss the physical, inside play, and Walton was one of the best. Congratulations on the HOF. 🍻
A rare and truly unique player who had the potential to possibly become the best player in NBA history. There are very few players you can say that about, Bill was one of those players. The fact that a regular season MVP, a Finals MVP, a Sixth Man of the Year, a HOFer is one of the great "what ifs," that says a lot about how great he was and the potential he had.
Thanks Bill for making 1976-77 the most amazing year of my life! Your TEAM play made us BLAZERMANIACS the BEST Fans we could be. THANK YOU! Rip City!!!
Shame about Walton's injuries He was the best player in the world from 1976-1978 The Blazers went 44-21 with Bill in 1977 in the championship year and 5-12 without him 48-10 with Bill in 1978 in 10-14 without him He wasn't the scorer that Kareem was, but he was a better rebounder, passer, shotblocker and defender. Phenomenal player.
1977 Blazers were a Dream come true. We sucked until 77 . Newmerous first round picks still terrible. Then came Walton and Dr jack Ramsey. In 1977 Bill Walton avg 20 points a game ,14 rebounds and a un heard of 5 assists for a center. The Blazers would go end to end without the ball touching the floor. It was a thing of beauty for true basketball fans. If Bill Walton could have stayed healthy the Blazer would have had a dynasty,and Walton would be remembered as maybe the best big man ever. Was in high school and college ,why not the pros,but he didn't.
It is a tribute to his work ethic to talk as well as he does. His stuttering was a huge problem for him up to his 20's. He was a good as there ever was when he was healthy.
Yes he does. :^) Especially if you can figure out his strange combo of humility and pride, and sort his ironic humour from his earnest assertions! I have a feeling the audience didn't catch many of his little inside jokes - some of them self-deprecating. :^>
I was a little to young to remember Bill Walton in his prime. I remember him as the 6th man of the Celtics. Still pretty damn good after all the injuries he went through. Mr. Walton may you rest in peace. The world is not as good a place without you. I know you are teaching Jerry the game and he is teaching you the guitar. You truly were one of a kind. God Bless
Bill, we met in 2010 on our bicycle ride from SD to the border with you and the Pebble Pedaler Brothers. So proud to know you and thank you for that championship in Portland. Glen (and Bobbie) Gullickson
Bill and wife came into laker game late one nite to watch Luke play he sat on aisle autographed everything from caps balls pizza boxes he loved the fans what a sweetheart be well sir
My grand father ran into Bill Walton in 1986 in Boston on a trip to visit my family. My grand father expressed that in that brief exchange, he could feel the greatness not just in the pursuit of basketball greatness, but in the pursuit of greatness itself. You can feel this greatness in his speech. We miss you Bill but your greatness is immortalized in the hall. I went on to attend UCLA graduate school. I feel connected with Walton and am inspired by the man. God bless you and your entire family and all the people you have touched and inspired.
All the spectacular college play at UCLA ,gave the NBA career mostly injury prone. This guy was TARZAN on the court.He spoke like a educated speaker,with a touch of humility..
I selfishly thought l had ten more years of listening to the wisdom, intelligence and insightfulness of Bill Walton so l am soaking up all the previously unseen interviews l can find on the internet.
Charles Cinco-It;s a basketball Hall of Fame not NBA Hall of Fame and when you factor in Walton's college c career he is a uno doubt hall of fame. He was one of the greatest college players of all-time.
My favorite announcer for the nba. He is funny & never afraid to go hard on the players. " terrible pass " awful shot " atrocious defense " hes also still a big hippy. Anyway what a great job to call games. Esp when he did the 90s golden era games. He also won a title for portland. This guy was dominant but injuries plagued him. He still got in. Now that all the golden era bball players are all in the hof I'd love to go to Springfield to see the hof. I went there in the late 90s to visit umass we stopped at the hof & it was nothing like the baseball hall of fame bc basketball was almost bankrupt in the 70s until bird & magic brought it back from the ashes & then mj took it home. Bill was way before my time even with the 86 celtics I was only 4. I love that clip of birds steal on Isiah 's inbound pass that he passed to dj who layed it in. Bill had that huge smile on his face hi fiving the other guys. He came to the celtics at the end of his career & never let his ego allow any jealousy & he accepted his role as a bench player which must be tough after he was such a great player in his early career. Kareem was pretty old when the lakers had him & he started. That team won bc of magic & worthy. I cant imagine Kareem accepting not starting.
