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- Bill Walton’s reputation preceded him. Players on the team looked at him as a Legend on the court and he brought a positive energy to the locker room.
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Robert Parrish. One of my All-Time favorites.
Met him NYC back in the day....Cool Cat
This is so wholesome. What a classy group.
The most revealing part of that piece is the fact that Greg Kite loved Walton, even though Bill's presence relegated Kite to third-string center.
"team member" The entire Boston franchise no matter your position. Deserving of the utmost respect.
@@andybilakshow260 Because he knew Walton was 10 times better than him
When healthy, Walton was in the discussion for greatest center. He had the most complete game.
Bill Walton has to be the CHILLEST guy on planet earth. So humble and has never said anything to a negative degree. He’s the MAN
He’s a big time Grateful Dead fan
If he you dont serve him his food right away he will flip out
Longtime cool dude with me,didn't know him of course.
Brought the whole team to a Grateful Dead concert. That's awesome!
I bet Larry paid for it! 🤣
Just like Robert Parish, I was introduced to the Grateful Dead late. I was a freshman in college. My parents made me take University 101 to help me transition to college life. I didn't want to so I chose a night class of the course. Wednesday 5-8PM. There were only 12 of us. The instructor of the course was a Dead fan and so was one of my classmates. A concert of theirs was coming to campus Halloween Night 1985. The student told Mr. Pruitt that he would be missing class because of the concert. Mr. Pruitt said that's a shame. He then asked where were his seats. The guy replied, "In the rafters near the roof." Mr. Pruitt chuckled and said, "Oh, that's too bad. I guess I'll have to bring my wife." He then reached into his is suit jacket and pulled out third row tickets for the class to attend the show and backstage passes. He joked, "Faculty has its privileges!" My neighbor next door loved music like me so I asked if he had any Grateful Dead music. He said, "Oh Yeah!" He pulled out 3 cassette cases for recorded concerts, about 180 tapes. I got into them and after the show I've been a fan since.
@First name Last name They knew Bill. They got in no charge unless they paid anyway.
@@seanswinton6242 I knew a dude that followed the Dead to every concert for about 7 years. He supported his Dead habit by selling Weed. 😂
Bill took the team to the Centrum (Worcester, Mass.) for the concert with no tix or passes. Went around to one of the back doors, pounded on the door until someone opened it, walked right in saying/stuttering "I'm Bill Walton, I'm with the band. And and these guys are with me." Someone told Jerry & the band & they came out & talked with Bill & the team until well after showtime. Then Bill & everyone watched the concert from backstage. AND went back the next night.
The "86" Celtics were the best team ever.
I met him in the early 80's in san diego . He would come to the table tennis club there and we would play . I used to kid him about his shoes . I asked him if i lost my home , could i come live in his shoes . Size 23 . Nicest guy you ever wanted to meet
I would love to have a friend like Bill. Someone with such pure optimism and joy.
If this guy wasn't so injury prone I fully believe he'd have been in the goat center talk for sure. No doubt.
im unable to summon the words expressing the depth of my love for this man.
I'm with you. Feel the same way about Russell as well. Both outstanding players who thought of the teammates. As human beings and friends. Not simply teammates.
One of the very best teams ever. His '77 and '86 Championships are two of the best ever as well
Maybe one of top10 players ever without injuries, guess we’ll never know.
Yup!
Yes he would right in that vicinity.
Watching it when it was happening you could feel Walton's absolute happiness through the television. Being aware of his injuries it was like watching a man let out of jail or a kid in a candy store. Professionals are usually ever so kool. Bill and Larry and the passing. He looked like he was in heaven and his energy infected the whole crew
I lived just outside on Beantown during that time and had occasional access to a seat behind the bench. You could see his joy in his face about being there - it was a dream come true for him, and a joy for the rest of us Celtics fans to watch.
Bill W. was the perfect addition that one year. He had just enough left in the tank to provide some quality minutes while Robert got a little rest. He made a big contribution that year. I am glad he got one more chance to shine.
Bill is loved universally for a good reason
Walton was dunking on everybody!
