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Bill Walton was glad to be Bird's servant in Boston: "Be sure that his shoes were fine and his uniform was folded neatly"

Kidding aside, Walton was no joke several years prior to becoming a role player for the Celtics. Taking a quick trip down ...
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"He had everything except for the long-term health" - Bill Walton on Arvydas Sabonis' unrealized NBA dominance

When Sabonis — long revered across Europe due to stints in Lithuania and Spain — finally crossed over to the NBA in 1995, that very narrative held. Through his final campaign with the Trail Blazers in ...
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Bill Walton once declared Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the true GOAT: "Better than Magic, better than Larry, better than Michael"

In the playoffs, Bill drew first blood and beat Kareem in the conference finals in 1977 before leading the Portland Trail ...
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Bill Walton recalled facing Hakeem Olajuwon in the 1986 Finals: "The hardest elbow I ever received"

Just when Walton thought he had witnessed and experienced the best of Olajuwon, Hakeem proved him wrong. When the Boston Celtics faced the Rockets in the 1986 Finals, Olajuwon dominated Walton even ...