BEST Collegiate player ever. Only Russell is even close. Too short albeit a brilliant pro career. Very grateful man and appreciative of other greats like Dr J, Pistol Pete, Kareem, Wilt to name a few.
@@anthonytaylor7928He's right there, too. But 88 wins in a row and a very near Miss to NC State I have to pick Bill number one. However, I can understand Russell or Kareem.
I feel like of all the NBA Greats, he'd probably be one of the most fun to hangout with. I feel like he'd be kind-hearted and polite to any random person he encountered.
If bills feet. Weren't such a problem..in my humble opinion..he would have gone down as one of the top 5 centers to ever play the game of 🏀 basketball..the man had great inside moves..could run like a deer. Just had tge love for tge game like no other. Congrats..mr.walton .your enshriment..is so well deserved.
Right On, I remember the Trail Blazers victory, Portland erupted!! Thank for talking about the total commitment a family has to a competitive athlete growing up
BILL WALTON IS A HEADS UP GRITTY AS YOU CAN GET ,IMAGINATIVE , HONEST PRINCIPLED FIRST RATE KIND OF GUY . AT ERA COULD HAVE LEARNED TODAY'S GAME LEARNED IT IN 1 YEAR , EXCELLED , TODAY . BILL IS AN ALMOST CONSTANT HIGHLIGHT VIEW OF HIGH TRIBUTE OF THOSE HE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH . KAREEM IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY WELL EDUCATED , WRITER & SOCIAL SPOKESMAN . MOST OF THE UCLA WOODEN TRAINED MEN ARE .THAN ALMOST ANY AMERICAN LEADERSHIP INDIVIDUALS THERE ARE . pww
List of achievements by Bill Walton: 2× NBA champion (1977, 1986) NBA Finals MVP (1977) NBA Most Valuable Player (1978) NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1986) 2× NBA All-Star (1976-1977) All-NBA First Team (1978) All-NBA Second Team (1977) 2× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1977-1978) NBA 50th Anniversary Team #32 Retired by the Portland Trail Blazers
Summer of '77, I was the guy stopping traffic for road construction in the eastern Oregon desert. Hot day! From a standard green Land Cruiser maybe ten cars back in the holdup, this giant hippie left his door open, jumped the fence into a hayfield and loped out to one of those firehose size sprinklers. Pulled his tee shirt over it so it could blast up and out his neck - and just stood there, stepping around sideways as it rotated. Then I turned the stop sign around and he had to hurry back. He was headed to the Strawberry Wilderness, one that even most Oregonian's have never heard of. Still luvya Bill!
I remember in hs all the guys were saying how the 76ers were going to crush the Trailblazers. I was the only one who said the Trailblazers would win. LoL
@@PInk77W1 I will never forget the Sports illustrated caption on the cover after the Blazers triumph over Philly, "All for one sure beats one for all!"
The reason his totals are low is because he suffered numerous injuries throughout his career. But despite that, he led the Portland Trailblazers in 1977 to the franchise's only NBA Championship. He averaged 13.3 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.2 blocks per game despite the smaller roles he played later in his career with the Celtics. Dennis Rodman is in the hall of fame and the only stat that's better than Walton's was Rebounding.
