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Anyone catch the first couple parts? Doesn’t make him any better at calling a basketball game, but what an interesting guy. Truly 1 of 1
Yeah, I feel like they don't really have a point they're trying to make with this one besides showcasing how weird and likeable Bill is. Makes it hard to feel as powerful as some of the other stories they've toldI like Walton and I like when he calls the games too. Felt like the doc has been worthwhile but a level below many of the 30 for 30s.
2 more parts. Loved first two. But i think it gets better.
I think he and Wooden come down a couple of pegs in it so far.Anyone catch the first couple parts? Doesn’t make him any better at calling a basketball game, but what an interesting guy. Truly 1 of 1
Yeah there could have honestly been a part 5 on the broadcasting alone. I wonder what the creative decision was behind minimizing it. I could see them thinking that the actual content of the broadcasting (i.e., the theatrics, the stories) doesn't get very deep into his complex character. They seemed to focus a bit more on what the broadcasting means to him, but I wish they'd gone a bit deeper on that aspect tooI was really disappointed that they only gave like four minutes to the broadcasting. They could have done a full episode on that. On the plus side, it’s been a while since I listened to the Dead, and this got me back into them. Do yourself a favor and youtube Morning Dew from Ithaca 1977 for the best 14 minutes of your day.
The Breaks of the Game, written by David Halberstam did a great job telling that story, and the NBA as a whole at that time. I remember reading it when I was a kid, and I wish I knew what happened to my copy.One of the most devastating and tragic injuries of all-time. This guy was an unbelievable talent and his teams won at an amazing clip before the injuries.
In 1978, reigning champions Portland started out 50-10, before crashing after Walton's injuries. The whole San Diego saga is interesting. Glad Walton ended on a mostly positive note with the C's.
Malpractice? Bad medical decisions?
I feel like his rise/fall in the NBA plus him becoming a cultural icon with announcing will be more compelling. Parts 1 and 2 just felt a little meandering. Also they must have shown that 5 sec clip of him walking in the woods a half dozen times haha.
This is reapeted here often by me over the years.I met him at MSG circa early 1990's when he did color on a Knicks Clippers game. He respectfully (with a chuckle) declined to autograph a pack of Zig Zags, but signed my ticket stub. I've seen him on the floor at Dead shows (last I remember was Phil and Friends at the Beacon 2003-ish), and it's funnier when I'm at a show with Larry Blucher and some stoner mistakes him for Bill, Blu is way shorter and has more hair!
I mean you could tell Lenny Wilkins didnt think so. I loved his inclusion in doc, because he was pretty bitter about Bill and him being hurt and being a thin vegetarian rookie season and then Jack Ramsay coming in right after and Bill was a monster to run to a title. But yeah, Thats my favorite thing about Walton. He drove everyone nuts in the establishment league but was true to himself.Big Red had the work/life balance thing figured out
Haven't seen any of the 30 for 30 stuff on him.. One of his best traits..IMO..It that he has a great sense of humor and doesn't take himself too seriously.. As more of us should all do..I mean you could tell Lenny Wilkins didnt think so. I loved his inclusion in doc, because he was pretty bitter about Bill and him being hurt and being a thin vegetarian rookie season and then Jack Ramsay coming in right after and Bill was a monster to run to a title. But yeah, Thats my favorite thing about Walton. He drove everyone nuts in the establishment league but was true to himself.
Bill gave the most glowing post game commentary on UConn basketball I have ever heard after our 2014 Championship during the Westwood One post game radio/sat broadcast. He never runs out of adjectives but I think that night he was just on a roll. Despite his wandering attention he always, seems to pop back with information you'd think he could only get by tapping someone's phone. Just a very intellectually curious guy with a profound sense of humanity. But he did interrupt my view at a couple of shows too.This is reapeted here often by me over the years.
1) I picked him up hitchhiking in Hartford on way to a dead show. He had no business hitching at that point but that’s Walton.
2) he fed me beers ( st Pauli girls)from a soundboard cooler at a dead show in Philly
3) 2004 FF I gave him a “ steal your huskies “ shirt in a hotel elevator in San Antonio. Was hoping to see it on his wall during documentary. But he’s got too much swag. FWIW he LOVED the shirt and it was like 2 hours after our duke comeback so he was rolling.
I've shared this before - rode in a hotel elevator in NYC with him and talked UConn and Calhoun w/ him. Always regretted not asking about the Dead at the Pyramids.This is reapeted here often by me over the years.
1) I picked him up hitchhiking in Hartford on way to a dead show. He had no business hitching at that point but that’s Walton.
2) he fed me beers ( st Pauli girls)from a soundboard cooler at a dead show in Philly
3) 2004 FF I gave him a “ steal your huskies “ shirt in a hotel elevator in San Antonio. Was hoping to see it on his wall during documentary. But he’s got too much swag. FWIW he LOVED the shirt and it was like 2 hours after our duke comeback so he was rolling.
He did the trip on crutchesI've shared this before - rode in a hotel elevator in NYC with him and talked UConn and Calhoun w/ him. Always regretted not asking about the Dead at the Pyramids.