[NBA] Bill Walton Has Passed Away at 71
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— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 27, 2024
by MarvelsGrantMan136
@National Basketball Association
[NBA] Bill Walton Has Passed Away at 71
The following has been released by the NBA. pic.twitter.com/fdlty5X3F5
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 27, 2024
by MarvelsGrantMan136
32 Comments
Wait what? This is really out of the blue.
All-Time great. RIP.
RIP legend
WTF was this public? I don’t remember hearing anything about it.
RIP Bill, a true legend and steward of the game
damn, legend on the court and on the mic for so many people
too young
RIP Big Wave Billy
A true basketball legend
RIP
Couldnt stay healthy in his prime but his absolute peak was top 10 ever. Unbelievable player
RIP to one of the chillest dudes to ever walk this planet
Fuck Cancer man
You can’t write the history of the NBA without Bill Walton.
Dude rip everybody’s weird tv uncle
growing up listening to him commentate was legendary.
Wow really gonna miss all the weird shit he’d say on the mic. Fuck cancer.
My condolences to his family, especially Luke.
Big Red 🙁
This sucks so fucking much.
Rest in peace, throw it down big man
Damn. I’ll always remember when I stood next to him once at Bill Russell’s statue reveal. I felt so tiny
Man 🙁 Brutal. RIP Grateful Red
I find solace in the fact he didn’t have to live in a world without the Pac12
RIP to a legend
This is so sad. Truly a final RIP to the PAC-12
The NBA has been extremely fortunate that most of their all-time greats are all still alive, with a few exceptions, including one very tragic one
unfortunately, we’re gonna have to get ready to brace ourselves for that changing in the near future
He died just days after the PAC-12, there’s poetry there
Bill Walton was an absolute legend. The 1977 Championship was one of the greatest accomplishments in sports. RIP.
He was the most iconic color commentator from my childhood. He loved shaq. The amount of times I heard him say “throw it down big man, throw it down”. Rip
“I can see sound, I can hear color. Has there ever been a better player than Detlef Schrempf?”
I can empathize with him in his decision to keep it private. My dad just passed from cancer 5 months ago tomorrow (12/28) and no one knew he had it but me and my siblings. Not everyone one wants to chase sympathy and would rather fight it quietly. Rest up Bill 🕊️
I always enjoyed his commentary. RIP
The 30 for 30 doc on him last year was really great. At least he was able to see the reaction to it and everyone giving him his flowers.
Fuck cancer
My favorite color commentator on the planet. Nobody did it like Bill did. Just loved the game and never took anything too seriously. Rest in paradise, impossible to replace this guy.
Throw it down big man, throw it down 😔
From the Wooden UCLA teams to the 77 Blazers to the 86 Celtics, you can’t tell the history of basketball without Bill Walton being a part of it. Very sad news, especially coming 2 days after the final Pac-12 event ever. It feels like he didn’t want to live in a world without the conference he loved so much
He was a guest speaker in my marketing class in college like a decade ago and had nothing prepared, so he just talked about random shit like vacations he went on for an hour and ended by asking us where our favorite nearest burrito spot was. Pretty sure he was stoned out of his mind. It was amazing. RIP Legend.