They always talk about the '80s Celtics 'Big Three' - Larry, DJ & Kevin. I beg to differ. 'Big Five, and Friends', more like! How can you ommit Bill, Chief, and heck, Danny Ange - make it Six! - and so many others. This was a _TEAM._
Bill's ability to give the Chief a rest on the sidelines, without a drop in talent, during the 86 season in Boston was a big reason why the 86 Celtics are in the argument as one of the best teams ever because they had 5 (five!) future Hall of Famers on the lineup. The last 3-plus minutes of the Game 4 finals in Houston showed why Bill was on the team.
Are people really debating weather or not a 2x NBA Champion, Finals MVP, Regular season MVP, Sixth Man of the Year and revolutionary player who took a team in their first post season to a title should be in the HoF? Damn.
Walton is ranked #16 on my all-time greatest players list and that's with a career riddled with injury. I can only imagine how high on the list he'd be if he had a career where he was more healthy
Brandon Stinson Riddled with injuries, you should be so lucky. You're choice of words to describe Waltons injuries leaves little to say the least of how he sustained those injuries something you know nothing about or could ever imagine outside the courts of ridicule. I take it you're not a fan of the big man's choosing the wrong word to describe his unfortunate injuries or maybe you just have no emphathy for the man or jealous of the man and his career, accomplishments, professionalism, nature, maturity, and personality which of you've none! So next time you criticize another professional athlete's injuries at least choose the correct and proper wording, yea that's right take your time and assess the situation or incident giving much thought to the use of proper wording ok mister?
What some people don't know is that Wooden almost "fired" him from the team... Bill was a little brash in his younger years and Wooden told him unless he followed his rules, he could play somewhere else... if that happened, we would have a different story now of Bill
If only he hadn't suffered so many injuries, man, passing, scoring, a true team player, I'm sure Larry Bird, and the other Celtic players really kind of fed off his energy and enthusiasm for playing, despite probably being in lots of pain at times.Also, one of the greatest College players all time
It was like trying to catch lightning in a bottle. This frenetic second coming of the "Indiana Rubber Man". Russ may have been a little quicker off his toes but Walton didn't need to be. He had ..already..positioned himself in the best place to bloc a shot &/or rebound. Russ was a good post passer but Bongalo Bill was THE GOAT fast break initiating rebounder # Banco.
Bill's HoF speech is the exact opposite of Michael Jordan's. None of it was about him. He thanked everyone else, even spending more than a minute giving love to the fans. He's been gone for more than a week, and I'm still watching old videos of him on UA-cam. As Kareem said, the world seems a little heavier with the loss of Bill Walton.
Bill Walton was not only a Hall Fame Basketball player but a Hall of Fame person RIP
RIP Bill.
A winner, on and off, the court.
Hall of fame player.
Great father.
Loyal friend.
A real Dead head.
RIP Bill, you will be missed.
I love Bill Walton, that big smile, his willingness to participate in these events. A well spoken intelligent man, who has compassion. Thanks for just being you Bill and God bless ya.
One of the best gifts and things he does to the world!
Well said! A great player and a great human being!😁
Why wouldn't he not be willing to participate in his own induction
All he did in speech was talk and compliment others. Love this guy and RIP
What an elegant speech, thanking literally everyone. Rest in Peace, Big Man.
R.I.P. Bill Walton...a towering example of how to overcome obstacles in life. He overcame not just every opposing player on the basketball court, but every physical injury, and even a stuttering condition to the extent that he won an Emmy Award for broadcasting.
Some rise, some fall and some climb....love you Bill! One of the best on & off the court
Class. Just pure class. Living in Portland, I remember the '77 championship, but what he did with the '86 Celtics? Difficult to come up with a tougher 6th man. Walton is a stud. The NBA today sucks cuz everyone's launching 3s. I miss the physical, inside play, and Walton was one of the best. Congratulations on the HOF. 🍻
From Boston to Portland, we love you Bill!
One of the greatest of all time. If (the big if) not so many injuries probably the greatest ever.
