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RIP Bill Walton
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One of the most dominant college players I ever saw.
I'm always curious how his NBA numbers would have shaken out if he didn't have his foot injuries.
yep - missed all of three seasons and only played 13 in another. Plus after Portland got stuck in those unbelievably shitty Clippers teams - probably the worst franchise in professional sports.
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But he was the perfect, and I mean PERFECT, addition to the Boston Celtics! That 86 Celtics team is the best I've ever seen. And he was a HUGE part of that!!!
not to mention his 10 games in 86-87 and missing all of 87-88 before retiring.
Put him on the 86-87 Celtics (only played 10 gms that year) and the now-deceased Len Bias and the Celtics likely repeat; hell - that team, 86 plus a living Bias and a healthy Walton could have been BETTER than the 86 Celtics!
It's mind-boggling that the 85-86 season was the ONLY season he played more than 67 games (80 for the champion Celtics), only 35 as a rookie...
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/waltobi01.html
That Portland team with Walton, Maurice Lucas, Twardzik (sic) and Lionel Hollins was so much fun to watch. Remember watching a couple of those games in a "Gentlemens" bar in Eville and I never even paid attention to the stage.
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