Bill Walton Passes at 71
Around the Horn
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🗓️ 27 May 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | National Panel, look at this photo today from Roland Garros. |
| 0:07.0 | Could this be the final image of Rafa Nodala, the friendship? |
| 0:11.0 | Wow, the beauty in that. Today what the Mavericks have |
| 0:14.9 | figured out in the clutch what the T-Wolves have lost. The devastating |
| 0:20.3 | injury to Ronald the Kuneer Jr. what it means for Atlanta this time around. |
| 0:24.0 | But we'll start with the sad news of the afternoon. We remember Bill Walton. It's with heavy hearts and sadness. We acknowledge the passing of Bill Walt and |
| 0:48.5 | 71 years of age. The news this afternoon touching us all a beloved colleague for decades a basketball giant first a |
| 0:56.2 | unicorn of ability and panache the likes of which the 1970s had ever seen at UCLA the peak of dominance then the NBA a face of |
| 1:05.1 | greatness and then a perseverance through injury upon injury and then of course a |
| 1:11.6 | voice for generations of basketball fans and beyond what we |
| 1:16.8 | lovingly referred to as an American original. I'd like to respectfully question |
| 1:21.2 | that because that would mean he was from this planet and |
| 1:23.7 | we all know Bill traveled intergalactically and on a multiverse plane. |
| 1:28.5 | Frank Isola, how will you remember the great Bill Walton? |
| 1:32.1 | Yeah, really sad news. how will you remember the great Bill Walton? |
| 1:33.0 | Yeah, really sad news say I think for anybody that covered the NBA, you came in contact |
| 1:38.2 | with Bill Walney, he was just such a great ambassador for this sport. |
| 1:41.0 | Look, all right, so from a basketball standpoint, one of the greatest college players of all-time, |
| 1:44.8 | two-time champion at UCLA, great NBA player, two-time champion there. |
| 1:49.8 | Everyone's going to remember 1977 with the Blazers, MVP, |
| 1:53.0 | finals MVP, top 50 team, top 75 team. |
| 1:56.0 | A lot of us, so we're going to remember him as a broadcast. |
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