Not probably but for sure. You know basketball!❤
RIP. You made the world better. Shine on, Bill
A rare and truly unique player who had the potential to possibly become the best player in NBA history. There are very few players you can say that about, Bill was one of those players. The fact that a regular season MVP, a Finals MVP, a Sixth Man of the Year, a HOFer is one of the great "what ifs," that says a lot about how great he was and the potential he had.
Thanks Bill for making 1976-77 the most amazing year of my life! Your TEAM play made us BLAZERMANIACS the BEST Fans we could be. THANK YOU! Rip City!!!
It was certainly a beautiful team to watch.
He's my favorite basketball player ever. Loved watching Big Bill block shots. Wish I could have done it too.
Bill walton white bill russell outlet passing ; outlet rebounding gre a t defender scoring point etc
yep my fave ever too, he went 142 straight games without a loss in hs and college!
Shame about Walton's injuries
He was the best player in the world from 1976-1978
The Blazers went
44-21 with Bill in 1977 in the championship year and 5-12 without him
48-10 with Bill in 1978 in 10-14 without him
He wasn't the scorer that Kareem was, but he was a better rebounder, passer, shotblocker and defender. Phenomenal player.
Exactly. That's who Bill was for his all too short peak.
One of the best peaks and a top Blazers player all-time.
1977 Blazers were a Dream come true. We sucked until 77 . Newmerous first round picks still terrible. Then came Walton and Dr jack Ramsey. In 1977 Bill Walton avg 20 points a game ,14 rebounds and a un heard of 5 assists for a center. The Blazers would go end to end without the ball touching the floor. It was a thing of beauty for true basketball fans. If Bill Walton could have stayed healthy the Blazer would have had a dynasty,and Walton would be remembered as maybe the best big man ever. Was in high school and college ,why not the pros,but he didn't.
Bill walton was like white bill russell outlet passing ; outlet rebounding : great defender : scoring
❤️dr.j & bill wa L ton
Bill was a kind soul with a huge heart! He was a great person! Bill is THE GOAT! Miss you Bill.
Now that is a professional hall of fame induction speech
RIP Bill. As a fellow Bruin, you are my favorite all-time player. You inspire me to be better and nicer.
He sure did. A true star who undoubtedly made his team and teammates better like few ever have.
Honesty, Truth, Compassion and Class!
It is a tribute to his work ethic to talk as well as he does. His stuttering was a huge problem for him up to his 20's. He was a good as there ever was when he was healthy.
Bill Walton makes the world a more interesting place
Yes he does. :^) Especially if you can figure out his strange combo of humility and pride, and sort his ironic humour from his earnest assertions! I have a feeling the audience didn't catch many of his little inside jokes - some of them self-deprecating. :^>
@@pbasswil Definitely special and great! I was just catching and laughing at the video as he fired one after one! Masterful.
Had a killer gab and absolutely great humour, his and McHale's ones are one of the best blasts speeches and HOF ceremonies ever!
Glad he played with the Celtics
Bill walton waa like white bill russell
I was a little to young to remember Bill Walton in his prime. I remember him as the 6th man of the Celtics. Still pretty damn good after all the injuries he went through. Mr. Walton may you rest in peace. The world is not as good a place without you. I know you are teaching Jerry the game and he is teaching you the guitar. You truly were one of a kind. God Bless
RIP Bill Walton! Great basketball player, and an even better person!
Bill, we met in 2010 on our bicycle ride from SD to the border with you and the Pebble Pedaler Brothers.
So proud to know you and thank you for that championship in Portland. Glen (and Bobbie) Gullickson
Bill and wife came into laker game late one nite to watch Luke play he sat on aisle autographed everything from caps balls pizza boxes he loved the fans what a sweetheart be well sir
My grand father ran into Bill Walton in 1986 in Boston on a trip to visit my family. My grand father expressed that in that brief exchange, he could feel the greatness not just in the pursuit of basketball greatness, but in the pursuit of greatness itself. You can feel this greatness in his speech. We miss you Bill but your greatness is immortalized in the hall. I went on to attend UCLA graduate school. I feel connected with Walton and am inspired by the man. God bless you and your entire family and all the people you have touched and inspired.