85-86 Celtics had the best chemistry of any team ever. Every story i hear from one of the players is praising the other members.
1986 Celtics became the best NBA team EVER by adding Bill Walton to an already great team.
Amen to that thought. No doubt that this was greatest team ever
still think of bill as the best college player ever.
2:29 LOL Bill towering over McHale of all people. What a legend
McHale 6'10", Walton 7'0"👍✌
Top 10 greatest college player. Wonderful person. Love his positive outlook on life.
I'd say 2nd, behind only Lew Alcindor.
@@bjensenI rate Walton and Russell, 1 and 1A. Either way, though.
their ball movement was way ahead of it's time
Despite Bill's extensive injuries, he made a huge impact in the NBA, and is probably the best college player ever. Great speaker. Very cool.
So you think he was better in college then jabbar? Hows that? I mean nothing on paper would suggest that. Especially the 3x championships vs 2x championships, not to mention jabbar was a much better scorer
@James Fehr when you look at their numbers , you will see lew was the better scorer. About equal in rebounds. And of course both 3x players of the year, lew gets the edge in championships
@@daneosborn3476 I saw them both. Jabbar was great and a better scorer. Walton was a much better passer, defender and rebounder. I grew up with Jabber as I was from NY.
@@Gnofg i saw them both play also. Jabar wasnt just a better scorer he was a much better and nothing suggest that walton was better at defense or passing then walton. Their nba stats definitely suggest jabbar was better at everything. Jabbars college teams were more dominant then waltons also.
@@daneosborn3476 In no way was he a better passer. You should read "Breaks of the game" by david halberstam.Bill was a point guard until the 10th grae and could pass out of the high post. Bill was a better defender and a better rebounder. Jabbar was a n much better scorer.
❤bill.walton, had no weakness defender scoring rebounder, passing etc etc
When Bill was healthy, he was a great all around player and I don't use the word great lightly. Bill may be the best passing center ever, he could score on anybody and filled that role if he needed to. Walton is also one of the greatest centers on defense - when healthy he was right there with Russell, Wilt, Kareem, Hakeem and could, and did shut down the paint. Add to that his superior rebounding and high level outlet passing skills. I remember I was surprised the Celtics were able to get Walton. More amazing than that was that Bill was healthy and damn good too. 🔥💪
Easily the best passing center ever.
@sgbobsg Walton - Jabbar was always an epic matchup.
I agree. Boston was absolutely stoked to the roof that season. They had their unbeatable starting 5, plus Walton, Sischting, Wedman and a couple of other players, who showed flashes of brilliance, coming off the bench, to continue the torture of the opposing team. Robert Parish was one of the best floor running centers, a great scorer and rebounder. Bill Walton, when healthy, was one of the best centers in the game. They also had Greg Kite, who could bang, carve out space in the middle, block out, and rebound. They had 3, over 7 foot centers. Walton made 6'11" Kevin McHale look short.
❤️ bill walton
Wilt was also a great passer
When he won a chanpionship with portland he was a dominant center.
This is what the celtics need right now
After showing how good he could be for two
years in Portland, then having his career come
to a crashing halt due to injuries. I was happy
to see him have one last hurrah with the Celts.
Alas it was just the one, before injuries finally
ended it.
That was such a beautiful year for the Celtics.
That was as good as basketball can be.
Walton was a winner, that's why he was so special.
I can listen to Mr Walton pontificate all day long every day...Great storyteller, great basketball player, great teammate and was part of imho the greatest team ever assembled...The 1986 Boston Celtics.....and to think that they then drafted Len Bias who was about to become part of that.....Man what could have been but im guessing they would have been hanging banners 18,19, or maybe 20...?
The best team ever, period!
The 1977 Blazer Mania, one of the greatest moments in the history of the NBA, Lead by the great Bill Walton..
To see Bill make a comeback in Boston and contribute to an already great team was real special for us young bucks at the time that were pretty little in 77.
Congratulations to Bill Walton on a fine Career and a great come back after some serious injuries. Thanks for the great memories, then your son Luke to carry on the family Torch...you have been blessed.
