Bill Walton explains which NBA legend changed the game
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- Опубліковано 27 кві 2024
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Bill Walton seems like a good dude.
Nobody is more excited about life than Bill Walton
Not who I expected to hear him talk about. What an incredible and inspiring story that was.
I truly love hearing these kind of stories. Great job!
He’s a lot more intelligent & well spoken than he’s often given credit for. I love his passion & knowledge for basketball, great story teller.
And he overcame a stutter earlier in life to become a great speaker.
@@gsjackson34 That’s pretty cool! I love listening to him talk, when he was actually somewhat healthy in the NBA for those 2-3 years he was among the best of the best ever.
Love his positive energy. Good guy
Another big Chickie Baby fan here...had the distinct honor to shake his hand and thank him for the many hours of enjoyment he provided in the early 70's at the ol' fairgrounds in Phoenix.
Thank you for sharing this video.
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I never knew this about Spencer Haywood, but now I plan on getting his book. Thank you, Bill Walton, for the tip! 👍
Bill's NBA career was cut short by injuries. However, when you look at scoring, passing, rebounding and defense, a strong case could be made for Bill Walton being the greatest college player ever. He just had a tremendous basketball IQ, and desire. I remember the seeing the '77 Trail Blazers, back when there was little cable exposure. I said, "Who are these guys?" Well, they were good. But their greatest asset was that they were led by Bill and Dr. Jack Ramsey.
They were good. Sometimes ball never hit the court. Precision passing.
With all due respect to Walton I just don't see how anybody could be better in college than Lew Alcindor who's team was 88-2 with three straight NCAA championships
Very good post, thanks! I didn't know that about Spencer Haywood's bio; Turns out SH left MS for Detroit not Chicago in 1964. He must have been an amazing talent.
Amazing story.
Spencer was the first player to go into the NBA via hardship draft in 1971 He played in the ABA his rookie season 1969-70. Was both ROY & MVP. I played with Spencer and his older Brother Leroy in pickup games during the Summer month while he lived in Detroit. Spencer had relatives in Chicago who encouraged him to come there 1st. Leroy his older Brother, who was a great basketball player himself got Spencer to move from Chicago to Detroit connected him to all the right people and Spencer took off like a Rocket. I remember him as one of the best players to come out of Detroit and then HOF in the NBA.
Also, remember the greatest performance ever in the Olympics that nobody seems to recall. He was a devastating weapon. He put some of the opposing teams in a state of shock.
@@pleiku887 Spencer's High School team were Michigan State Champion in 1967. Alcindor, Unsel, and Hayes said NO to Mexico City and the 1968 Olympics. Spencer put everyone on notice when he lead the US Men's Basketball Team to a Gold Medal and was also voted the Most Outstanding Player.
Before Magic and Bird revolutionaized the NBA. Chick Hern kept it alive!!!
Great story about Spencer.
Great Guy
Just think about ALL the greats who came through John Wooden's program. If it had only produced Walton and Kareem, I would rank it #1 based on the character of those two men. Just the best...
I'm 72grew up so cal it was a great time
Great story!
Today's announcers learned nothing from the greats,
That's why it's hard to listen to them.
I did not know. No idea whatsoever. WOW. Great story.
He's a guy I'd really like to have a conversation with.
Great! Spencer was kind of like Dr. J. Broke through barriers at the top of the game.
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So, is this an encouragement for boys to travel to Chicago with strange men?
But Magic and Bird saved the game
TRUE THAT!
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Air Jordan!
@GrantBeniford SPENCER HAYWOOD. I saw Spence play in the '68 OLYMPICS, MEXICO CITY. Crazy good. I was 5 when I saw that & couldn't believe it. Haywood was LEN BIAS B4 LEN BIAS.
@RICHBLACKCOCK I saw Taylor Thompson play in Southeast Rutherford, and let me tell you, this guy was Larry Bird before Larry Bird.
Jordan ruined the game with his traveling & carrying the ball....breaking the rules does not impress me!
@@tommyrawlings3046 That's a damn shame , b'cause a basketball🧺 🏀 coach showing some kid a Michael Jordan tape will make that kid thinking THAT'S❗the proper way to play.