Amazing player!
a great guy- great player and wicked smart
Wicked!
Bill Walton a very classy and top notched big man, got his autograph in Denver back in 1999.
All the spectacular college play at UCLA ,gave the NBA career mostly injury prone. This guy was TARZAN on the court.He spoke like a educated speaker,with a touch of humility..
I selfishly thought l had ten more years of listening to the wisdom, intelligence and insightfulness of Bill Walton so l am soaking up all the previously unseen interviews l can find on the internet.
Charles Cinco-It;s a basketball Hall of Fame not NBA Hall of Fame and when you factor in Walton's college c career he is a uno doubt hall of fame. He was one of the greatest college players of all-time.
THANK YOU SOMEONE WHO GETS IT!!!!
Right Synister. Walton was no one dimensional specialist like Rodman, Vandeweghe, Aguirre. He excelled in all areas, least of all winning.
My favorite announcer for the nba. He is funny & never afraid to go hard on the players. " terrible pass " awful shot " atrocious defense " hes also still a big hippy. Anyway what a great job to call games. Esp when he did the 90s golden era games. He also won a title for portland. This guy was dominant but injuries plagued him. He still got in. Now that all the golden era bball players are all in the hof I'd love to go to Springfield to see the hof. I went there in the late 90s to visit umass we stopped at the hof & it was nothing like the baseball hall of fame bc basketball was almost bankrupt in the 70s until bird & magic brought it back from the ashes & then mj took it home. Bill was way before my time even with the 86 celtics I was only 4. I love that clip of birds steal on Isiah 's inbound pass that he passed to dj who layed it in. Bill had that huge smile on his face hi fiving the other guys. He came to the celtics at the end of his career & never let his ego allow any jealousy & he accepted his role as a bench player which must be tough after he was such a great player in his early career. Kareem was pretty old when the lakers had him & he started. That team won bc of magic & worthy. I cant imagine Kareem accepting not starting.
A Gem in a world of pf Rocks. Rest in Peace
BEST Collegiate player ever. Only Russell is even close. Too short albeit a brilliant pro career. Very grateful man and appreciative of other greats like Dr J, Pistol Pete, Kareem, Wilt to name a few.
Not Kareem?
@@anthonytaylor7928He's right there, too. But 88 wins in a row and a very near Miss to NC State I have to pick Bill number one. However, I can understand Russell or Kareem.
The best... and that goes well beyond basketball. Thank you sir for the memories.
I feel like of all the NBA Greats, he'd probably be one of the most fun to hangout with. I feel like he'd be kind-hearted and polite to any random person he encountered.
If bills feet. Weren't such a problem..in my humble opinion..he would have gone down as one of the top 5 centers to ever play the game of 🏀 basketball..the man had great inside moves..could run like a deer. Just had tge love for tge game like no other. Congrats..mr.walton .your enshriment..is so well deserved.
Made such a massive impact in the game despite his injuries, 70s Walton was a monster
Great player and smart
Right On, I remember the Trail Blazers victory, Portland erupted!! Thank for talking about the total commitment a family has to a competitive athlete growing up
Lov d watching him play especially at ucla. Such a team player with skill in all phases, intensity and intelligence
Class. RIP, Big Man.
He was just a great guy! RIP Bill Walton....you will be missed greatly!
THROW IT DOWN BIG MAN!
Dude loves Boston and the Cs.
Della Street only by sports history. He’s a west coaster and prefers San Diego.
BILL WALTON IS A HEADS UP GRITTY AS YOU CAN GET ,IMAGINATIVE , HONEST PRINCIPLED FIRST RATE KIND OF GUY .
AT ERA COULD HAVE LEARNED TODAY'S GAME LEARNED IT IN 1 YEAR , EXCELLED , TODAY .
BILL IS AN ALMOST CONSTANT HIGHLIGHT VIEW OF HIGH TRIBUTE OF THOSE HE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH .
KAREEM IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY WELL EDUCATED , WRITER & SOCIAL SPOKESMAN .
MOST OF THE UCLA WOODEN TRAINED MEN ARE .THAN ALMOST ANY AMERICAN LEADERSHIP INDIVIDUALS THERE ARE . pww
List of achievements by Bill Walton:
2× NBA champion (1977, 1986)
NBA Finals MVP (1977)
NBA Most Valuable Player (1978)
NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1986)
2× NBA All-Star (1976-1977)
All-NBA First Team (1978)
All-NBA Second Team (1977)
2× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1977-1978)
NBA 50th Anniversary Team
#32 Retired by the Portland Trail Blazers
... 2 time ncaa champion, 3 time player of the year, 2 time ncaa tournament p.o.y, 88 game winning streak... 3 time all-american...
Bill waltin like white bill russell outlet passing : outlet rebounder: great defender : scorng
Summer of '77, I was the guy stopping traffic for road construction in the eastern Oregon desert. Hot day! From a standard green Land Cruiser maybe ten cars back in the holdup, this giant hippie left his door open, jumped the fence into a hayfield and loped out to one of those firehose size sprinklers. Pulled his tee shirt over it so it could blast up and out his neck - and just stood there, stepping around sideways as it rotated. Then I turned the stop sign around and he had to hurry back. He was headed to the Strawberry Wilderness, one that even most Oregonian's have never heard of. Still luvya Bill!
Thanks for putting the "William T." in the description of the video. I wouldn't have known it was him without it. smh
Beautiful man was lucky to see Walt Hazzard and Big Bill clinic 1981
I remember in hs all the guys were saying how the 76ers were going to crush the
Trailblazers. I was the only one who said the Trailblazers would win. LoL
Him Bike My friend and Myself predicted the Blazers were going to win the next 4 straight, too bad I wasn’t a gambler
Susan Bloodgood teamwork beats flash every time
@@PInk77W1 I will never forget the Sports illustrated caption on the cover after the Blazers triumph over Philly, "All for one sure beats one for all!"
@@Amick44 nice.
Robert Parish said when Bill was feeling good, there wasn't gonna be any layups
Where will we find such a man again?
Condolences 💐
The reason his totals are low is because he suffered numerous injuries throughout his career. But despite that, he led the Portland Trailblazers in 1977 to the franchise's only NBA Championship.
He averaged 13.3 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.2 blocks per game despite the smaller roles he played later in his career with the Celtics.
Dennis Rodman is in the hall of fame and the only stat that's better than Walton's was Rebounding.
Love how he got that last Green Team dig at Kevin McHale! 💚
I remember first seeing Bill Walton playing with Portland Trailblazer
A very nice man is bill.
I think he is great player. When he was not hurt. Was a top 5.
Have a long life my friend. 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀.
The Big Red Head. Always seem to give more credit to those than he gives to himself.
That what great teammates do.
True humility
They always talk about the '80s Celtics 'Big Three' - Larry, DJ & Kevin. I beg to differ. 'Big Five, and Friends', more like! How can you ommit Bill, Chief, and heck, Danny Ange - make it Six! - and so many others. This was a _TEAM._
Bill's ability to give the Chief a rest on the sidelines, without a drop in talent, during the 86 season in Boston was a big reason why the 86 Celtics are in the argument as one of the best teams ever because they had 5 (five!) future Hall of Famers on the lineup. The last 3-plus minutes of the Game 4 finals in Houston showed why Bill was on the team.
As Great A Player. A Greater Human Being.😊RIP Redhead
Are people really debating weather or not a 2x NBA Champion, Finals MVP, Regular season MVP, Sixth Man of the Year and revolutionary player who took a team in their first post season to a title should be in the HoF? Damn.