Congratulations and thanks for your great contribution to Basketball.
What an outstanding human being, been watching for 60 yrs.😇❤️ how about what the chief said about Bill coming to his house and the concert🤩🤩🤩😄😄what a testimony from the redhead about the game and the Celtics taking a chance on him, this is coming from someone who watched the Jones boys, Cousy, Bill H, and some I can’t even spell⭐️⭐️
Bill is a legend.
Big bill Walton was the perfect piece for the 86 celtics team GM made a good decision and picking him up
Goat of announcers lmao
I actually love when he announces. He had such good rapport with his partner announcing too. calling Greg Ostertag one of the greatest during a game and getting everyone to laugh. I miss that.
Boy I'd love to meet Bill. Just have a nice talk. Talk about life , basketball and his vision of the future. Remember watching him play at UCLA. An amazing man and human being . . .
Walton, such an amazing player. One of the greatest of all time when healthy.
That was his problem. He could never stay healthy.
Love bill Walton what an upbeat lay back guy was
He had one year of quality basketball with the Celtics and turned it into one of the most dominant years in NBA history. The culture was the most memorable part and a key reason he was NBA 75.
Man, I miss 1980s B-Ball. Totally different game than todays.
That’s was my favorite team ever 1986 with bill Walton !!!
Also love the fact Robert parish had a blast at the greatful dead 💀 concert lol
Walton's friendliness at first did not match the Celtic culture of cocky cool. Just like the Celtics hated the so called cheesy smiling Magic. But then they all realized that Walton wasn't faking - he really was genuine. And when Celtic added that to the team, it bumped them a notch. I still can't stand Walton's everything is great personality, but I have to admit that there is nothing phony about him. Same for Magic.
Your awesome bill
Love watching your highlights
I've seen him.play since high school ,he thrived on pressure and ate it up ,no matter who was guarding him
I've always liked Mr. Walton, just a great player, great humanitarian, he always marched to the beat of his own drum, never heard him talk bad about anyone. One thing dear to my heart was he always did something few people ever do, he recognized the the contribution and the talent and the greatness of Pete Maravich, whom I consider one of the top five players of all time.
I have probably watched this half a dozen times. With admiring Walton's play, greatly, knowing his history, being a huge fan of this team of Celtics, loving the game of basketball, and me being old and sentimental, I cloud up, just a little, every time I watch it.
I just want to say thank you to whoever is putting these banner videos together. They are definitely a trip down memory lane and I'm sitting here smiling and laughing like the 12 year old boy that I was in 1986. Watching these old videos of Chief, Bill, Larry, Kevin, Danny and DJ and seeing them reliving those memories with us is just the greatest
Whenever you feel superfluous, remember that Greg Kite played center on a team with Robert Parish and a healthy Bill Walton.
And he wasn't superfluous. There were games when he came in to do the dirty work to protect the other two from fouls. To draw the other side into fouls. The Celtic bench was a great asset.
There's an interview where Bird particularly praises Kite and the rest of the second team for the work they did in practice to challenge the first team to bring their A game. I don't remember his exact words but he praised that contribution to the team and their being fully prepared to come into the game when needed and deliver.
It’s amazing how it revived his career
I will always remember one of the regular season games against the Lakers in 86. Walton's tenacity and ferocity was something to behold.
Walton really made that team super good.
His passing ability, along with Birds made
that team the greatest passing team ever.
You could see the effect it had on the other
players. It inspired them to be better passers
as well.
Bird and Walton on the same team, and both on the floor at the same time, made for the most entertaining games I have watched. They even had Parrish and McHale making good passes.
Great players, great team
So much fun watching them play
Thanks
I smoked a Joint with Parrish 2 hours before a Knicks Celtics game back in '85...GOOD Memories!!!...COOL Dude!!!
Robert getting into the game. CHIEF~!
Nice to see how his teammates realized how fortunate they were to have him. If only for 1 full season. He truly made everyone better like few players ever have. Even as a sub.