@@tommyrawlings3046 Need a tissue?
I am the same age as Bill Walton. I am not perfect, but I am one of the few baby boomers who NEVER EVER used drugs. Rumor had it that Bill Walton used more drugs than just about anyone. I highly doubt Bill Walton remembers anything correctly about the first 40 years of his life. Alcindor/Jabbar was as dominant in college as Wilt was in the pros. Walton's UCLA teams were great, but they were riding on the recruiting coattails that Jabbar had paved for them. In John Wooden's first 15 seasons at UCLA he made the NCAA tournament 5 times. Beginning with Walt Hazzard and Gail Goodrich in 1963-64, Wooden won 10 of the next 12 tournaments. When Alcindor/Jabbar started at UCLA in the 1966-67 season, UCLA was the place most high schoolers wanted to go. Alcindor/Jabbar won three times. Sidney Wicks/Curtis Rowe won three times (overlapping Alcindor). Walton won two.
Walton was better than Jabbar by the time he joined the NBA,but injuries derailed his career.
@@leonpse we are all entitled to an opinion.
UCLA had won the national championship back to back before Jabbar even played.
@@tonyg.1114 I mentioned that with hazzard and Goodrich.
@@tonyg.1114 on march 20, 1965, Goodrich’s 42 points beat cazzie Russell, bill buntin, Larry tregoning, Oliver Darden and George pomey. That Michigan team was my team as a 12 year old.
Just say Michael Jordan and shut up
Why don't you prove to everyone that you're right? Go on my program and show everyone that you know what's up. If you don't go on it means you're scared to go on becuase you know you have no proof that you're right.
It's Wilt.. PERIOD
Haywood was overated and did not change the game. Waltons is a great basketball mind but dimentia must be setting in on his brain.
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Bill Walton is just one more demented far lefty. Compared to Alcindor/Jabbar, Spencer Haywood is a speck of dust in the wind, as far as who had impact on the game of basketball. Cousy had WAY more impact on the game than Spencer Haywood. Cousy created the point guard concept that is still part of the game today. But nobody, before or since, had more impact on the game than KAJ. Look at the game as it was before KAJ entered the NBA, and look how it changed to what it was for the next 30 years. And then after KAJ was gone, never replaced, it has changed again, from a big man dominated game to a shooters game. The game changed drastically when KAJ came into the league, and again after he was gone. Who can sanely argue that Spencer HAywood anything like that degree of influence on the game? Walton just won`t give KAJ his due, because he and JAbbar have long been at odds. Spencer HAywood! Give me a freakin break bro!!!!!!!
Bill is entitled to his opinion.
Spencer Heywood influenced the game in a different way. He created free agency. That is arguably the biggest change ever in the NBA. Was Spencer Heywood a KAJ? Of course not, but he made it possible for all that money to flow to players. Before Spencer Heywood, NBA stars were merely well paid, while average players only made upper middle class money. Thanks to Spencer, anyone that makes it to the NBA is rich, or at least can be.
Have you ever heard of a player by the name of Wilt Chamberlain? Wilt is without a doubt the greatest basketball player who ever lived. The NBA had to change their rules due to Wilt's dominance! Wilt was the tallest, fastest, most athletic player of his era and would completely dominate the NBA today if he was alive and playing in his prime. Bill Walton obviously needs a history lesson.
I think you are missing the point. Bill spoke about how great it was growing up in San Diego, CA. How they thought about the rest of the World, which they had a low opinion of, and then went right to Spencer as a contract. He picked cotton, didn't have a roof over his head, and when he finally got a break took full advantage of it. Neither Jabbar nor Wilt grew up under those type of conditions.
@@robertfrazier1377 Maybe the title of the video should be changed to "Bill Walton explains which NBA legend overcame the greatest adversity".
Kareem Abdul Jabbar is who changed the college game. The NCAA outlawed the dunk becuase of him.
The BLONDE 💣🧨💥 BOMBER, Jay Shidler. 1974, LAWRENCEVILLE, III. IHSA hoops. He hit 57 in one tournament game & said he had a BAD GAME. Crazy.🏀