It's the basketball hall of fame and he also won like three ncaa championships
Walton was the best player in the NBA for two straight years, prove me wrong
Walton is ranked #16 on my all-time greatest players list and that's with a career riddled with injury. I can only imagine how high on the list he'd be if he had a career where he was more healthy
Brandon Stinson Riddled with injuries, you should be so lucky. You're choice of words to describe Waltons injuries leaves little to say the least of how he sustained those injuries something you know nothing about or could ever imagine outside the courts of ridicule. I take it you're not a fan of the big man's choosing the wrong word to describe his unfortunate injuries or maybe you just have no emphathy for the man or jealous of the man and his career, accomplishments, professionalism, nature, maturity, and personality which of you've none! So next time you criticize another professional athlete's injuries at least choose the correct and proper wording, yea that's right take your time and assess the situation or incident giving much thought to the use of proper wording ok mister?
Grateful
Came here to say RIP Bill.
since his ucla days, walton has always been my favorite
RIP Bill....
Great speech, what would he of accomplished with no injuries. Unknown but the mind wonders.
RIP big fella
Rest easy
What some people don't know is that Wooden almost "fired" him from the team... Bill was a little brash in his younger years and Wooden told him unless he followed his rules, he could play somewhere else... if that happened, we would have a different story now of Bill
Yes. They butted heads from time to time!
Rodman's speech is so emotional.
Dexter who do you think is best bball player ever?
@@m.e.m.jr.4294 That's easy, "Pistol" Pete Maravich.
i love HoF speeches
Kind of surprised by this speech. Bill was more serious than I expected. I thought he'd be a little more funny and light hearted.
OK I read some of the comments. It's the Basketball Hall of Fame, not the NBA Hall of Fame. Pay attention.
If only he hadn't suffered so many injuries, man, passing, scoring, a true team player, I'm sure Larry Bird, and the other Celtic players really kind of fed off his energy and enthusiasm for playing, despite probably being in lots of pain at times.Also, one of the greatest College players all time
If Bill Walton was health he would have been, (without any doubt) a top five big center in the history of basketball.
Top 3 for damn sure... kareem, wilt, & Bill either 1 😎🏀
He is a class act. Only behind 42 to 1 and Once Brothers as far as 30 for 30's go.
Players of today, will never know injuries like the PLAYERS of the 70s and 80s played thru.
Very true. Players of that generation played with serious injuries that often shortened or ended their careers. There was no load management.
God has a great team in heaven! RIP Bill.
Does he mention the Dead or quote song lyrics?
21 out of 22 shots U.C.L.A. A John Wooden diciple A HALL OF FAME PLAYER A HALL OF PERSON R.I.P BILL
100% class act.
Just a shame that men of his character must one day leave this earth and be no more. Sad.
Rust Never Sleeps
12:29 who is Bill talking about? a famous female basketball player? Julia or something?
Dr J - Julius Erving, if that's a serious question.
clearly not talking about dr. j, listen to the speech
Uljana Semjonova. She was inducted with Walton in the HOF.
There is no nba hall if fame! There is a Basketball Hall of Fame and it's in Springfield, Ma. Bill Walton more than earned his spot.
It was like trying to catch lightning in a bottle. This frenetic second coming of the "Indiana Rubber Man". Russ may have been a little quicker off his toes but Walton didn't need to be. He had ..already..positioned himself in the best place to bloc a shot &/or rebound.
Russ was a good post passer but Bongalo Bill was THE GOAT fast break initiating rebounder # Banco.
Bill's HoF speech is the exact opposite of Michael Jordan's. None of it was about him. He thanked everyone else, even spending more than a minute giving love to the fans. He's been gone for more than a week, and I'm still watching old videos of him on UA-cam. As Kareem said, the world seems a little heavier with the loss of Bill Walton.
I can't wait till Luke Walton's Hall of fame speech
As a basketball coach??
RIP
San Diego Clippers
RIP Big Red. When healthy, best center of his Era. I tried ,in vain,to copy his game.
the bar
I wonder if Walton has the lowest point
Total of any one in the HOF