Walton WAS a legend. I can still remember an exhibition game he played in, right after UCLA and before his pro career --- against the Soviet national team. There was a clear breakaway / cherry pick layup unfolding for the Soviets, and in what seemed like 2 inhumanly gigantic strides a Bill Walton appeared from nowhere to swat the layup away. It was jaw-dropping stunning. Injuries should be set aside --- judge the talent. Walton is easily a top 5 center of all time.
My favourite Red story was how he stormed into Walton's examination, ignored the advice and directly asked Walton if he could play. Reminds me of the "Do you love this game?" Monologue from HUSTLE.
NBA BOSTON CELTICS I LOVE BOSTON CELTICS 1946-2022
Wow! Love this material :)
One can only imagine what Walton might have done in a full healthy career.
Probably the Fifth greatest center of all time:
Kareem
Russell
Wilt
Shaq
Walton
@@broaddusmarines Hakeem ?
The only reason that he is on the 75th Anniversary team is because the assemblers of the team projected what he might have been.
@@broaddusmarines Shaq walked on every play.
@@mc76 why is carmelo or westbrook on the team? Or dwade or half the junk on that list? He did more in 5 healthy yrs than all of that junk did in 30. Stat accumulating in no defense hi jacked teams who got their coaches fired and teammates miserable. Ur boy melo and Iverson had to literally beg for a team in their last 5 yrs. Junk.
Can the energy & comradery ever be matched with this team?
I think *not* Thanks for posting this
one of the best collage players ever ,and a great pro,when he was healhy he was hard too stop
Best team ever? You sure could make that argument. Look how many great players they had, and the super chemistry. Magic's Lakers and the Celtics somewhat mitigated each others' historic greatness. There have been no better, more complete basketball teams.
As a kid, I could never bring myself to root for UCLA, so loved it when the David Thompson-led NC State Wolfpack dethroned the Bruins. And then, Walton's Blazers beat my favored 76ers in the '77 finals...then went and played for the hated Celtics.
Despite all of this, I have huge admiration and "love" for Walton, and although we'll never know for sure, I suspect that if he had good health, he'd probably be a Top 5 all-time NBA center, after Wilt, Russell, Jabbar and somewhere with Hakeem Olajuwon and David Robinson.
Bless you Bill.
Jesus is King!!!
so great to hear Johnny Most doing the color on this video, he made the Celtics games memorable
Your a bad ass brother!!!..thankyou..peace and love!!
If he didnt break down woukd have been in top 10 all time no question talent and basketball iq
I recently watched a video breaking down his greatness as a player and i was pretty shocked (youngish fan of bball)
He was dominant and if healthy wouldve been one of the greatest to ever do it
Man, all I know is that Billy Laimbeer and the Bad Boys Pistons TERRORIZED the Boston Celtics back in the day...
Ran the Celtics AND their fans right out of the Boston Gardens.
Man, those were the greatest of times. When the NBA was cool. Great times to watch.
EXACTLY...b ball back then GREAT...REALLY GREAT...I MISS THIS ERA SO MUCH
Gotta love Bill.A great player and one of the most famous Deadheads.
The guy collected Championships - NBA, NCAA, probably high school, CYO ...
Yes, Bill's high school team was extremely dominant, they basically crushed everybody they played. Of course, Bill was unstoppable then.
So glad to get to hear from Mr. Parish on this topic -- I loved his game, which only got better after Walton arrived. In '86, the Celtics' bench was good enough to be a playoff contender all by themselves, which is why the starters' were so sharp game in and game out. If you're a C's fan old enough to remember, that year was downright magical to behold.
Shows how wise Walton is. He knew Parish was an established starter in the league and for the Celts. Of course Walton was on his way to being one of the all-time greats at Portland until the injuries hit. So he wisely approached Parish to let him know he was just there as a backup and to help he and the team out.
i was a laker fan in those days but watching the C’s that year it was so much fun to watch them play.
I was hoping the lakers would make the finals but were upset by the rockets.
that would have heen epic if the lakers made it.
I can’t even begin to imagine what kind of persuasive skills it would take to convince Larry Bird to attend a Grateful Dead concert!
The best team ever.
Bill Walton gave everything left. Best 6th man ever.
Besides Grant Hill, Penny Hardaway, and Len Bias, Bill Walton is one of the greatest “What ifs” in NBA history.
Michael Powell simply can’t put Walton in the same sentence with those guys...
Bill and Steve Jones still the best NBA announcers
i remember those days and i wasn,t sure about the move to bring bill in because i just didn,t think he,d hold up with how brutal the game was then , especially the celts because they friggin banged!
Really good Man.
If you're a jazz and R&B fan, isn't that WHY you'd go to a Grateful Dead concert?
When I saw that, I thought a jazz fan might enjoy the Dead, because of the improvisation.
Boston Celtics is amazing. It's a original dream team. From Brazil.🏀🏀🏀👍👍👍
It was magical year for the C's. I met Bill at the Scotch and Sirloin in Boston after a game bur he never came back after that. Professional sports isn't easily
Lemme tell ya he's also amazing in 2k lol
This is great to see. One of the great teams of all-time for sure. Hated them back in the day as a die hard Bad Boy Piston fan--and Walton was annoying if he wasn't on your team lol --but no question these dudes could play some ball--team ball at it's finest-- kicked our asses enuf times. Nothing but love from this Piston fan for Bird, McHale, Chief, Ainge, DJ, Walton, et al.
Wish he had one more great season. Celtics beat lakers in 87 with a healthy Walton
without question. The 85-86 version of Walton, and the Celtics with a healthy Walton, was a thing of beauty.
A healthy Walton wouldn’t have beaten the Lakers.
1987 Lakers were just too good.
My favourite chief moment is when he knocked Laimbeer on his arse and the refs kept the game going
Man I wish I was born like 5 years before 1981 so I could appreciate Birds Celtics with McHale Parish DJ Ainge and Walton
Growing up in Indiana the 1986 Celtics were a team a lot of Hoosiers watched because of Larry Bird being from Indiana. But now all these years later that Team is still my favorite Pro Team.
Great story thx
Imagine if Bill had never been hurt...Then imagine Portland trading him to Boston in '79.. Does LA even GET a championship during the 80's??
With magic joining Kareem, yeah L.A. gets some. But if Portland with Walton and Lucas, had stayed healthy they certainly don't get as many as they did.
Yea they sure do......Magic, Kareem, and Worthy were the best combination of point guard, center, scoring forward ever. Celtics never had a great point guard unless you go way back to Cousy
@@Pronzini1 Dennis Johnson may not have been a pure point in the mold of Cousy, Magic, Stockton, but he was a legit star & key player.
If u wanna go back a little more, don't forget Wilt, West & Baylor.
@@Amick44 Yes, DJ was a really fine player, but Magic was quite simply magical. The best PG of all-time. Good remembrance of Wilt, Jerry, and Elgin....so sad that Baylor got hurt aat the end.
@@Pronzini1 yeah it sure was. Elgin had a really outstanding career and quite frankly, as others have mentioned, he was truly the first great all-around Superstar.
Bill tells a great story about the only time he got in a fight-it was a practice scrimmage, and he got into it with Danny Ainge who was playing on his own squad. The story goes that Ainge kept running up the court straight down the middle, and Walton kept telling him “that’s my lane, only big men run down the middle…you are in my way” Anyway, they get into it…and at some point Walton tells Ainge “you’re a back-up guard…you know what back-up guards do? They in-bounds the ball. That’s it…That’s all they do”
What a long, strange trip it’s been
If not for his chronic foot problems, he could’ve been the greatest Center in NBA history.
How I wish they played Lakers in the 86 Final.
I know. But we'll take it anyhow. Fitting come back from previous season.
does anyone have this whole season?? i love how the Celtics took a chance on him after this injured tenure w the clippers and for modern NBA enthusiasts; this season of bil walton is unkown. i remember watching a Highlight Video of nikola Jocic and the only comparisons the people in the comments were able to muster up was Hakeem Olajuon of all people.. I was like Yo BILL WALTON and ARVYDAS SABONIS of all legendary passing centers. anyways. i digress. ayone know a channel that has all the the 1986 games?
I bet the Chief can still play